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August 31, 2012 1:56 PM

Lifer for gangster-turned-politician Gawli in Sena corporator murder case

Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli was awarded life imprisonment by a MCOCA court in Mumbai today in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar four years back. Apart from Gawli, 11 others who had hatched a conspiracy to kill Jamsandekar were convicted last week.Jamsa...

August 31, 2012 1:49 PM

MCOCA court awards lifer for gangster Gawli in Sena corporator murder case

Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli was awarded life imprisonment by a MCOCA court in Mumbai today in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar four years back. Apart from Gawli, 11 others who had hatched a conspiracy to kill Jamsandekar were convicted last week.Jamsa...

August 31, 2012 12:55 PM

Coal block issue rocks Parl;House adjourned for eighth day today

The coal blocks allocation issue rocked Parliament for the 8th day today forcing the adjournment of both the Houses. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till Monday amidst noisy scenes with the BJP members trooping into the well of the House in support of their demand for the Prime Mini...

August 31, 2012 12:09 PM

Madras HC clears commissioning of Koodankulam nuke power plant

Madras High Court today cleared the Commissioning of Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu ruling that there were no impedients to it . A Division bench of the court gave the go ahead for the commissioning of the power plant, dismissing a batch of PILs that insisted o...

August 31, 2012 12:00 PM

Economy grows at 5.5% in Apr-Jun Qtr

Economic grew by 5.5 per cent in the April-June quarter this fiscal due to poor performance of manufacturing, mining and farm sectors.The gross domestic product (GDP) had expanded by 8 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2011-12. During the quarter ended June 30, the manufacturing sector grew marg...

August 31, 2012 11:42 AM

Parl adjourned till noon over coal block issue

Both Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon today over the issue of coal block allocations. As soon as the Lok Sabha met, BJP members rushed to the well shouting slogans in support of their demand for the Prime Minister's resignation. Some DMK members were seen waving placards deman...

August 31, 2012 11:28 AM

Assam situation improves; SC special team to take stock of relief measures

In Assam, curfew has been lifted at Tezpur in Sonitpur from 6am this morning. As the situation improved, curfew was also relaxed at Chirang district for 15 hours, four to 15 hours at Howly and Barpeta Road and eight hours at Aam Bagan in Nagaon district. People came out from their homes to buy neces...

August 31, 2012 11:26 AM

Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi takes over as new Navy Chief

Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi today took over as the new Chief of Naval staff. He succeeds Admiral Nirmal Verma. Admiral Joshi is an anti-submarine warfare specialist and was the Western Naval Commander. He has commanded the tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Island Command and also headed the Integrat...

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