Raja pulls PM, Chidambaram into 2G scam
New Delhi, July 25: Former telecom minister A. Raja Monday sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the 2G spectrum case, prompting the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to seek his and Home Minister P. Chidambaram's resignation and the Congress joining the war of words. Appearing MoreRSS-linked groups making bombs, killing people: PC
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New Delhi, July 25: Home Minister P Chidambaram Monday said there are documented cases involving right wing terror groups, some of them linked to RSS, making bombs and killing people and BJP is targeting selective Ministers because the UPA government has quickened investigations into them.  MoreCentre unveils national database on academic qualification
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New Delhi, July 25: Incidences of forged certificates could soon become a thing of the past with the Government today unveiling a pilot project which would be the national database of storing academic qualifications in an electronic format. The database by National Academy Depository would MoreSC notice to poll panel on EVMs
New Delhi, July 25:The Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission to decide on a petition seeking provisions for instant verification of votes cast through electronic voting machines (EVMs). An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan, and MorePresident makes her property details public
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New Delhi, July 25: President Pratibha Patil today made public her movable and immovable properties worth over Rs 2.49 crore after the Central Information Commission requested her to take a decision on the lines of the Prime Minister. Patil, who completed four years in office today, posted MoreSiachen expedition in September
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New Delhi, July 25: Ignoring Pakistan's protests, the Indian Army is organising a civilian mountaineering and trekking expedition to the Siachen Glacier in September for the fourth year in a row. "The Siachen trekking expedition this year will be held from September 1 to 27 and civilian mountaineers MoreMani Shankar calls Congress a 'circus'
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New Delhi, July 25: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao was to be blamed for the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, as the act occurred when he was in office. Talking to media persons in New Delhi on Sunday, Aiyar said that Rao More- Kashmir
Tarigami joins lecturers’ rally
‘ASKS GOVT TO LISTEN TO THEM’
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Srinagar, July 25: The State Secretary of CPI (M), M Y Tarigami, on Monday joined college lecturers, who have been staging protests since last month against government’s failure to fulfill their demands More
- Srinagar City
Makhdoom Sahib shrine Intizaamiya appeals CM
Seeks upgradation of facilities for devotees
SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI
Srinagar, July 25: The Makhdoom Sahib (RA) shrine management has appealed the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is also the Chairman of Muslim Wakf Board to upgrade the hillock shrine and also provide More
- Jammu
QRTs for accident-prone areas
Caught In Red Tape, Project Yet To Get Finance Deptt Clearance
RAJEEV SHARMA
Jammu, July 25: The proposal for fully equipped Quick Rescue Teams (QRTs), to be deployed with ambulances for immediate rescue operations in times of road accidents on highways in the state, has been stuck More
- PaK
New PaK legislators take oath
NISAR AHMED THOKAR
Islamabad, July 25: The newly elected representatives of PaK Legislative Assembly on Monday elected Sardar Ghulam Sadiq as speaker and Shaheen Kousar Dar as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative body.& More
- South Asia
Pak plans to add 24 nuke-capable missiles to its arsenal
REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI
Islamabad, July 25: Pakistan plans to add 24 nuclear-capable, short-range missiles capable of hitting all major Indian cities to its arsenal this year, reflecting a urge in the security establishment to More
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Raja pulls PM, Chidambaram into 2G scam
New Delhi, July 25: Former telecom minister A. Raja Monday sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the 2G spectrum case, prompting the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to seek his and More
- World
India, South Korea ink civil nuclear deal
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Seoul, July 25: India today signed a "historic" civil nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea, paving the way for the possibility of Seoul exporting its atomic power plants. The agreement, More


