Government battles crisis after court slap over coal mess
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) UPA II battled a crisis Tuesday after the Supreme Court censured the Manmohan Singh government for meddling in the…
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Bangladesh gets first woman speaker
byDhaka, April 30 (IANS) Bangladesh’s parliament Tuesday elected Shrin Sharmin Chowdhury, currently the state minister for women and child affairs, as its first woman…
73 ‘Ponzi’ funds will be shut down, says Bengal government
byKolkata, April 30 (IANS) The West Bengal government Tuesday announced it would shut down, by Wednesday, 73 companies against whom the central government has…
PMK leader Ramadoss arrested for defying orders
byChennai, April 30 (IANS) PMK founder-leader S.Ramadoss was arrested Tuesday from Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district for defying police orders and holding protests. Demanding an…
BJP to boycott meetings called by speaker, Kamal Nath
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Accusing Congress president Sonia Gandhi of inciting MPs for disrupting her speech, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha…
Ants’ invasion flusters Parrikar
byPanaji, April 30 (IANS) It was an invasion even the seasoned, battle-scarred Manohar Parrikar was not prepared for and could not fend off himself….
Congress condemns BJP comments against Sonia
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Tuesday condemned as “objectionable” the comments by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha…
Budget debate time hits all time low of just 11 hours
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) As the Finance Bill 2013-14 was passed by the Lok Sabha Tuesday without any debate, parliamentary data shows this…
Parents, school muddled Goa child rape probe, says MLA
byPanaji, April 30 (IANS) Parents of seven-year-old rape victim in Goa were responsible for police failure to investigate the case and arrest the culprit,…
CBI not independent: CBI chief
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Admitting that it was not an “independent organisation”, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said that it was…