CM forced to order probe: Opposition
A day after the State Government ordered a judicial probe into the Kumbh stampede, the Opposition said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was forced to order inquiry because of their pressure. leader of Opposition in State Assembly, Swamy Prasad Maurya, said that the BSP has been demanding a judicial probe from the...
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UP seeks four-point details on tragedy
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Bengal will shun bandh culture, vows Mamata
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KNPP delay exposes PM's hollow promises?
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Mumbai, UK ink pact on city's Metro network
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lokayukta Bill likely in Budget session
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AP Govt grants Rs2 lakh exgratia relief to freak rain-hit families
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Teesta denies tutoring riot witnesses
19 February 2013 | Rathin Das
Opp creates ruckus over Surya Namaskar, V-Cs' appointment
Nearly a 45-day long Budget Session of the Bihar Assembly witnessed a stormy start on Monday as issues like performance of Surya Namaskar at the Government schools and the alleged corruption in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors dominated the first day proceedings in the House. The “Surya Namaskar”, however, became the focal...
Muraleedharan to continue as Kerala BJP chief
V Muraleedharan will continue as president of the BJP’s Kerala unit for a second consecutive term as per a decision approved by national party president Rajnath Singh amidst rumours about objections from the part of a section of State party leaders. Rejecting reports on dissent among the State party leadership over...
lusofonia Games appointments spark dissent in Goa BJP
The appointment of two officials tainted in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games scam as members of the lusofonia Games organising committee has brought out in the open a vertical split in the ranks of the BJP with a senior BJP leader quitting from the board. North Goa MP Shripad Naik, who...
Victim to move HC for probe against Kurien
The victim of the infamous Suryanelli serial rape scandal of 1996 will approach the Kerala High Court seeking direction for a follow-up probe into Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien’s alleged involvement in it in the context of the disclosures that had recently come up against him, especially from prime...
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Come clean on VVIP chopper deal: BJP New Delhi: BJP on Monday asked Congress to come clean on reports alleging that close associates of a former Union Minister and a Congress vice president were beneficiaries of the bribes paid in the VVIP chopper deal. In a posting on the website of...
Govt-IMA to split over TB project fund crunch?
The Government’s four-year-old project launched in collaboration with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) with an aim to sensitise public against TB faces uncertainty with its private partner threatening to quit over the fund crunch. The IMA has alleged that of Rs 3.28 crore provided by the global NGO, Global Fund to...
Centre to compensate concessionaires
With average road construction performance at a dismal low of 7 km a day, the Centre has decided for lucrative options to compensate the concessionaires involved in road constructions. At the same time, the Government is also considering to allow midway transfer of contracts by one developer to another wherever...
