The government is not thinking about the promotional aspect of Mukherjee," West Bengal Chief Secretary A K Deb said a day after the Calcutta High Court quoted a part of the CBI's final report on Rizwanur's death. It said Rizwanur
The recent ruckus created by Thackarey and his goons from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in Mumbai has only bought shame and disrepute to a city known for long as the most cosmopolitan in the country," the party journal "Congress Sandesh"
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee led parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to Desai at the Central Hall in Parliament House. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Charajnit Singh Atwal and other members paid
The budget has been prepared with an an eye to the Lok Sabha election which can be held at any time. The prices of petrol and diesel have already been hiked before the budget, which has caused a cascading effect
Discussion and consensus are the hallmarks of a vibrant democracy not constant disruptions and adjournments based on opportunistic politics," she said in 'Letter to Congress Workers' in the latest issue of the party mouthpiece. "These are some issues over which
It (loans rpt loans) may or may not come back to the banking system. We have to pay for the liquidity to the banking system over a period of three years in which we would have recovered (the loans) to
He also claimed to have been falsely implicated by the CBI and that his brother Amit Kumar, the suspected kingpin of the racket, "helped the poor by providing them cheaper transplant facilities at his clinic" in Gurgaon. Jiwan was produced
Offering to give more compensation to the victims on behalf of the Ansal brothers, Jethmalani said "We can provide them soothing honey to heal their wounds. I do not know how much (money) my client has paid to them, if
Another Rs 85 crore has been earmarked for scholarships for science in higher education, commencing at the pre-university stage to tap and retain bright students. The National Mission on Nano Science and Nano Technology received Rs 145 crore allocation in
Providing employable skills and vocational training is very important and this aspect also needs to be looked into as part of our comprehensive educational efforts," said Patil, who was on her maiden visit to the city after occupying the top
A division Bench headed by Justice B N Aggarwal stayed the proceeding on petitions filed by three accused involved in these cases. The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of a section of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) 1999,
Replying to a debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of the state legislature, Kumar said he had come to know of a sketch in the text book titled
We have received a call that a bottle was thrown at the 'Janak' bungalow and police officers have been sent to the spot to verify the facts," DCP Vinay Choubey told here. 'Janak' houses a gymnasium and some offices of
SSP Gautam Budh Nagar A S Ganeshan said Ravinder was arrested as he was one of the three persons named in the FIR filed in connection with murder while the other two are absconding. Three persons including two brothers engaged
I have already sent a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and spoken to Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Union Steel Minister Ramvilas Paswan to use their influence in the Union government to stop attacks on Biharis. Now I
Faraj-Farraj Rahhu, the archbishop of Mosul, was kidnapped after a shootout in the eastern Nur district of the city, said Brigadier General Khalid Abd al-Sattar. Two bodyguards and his driver were killed, said Sattar, who had earlier described the kidnap
