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Mulayam meets Manmohan
NEW DELHI: Stung by the charges made by the Congress leaders against him, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his and party president Sonia Gandhi’s intervention to rein in AICC ...

Farooq takes over as NC president after six years
“India, Pakistan will not fight as war will lead to destruction”

States to report on welfare of construction workers
Law not implemented properly to ensure benefits: plea in court

I don’t intend appealing to party, says Somnath
KOLKATA: Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has no intention of appealing to the CPI(M) leadership that be taken back in the party. But if ever a move is initiated to accept him? “I don’t know … Then I’ll have ...

ICAI panel to examine Satyam audit
NEW DELHI: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Tuesday set up a six-member special committee to look into the auditing of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services, whose erstwhile founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju is now in ...

“NDA did not pursue case”
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday sought to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party’s allegation of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy patronising the Satyam group of companies, by stating that had the National Democratic ...

Ocean fertilization opposed
Ecologists: expedition to fertilize sea near Antarctica violates CBD

Human rights organisations ask Karnataka government to implement High Court order on Christians
Bangalore: Several human rights organisations, including the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), have demanded that the Karnataka government implement the High Court’s order of January 7 upholding the rights of Christians in ...

Suspected Lashkar activist held
KOLKATA: A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba activist was arrested by West Bengal’s Criminal Investigation Department from Malda district late on Monday. Safique Iliyas “Deepak,” a resident of Rajshahi in Bangladesh, was ...

30,603 foreigners absconding in Assam
Gogoi moots the idea of issuing multipurpose identity cards

Lalu Prasad gets a feel of bullet train
NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, now in Japan to shore up funds for the proposed dedicated freight corridor, got a feel of the high-speed bullet train on Tuesday. Mr. Prasad, who is said to have carried his own basket of eatables, ...

AGP MLA removed from all party posts
Guwahati: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has removed party legislator Nurul Hussain from Hajo Assembly constituency from all party posts for meeting suspected operatives of Pakistan’s ISI in Guwahati jail. Mr. Hussain was a member of the ...

Security tightened at Sagar Mela
KOLKATA: Elaborate security measures have been taken at Sagar Island in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district where lakhs of pilgrims await the auspicious moment of Makar Sankranti on Wednesday to take the holy dip at the spot where ...

BJP: we will ensure that farmers get cheaper loans
Our government will provide loans at four per cent: Rajnath

‘Flows in Indus basin likely to decrease’
Climate change will have serious implications for dams, says study

BJP youth wing plumps for Advani
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday embarked upon a country-wide plan to promote L.K. Advani as the next prime minister. The party’s youth wing has been asked to carry the short, crisp message — ‘Advani for ...

Shorter Republic Day parade this year
NEW DELHI: The Republic Day parade, an annual feature showcasing military might, cultural heritage and development of the country, will have a shorter run this year. Over the years, the parade, which begins at the base of Raisina Hill ...

MP takes up cause of nomadic tribes
NEW DELHI: Hopeful that the government would accept the recommendations of the National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Member of Parliament Haribhau Rathod has demanded 7 per cent reservation for this section of ...

Cambridge university announces scholarships
NEW DELHI: The University of Cambridge on Monday announced a new scholarship programme for Indian students in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Manmohan Singh Undergraduate Scholarship Programme starting from 2010 will ...

Terror suspects remanded
Mumbai: Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives Fahim Ansari and Mohammad Sabahuddin were on Monday remanded to police custody till January 23 in connection with the November terror attacks here. This is the third case against them. It pertains to ...

Adopt water harvesting as national mission: Soz


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