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More Areas Under Curfew In Bareilly

More Areas Under Curfew In Bareilly

By SUNIL Sonkar
Bareilly, March 13 — Curfew still clamped in many localities of Bareilly and more areas have also been brought under it as the situation in the city continued to be tense witnessing communal violence.

Official sources said, “After large-scale violence in which nearly 20 people, including an SP and some other policemen were injured, [...]

Sonia Gandhi – ‘Woman Of The Decade’

Sonia Gandhi – ‘Woman Of The Decade’

By SUNIL Sonkar
Kozhikode, March 11 — Malayalam Daily Mathrubhumi named Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the ‘Woman of the Decade’ after it conducted an online survey on world’s Women’s Day.
Sonia Gandhi got 53% votes and woman activist Mayilamma secured a position next by 13% votes in the survey conducted by ‘mb4eves.com’ of the newspaper. [...]

Yadav Trio Opposes Women Bill And Ask PM To Call All Party Meeting

Yadav Trio Opposes Women Bill And Ask PM To Call All Party Meeting

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi, March 9 – Firm on their decision, the Yadav trio put their all efforts to deter women reservation bill to pass, asking Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to call an all-party meeting to evolve a consensus.
Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and JD(U) president Sharad Pawar [...]

SPS Rathore Offering To Undergo Narco Test

SPS Rathore Offering To Undergo Narco Test

By SUNIL Sonkar
Chandigarh, March 07 — Convicted in Ruchika molestation case, Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore has offered himself of undergoing narco analysis test so that he can prove what has been claimed against him are “lies” that is spread by family of Ruchika and her friend Aradhana.
In a recent communication to the state government [...]

Former Shiva Sena Legislator Put Charged With Hefty Fine

Former Shiva Sena Legislator Put Charged With Hefty Fine

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
Mumbai, March 6 – A former Shiv Sena legislator Sitaram Dalvi has been charged by Bombai high court for vandalism in a five star hotel organized against retrenchment of some employees. He was asked to compensate by coughing up Rs 5 Lakh to the hotel. The ruling is the result of of petition [...]

‘Quota Within Quota’ Demands Minority Groups In The Women’s Bill

‘Quota Within Quota’ Demands Minority Groups In The Women’s Bill

By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, March 05 — As the Parliament is nearing to vote on the Women’s Reservation Bill, the Dalit and minority groups has stepped up with their demand for the inclusion of the provision that there should be quota for backward women. If the issue is not addressed, the group has threatened to [...]

Political Leaders Failed To Protect Against Right-Wing Outfits Says M F Husain

Political Leaders Failed To Protect Against Right-Wing Outfits Says M F Husain

By SUNIL Sonkar
Thiruvananthapuram, March 04 — Celebrated painter and artist M F Husain said intellectuals, artists and political leaders in India went into silence when he was targeted by the right-wing outfits and they forced him to leave India. The artist also said that he still loves India, but the country doesn’t need him.
He [...]

Brother & Killer Of Pramod Mahajan Dies In Coma

Brother & Killer Of Pramod Mahajan Dies In Coma

By SUNIL Sonkar
Mumbai, March 03 — Brother and killer of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan died on Wednesday evening in a Thane hospital.
Pravin Mahajan, 50-year-old, was serving his life imprisonment in murder case of his younger brother, is survived by wife and two college going children Kapil and Vaishali.
In December 2009 he was admitted [...]

India A Major Online Drug Trade Country – Govt. To Curb Measures

India A Major Online Drug Trade Country – Govt. To Curb Measures

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi, March 2 – According to the data presented by International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), India had become a major threat of sourcing shady online drug trade. The board had warned Indian government to take tough measures to curb the online trafficking.

According to the report released by the Vienna-based INCB, revealed [...]

Chandigarh Boy Landed Cent Percentile In CAT

Chandigarh Boy Landed Cent Percentile In CAT

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi/Chandigarh, March 1 – For 21 years old Ankit Garg life is no more the same what it was one day ago. In a rarest of rare case he scored cent percent marks in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2010, the entrance exam that opens the gates of best business school India, [...]

Government Welcome M.F. Husain, Invite Him To Back Home

Government Welcome M.F. Husain, Invite Him To Back Home

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi, Feb. 26 – The eminent Indian artist M.F Husain who was forced to flee nation because of radical groups and conferred Qatar nationality – was welcome to return home whenever he chose by centre. Union Home Secretary G.K Pillai assured a security to the artist when he return back to India.
Mr. [...]

Women’s Resevation Bill Cleared In The Union Cabinet

Women’s Resevation Bill Cleared In The Union Cabinet

By SUNIL Sonkar
New Delhi, Feb. 25 — The Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Women’s Resrvation Bill. According to the bill women will get 33 per cent reservation to in Lok Sabha and also in the state assemblies.
Women’s Reservation Bill was hanging fire for about 14 years because of the lack of political consensus on the [...]

Sena Chief Says Gadkari’s Plea To Muslim An Insult To Kar Sevaks

Sena Chief Says Gadkari’s Plea To Muslim An Insult To Kar Sevaks

By SUNIL Sonkar
Mumbai, Feb. 20 — On the appeal of BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to Muslims for adopting a “generous” attitude on the Ram temple issue, Shiv Sena on Saturday said it was an insult to all the kar sevaks who became “martyrs” in the movement.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in the party mouthpiece [...]

PM Aid Saran Resigns In Haste

PM Aid Saran Resigns In Haste

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi, Feb, 20 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s special representative on climate change and Indo-US nuclear deal resigned in haste and shook Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). It was reported that Mr. Singh was not happy with the failure of management of foreign policy following the Afghan debacle, in which Delhi was completely [...]

Gadkari Appeals Muslims To Give Up Ayodhya Claim

Gadkari Appeals Muslims To Give Up Ayodhya Claim

By SUNIL Sonkar
Indore, Feb. 18 — Nitin Gadkari, BJP President, said on Thursday Ayodhya’s Ram temple is its soul and appealed to Muslims to adopt a “generous” attitude by ending up the claim on the disputed site.
He addressed this at the opening of the two-day National Council in Indore. In his presidential address Gadkari also [...]

Single Test For Students – 2013, Common Entrance For College Admission

Single Test For Students – 2013, Common Entrance For College Admission

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
New Delhi, Feb. 17 – Aiming uniformity in syllabi and to allow institutions to compare the aptitude of students from different school boards, the government had announced that student of class XI and XII across all school boards would study common syllabi in science and math from 2011 and need to appear in [...]

Income Tax Raids On Madhu Koda Associates and Soren Secretary Houses

Income Tax Raids On Madhu Koda Associates and Soren Secretary Houses

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
Ranchi, Feb. 17 – Income tax department in its massive drive nationwide, raided Madhu Koda’s associates and also house of private secretary of chief minister Shibu Soren, allegedly helping former chief minister to pile illegal fortune of Rs. 2,000 crore.
The income tax official conducted raids in 70 locations across the country, including Patna, [...]

Murders of Shahid Azmi Arrested

Murders of Shahid Azmi Arrested

By NIMY Sara Joy
Mumbai, Feb. 16 – Three got arrested by charging the gunshot of Shahid Azmi Tuesday. He was the defense lawyer for Mumbai attacks accused Fahim Ansari. The arrested are suspected as the contract killers supposedly signed up by notorious mobster Bharat Nepali.
Devendra Babu Jagtap alias JD (28), Pintoo Deoram Dagale [...]

Asia’s Largest Def Exp Fair-2010 in New Delhi

Asia’s Largest Def Exp Fair-2010 in New Delhi

By NIMY Sara Joy
New Delhi, Feb. 14 – India is to host the 6th Def Expo-2010 in the capital city. It is the major defense fair in Asia leading by Global Armament giants.  The fair will be hosting 650 defense companies from 35 countries. Defense Minister, A K Antony would be inaugurating the four-days-fair Monday. [...]

Thousands Of Naga Sadhu Dips In Shahi Snan Kumbh Mela

Thousands Of Naga Sadhu Dips In Shahi Snan Kumbh Mela

By SHUBHAJIT Chakraborty
Haridwar, Feb. 12 – Not withstanding the astonishing renunciation, the ancient Naga sadhus view as their pride to first take the dip in Ganga on the occasion of the first ‘shahi snan’ of the Kumbh on Mahashivratri. The Kumbh Mela has witnessed thousands of ash smeared Naga sadhus, adding color to the mela, [...]

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