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December 10, 2010 11:43 AM

India not to accept international binding cuts at Cancun Conference: Ramesh

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that there has been no shifting of the goal post and he stood by India's position that it will not accept internationally binding cuts at this stage. The minister said, this was so because he does not know what are the conditions that accompany them.H...

December 10, 2010 11:24 AM

SC upholds Allahabad HC indictment

The Supreme Court today upheld its remarks that something was rotten in the Allahabad High Court where the "uncle judges syndrome" was rampant and needed cleansing. A bench of justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra, while dismissing the Allahabad High Court's application for expunging o...

December 10, 2010 11:17 AM

Retired SC Judge to probe spectrum allocation system from 2001

The Department of Telecommunication is to set up a one-man Committee to go into the spectrum allocation from 2001. Announcing this at a press conference in New Delhi yesterday, the Communication and IT Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal said that the retired Supreme Court Judge S. Patil will be appointed for ...

December 10, 2010 11:05 AM

Investigating agencies hunting for leads to Varanasi blast

In Varanasi, investigations are on by Forensic Experts who arrived from Delhi to examine the nature of explosive material used in Tuesday's bomb blast. A girl child wad killed and 38 persons were injured in the explosion. The State Addl. Director General Police, Law and Order, Mr. Brij Lal said...

December 10, 2010 10:53 AM

Investigating agencies hunting for leads to Varanasi blast

In Varanasi, investigations are on by Forensic Experts who arrived from Delhi to examine the nature of explosive material used in Tuesday's bomb blast. A girl child and 38 persons were injured in the explosion. The State Addl. Director General Police, Law and Order, Mr. Brij Lal said, search co...

December 10, 2010 10:52 AM

Gadkari files defamation suit against Cong spokesman Manish Tiwari

Hitting back at allegations that he owned a 'benami' (held by proxy) flat in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday filed a defamation suit against Congress spokesman Manish Tewari. Gadkari in his complaint lodged before t...

December 10, 2010 9:39 AM

International Human Rights Day being observed today

Today is International Human Rights Day. Several functions, seminars are being organised across the country to mark the occasion. Human Rights Day 2010 will highlight the achievements of human rights defenders and to inspire a new generation of defenders to speak up and take action to end discrimina...

December 10, 2010 9:30 AM

EPFO suspends further investments in LIC Housing Finance

EPF Organisation has decided to suspend further investments in the LIC Housing Finance till CBI completes investigations into the alleged involvement of its top official in the bribes-for-loans scam. LabourMinister Mallikarjun Kharge today said after the meeting of the board that the organisation wi...

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