BJP set world record in corruption in Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi
byHaveri (Karnataka), April 26 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said the BJP government in Karnataka has created a “world record” in corruption…
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Youth Congress, BJP women’s front protest chit-fund scam
byKolkata, April 26 (IANS) Youth Congress and the BJP’s women front Friday staged separate demonstrations to protest against the chit-fund scam in West Bengal…
Punjab cabinet rejects centre’s move on wealth tax
byChandigarh: Rejecting a move by the central government to impose wealth tax on agricultural land near urban centres, the Punjab cabinet Friday asked Governor…
MPs seek BRAI bill withdrawal
byNew Delhi, April 26 (IANS) A group of MPs Friday urged the government to withdraw the “controversial” Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill…
Mixed response to BJD’s strike call against Centre
byBhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) The 12-hour strike called by the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha Friday against the central government’s alleged neglect…
CBI says ‘shared’ coal blocks probe, sets off political storm (Roundup)
byNew Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Setting off a political storm and putting the government on the backfoot, the CBI Friday told the Supreme Court…
India’s richest woman asked to vacate government house
byChandigarh, April 26 (IANS) Savitri Jindal, said to be India’s richest woman, was Friday asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to vacate…
Commission begins probing Saradha chit fund mess
byKolkata, April 26 (IANS) The five-man inquiry commission headed by former Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen Friday began probing the Saradha…
CBI reply on coal block shows government meddling, says BJP
byNew Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The CBI’s revelation that it had shared the coal scam report with the law minister and an official of…
Vaiko opposes methane project in Tamil Nadu
byChennai, April 26 (IANS) Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd.’s (GEEC) coal-bed methane exploration project in Tamil Nadu’s Mannargudi hit a political roadblock Friday with…