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July 22, 2015 11:35 AM

Bihar jails on alert following Yasin Bhatkal's claim to escape

All jails in Bihar have been sounded alert following an intelligence report in the light of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal's recent claim that he could soon escape from jail with the help of ISIS. Bhatkal accused in many blasts cases including those at Gandhi maidan in Patna and Bod...

July 22, 2015 11:31 AM

Govt proposes direct transfer of fertiliser subsidy into farmers' accounts

Government has proposed to transfer fertilizer subsidy directly into farmers' accounts. However, a major challenge in operationalising this scheme lies in identification of beneficiary farmers. An official release said, in many states the land records are neither accurate nor updated.<br/&gt...

July 22, 2015 11:19 AM

SC rejects Centre's review plea seeking OBC status for Jats

Supreme Court has quashed the review pleas filed by the Centre and Jat organisations seeking to declare the Jat community as socially and economically backward class to grant them OBC reservation. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the plea filed by them seeking review of the apex cour...

July 22, 2015 10:27 AM

Notice to Lalit Modi over illegal purchase of heritage buildings

In Rajasthan, Additional District Judge (ADJ) of Jaipur has issued the notice to former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi with his wife and 10 other people in the matter of illegal purchasing of heritage buildings near by the Amer fort in Jaipur. Court said the notice should be executive to Lalit Modi, hi...

July 22, 2015 10:26 AM

No mercy for Rajiv Gandhi's killers: Centre to SC

Centre told Supreme Court that the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi did not deserve any mercy and pointed out the assassination was the result of a conspiracy involving foreign nationals. The Centre yesterday opposed the Tamil Nadu government's move to release the convicts in the R...

July 22, 2015 10:26 AM

Govt revises cost of Bhutan hydro power project

Government has revised the cost of 1,200 Megawatts Punatsangchu-I hydroelectric power project in Bhutan to 9,375 crore rupees. Sources said, the Union Cabinet, yesterday has given its approval to the revised cost. It said, the factors behind upward revision of the project cost include price escalati...

July 22, 2015 9:34 AM

Guilty to be brought to book: MP CM on Vypam scam

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written a letter to senior BJP leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar, saying he is committed to bring all the persons guilty of VYAPAM scam to book. Mr. Chouhan claimed that it was the reason he had handed over investig...

July 22, 2015 9:11 AM

Monsoon active over MP, Goa and Andaman, Nicobar

Southwest monsoon has been active over West Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Heavy to very heavy rainfall has occurred at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and West Madhya Pradesh during past 24 hours. <br/><br/>MeT department has forecast that heavy rainfall woul...

July 22, 2015 9:10 AM

Govt issues passport to Geelani with nine months validity

Government has issued a passport to separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani with a validity of nine months. An official in the regional passport office in Srinagar said that a passport has been issued to the Hurriyat leader yesterday. Geelani had applied for a passport to visit his ailing daughter i...

July 22, 2015 7:45 AM

CCEA extends CCTNS deadline to March 2017

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, has approved a Home Ministry proposal to extend the deadline for implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project till March 2017. <br/><br/>The sources said, CCTNS, an ambitious online system,is going to be a...

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