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August 18, 2015 12:02 PM

Coal scam: Ex Coal Secy, retired public servant granted bail

A Special CBI court today granted bail to former coal secretary H C Gupta and retired public servant L S Janoti in a coal scam case. The Court also allowed plea of ex-minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia, seeking exemption from personal appearance on health grounds for today. The matter has b...

August 18, 2015 11:37 AM

Pak forces again violate ceasefire at several locations in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani forces have again violated ceasefire by resorting to mortar celling and heavy firing on civilian areas and Indian positions in Poonch, Rajauri and Jammu districts along the Line of Control as well as international borders today. According to police sources, after star...

August 18, 2015 11:36 AM

NIA to conduct lie detector test on Pak terrorist Naved

The National Investigation Agencey, NIA will conduct a lie detector test on Pakistani terrorist Naved Yakub today. He was involved in an attack on a BSF bus in Udhampur earlier this month which had left two of its personnel dead. The NIA yesterday got permission from a Delhi court to conduct the lie...

August 18, 2015 9:46 AM

CBI registers one more FIR in Vyapam scam

Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI has registered one more FIR in connection with Vyapam scam, taking the total number of cases filed to 71. The FIR has been registered in connection with irregularities in Police Constable Recruitment Test 2013. CBI spokesperson yesterday said, eight people have b...

August 18, 2015 9:45 AM

Sena condemns Tehelka's comparison of Thackeray to Memons

Shiv Sena today highly condemned the cover page picture and an article on the latest issue of weekly political magazine Tehelka in which it compared the founder of the party Balasaheb Thackeray to terrorists like Yakub Memon and Tiger Memon. Expressing concern over the matter in today's editori...

August 18, 2015 7:56 AM

Govt advances Budget 2016-17 preparation by over 2 months

Finance Ministry has advanced the budget formulation exercise by over two months for the financial year 2016-17. In an official release, the Ministry yesterday said, in consonance with the objective of the government to have wider consultations with various stakeholders as well as to provide more ti...

August 18, 2015 7:50 AM

PM to inaugurate Rs 9,700 cr road projects in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today visit Ara to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of 11-National Highway Projects of 700 kilometres length at a capital cost of 9,700 crore rupees in Bihar. He will be accompanied by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari. <br/><br/>Mr. ...

August 18, 2015 7:50 AM

Pakistani forces again violate ceasefire in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani forces have again violated ceasefire by resorting to mortar celling and heavy firing on civilian areas and Indian positions in Poonch, Rajauri and Jammu districts along the Line of Control as well as international borders today. According to police sources, after star...

August 18, 2015 7:11 AM

3rd phase e-auction of FM Radio fetches around Rs 1,090 cr on day 16

On the 16th day of e-auction of third phase of FM Radio, 92 channels spread over 56 cities, provisionally won the bidding yesterday. The auction fetched cumulative price of around 1,090 crore rupees against the aggregate reserve price of about 451 crore rupees. So far, 64 rounds of bidding are over....

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