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May 17, 2012 9:19 AM

Severe heatwave sweeps northern, western & eastern parts of India

Severe heatwave has swept the northern, western and eastern parts of India. In Uttar Pradesh, the day's maximum temperature has shot up to over 45 degrees celsius. Our Gorakhpur correspondent reports that the scarcity of drinking water has been reported from Bundelkhand region. In Rajasthan, Severe ...

May 17, 2012 8:49 AM

Govt sets up committee to review NCERT's textbooks

The Government has set up a committee in the wake of the cartoon row to review NCERT's political science textbooks for schools.An NCERT notification yesterday said that the committee, which has five members from a social science background, will review the textbooks from the point of view of id...

May 16, 2012 9:13 PM

India welcomes US move to designate Dawood aides as drug traffickers

India welcomed the US move to designate underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon as key drug traffickers. Official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin said it was a reaffirmation of India's stand and asked those countries har...

May 16, 2012 9:11 PM

Lt. Gen. Tejinder Singh files plea for copy of Centre's Reply

Former Lt Gen Tejinder Singh on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court afresh, seeking its direction to the Centre to give him a copy of its reply, which said the Defence Ministry had no role in issuing the press release that accused him of offering bribe to the Army chief.The former officer, facing a...

May 16, 2012 8:33 PM

Delhi HC reserves order on IPG's plea against restraint to strike

The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on a plea by a section of Air India pilots against a single-judge order which restrained them from continuing their illegal strike by reporting sick and staging demonstrations. A two judge bench is likely to pronounce its order on Thursday on the plea by...

May 16, 2012 8:27 PM

Three striking Air India pilots resume duty; strike enters 9th day

Three striking Air India pilots resumed duty. Pilots strike entered the 9th day on Wednesday. An Air India spokesperson told AIR that the national carrier has curtailed and clubbed many of its flights to the United States of America and Europe as part of its contingency plan to stabilise its interna...

May 16, 2012 7:21 PM

Air India begins international flights to US & Europe

Air India on Wednesday began international operations to the US and Europe as part of its contingency plan to normalise the situation . Air India spokesman told AIR that the national carrier has curtailed and clubbed many of its flights to the United States of America and Europe as part of its conti...

May 16, 2012 7:20 PM

Arushi case : SC reserves its order on Nupur Talwar's plea

The Supreme Court has reserved its order on dentist Nupur Talwar's plea seeking a review of its order of allowing her criminal prosecution in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A bench of justices AK Patnaik and JS Khehar on Wednesday reserved the order after...

May 16, 2012 7:20 PM

SC upholds dismissal of Railway Judicial Magistrate

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a judicial magistrate who was sacked by the full bench of the Patna High Court for granting unauthorisedly bails to three accused in a criminal case. A bench of the apex court upheld the dismissal of Railway Judicial Magistrate Gajendra Prasad P...

May 16, 2012 6:10 PM

Parliament approves Appropriation Bill & Finance Bill for 2012

Parliament has approved the Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill for 2012 with the Rajya Sabha returning them on Wednesday. The Lok Sabha had passed them last week.Replying to the discussion in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee hinted that the government will take certain austeri...

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