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July 21, 2012 9:08 PM

Stealth frigate INS Sahyadri commissioned into Navy

Defence Minister AK Antony has asked the Navy to maintain all time readiness for guarding national interest. Commissioning a stealth frigate INS Sahyadri into Indian Navy at Weastern Naval Command Mumbai, Antoy said the Navy needed to defend main land and off shore assets and maintain the sea lane o...

July 21, 2012 9:01 PM

Adarsh Society land belongs to defence: Antony

Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Saturday asserted in clear terms that the land on which Adarsh Housing Society has come up belongs to Defence Ministry. He was talking to reporters in Mumbai after commissioning warship INS Sahyadri. In reply to a question on south China Sea, Mr. Antony said that Indi...

July 21, 2012 9:00 PM

Court sends Abu Jundal into police custody till July 31

Abu Jundal, the alleged 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks key accused, was produced in a Mumbai court on Saturday morning. The court remanded him in police custody till July 31.Jundal was brought to Mumbai late last night after a Delhi court handed over his custody to the Mumbai Police's Anti Terrori...

July 21, 2012 8:59 PM

Will remain with UPA, says NCP

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said in Mumbai on Saturday that it will remain an ally of the ruling coalition UPA government at the Centre.Talking to reporters at Mumbai airport upon his arrival from Delhi with NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Union Minister, Praful Patel said that the NCP is a part of...

July 21, 2012 8:58 PM

LS Fellowship Committee formed to understand Parliament’s functioning

A Lok Sabha Fellowship Committee has been constituted by Speaker Mrs Meira Kumar to enable better understanding of the functioning of Parliament.The Committee will be headed by Mr Prem Das Rai, Member of Parliament from Sikkim. The other members of the committee are Mr L Hanumanthaiah and Mr B S Man...

July 21, 2012 7:17 PM

Will remain with UPA, says NCP

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today said it would remain an ally of the ruling coalition at the Centre. Talking to reporters at Mumbai airport after his arrival from Delhi with NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Mr Patel said the NCP was a part of the UPA and would remain so. He dismissed suggestions th...

July 21, 2012 7:02 PM

Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna sent to nine-day judicial custody

A CBI court on Saturday rejected the bail application of yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna and remanded him to nine-day judicial custody in a fake document case. Hearing the application of Balkrishna, who was arrested by a CBI team on Friday from Haridwar, special CBI judge Yogendra Saga...

July 21, 2012 7:02 PM

Counting of votes in presidential poll to be held tomorrow

The counting of votes in the presidential poll will be held on Sunday. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee is the UPA candidate in the contest against P A Sangma, supported by several opposition parties.The votes of MPs and MLAs from all the states will begin in the capital Sunday morning and the result is expecte...

July 21, 2012 7:01 PM

Centre ready with contingency plan if deficit monsoon continues

The government said that it is ready with the contingency plan if deficit monsoon continues to affect the agriculture activities in the country. The contingency plan includes providing quality seeds of pulses and other short duration crops to farmers. Agriculture Secretary Ashish Bahuguna, however s...

July 21, 2012 7:00 PM

Stage set for Vice-Presidential poll

Stage is set for a direct fight between UPA nominee Hamid Ansari and his NDA counterpart Jaswant Singh in the Vice-Presidential poll as their nomination papers were accepted during scrutiny on Saturday. Returning Officer for the Vice Presidential election and Lok Sabha Secretary General T K Viswanat...

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