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December 6, 2010 9:06 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned over opposition demand for JPC probe into 2G Spectrum

Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned for the day. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned following an obituary reference on the death of a sitting member M Rajsekara Murthy (JD-S) by the Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari. Murthy died yesterday. The Lok Sabha was first adjourned for an hour and late...

December 6, 2010 8:45 PM

Chennai RSS office bomb blast: SC acquits 3 alleged terrorists

Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three alleged terroristssentenced to life imprisonment in the case relating to thebomb blast at the RSS office in Chennai in 1993. 11people were killed. A Bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjarsaid in a judgement the prosecution failed to conclusivelyest...

December 6, 2010 8:36 PM

French Prez Sarkozy to visit Mumbai on Tuesday

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will land in Mumbai on Tuesday morning. He will be visiting the Police Memorial honouring the victims of the heinous terrorist attack on 26th November 2008. He would also visit Oberoi hotel in South Mumbai to pay tributes to those who...

December 6, 2010 7:43 PM

Heavy rain disrupts normal life in TN; Death toll rises to 170

In Tamil Nadu, heavy rain continued to play havoc in the coastal districts disrupting normal life. Offical sources have put the death toll in rain related incidents to 170. There seems to be no respite from the fury of the rain, as more downpour has been forecastfor the coastal districts during the ...

December 6, 2010 7:41 PM

Bansal rules out JPC probe into scams

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr. Pawan Bansal on Monday ruled out any scope of a Joint Parliamentary Probe into the scams. Expressing anguish on the stale-mate status of the both the houses of the Parliament he said that Governmnet will not introduce any other bill in such an atmosphere. Talking t...

December 6, 2010 6:58 PM

DGCA tells airlines to maintain transparency in tariffs

After airlines were asked to bring down tariffs to reasonable level, Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Monday asked all airlines to maintain transparency in tariffs across Network. The directions came after DGCA held second round of talks with top executives of Indian carriers. The airlines w...

December 6, 2010 6:58 PM

BJP SC MPs seek national monument for Ambedkar

Several BJP MPs belonging to Scheduled Castes have demanded that 26, Alipur Road in New Delhi, where Dr B R Ambedkar breathed his last on this day in 1956, be declared and maintained as a national monument. In a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the MPs including Virendra Kashyap and Arjun...

December 6, 2010 6:03 PM

BJP reiterates its demand for JPC probe into 2G spectrum scam

Reiterating its demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum scam, the BJP on Monday charged the government with indulging in cover up activities to shield corrupt people. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, party spokesman S S Ahluwalia demanded that either the CVC P J Thomas himself resign or the go...

December 6, 2010 5:36 PM

Gujarat HC allows SIT to take voice samples of post-Godhra riot accused

The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed the Special Investigation Team, SIT to take voice samples of two post-Godhra riot accused in the Naroda Gam case for matching it with the audio-video evidence. Justice M R Shah, hearing the SIT's appeal challenging special riot court's order, allowe...

December 6, 2010 5:32 PM

AIR to broadcast special discussion on unwanted commercial telephone calls

The News Services Division of All India Radio in its weekly phone-in programme 'Public Speak' will bring you tonight a discussion on 'Unwanted Commercial Telephone calls'. It can be heard on FM Gold Channel from 9.30 p.m. Listeners can ask questions to the experts sitting in our studios on telephone...

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