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February 21, 2012 1:53 PM

NIA detains one person in connection with Delhi HC blast

One person has been detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Delhi High Court bomb blast last year.At least 15 people were killed in the blast outside the Delhi High Court on September seven last year. The person identified as Mohammed Ayub has been detained in Kish...

February 21, 2012 1:52 PM

Italian naval guards remanded to police custody

In Kerala, the two Italian naval guards of Vessel Enrica Lexie charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast were remanded to three-day police custody.The Naval guards - Latore Massimiliano and Salvatore Girone - were produced before Judicial Magistrate at his residence at Karuna...

February 21, 2012 1:52 PM

Govt to focus on safe drinking water for all: Ramesh

The government will focus on quality to ensure safe drinking water to rural as well as urban people of the country. The Minister of Drinking water and sanitation Jairam Ramesh today said that government is going to make strategic changes in its approach and Health issues related to water will be dea...

February 21, 2012 1:50 PM

Woman journalist Jigna booked in Dey murder case

The Crime Branch Unit of Mumbai Police today filed a supplementary charge sheet against woman journalist Jigna Vora in connection with the murder of senior scribe J Dey. Dey, who used to cover crime beat for a leading Mumbai daily, was shot dead on June 11 last year. Jigna has been booked under vari...

February 21, 2012 1:48 PM

Delhi Airport Metro stations to start int'l flight check-ins

The Airport Metro will begin international check-in from Thursday at its New Delhi and Shivaji stadium stations.A spokesperson of the Airport Metro said that the facility will allow fliers to check-in their baggage before boarding the metro to reach the new swanky Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi Int...

February 21, 2012 1:21 PM

Cong to move HC on FIR against Rahul Gandhi

A combative Congress today asserted that it will move the High Court seeking quashing of the FIR lodged against Rahul Gandhi for alleged violation of poll code, saying the action was taken at the behest of Chief Minister Mayawati. Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters in Kanpur th...

February 21, 2012 11:40 AM

Five women killed in firecracker factory blast in Maharashtra

In Maharashtra, five women workers were killed and nine others injured in a major blast at a firecracker factory in Bhalwani village in Solapur district. Police said the toll is likely to go up as some workers are feared trapped under the debris of the structure which caved in under the impact of th...

February 21, 2012 10:56 AM

Home Ministry meet with top officers from Naxal belt states tomorrow

The Home Ministry has convened a meeting of top police and civil officers of Maoist-affected states tomorrow to take stock of anti-Naxal operations and fine tune strategy.Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pra...

February 21, 2012 10:14 AM

State Edu Ministers to meet on common entrance test

Education Ministers of states will meet in New Delhi tomorrow to decide on the Centre's move to holda single entrance test for admissions to under graduate science and engineering programmes across the country. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says 11 education boards in the country have unanimously su...

February 21, 2012 9:13 AM

VP on two-day visit to Kolkata

Vice-President Hamid Ansari will be on a two-day visit to Kolkata today to take part in the Birth Centenary celebration of celebrated Hindi poet Sacchidananda Batyasan Agyeya. He will join the celebrations at the Language Auditorium in the National Library in the city.Sacchidananda Batyasan, popular...

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