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February 21, 2011 1:53 PM

Odisha govt. begins 2nd round of negotiations with Maoists’ Interlocutors

In Odisha, the second round of negotiations between the interlocutors and the government for the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector RV Krishna and Junior Engineer PM Majhi started this morning in Bhubaneshwar. A third mediator, social activist and trade union leader Dandapani Mohanty ...

February 21, 2011 1:41 PM

BJP welcomes death sentence awarded to Kasab

The Bharatiya Janata Party has welcomed the Bombay high court's up holding of the death sentence to Ajmal Kasab. Talking to reporters outside Parliament today the Party spokesperson Prakash Javdekar, however, expressed reservations on how the government is going to implement this execution.

February 21, 2011 1:37 PM

CBI raids house of OSD to Ambumani Ramdoss

In Chennai, the CBI raided the house of Mr.T.S. Ramamurthy, special officer to former Union Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss today. The raids have been conducted in the residence of Mr.Ramamurthy in connection with granting permission to a private medical college in Indore when Dr. Anbumani Ram...

February 21, 2011 12:20 PM

Rahat Ali Khan, manager fined 15 lakh each

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and his manager Maroof have been slapped with a penalty of 15 lakh rupees each in connection with recovery of huge amount of foreign currency from them which stands confiscated. Official sources said today, the duo were to board a Dubai flight when the sleuths o...

February 21, 2011 11:32 AM

Talks between Odisha govt. & Maoists' Interlocutors to continue today

In Odisha, talks for the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector RV Krishna and Junior Engineer PM Majhi will continue today. The negotiations in this regard between senior state government officials and Maoists' interlocutors Prof G Hargopal and Prof R Someswara Rao began in Bhubanes...

February 21, 2011 11:01 AM

Court defers verdict on CBI’s plea to end Quattrocchi case till March 4

A Delhi court today deferred to next month the pronouncement of its judgement on the CBI's plea to drop the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav posted for 4 th March his order on the CBI's ...

February 21, 2011 9:12 AM

Bombay HC to deliver verdict on confirmation of death sentence to Kasab

The Bombay High Court will deliver its verdict today on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. On 3 May 2010, a special court at Mumbai's high-security Arthur Road jail convicted Kasab of murder, abatement to murde...

February 21, 2011 8:43 AM

Bombay HC Court to deliver verdict on confirmation of death sentence to Kasab

The Bombay High Court will deliver its verdict today on confirmation of death sentence awarded to Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. On 3 May 2010, a special court at Mumbai's high-security Arthur Road jail convicted Kasab of murder, abatement to murde...

February 21, 2011 8:22 AM

Centre allocates 6,000crore under Rajiv Awas Yojana to make cities slum-free

Six thousand crore rupees are being earmarked to make cities slum-free across the country. The funds to be given under the Government's Rajiv Awas Yojana, RAY, will be used for construction of over two lakh houses. According to officials in the Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, the t...

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