
By SUNIL Sonkar
Mumbai, March 14 — Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested on Sunday two persons for allegedly planning to set ONGC establishments on fire said police.
Police added, Riyaz Ali (23) and Abdul Latif Rashid (29) have been arrested from the city.
According to ATS officer, “The two were preparing to set one of the ONGC [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Pune, March 14 — Sharad Pawar, NCP president, said on Sunday that he had counseled Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Sharad Yadav to let the Women Reservation Bill be tabled in Lok Sabha smoothly and the views of these MP’s on the ‘quota within quota’ could be taken into consideration by [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Washington, March 13 — Top experts informed American lawmakers the Lashkar-e-Taiba would continue to pose threat to western world and India too.
Senior associate at the prestigious Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ashley J Tellis on Thursday told to US lawmakers at a congressional hearing: “There is no doubt in my mind that we [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 12 — India and Russia signed three civil nuclear field and other 16 pacts giving a fillip to their ties on Friday. The pact also included purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters and also inking the revised agreement on Gorshkov aircraft carrier. This deal was stuck for 3 years over [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Mumbai, March 12 — The wait ends for all the cricket lovers who are on the way with a laptop, or any other version of it. Now cricket fans can watch Indian Premier League live streaming on the go on YouTube across the world.
IPL is streamed live on YouTube. Every cricket frenzy and [...]

By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 12 — Centre has been directed on Friday by the Delhi High Court to grant permanent commission in all three wings of the armed forces to women officers.
Division bench issuing direction to the Centre comprised of Justices S K Kaul and M P Garg. The bench issued order to the [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 11 — Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiring into 2002 Gujarat riots has asked Gujarat CM Narendra Modi to appear before it for questioning on the case on March 21.
The summon follows a petition by the widow of late Congress MP Ehsan Jaffrey. He was killed on February 28, [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Washington, March 11 — Ambani and Mittal ranks in the top ten billionaires list on earth. Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican tycoon, beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and became the wealthiest person in the world.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is ranked fourth and Lakshmi Mittal, the steel czar, is placed fifth in [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 10 — The Women’s Reservation Bill is intended to be pushed in the Lok Sabha before March 16, when the house will be adjourned for a three-week break, said P K Bansal, parliamentary affairs minister, on Wednesday.
The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha amid much hiccups on Tuesday. Bansla [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 10 — India is on the way of scaling down its Afghanistan operations and is in plans to advice Indian citizen over there to return back.
Indian government is also considering paring down the country’s presence at the reconstruction projects there. It is learned that the projects underway may be wrapped [...]
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By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi, March 10 – The long delayed deal with Russia on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov will come to an end soon. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday on a two day visit. According to sources, Russian PM will have a priority to discuss the defense deal [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Washington, March 09 — The CIA warned India and Brazil on Tuesday of “emerging threats” from the Taliban and al-Qaida.
Leon Panetta, the CIA Director, said that spy agency of US spy has a “fundamental duty to provide warning and prevent surprise.” He adds that it also refers to the “emerging threats” to countries [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 09 — After hiccups the controversial and historical Women’s Reservation Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday ensuring 33% reservation to women citizen in the Parliament as well as in the state assemblies.
There were repeated disruptions and too much opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday evening.
Arun Jaitley of [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 08 — Terror alert has been issued for for Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata on Monday by home ministry saying these three cities could be on the target of terrorists.
Based on information collected from suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Salman Ahmed during interrogation, Home Ministry had asked the Maharashtra, Karnataka and West [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 08 — Women’s reservation bill voting in the Rajya Sabha was not held on Monday and PM Manmohan Singh had postponed for the all-party meet on the day on the issue.
Probably the meeting was put off to get some time for the government in finalising the floor strategy.
Meanwhile, Dr. Singh [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 08 — Amid opposition and disruption, the Women’s Reservation Bill was tabled on Monday in both the Houses of Parliament. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Samajwadi Party (SP) announed to withdraw support to the coalition led by Congress. The proceeding of the Parliament in the both the Houses were [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Melbourne, March 07 — An Indian origin man was charged by police in Australia’s south-eastern state of Victoria on Sunday with the death of three-year-old Indian boy Gurshan Singh Channa, whose body was found in the city far away from his home.
Dhillon Gursewak, 23-year-old, has been charged in the city with manslaughter due [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Kolkata, March 07 — Top Naxal leader Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji said on Saturday that the Maoists might overthrow the Indian state much before 2050 as Union Home Secretary GK Pillai said a day earlier.
He told to the media from undisclosed location, “We will overthrow the Indian government much before 2050.”
Kishenji claimed that [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Bangalore, March 06 — External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said on Saturday no staff of Indian embassy in Kabul wants to return home after the terror strike on Indians in Afghanistan on Feb 26. He also added that if the government gets any transfer requests, it will be considered.
Replying to the question by [...]
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By SUNIL Sonkar
Islamabad, March 05 — Foerign minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Saturday that India did not demand for the arrest of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawah. He also said that this issue was not even in figure in the Foreign Secretary-level talks held last month in New Delhi.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi [...]
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