8 SIMI activists who escaped from jail, killed in encounter

8 SIMI activists who escaped from jail, killed in encounter

Monday, 31 October 2016 | PTI | Bhopal

Eight SIMI activists who pulled off a daring prison break and escaped in the wee hours after killing a security guard at the Bhopal Central Jail here, were today hunted down and killed in a police encounter on the city outskirts.   All the eight activists were killed by Bhopal Police at...

Widespread fear that phones of judges being tapped: Kejriwal

Monday, 31 October 2016 | PTI | New Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today created ripples by alleging that there is a "widespread" fear that the phones of judges are being tapped and said if it is true, then it is the biggest assault on the independence of the judiciary.   Union law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad promptly denied the...

Andhra, Telangana top in ease of doing biz ranking

Monday, 31 October 2016 | PTI | New Delhi

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have jointly topped the ease of doing business ranking while Gujarat has slipped to the third position in the list prepared by the World Bank and DIPP.   Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana occupied the fourth, fifth and sixth slots, respectively in the index based on degree of...

India, China hold 'constructive' talks on India's NSG bid

Monday, 31 October 2016 | PTI | Beijing/New Delhi

India and China today held "substantive and constructive" discussions on India's bid for NSG membership during the second round of talks between their top nuclear experts in Beijing.   Following the first such meeting in New Delhi on September 13, India and China continued their discussions on the NSG issue in Beijing...

Soldier, woman killed in Pakistan border firing

Monday, 31 October 2016 | IANS | Jammu

An Indian soldier and a woman were on Monday killed in firing by the Pakistan Army across the de-facto border in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.   Two more soldiers and another civilian were injured in the latest violation by the Pakistan Army of the 2003 ceasefire agreement to maintain peace at...

NIA to probe Bhopal jail break, 5 jail officials suspended

Monday, 31 October 2016 | IANS | Bhopal

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is to probe the jail break by eight members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) terror group, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Monday.   He also said that five senior jail officials have been suspended and one transferred in the...

Govt biggest litigant, need to lessen load on judiciary: PM

Monday, 31 October 2016 | PTI | New Delhi

Terming government as the "biggest litigant", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there is a need to lessen the load on the judiciary which spends its maximum time in tackling cases where the government is a party.   He also pitched for an All India Judicial Service on the lines of Indian...

MHA strongly denies charges of phone tapping of judges

Monday, 31 October 2016 | PTI | New Delhi

Government today strongly denied allegations that telephones of some judges were being tapped saying all such reports were "baseless and unfounded". "The Ministry of Home Affairs strongly denies media reports alleging tapping of telephones of some judges. There is no truth in these reports. These reports are baseless and unfounded," MHA...

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