Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the opposition parties for stalling the Food Security Bill in Parliament, and asserted the UPA government was determined to enact the legislation for the benefit of people. “I am sad that the opposition is acting against the interests of the poor [...]
Bharuch (Guj), May 18 : India would not have lost its sheen as a country of farmers if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had been the first Prime Minister, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said today, ruing the “poor” national agricultural growth. “The nation is falling behind in agriculture. If ‘Khedut Putra’ (son of farmer), Sardar Patel [...]
New Delhi, May 18: In a swift operation, CBI arrested its own Superintendent of Police, who was heading the Coalgate probe team, an inspector and two others for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh from a businessman outside its headquarters to settle a land dispute. CBI’s internal vigilance apprehended Inspector Rajesh while receiving [...]
New Delhi, May 18 : In a first-ever visit by an Indian Vice President to Uzbekistan, Hamid Ansari would be travelling to Tashkent next week during which key issues like economic interests and counter-terrorism cooperation will be discussed. Ansari would be travelling with a high level delegation to Tashkent between May 21 and 24. During [...]
Bangalore, May 18: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today expanded his Cabinet with the induction of 28 Ministers. Twenty were made Cabinet Ministers and eight Ministers of State. They were administered oath of office by Governor H R Bhardwaj at a ceremony at Glass House at Raj Bhavan. Those made Cabinet ministers are R V Deshpande, [...]
Delhi, May 18: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to travel to Washington in a few months at the invitation of US President Barack Obama. Obama’s invitation to Singh was delivered by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns during his recent visit, sources said. Singh has accepted the invitation and will be travelling to [...]
Mumbai, May 17 : Actor Sanjay Dutt, sent to the Arthur Road Central jail, spent a restless night reading spiritual books, while his lawyer today requested the TADA court to shift him from the high-security egg-shaped cell where he felt suffocated. Dutt, whose conviction in 1993 Mumbai blasts case was upheld by the Supreme Court [...]
New Delhi, May 17 : BJP today hit back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that Opposition is responsible for failure to pass the Food Security Bill and insisted that government should amend its “half-hearted” draft by emulating the Chhattisgarh Food Act, claiming it is better. Referring to Gandhi’s charge yesterday, BJP [...]
Mumbai, May 17 : Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent his first night after returning to prison reading spiritual books even as Maharashtra Government authorities are yet to decide on keeping him at Arthur Road Central Jail here or shifting him elsewhere. The 53-year-old filmstar surrendered before TADA Court yesterday and was later shifted to the [...]
New Delhi, May 17 : A Delhi court today once again deferred its order on whether to summon Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in connection with a defamation case filed against him for his alleged ‘Hindu terror’ remark. Metropolitan Magistrate Amitabh Rawat, who was scheduled to pronounce his verdict on the petition today, deferred it [...]
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