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August 16, 2012 5:00 PM

Geetika suicide: Delhi Court issues non-bailable warrant against Kanda

A Delhi court has issued a non-bailable warrant against absconding ex-Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda in Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda has been evading arrest for several days now. Delhi Police today conducted fresh raid at his residence. Investigators have picked up one of Kanda's relatives ...

August 16, 2012 4:59 PM

Assam violence: CBI team starts investigation

The CBI team which was entrusted to probe the Assam violence has started the investigation. A team from the CBI led by Deputy Inspector General Anurag Garg and Superintendent of Police Rakesh Rathi visited Magurimari - where suspended constable Mohibur Islam alias Ratul and All Assam Minority Studen...

August 16, 2012 4:56 PM

SC issues notice to Centre, State on 55,000 missing children

The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre and all the state governments on a PIL seeking its direction for tracing 55,000 missing children in the country.Agreeing to hear the public interest litigation (PIL), a bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam sought response from the Centre and States o...

August 16, 2012 1:57 PM

SC dismisses PIL seeking quashing of land alloted to relatives of SP leaders

The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking quashing of land alloted in Lucknow to relatives of Samajwadi Party leaders and bureaucrats. The lands were alloted by the Mulayam Singh government in 2005. A bench headed by justice Aftab Alam refused to interfere in the land allotment issue after the...

August 16, 2012 1:54 PM

Geetika suicide: Delhi Police raids Kanda’s residence

Delhi Police conducted fresh raids at the residence of absconding former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, who is accused of abetting the suicide of former air hostess Geetika Sharma, even as he evaded police for anotherday.Investigators picked up one of Kanda's relatives for questioning, sources s...

August 16, 2012 1:53 PM

Fresh incidents of violence reported in Assam

Ethnic violence that has rocked parts of lower Assam today spread to a new district where incidents of arson were reported, forcing the Army to stage a flag march.A group of people torched several vehicles at Rangiya area in Kamrup (Rural) district, which had not been affected earlier in the violenc...

August 16, 2012 1:42 PM

Home Secy: No threat to NE people anywhere in India

Union Home Secretary R K Singh today said there was no threat to anyone from the North East living anywhere in the country and termed the reports of violence as rumours.Singh told PTI in New Delhi that he had spoken to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Karnataka Police and they had informe...

August 16, 2012 1:39 PM

Pak Air Force base attack: 7 militants, 1 soldier killed

Heavily-armed terrorists wearing suicide vests today stormed a key Pakistan Air Force base believed to house nuclear weapons, setting off a fierce gunbattle with the security forces that left seven attackers and one soldier dead and parts of the complex in flames.Terrorists, some of whom were wearin...

August 16, 2012 1:22 PM

Maruti to announce plans to re-open Manesar plant today

The management of Maruti Suzuki will announce today evening its plans to re-open the Manesar production plant in Haryana and also its future strategy. A senior official at Maruti, however, said that the company does not want to take any chance with the safety of its workers. He said that the managem...

August 16, 2012 12:56 PM

Govt: Production of rice not to be badly affected due to drought-like situation

The government today said the production of rice will not be badly affected due to drought-like situation resulting from deficient monsoon in some parts of the country. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi, Minister of State for Agriculture, Harish Rawat said ,however, th...

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