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August 22, 2012 8:55 PM

Pranab caveat before Sangma's SC appeal

President Pranab Mukherjee filed a caveat on Tuesday seeking a copy of the petition against him even before P A Sangma filed an election petition in the Supreme Court challenging Pranab Mukherjee's election as President .The caveat was filed on behalf of Mukherjee by his advocate.The Court Regi...

August 22, 2012 8:54 PM

ED arrests Abhishek Verma, wife in money laundering case

Enforcement Directorate arrested businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife today in connection with a money laundering case registered against the couple for allegedly receiving money from a Swiss defence firm to keep it out of the government's blacklist.An ED team recorded the statement of the c...

August 22, 2012 8:54 PM

2G scam: BJP walks out of JPC meet

Bharatiya Janata Party members on Wednesday walked out of Joint Parliamentary Committee, JPC, meeting on 2G spectrum allocation alleging use of foul language by the Congress members.Talking to reporters senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said that his party members were demanding Prime Minister Manmoh...

August 22, 2012 8:44 PM

Rehabilitation of sex workers should be gender-neutral: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that rehabilitation of sex workers should be gender-neutral so as to include male sex workers and transgenders.A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and Gyan Sudha Misra, while making the oral observations, directed the states to file their responses on the steps take...

August 22, 2012 7:52 PM

Govt serves ultimatum to Twitter to block 30 offending webpages

Government has issued an ultimatum to social networking site Twitter to block nearly 30 of its webpages which continue to host morphed and inflammatory contents or face punitive action.The move comes after Union Home Secretary R K Singh asked the Department of Electronics and Information Technology ...

August 22, 2012 6:28 PM

India to construct four lane bridge in Tripura to connect B’desh

India will construct a four-lane bridge on the river Feni in Tripura's South district to connect Chittagong division of Bangladesh to boost bilateral trade between the two countries, official sources said on Wednesday in Agartala.The decision to construct the bridge with four-lane facilities wa...

August 22, 2012 5:56 PM

Govt making efforts to discuss report on coal with Opposition: Khurshid

The government has said it was making all efforts to persuade the main opposition party to discuss the CAG report on coal block allocation.Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Law Minister Salman Khurshid rejected the opposition's demand for Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's resignat...

August 22, 2012 5:55 PM

SC extends ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves

The Supreme Court extended the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves.A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar put some searching questions to the Centre as it made a fresh plea for the review of the apex court's July 24 order banning tourism in the core areas ...

August 22, 2012 5:55 PM

CPIM seeks discussion in Parl on CAG report on coal blocks

The CPIM has demanded a discussion in Parliament on the CAG report on coal blocks allocations. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, CPIM leader Mr Sitaram Yechury said that such discussions will help in fixing the responsibility on the matter. Echoing a similar view, Mr Vijay Bahadur Singh of th...

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