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October 1, 2011 11:24 AM

SC cancels bail of Hasan Ali in Black money case

The Supreme Court today cancelled the bail of Hasan Ali in Black Money Case. The Bombay High Court had granted him bail in money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate had challenged the High Court order in the Supreme Court contending that their strong prima facie evidence against the accused...

October 1, 2011 11:07 AM

Rs 8 cr under RAY for slum free Punjab, Haryana & HP

Centre has released nearly 8 crore rupees under Rajiv Awas Yojna RAY, for preparatory activities to make nine cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh slum free. Quoting sources in the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, AIR Jalandhar Correspondent reports, RAY is part of ...

October 1, 2011 10:00 AM

Navy to commission Fleet Tanker INS Shakti

INS Shakti, a Fleet Tanker will be commissioned in the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam today. Official sources said the construction of Shakti started in November 2009 at the Fincantieri Shipyard, Italy and it was formally handed over to the Indian Navy on 23rd of last month at Vi...

October 1, 2011 9:58 AM

World Elders Day being observed today

World Elders Day is being observed today. A number of functions have been organised throughout the country to mark the occasion. Madhya Pradesh government will felicitate those who have attained 100 years of age with 'Shatayu Samman' to create awareness about healthy ageing.

October 1, 2011 9:58 AM

LS Speaker clears prosecution of BJP MP in Cash-for-vote scam

The Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar has given sanction to Delhi Police to prosecute BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam in which four other party men are already in jail facing charges of criminal conspiracy and for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act. PTI quoting Parliament ...

September 30, 2011 9:13 PM

Unused endosulfan’s export allowed

The Supreme Court today allowed the export of unused stock of endosulfan manufactured in the country. The Court, however, said the ban on the use and production of the controversial pesticide will continue. A three judge bench of the apex court allowed Endosulfan manufacturing companies to meet thei...

September 30, 2011 9:04 PM

HC allows probe into Chavan, Koda’s poll expenditure accounts

The Delhi High Court today allowed Election Commission (EC), to probe former Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan and former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand, Madhu Koda in connection with alleged discrepancies in their poll expenditure accounts. A bench of the High court gave the order while di...

September 30, 2011 9:04 PM

Supplementary chargesheet in cash for vote scam

Delhi police today submitted to a city court a supplementary charge sheet in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case. The public prosecutor told the court that though Delhi police have completed their investigations in some aspects of the case, their overall probe into the scam is not yet complete.He said ...

September 30, 2011 8:25 PM

First phase of post-enumeration survey of population completed

The government today said that the first phase of post-enumeration survey of population has been completed in the country. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the Home Minister, Mr. P Chidambaram said capture of bio-metrics for National Population Register is in progress and has so far covered 47 lak...

September 30, 2011 8:12 PM

Raja decides not to participate in 2G hearing

Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a Delhi court that he would not respond to CBI's fresh plea to invoke additional charge of criminal breach of trust against all the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. He said he would not participate in the hearing till the agency stated that i...

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