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Even If PM Mops Floor, CWG Facilities Won’t Be Ready: Modi »
By SUNIL Sonkar Ahmedabad, August 31 — Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mops the floor, the Commonwealth Games’ venues and other facilities will not be ready on time. He observed...
Castes To Be Included In Census Decides Centre »
By SUNIL Sonkar August 31 — Caste will be included in census, decides centre government. A final decision will be taken in the next Cabinet meeting informs finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. Mukherjee, also the leader of the...
Cyclists Complained Poor CWG Tracks In Trial Run »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 30 — Cyclist event touted in the capital on a trial run for the Commonwealth Games Sunday. The cyclists talks about poor track quality and rubble were lying in and around...
Mamata Banerjee Said Nothing Wrong About Azad’s Killing: Pranab Mukherjee »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, August 29 — TMC chief Mamata Banerjee gets some support from Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for her statement on the killing of Maoist leader Cherakuri Rajkumar alias Azad. Mukherjee found Sundsay “nothing...
Jet Airways Crew Suspended By DGCA »
By SUNIL Sonkar August 28 — Pilot and crew of Jet Airways were suspended Saturday by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) following a false fire alarm. Preliminary fact finding has indicated serious procedural lapses in...
Maoist Leader Azad Was Not Killed In Encounter: Outlook »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 28 — Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was not killed in an enounter by the Andhra Pradesh Police. He was shot at point-blank range claims news-magazine ‘Outlook’. In a report...
MPs Perks Further Hiked, Salary Remains Unchanged »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 23 — Allowances of MPs will be further increased. The union cabinet decides Monday to hike it by Rs 10,000 per month, which comprises of Rs 5,000 in their constituency and...
Shashi Tharoor Weds Sunanda Pushkar In Malayali Custom »
By SUNIL Sonkar August 22 — Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor got married Sunday in a typical Malayali wedding ceremony with Sunanda Pushkar in his ancestral home at Elavanchery village newar Palakkad. Tharoor, 54, is a Lok...
Guilty In CWG Corruptions Will Be Punished: Sonia »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 19 — Congress President Sonia Gandhi said Thursday those found guilty in realtion to the corruptions in Commonwealth Games will be punished after the event. Gandhi termed the Commonwealth Games as...
PM, Senior Cabinet Ministers Reaches Leh »
By SUNIL Sonkar Leh, August 1 — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his senior cabinet ministers reached Tuesday at Leh to take stock of relief undertaken after the cloudburst and flash floods. Dr. Singh is also expected...
Cabinet Differs Decision To Hike MPs Salary »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 16 — The Union Cabinet deferred on Monday a discussion on hiking salary and perks of MPs. The proposed bill seeked the hike of basic monthly salary of member of Parliaments...
Cabinet Clears Whistleblowers Bill »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 9 — The Union Cabinet approved on Monday proposed legislation to protect whistleblowers from any disciplinary action for exposing corruption and scams in a government department. The Bill will be tabled...
Mumbai Too Filthy, More than Kanpur: Study »
By SUNIL Sonkar Mumbai, August 8 — The real picture of cities are exposed with the ranking of government to 423 class 1 Indian cities based on the samitation standards. Mumbai is below the other three metros...
Suresh Kalamadi Rules Out Stepping Down »
By SUNIL Sonkar August 6 – In the wake up of the corruption allegations in Commonwealth Games, the chairman of organising committee, Suresh Kalamadi, ruled out resigning from the post and said he would only quit if...
Two More Companies Under ED Scanner In CWG Payouts »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, August 3 — Two more companies have come under investigation of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to Commonwealth Games’ payouts, Sports Marketing And Management company of Australia and Switzerland-based Even Knowledge...
Uproar In Parliament Over Price Rise Issue »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, July 27 — The entire opposition disrupted the functioning of both Houses of Parliament on price rise issue on Tuesday and vowed to do the same on Wednesday. Opposition demanded a debate...
In Taloja Jail There Is Threat To My Life: Abu Salem »
By SUNIL Sonkar Mumbai, Julyu 26 — Extradited gangster and underworld don Abu Salem said there was threat to his life from the ‘D’ Company’s gang. Last week he was attacked by Mohammed Mustafa Dossa inside the...
Amit Shah’s Bail Plea Hearing On August 2 »
By SUNIL Sonkar Ahmedabad, July 26 — Former minister of Gujarat, Amit Shaha, files a bail plea in the CBI special court on Monday. Shah was arrested yesterday in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case...
Dawood’s Aide Attacked Abu Salem In Arthur Road Jail »
By SUNIL Sonkar Mumbai, July 24 — Extradited gangster Abu Salem was attacked by Dawood Ibrahim’s aide, also co-accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, Mustafa Dossa with sharp object on Saturday inside Mumbai’s high security Arthur Road...
SC Frowns At Clubbing Of Housewives, Prostitutes, Beggars In Census »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, July 24 — Supreme Court says the clubbing of ‘housewives’ with prostitutes, prisoners and beggars as economically non-productive’ category in the Census would betray the “callous” and “totally insensitive” approach of statutory...
