Cabinet nod for Lokpal Bill; PM, judiciary out of purview

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 28: The Union Cabinet today cleared the much-debated Lokpal Bill keeping the office of the Prime Minister outside its purview notwithstanding incumbent Manmohan Singh's insistence on subjecting himself to its scrutiny. The Bill, to be introduced in Parliament in the first More
Anna team rejects
New Delhi, July 28: The Anna Hazare team today dismissed the Lokpal Bill approved by government as a "cruel joke" which will be struck down as unconstitutional by Supreme Court "within a minute" and said the Gandhian will sit on an indefinite fast here from August 16 demanding its withdrawal.Accusing More
YEDDYURAPPA AGREES TO RESIGN

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Bangalore/New Delhi, July 28: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today agreed to step down hours after the party leadership asked him to quit immediately, a day after his severe indictment by Lokayukta in the illegal mining scam. Sources close to the Chief Minister said 68-year-old More
Nair appointed advisor to PM

Chatterji is new Principal Secretary

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 28: In a reshuffle in the PMO, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair has been appointed as his advisor while senior bureaucrat Pulok Chatterji will take Nair's place.Nair, a retired IAS of 1963 batch, will hold the office of advisor with the rank and status of Minister More
  • Kashmir

Give me peace to resolve all issues: Omar to people

Advocates strengthening of cross LoC trade

GK NEWS NETWORK

Wadipora (Chadoora), July 28: Terming peace imperative to address political issues and work out an amicable solution, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday appealed the people to help maintain tranquillity More


  • Srinagar City

‘STAFF-STARVED’ TRAFFIC POLICE CRAVES FOR WORKFORCE EXPANSION

Against requirement of 1000 cops, mere 250 manage City rush of 4 lakh vehicles

M HYDERI

Srinagar, July 28: Even though traffic mess is taking “serious proportions” with gridlocks and other mismanagement becoming almost a routine on the City roads, the coalition government has seemingly failed More



  • Jammu

Union HRD ministry mulls interim V-C

Former Bureaucrat Tipped

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY - JAMMU

GK NEWS NETWORKJammu, July 28: Union Human Resource Ministry is likely to appoint a former bureaucrat from Jammu and Kashmir as the first Vice-Chancellor of Central University Jammu, which has remained More


  • South Asia

BBC man among 21 killed in Afghan attacks

Kandahar, July 28: Taliban bomb and gun attacks on an official's compound and a militia base in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan today killed 21 people, including a local BBC reporter. Five More


  • National

Cabinet nod for Lokpal Bill; PM, judiciary out of purview

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 28: The Union Cabinet today cleared the much-debated Lokpal Bill keeping the office of the Prime Minister outside its purview notwithstanding incumbent Manmohan Singh's insistence on subjecting More


  • World

New Al-Qaeda chief praises Syrian protesters

Cairo, July 28: Al-Qaida’s new leader praised Syrian protesters seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad while trying to portray the uprising as an Islamic battle against American and Israeli More


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