Former DMK minister KPP Samy was on Saturday arrested in Chennai in connection with a case relating to the abduction and murder of two fishermen in 2006.
Samy was taken into custody from his residence at Tiruvottiyur, police said. The former minister had come
under the scanner following suspicion that the two fishermen were abducted and [...]
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Defence ministry rejected Army chief General VK Singh’s claims on his date of birth and decided his year of birth will be taken as 1950. Singh will now retire next year.
Singh had earlier claimed his year of birth is 1951.
There were two different dates of birth for Army Chief General VK Singh in official [...]
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The Delhi High Court today rejected the interim bail plea of Bollywood producer Karim Morani, an accused in the 2G telecom scam. Rejecting the plea for bail Justice Ajit Bharihoke who has been hearing the case ordered “No case for interim bail, move regular bail as and when you want.”
The Delhi High Court had [...]
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Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea will now share their networks with each other through inter and intra-circle roaming agreements to provide 3G services to their respective customers across India.
When the auction for the 3G spectrum had taken place, Airtel ended up getting 3G spectrum licenses for 13 circles while Vodafone and Idea got them [...]
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Tuition fees for B.Tech and M.Tech courses at the National Institutes of Technology could be raised to Rs 50,000 a year from the 2012-13 academic year.
The council of the NITs, the body to decide such matters, today considered a proposal to hike fees from the Rs 35,000 the institutes charge at present. “The proposal [...]
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Raising their pitch on the Lokpal Bill, the Anna Hazare team today alleged the government version of the ombudsman was not aimed at fighting corruption but to target those who complain against the menace.
The Hazare team felt the exclusion of a large chunk of the bureaucracy from the ambit of Lokpal was not proper. [...]
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In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed in a police station in Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The victim, Sonam, according to her parents, Tarranum and Intezam Ali, allegedly went missing on Friday morning after she had taken the cattle for grazing. When she did not return till late afternoon, her [...]
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Inaugurating the three day national executive meet of the party, BJP president Nitin Gadkari exhorted people from all castes, communities and political affiliations to come forward and help build a grand temple in Ayodhya. However, he added that Ram mandir is not a political issue for his party.
Gadkari admitted, “BJP’s performance in recent assembly [...]
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Governor J B Patnaik administered the oath of office to Gogoi in a function at Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan in presence of a host of dignitaries and the newly elected Congress legislators.
Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Bijoy Krishna Handique, Congress leader Vincent Pala, Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma, chief [...]
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