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September 29, 2011 8:46 AM

Cash for vote scam: Court rejects interim bail plea of Amar Singh

A Delhi court has rejected Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh's regular as well as interim bail pleas in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal relied on the medical reports to reject both bail applications of Amar Singh who is undergoing treatment for his kidney ailments at t...

September 28, 2011 8:41 PM

Calcutta HC upholds Singur Land Rehab Act 2011

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ruled that the West Bengal Government's Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 under which the State government acquired the land leased to Tata Motors Ltd (TML) is constitutional and valid. Justice I P Mukerji, while upholding the validity of ...

September 28, 2011 8:19 PM

ED to send team abroad to gather info on Hasan Ali’s assets

The Enforcement Directorate has decided to send a team of its investigators to Switzerland, Singapore, UAE and the UK, to gather data on investments and assets of stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan. Khan is being probed for allegedly evading income tax of over 50,000 crore rupees.The move has come as th...

September 28, 2011 7:14 PM

Prez calls for multi-faceted approach to combat corruption

The President has called for multi-faceted approach to combat corruption. Inaugurating the regional conference of Anti Corruption initiative on Asia and the Pacific in New Delhi on Wednesday, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil said, governments have to constantly review existing laws, systems and procedu...

September 28, 2011 7:12 PM

ED to send team abroad to gather info on Hasan Ali’s assets

The Enforcement Directorate has decided to send a team of its investigators to Switzerland, Singapore, UAE and the UK, to gather data on investments and assets of stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan. Khan is being probed for allegedly evading income tax of over 50,000 crore rupees.The move has come as th...

September 28, 2011 7:07 PM

PM hosts lunch for Tony Blair

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday hosted a lunch for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his residence in New Delhi. The lunch was also attended by Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and person...

September 28, 2011 6:59 PM

Railways revenue up by 8.52 %

Indian Railways has registered a revenue growth of 8.52 per cent during the period from 11th to 20th of this month, as compared to the same period last year. According to an official release, the revenue earnings of Railways during the period were around 2495 crore rupees as compared to about 2299 c...

September 28, 2011 6:48 PM

SC asks centre to explain delay in deciding Bhullar’s mercy plea

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to explain the delay of over eight years in deciding the mercy plea of terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. Bhullar was awarded death penalty for triggering a bomb blast in Delhi in September 1993, targeting the cavalcade of then Youth Congress Presid...

September 28, 2011 5:48 PM

Shortage of trained people in disaster management: NDMA

The country's apex body for disaster planning and mitigation, National Disaster Management Authority-NDMA, on Wednesday said that there is a huge shortage of trained people in the field even as a number of challenges remain to be accomplished. The Vice Chairman of NDMA, Mr. M Shashidhar Reddy s...

September 28, 2011 5:48 PM

Railways revenue up by 8.52 per cent

Indian Railways has registered a revenue growth of 8.52 per cent during the period from 11th to 20th of this month, as compared to the same period last year. According to an official release, the revenue earnings of Railways during the period were around 2495 crore rupees as compared to about 2299 c...

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