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CAG is not only the government's accountant: BJP
Aug 11, 2011
The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Thursday slammed the Congress's contention that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was there only to audit government expenditures, saying it was the Congress's ... Read More
India asks Pakistan to release Sarabjit
Aug 11, 2011
India Thursday asked Pakistan to free Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row who was convicted for alleged involvement in multiple blasts in Lahore and Multan in 1990, on humanitarian grounds... Read More
President rejects mercy petition of Gandhi killers
Aug 11, 2011
President Pratibha Patil has rejected the mercy petition of three men sentenced to death for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, an official said Thursday. ... Read More
Violence was unprecedented, says Indian leader in Britain
Aug 11, 2011
A councillor in London's Southall, also known as Little India, Thursday said he had never seen such large scale violence in recent years.... Read More
Rajya Sabha passes bill consolidating all laws on mints, coins
Aug 11, 2011
The Rajya Sabha Thursday passed the Coinage Bill, 2009, that seeks to consolidate at least four laws pertaining to coins and mints, apart from prescribing strict penalties for illegal melting and coun... Read More
Apex court should take cognisance of Gujarat action
Aug 11, 2011
With the Gujarat government's action against another senior police officer for passing information to a panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, the Congress Thursday said the Supreme Court should take s... Read More
Lawyer strike brings 2G proceedings to halt
Aug 11, 2011
A group of lawyers Thursday barged into a court where the 2G scam case was being heard, asking that the proceedings be stopped and the bar association strike be observed.... Read More
Protesting BJP workers taken into custody
Aug 11, 2011
Nearly a thousand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, including several leaders, were Thursday taken into custody during a protest march here to condemn the baton charge by police during their agita... Read More
Soldier torches to death wife, children
Aug 11, 2011
An army soldier was Thursday arrested for allegedly killing his wife, six-year-old son and four-month-old daughter by setting them ablaze at their home in a village in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More
Home ministry looking into Pakistani prisoner in Ajmer: PM
Aug 11, 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said the central government had sought from the Rajasthan government details on Khaleel Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani doctor undergoing life imprisonment in ... Read More