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EC removes Meghalaya top cop on state CEO plaint

February 8, 2013 12:01 PM

EC removes Meghalaya top cop on state CEO plaint

The Election Commission of India has removed Meghalaya Police Chief Kulbir Krishan following a complaint from the state Chief Electoral Officer. The state goes to polls on 23rd of this month. Mr. Krishan has been replaced by Prem Singh, a 1977 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. The Commissi...

B'desh ferry with 100 on board capsizes; several feared dead

February 8, 2013 11:00 AM

B'desh ferry with 100 on board capsizes; several feared dead

In Bangladesh, a ferry carrying around 100 people has capsized in a river outside the capital Dhaka. A number of people were said to be unaccounted for after the boat went down in the Meghna River today. District administrator Saifuddin Badal told the AFP news agency that about 25 people were believ...

Sri Lankan Prez on private India visit; will offer prayers at Gaya, Tirupati

February 8, 2013 10:38 AM

Sri Lankan Prez on private India visit; will offer prayers at Gaya, Tirupati

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is on a two-day personal visit to India during which he will offer prayers at Bodh Gaya and Tirupathi but will not engage with Indian leaders.Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in India, Prasad Kariyawasam said that despite the private nature of the visit the I...

Maharashtra Police lodge FIR against VHP leader Togadia for ‘hate’ speech

February 8, 2013 8:07 AM

Maharashtra Police lodge FIR against VHP leader Togadia for ‘hate’ speech

The Maharashtra Police has lodged an FIR against VHP leader Praveen Togadia for his alleged hate speech made in the state. Additional Director General of Police, Ahmed Javed said that the FIR has been lodged in a police station in Nanded in connection with the hate speech made on the 22nd of last mo...

RBI for changes in law to deal with menace of fake currency

February 8, 2013 8:05 AM

RBI for changes in law to deal with menace of fake currency

The RBI has called for changes in laws to deal with the menace of fake currency. RBI Governor D Subbarao said, the central bank is in talks with the government to amend the relevant laws to ensure that persons generating fake currency are punished and not those who possess such notes innocently. He ...

SC orders to give SIT report of 2002 Gulbarga society case to Zakia Jafri

February 7, 2013 8:34 PM

SC orders to give SIT report of 2002 Gulbarga society case to Zakia Jafri

The Supreme Court today issued an order entitling Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress MP in Gujarat Ehsan Jafri, to obtain the entire probe report submitted by Special Investigation Team, SIT, in the 2002 Gulberg Society riots case. The court overruled the two orders of Ahmedabad Court denying the m...

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