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Air India pilots end strike after 58 days
New Delhi - 04 July 2012 (PTI): The 58-day protracted strike byAir Indiapilots was called off on Tuesday night after the Delhi high court asked them to join duty within 48 hours and the management to sympathetically consider their grievances.The decision to end the strike was announced by the Indian
SC refuses to stay order plea on shrines compensation order
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Narendra Modi government's plea for staying the Gujarat High Court's February 8 order to pay compensation to over 500 shrines damaged during the infamous 2002 riots in the wake of Godhra train carnage. While declining to entertain the plea, a bench of
Situation under control in Kalladka after 38 arrests: Police
Kalladka, July 2: (CD Network) As many as 38 persons including 24 from minority community and 14 from majority community have been arrested by the Bantwal police following Saturday evening's group clash in the sensitive town of Kalladka. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told
Missing since May 13: Saudi confirms Fasih arrest yesterday
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have confirmed to the CBI, the nodal agency for the Interpol in India, that they have nabbed Fasih Mehmood, an alleged terror suspect. Mehmood is wanted by the Delhi and the Karnataka police for his alleged involvement in the Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts in Bengaluru and t
Lt Colonel Purohit: Did the Army sell short an effective officer?
New Delhi: One by one, 59 witnesses, all from the Army, have told a Court of Inquiry - step one of Army's legal process- why they believe Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit was just doing his job by fraternising with right-wing extremists. Lt Col Purohit was arrested in November 2008 for a bomb blas
Bangalore: BJP Rebels Firm on Leadership Change, Gowda Hopes for Solution
Bangalore, Jun 30 (PTI): The turmoil in the BJP government showed no signs of abating as B S Yeddyurappa camp today stuck to its one-point agenda of removing Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who appeared unfazed hoping for a solution.The central leadership stepped in to resolve the cris
Revolt in Karnataka BJP: 8 Yeddyurappa loyalist ministers quit
BANGALORE: The festering crisis in the BJP government in Karnataka today reached a flash point with eight ministers loyal to party state strongman BS Yeddyurappa submitting their resignations to chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda, who they want to be removed. Precipitating the crisis, the ministers
Tatkal booking to start at 10 a.m. from July 10
From July 10, 2012 reservation of tatkal tickets will start from 10 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. and no authorised agents will be allowed to book them during the first two hours, the Railways on Friday said. "Railways have decided that from July 10 booking of tatkal ticket will start at 10 a.m. on the pr
Oil companies cut petrol prices by Rs 2.46 per litre from midnight
NEW DELHI:28 June 2012 (PTI) In a relief to inflation-battered common man, petrol price was today cut by Rs 2.46 per litre, the second reduction this month. Petrol price in Delhi will cost Rs 67.78 per litre with effect from midnight as compared to Rs 70.24 a litre rate now, state-owned oil companie
Heavy rain lashes Mumbai; road and rail traffic hit
Mumbai - 28 June 2012 (PTI): In the first major downpour of this monsoon season, heavy rain lashed Mumbai since Wednesday night, disrupting vehicular and rail traffic.The maximum rainfall was observed in suburbs, the Met department sources said.Kandivili and Malad suburbs recorded around 45 mm rainf
Pranab Mukherjee files nomination for presidential poll
New Delhi - 28 June 2012: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nomineePranab Mukherjeefiled his nomination for thepresidential electionon Thursday.Mukherjee, who resigned from the Union Cabinet on Tuesday, filed his nomination papers at around 11 am in the presence ofUPAchairpersonSonia Gandhi, Congres
Over 30 injured as bus falls off flyover in Chennai
Chennai - 27 June 2012: More than 30 passengers of a Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus were injured after the bus overturned and fell off theGemini flyoveron the arterial Anna Salai at 2pm on Wednesday.The bus (M17) going from Broadway to Vadapalani was negotiating a curve that branches off the
All Muslim Umbrella Organization Demand probe in Qateel's Murder - Protest at Collector Office
Pune - Kul Jamati Tanzim (All Muslim Umbrella Organization) has demanding a CBI probe in Qateel Siddiqui murder case who was alleged to be murdered in Yerwada Jail here in the city by Ashok Mode & Alok Bhalerao, both arrested under Moca. Thousands of people from all wolks of life irrespective of cas
SDPI staged protest demanding immediate appointment of Lokayukta Cheif
Bangalore, 25th June: Social Democratic Party of India along withKarnataka Jagruthi Janandolanaprotested at the Chalukya Circle against the vacant seat of the Lokayukta Chief. The Lokaykta chief's position is vacant since 20 September 2012 after the resignation of Justice Shivraj Patil as the Lokayu
TISS report points to anti-Muslim bias of police
A report on Muslim prisoners in Maharashtra jails by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) establishes that most of them do not have connections with criminal gangs, and points to an acute bias of the police for arresting them in some cases only because they belong to a particular community.
Gopalgarh violence, firing victims losing hope for justice
Victims of the September 14, 2011, violence at Gopalgarh in Rajasthan, where 10 persons were killed and 30 injured in the firing and attack on a mosque, are gradually losing hope for justice with the Central Bureau of Investigation giving a clean chit to the top district officials and the State gov
Bangalore: Wakf Board Urges CM to Release Rs 6.5 Crore for Staff Salaries
Bangalore, Jun 23: The Karnataka State Board of Wakfs has urged Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to release additional Rs 6.5 crore to pay salaries of employees as per the sixth pay commission. The Chief Minister chaired a meeting with members of Board and discussed various issues. Wakf Board Cha
Communal violence erupts in Pratapgarh of UP
Lucknow: Large scale violence and arson was reported when nearly 35 houses of Muslims were set on fire in a village at Pratapgarh district on Saturday. The violence erupted when villagers set afire houses of Muslims to revenge the alleged rape and death of a dalit girl. Such was the frenzy of viole