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What Shinde forgot to write - DNA Editorial
What Shinde forgot to write - DNA Editorial Devoid of constructive suggestions, Union Home Minister's letter cautioning states about Muslims falsely implicated in terror cases falls hopelessly flat. The Centre's responsibility towards innocent Muslims falsely implicated in terror cases cannot end w
2002 riots: SIT seeks death for Modi's former minister Maya Kodnani
Ahmedabad: In a snub to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation team (SIT) has asked for death sentence for former state minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted in one of the worst massacres of the 2002 riots. The SIT today moved the top court for perm
SC refuses to modify its order on Aadhaar card
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday failed to get any relief on Aadhaar card being made compulsory for availing social benefits, particularly gas cylinder subsidies, from the Supreme Court which turned down its plea to modify its interim order that no person be deprived of any schemes for want of A
Picnic turns tragic as 5 drown in Mangalore, 4 in Gaganachukki
The Sunday picnic turned tragic for two groups of sightseers. While five teenagers drowned in Phalguni river near Dambel in Mangalore, four more people, including two brothers, were washed away in the Gaganachukki waterfall in Chamarajanagar district. Khalander (17), Rakshith (16), Yakshith
Anti-Telangana protesters defy shoot orders
Violence continued in Vizianagaram town in coastal Andhra on Sunday despite indefinite curfew and shoot-at-sight orders issued to tackle protests which broke out after the Union Cabinet’s decision to divide the state. Anti-bifurcation agitators remained undeterred and indulged in fresh clash
United Andhra leaders call for bandh today as Cabinet clears Telangana formation
Tensions rose and tempers flared in the 13 Coastal and Rayalaseema districts in Andhra Pradesh after the Union Cabinet gave its nod for the formation of Telangana state, prompting deployment of police and paramilitary forces in sensitive and trouble-prone areas. People in several parts of the
Cabinet 'unanimously' withdraws ordinance on convicted lawmakers
New Delhi: The government has decided to withdraw a controversial ordinance that protects convicted parliamentarians and triggered a furious critique from Rahul Gandhi last week, who described the policy as "nonsense." The reversal of policy was cleared at a short cabinet meeting this evening
UP girl Bano Fatima gets HP LIFE Entrepreneurship Award in US
[caption id="attachment_42561" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Musician Jake Clemons presented the HP LIFE Entrepreneurship Award (including $ 5,000 and a trip to New York City) to Bano Fatima of Weaver's Hut.Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-girl-bano-fatima-gets-hp-life-entrep
Lalu Prasad sent to jail after being found guilty in fodder scam
Ranchi, Jharkhand: Former union minister Lalu Prasad was imprisoned in Ranchi today after he was found guilty of embezzling crores when he was chief minister of Bihar. The conviction means he stands to be disqualified as a member of parliament, according to a recent Supreme Court judgement.
Ensure no Muslim youth is wrongfully detained, Shinde writes to CMs
NEW DELHI: Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday asked all chief ministers to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror. In a letter to chief ministers, Shinde said the central government has been receiving various representations on alleged harassme
India receives 33 per cent excess rainfall this year
With the monsoon improving this week, over 39 per cent of the country received excess rainfall this year, an increase by six per cent over last week. According to the Meteorological Department (IMD), as per the data collected from June 1 to September 25, over 47 per cent of the country receiv
Mumbai building collapse: 7 engineers suspended
Mumbai: Two days after a building collapsed in Mumbai's Mazgaon area, killing 61 people, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC has finally acted. The civic body today suspended seven of its engineers in connection with the collapse. The commissioner of the BMC also proposed an inquiry
Rahul's outburst undermines Sonia
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s outburst against an ordinance to protect convicted politicians has virtually questioned the decision-making authority of party supremo Sonia Gandhi. The ordinance to negate the July 10 Supreme Court judgment disqualifying lawmakers from the date of their
Ordinance to protect tainted netas: 'unsure' President, dissent within stumps government
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee faces a tough decision on an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification, pushed by the government in questionable haste despite protests not only from the opposition but within the ruling Congress. Sources say the government is under
Pollution exceeds permissible limit in most Indian cities
New Delhi: Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released on Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the a
Gujarat fails to make top grade in development index by Raghuram Rajan-led panel
NEW DELHI: A new development index has identified Gujarat as a less developed state, while ranking Odisha and Bihar along with eight others as "least developed" and Goa and Kerala among the seven "relatively developed" states. A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan, now the RBI governor, which subm
Mangalore to get cyber crime police station
Bangalore: In an effort to curb increasing number of cyber crimes, the state government has passed an order to set up new cyber crime police stations in six cities. The cyber crime police stations will be established under the crime investigation department (CID) in cities like Gulbarga, Mang
Ex-Karnataka BJP minister quits party over Modi
BANGALORE: Mumtaz Ali Khan, who was a minister in the previous BJP government, joined Congress on Thursday, saying he was saddened by the outfit's decision to project Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. Khan, who had held the departments of minority affairs, haj and waqf during