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November 25, 2012 10:25 AM

Yom-e-Ashura is being observed today

Yom-e-Ashura is being observed today to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of prophet Mohammad. Tazia processions will be taken out in various parts of the country to mark the day. In Delhi, Tazia processions from different places in the National Capital will culminate at Karbala.

November 24, 2012 10:56 PM

Indian Panorama film directors want efforts beyond festival

Directors of Films from Indian Panorama today felt that to encourage good cinema, efforts should be made to take it beyond festival. Director of Malyalam film 'Majadikuru' Anjali Menon, Directors of film 'Cotton for My Shroud', Nandan Saxena & Kavita Bahl, and Director of Bengali film 'Birds Of ...

November 24, 2012 10:49 PM

Namdhari remanded to police custody for 5 days in shoot out case

Sacked Uttarakhand Minority Commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has been remanded to police custody for five days by a Delhi court in the liquor baron Ponty Chadha shootout case. The police accused him to be the main conspirator and said he fired at Hardeep Chadha.Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep...

November 24, 2012 10:48 PM

NSG rejects allegations of financial irregularities by commando

The National Security Guard - NSG - has rejected allegations of financial irregularities made by a former commando. It says, all gift cheques the force received for the 26/11 Mumbai operation have been accounted for and in case of personal ones, they were returned. NSG headquarters in New Delhi issu...

November 24, 2012 10:47 PM

BJP charges Cong. Ministers with criticising Constitutional bodies

BJP today charged Congress ministers with criticising Constitutional bodies like CAG and PAC. Talking to reporters Party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman questioned whether Congress party had a strategy to destabilise Constitutional bodies like CAG and PAC, and create confusion in the minds of the pu...

November 24, 2012 10:30 PM

I & B Minister demands CAG to explain presumptive 2G loss

Information and Broadcasting Minster Manish Tewari has demanded that the CAG should explain the presumptive loss in 2G allocation issue to clear the air over the matter. He said in Chandigargh today that the nation needs to know how 2,645 crore rupees of loss in 2G allocation turned a presumptive lo...

November 24, 2012 10:24 PM

NMC Chairman Habibullah urges for strengthening civil administrative network

Chairman of the National Minorities Commission Wajahat Habibullah has urged for strengthening civil administrative network in the rural areas at the panchayat level. Speaking at the Rajendra Prasad memorial lecture in New Delhi today Habibullah stresseed on increasing the efficiency of delivery of p...

November 24, 2012 10:23 PM

Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur being observed today

In Punjab ,Haryana and Chandigarh martyrdom day of ninth Sikh guru,Sri Guru Teg Bahadur is being observed today.This day was marked with recitation of Gurbani Kirtan in the Gudwaras and religious processions at different places. Guru Teg Bahadur sacrificed his life in Chandni Chowk of New Delhi to s...

November 24, 2012 10:17 PM

26 killed in two road accidents in J & K and Himachal Pradesh

In Jammu and Kashmir, 15 persons were killed and about 36 others seriously injured in Udhampur district when a passenger carrying marriage party skidded off the road. AIR correspondent reports that the vehicle fell into a 600 feet deep gorge. In another accident in Himachal Pradesh, eleven persons w...

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