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October 16, 2011 1:31 PM

No proposal to relook at RTI Act: Salman Khurshid

Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has made it clear that there is no proposal for a relook at the RTI Act but noted that not only the government but the judiciary too had experienced difficulties because of it. In an interview to PTI, he said, we are pleased that we gave RTI to this country. Even i...

October 16, 2011 1:31 PM

B S Yeddyurappa arrested for his alleged involvement in land scams

Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who was remanded to judicial custody yesterday, has been admitted to Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology. It is learnt that Yeddyurappa complained of back ache, chest pain and vomited several times late last night in the jail. Following which, jail author...

October 16, 2011 11:53 AM

Huge quantity of weapons seized on Ambala-Chandigarh road

The Special Task Force of Haryana police has recovered a huge quantity of weapons from a car near a village on Ambala-Chandigarh road last night. Police said, the STF team also arrested five persons, belonging to Jind and Jhajjar districts of Haryana, in this connection. They have been identified as...

October 16, 2011 10:47 AM

Bring corporates under RTI Act: Bihar CM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has suggested that corporates and private sector should be brought under the ambit of the Right to Information Act. Addressing the annual convention of Central Information Commission in New Delhi he said, people invest through shares and they have a right to know wh...

October 16, 2011 10:08 AM

PM leaves for Pretoria tomorrow to attend IBSA summit

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will embark on a visit to Pretoria tomorrow to attend the trilateral India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) summit. Pressing global issues like the difficult economic scenario and security situation are expected to dominate the discussions. The fifth IBSA summit will ...

October 16, 2011 10:04 AM

Foreign interferences must come to end in Afghan: Hamid Ansari

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has said that foreign interference must come to an end in Afghanistan for a lasting solution to the problems being faced by strife-torn country. He said, Turkish government is trying to bring conflicting groups together and it has old ties with Afghanistan. The V...

October 16, 2011 9:36 AM

G-20 FMs agree to share info on tax evasion

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's 20 biggest economies say they have agreed to take swift action to resolve Europe's debt crisis, which is hurting global economy. After two days of deliberations in Paris, which ended yesterday, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin a...

October 16, 2011 9:35 AM

G-20 FMs agree to share info on tax evasion

Finance ministers and central bankers from the world's 20 biggest economies say they have agreed to take swift action to resolve Europe's debt crisis, which is hurting global economy. After two days of deliberations in Paris, which ended yesterday, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin a...

October 15, 2011 9:57 PM

There should not be any outside interference to Afghanistan crisis: VP

The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said there should not be any outside interference to the Afghanistan crisis. Speaking to reporters on board the special aircraft returning from Istanbul, Ansari said, India always wanted that the solution should be Afghan led one.Ansari who was on...

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