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Women aping western culture not good for India: BJP leader
Sagar: After Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya drew flak for 'laxman rekha' remark, his senior colleague Babulal Gaur on Sunday said 'foreign culture' of women wearing jeans and T-shirts, drinking liquor and dancing with other men is not good for India. "Women in foreign countries wear
Delhi gangrape: Police is insensitive, unresponsive, says Dikshit
New Delhi: Admitting that the protests after the gangrape incident were a “wake up” call, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has taken on the Delhi Police for lack of faith the people have in it due to its “insensitive” approach. She also suggested that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh‘s address to the n
Karnataka to get Lokayukta soon, says CM
BANGALORE: The appointment of Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta will be initiated soon, after consulting legal experts, said chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday. Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict in the Upa Lokayukta case, the CM claimed that the SC order vindicated his government's stand that t
Yeddyurappa stares at dead end as deadlines fizzle out
Bangalore (DHNS) - Another deadline set by KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa to topple the State government is taking on the impression of being a farce. His professed loyalists in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who have kept him on tenterhooks, with promises of joining the KJP, are now said to have
Six arrested for gang raping married woman in Punjab
Six men have been arrested by Punjab Police Saturday for allegedly gang-raping a 29-year-old married woman in this frontier district, police said. The victim, in her complaint to police, said that she was travelling in a bus to her in-laws’ village, Gukla, Friday evening when the bus driver and c
Quick decision on diesel, LPG price hike: Moily
NEW DELHI: The government will decide on raising diesel and kitchen fuel prices along with raising the annual cap on the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders "as quickly as possible," oil minister M Veerappa Moily said on Friday. He said the decision would be taken by the government through
Portability: LPG consumers can now switch their dealers
New Delhi: Cooking gas consumers can now change their dealers as the government has launched LPG portability scheme on the lines of mobile phone services. However, unlike cellular services where consumers have the option to switch between different mobile companies, LPG consumers would have the l
LoC remains tense with fresh firing at 8 locations
Tensions between India and Pakistan are showing no signs of abating, despite statements by both sides that the recent tensions caused by the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers should not get in the way of improving bilateral relations. Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said she hoped th
Supreme Court upholds quashing of Karnataka deputy Lokayukta
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today upheld the Karnataka High Court's decision to quash the appointment of Justice K Chandrashekharaiah as state's Upa Lokayukta (deputy ombudsman). The High Court had quashed the appointment in April last year, holding it unconstitutional. The High Court had said t
Mobile-governance system launch on Thursday
Citizens can seek services through SMS and IVRS After broad-basing e-governance, the State government is now set to launch mobile (phone) governance under which citizens can seek services from its different departments either through SMS or interactive voice response system via mobiles. Announ
Athradi-Bajpe 4-laning soon, says CDA chief
Udupi, Jan 10, 2013, DHNS: 24 hours power supply in rural houses through Jyotigrama Yojane The newly appointed Coastal Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Tingalay Vikramarjuna Hegde said that elaborate plans have been made to develop the three coastal districts of the State. Athradi-Bajpe four-l
'Amanat' case: five accused in court today, lawyer says they're being beaten
New Delhi: The five men accused of raping and murdering a medical student on a bus in the capital last month were brought to a court in South Delhi today. They will be represented by a quartet of lawyers who volunteered to handle their defence. ML Sharma, who is among the lawyers for the accused,
Cases against Akbaruddin show government's 'communal bent of mind', says Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has accused the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh of being "communal" in charging his younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi with waging war against the state under Section 121 of the Indian Penal Code. The younger Owaisi, who is a leg
Pak army refuses to open gates for cross-LoC trade
POONCH (J&K): The Pakistani army on Thursday refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods at cross-Line of Control trade point in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, in the backdrop of tension in bilateral relations following ceasefire violations which killed 2 Indian troops. 25 trucks
India to raise passenger rail fares
India will raise railway passenger fares for the first time in nine years, snapping a populist trend in order to help mend the finances of a network whose creaky service has become a drag on the economy. Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday the fare increase, which comes into ef
MIM MLA Owaisi sent to 14 day judicial custody
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing multiple cases for his alleged "hate speech", was today remanded to 14 day judicial custody by a magistrate in Nirmal town of Adilabad district. Akbaruddin was reportedly questioned and produced before the magistrate at 5:30, after which
Pak army brutally kills two Indian soldiers
In a ''provocative'' attack, Pakistani regular soldiers crossed into the Indian territory in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and ambushed a patrol killing two soldiers, one of whom was decapitated. Sources, however, told Deccan Herald that infiltrators backed by the Pakistani Army were beh
Final award on Cauvery tribunal: Gowda meets Shettar, Ministers
The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda met Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday and discussed ways to dissuade the Centre from notifying the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Mr. Gowda is said to have suggested to take legal course against the notification. Water