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January 6, 2012 1:45 PM

UP: Oppn wants removal of Cabinet Secy, DGP

In Uttar Pradesh, most of the opposition parties today reiterated their demands for immediate removal of several senior-most administrative and police officers including Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh, Principle Secretary- Home, Fateh Bahadur and Director General of Police, Brijlal for the...

January 6, 2012 1:33 PM

EC directs UP to transfer 259 Block Development Officers

In Uttar Pradesh the Elections Commission has directed the state government to transfer 259 Block Development Officers from their present posting with immediate effect. The Commission has taken this decision in view of their over stay in the districts.AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that the Elect...

January 6, 2012 1:18 PM

12 Indian diamond merchants detained in China return home

Twelve of the 22 Indian diamond traders, detained in China on charges of smuggling, reached Mumbai airport late last night after they were let off following deportation orders by a Chinese court.It was an emotional scene at the airport as the traders were welcomed by their families and friends with ...

January 6, 2012 12:58 PM

Keen to strengthen ties with India: Trinidad & Tobago PM

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said that her country is keen to strengthen and deepen the ties with India. Talking to media after she was accorded ceremonial reception at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, she recalled the strong cultural and historical relati...

January 6, 2012 12:35 PM

Set up complaint centres in 45 days, TRAI to Telcos

Telecom firms will have to set up complaint centres and web-based monitoring systems for their customers within 45 days as per the new consumer grievance redressal guidelines.This was announced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday.The new rules come into force with immedia...

January 6, 2012 11:56 AM

EC directs UP to transfer 259 Block Development Officers

In Uttar Pradesh the Elections Commission has directed the state government to transfer 259 Block Development Officers from their present posting with immediate effect. The Commission has taken this decision in view of their over stay in the districts.AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that the Elect...

January 6, 2012 11:50 AM

Sukhram slips into coma

Former Union Minister Sukh Ram, convicted in a 1993 telecom scam and ordered to surrender, has slipped into a state of coma.Mr. Sukh Ram's Counsel told this to a Delhi Court today which deferred the matter till tomorrow.Sukh Ram, 86, was directed by the Supreme Court to surrender before the tri...

January 6, 2012 9:47 AM

Preventive Detention without justifiable reasons against basic rights

The Supreme Court has said that a person cannot be detained under the preventive detention law like the National Security Act (NSA) without justifiable reasons as otherwise it would impinge upon the individual's Constitutional Right to Personal Liberty. The apex court said that the State Government ...

January 6, 2012 8:57 AM

Govt can’t compulsorily acquire land under urgency clause:SC

The Supreme Court has said that the government cannot compulsorily acquire private properties by casually invoking the urgency clause unless there was a genuine need which cannot brook any delay. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said if the State failed to give a fair hearing to ...

January 6, 2012 8:48 AM

Fog and light drizzle across North India

Thick fog and light drizzle across North India made life uncomfortable for people despite a rise in minimum temperatures across the region.In Himachal Pradesh the snowfall continues in Kinnaur, Lahaul Spiti, Bharmour and other tribal areas.Queen of hills Shimla received seasons first snow fall, thou...

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