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June 30, 2012 7:35 PM

Pranab launches his campaign for Presidential election

Pranab Mukherjee has launched his campaign for Presidential election by meeting UPA's key partner and DMK President M.Karunanidhi in Chennai. The meeting took place at the residence of Karunanidhi on Saturday.Mukherjee, who enjoys a close rapport with Karunanidhi having been the emissary of Con...

June 30, 2012 5:40 PM

Ashok Chavan blames Vilasrao for Adarsh scam

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the Adarsh Housing society scam in Mumbai.Deposing before the two member probe panel in Adarsh Housing Society scam on Saturday, Chavan told the panel that the matters related to government allotment of l...

June 30, 2012 5:03 PM

Neeraj Kumar takes charge as Delhi Police Commissioner

New commissioner of Delhi Police Neeraj Kumar says, a terror-free city and a more people-friendly force will be his focus areas. Known for his effective handling of terror and underworld cases, Kumar was talking to newspersons after taking over his assignment in New Delhi. He succeeded B. K. Gupta, ...

June 30, 2012 4:58 PM

New service tax regime comes in to force from tomorrow

The new service tax regime comes in to force from tomorrow. All services except the 38 services figuring in the negative list will attract 12 per cent service tax. The government has widened the definition of 'Services' to bring in more activities under the tax net. Till now, 119 services ...

June 30, 2012 4:44 PM

Neeraj Kumar takes charge as Delhi Police Commissioner

New commissioner of Delhi Police Neeraj Kumar says, a terror-free city and a more people-friendly force will be his focus areas. Known for his effective handling of terror and underworld cases, Kumar was talking to newspersons after taking over his assignment in New Delhi. He succeeded B. K. Gupta, ...

June 30, 2012 4:43 PM

Tatkal bookings to start at 10am from 10th July

Booking of Tatkal tickets will start at 10 AM instead of 8 AM from 10th of next month.The Railways Ministry has also decided that no authorised agents, including agents of IRCTC and RTSA and RTA will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets from 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs.

June 30, 2012 1:51 PM

Neeraj Kumar to be new Commissioner of Police of National Capital

Neeraj Kumar, a 1976 batch IPS officer from AGMU cadre, today took over as the new Commissioner of Police of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. He succeds the outgoing Commissioner B K Gupta. Mr Kumar was the Director General (Prisons) in Delhi before taking over the charge. Reacting to his ne...

June 30, 2012 1:50 PM

Man gets 115 days jail for insulting woman

A city court in Delhi has convicted a 30 year old man accused of insulting a woman's modesty by making telephone calls to her since 2006 and using filthy language. He was sentenced to 115 days of imprisonment but he was let off by the judge as he had already spent nearly four months in prison. ...

June 30, 2012 1:36 PM

PM suggests formation of South Asian Union on lines of EU

Pitching for building a South Asian Union on the lines of the European Union, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that countries in the region should pool their wisdom and work to remove the roadblocks that prevent South Asia from realizing its true destiny. Inaugurating the UNESCO Madanjeet Sing...

June 30, 2012 1:36 PM

Pak was a safe haven for Abu Jundal: Chidambaram

Home Minister P Chidambaram has asserted that the security and Intelligence agencies will remain ever vigilant to avoid any 26/11 Mumbai like attack. Talking to media in New Delhi yesterday while presenting his Ministry's monthly report, he said that Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, the ...

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