Omar Abdullah questions secret hanging of Afzal Guru
Srinagar, February 10 : Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today raised questions about the UPA government’s decision over Afzal guru’s hanging, saying he “would have preferred if Afzal Guru was not hanged”. Speaking to a news channel a day after the Parliament attack convict on Sunday, Omar said, “I had a premonition that Afzal [...]
Stampede at Allahabad Rly station, many feared dead
Prayag, February 10 : Many people may be dead in a stampede at the Allahabad (Prayag) Railway station today evening. many are injured in this accident. The stampede was caused by the collapse of a foot overbridge due to heavy rush at the station. Some reports said that it was due to a Lathi charge by the [...]
BJP blasts Tewari, takes dig at Cong’s dynasty rule
PTI Ahmedabad/New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday hit back at Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari over his remark on Rajnath Singh’s gag order with regard to the 2014 prime ministerial candidate, saying that the leadership of the main opposition party is based on merits and consensus, whereas in the Congress it [...]
2G JPC unlikely to summon ministers
Reuters New Delhi: The parliamentary panel examining the 2G spectrum issue is likely to wrap up its evidence gathering by next week without calling on any minister to depose, and submit its report in the upcoming budget session. “The panel will wrap up its evidence gathering exercise and start preparing the draft of the report,” [...]
Antony ‘impatient’ to see completion of LCA project
Reuters Bangalore: Terming time slippages as a “real problem” for the defence forces, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday pulled up the DRDO for “delays in delivery” of military projects and said he was “impatient” to see completion of LCA project. “I am happy for your achievements of DRDO, but not fully happy. Delay in [...]
Gangrape: Victim’s friend testifies before court
Reuters New Delhi: The 28-year-old male friend of the girl, who was brutally gangraped in a moving bus, on Tuesday appeared before a fast track court here to testify about the incident to which he is the sole eyewitness. The youth, a software engineer, came in a wheelchair in the court of Additional Sessions Judge [...]
Coal scam protest case: ”We will not apply for bail”, says Kejriwal
Reuters New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, who will appear before a court for breaching prohibitory orders while protesting outside the residences of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in August last year, on Tuesday said he will not seek bail and would prefer going to jail. “We [...]
Over 600 firms to take part in Aero India
Reuters Bangalore: India’s premier aerospace and defence exposition, the weeklong Aero India biennial jamboree kicked off in Bangalore on Monday with the inauguration of an international seminar ‘Aerospace Products –Challenges in Design to Deployment’ and a flying rehearsal at the Air Force Station (AFS) Yelahanka. The Aero India 2013, which is the ninth in the [...]
Riots took place during Congress rule too, Rajnath to Muslims
Reuters New Delhi: With the BJP being constantly targeted over Gujarat riots, party president Rajnath Singh today alleged it was being defamed and maligned continuously under a ‘planned conspiracy’. He said BJP did not believe in politics of divide and difference, and appealed the Muslim community to help in removing the ‘widespread confusion’. “BJP is [...]
One arrested for cheating students of Rs 1.6 crore
Reuters Muzaffarnagar: One person was arrested for allegedly cheating eight students of Rs 1.6 crore on promise of admission to a medical college, police said here today. An FIR was registered yesterday against four people of a gang including Pradeep, Vivek Vishnoi, Anupam Prasad all from Moradabad, and Subodh from Delhi on complaint of Prabhat [...]




