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January 18, 2010 8:56 PM

Court pulls up CBI on faiure to issue notice to complainant

A Delhi Court on Monday pulled up the CBI for failing to issue notice to the complainant before filing the closure report against congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.<br/><br/>Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma said that it is lega...

January 18, 2010 8:22 PM

Bihar bandh by Maoists evokes mixed response

Maoists sponsored Bihar bandh on Monday evoked mixed response. In rural areas of the naxal infested district was paralised. Rail traffic on Patna-Gaya rail section was disrupted for over six hours following blowing up of railway track near Nadaul railway station. Maoists also torched a truck and ble...

January 18, 2010 8:22 PM

Sidhu urges for extension of DMIC upto Punjab

Demanding the extension of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) upto Punjab, the Amritsar MP, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu has said that all political parties from Punjab should raise this issue with the Centre for inclusion of the state in this mega project. Haryana is one of the seven states included...

January 18, 2010 5:50 PM

Karnataka signs MoU for airport in Bijapur

Government of Karnataka signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MARG Aviation on Monday in Bangalore to construct an airport in Bijapur. According to the agreement, airport with one runway and other basic facilities will come up in 720 acres of land at a cost of 250 crore rupees. MARG Aviation wil...

January 18, 2010 3:26 PM

Rahul Gandhi on two day visit to Gwalior

In Madhya Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived in Gwalior on a two day visit of the state. He informally interacted with the students in Ravindranath Tagore auditorium of Laxmi bai National Physical University in the city.<br/>

January 18, 2010 1:30 PM

Jaish chief killed in Jammu

In a major success against militants in Jammu and Kashmir, Army and Police yesterday gunned down Jaish-e-Mohamamed (JeM) Chief for border district of Poonch in a fierce encounter at Narol forests in Mendhar Tehsil of Poonch district. The slain militant has been identified as Abdullah Sani alias Dawo...

January 18, 2010 10:46 AM

Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar

In Bihar, Maoists blew up railway track near Nadaul Railway Station on Patna-Gaya rail section of East-Central Railway in wee hours on Monday. They ransacked cabin section of the station and manhandled railway employees. The rail traffic on Patna-Gaya section has been stopped following blowing up of...

January 18, 2010 10:08 AM

Veteran Kannada actor KS Aswath passes away

Veteran Kannada Cine actor K.S. Ashwath, who played the legendary Chamayya Meshtru in the hit movie Nagarahaavu passed away at 1.45 am on Monday. He was 85. According to his son and cine actor Shankar Ashwath, his father's health was deteriorating with every passing day since the beginning of this y...

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