PM, judiciary should be brought under Lokpal's ambit: Digvijay

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Guna (MP)/New Delhi, June 12: In comments at variance with UPA government's stand, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh favours bringing the Prime Minister and higher judiciary under the purview of Lokpal. "My view is that the Prime Minister, Judiciary, NGOs and industrial houses should More

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Bahrain puts two ex-MPs on trial

Dubai, June 12: A Bahraini special court began today the trial of two former MPs accused of calling for regime change and spreading rumours linked to pro-democracy protests crushed in mid-March.Matar Matar and Jawad Fayrouz, who were arrested at gunpoint in early May, appeared in court in two separate More

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I-T deptt wants to assess political parties under charity laws

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 12: Faced with challenge of curbing blackmoney in electoral process, the Income Tax department has now proposed assessment of the income of political parties under the provisions of "charity" law  instead of the present system of doing so under a special clause. The department More

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35 killed, over 100 injured in blasts in Peshawar, Islamabad

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad/Peshawar, June 12: Thirty-five people, including two journalists, were killed and over 100 injured when twin bomb blasts ripped through a crowded Peshawar market followed by an explosion in Islamabad, the latest in a series of attacks after the killing  of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan More

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Quota for locals in Saudi jobs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Dubai, June 12: Saudi Arabia has imposed new quotas to encourage firms in the kingdom to employ local staff, a move likely to adversely affect a large number of Indians who seek jobs in the country. The labour ministry yesterday launched the new "Nitaqat" (Ranges) programme to determine whether More

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Pak-Afghan implement transit trade pact

Afghan trucks at Wagah, Pak gets access to Central Asia

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 12: Afghan trucks today began delivering goods to the Wagah land border crossing with India via Pakistani territory after a US-sponsored transit trade pact was implemented, an Afghan Embassy official said today. The decision to implement the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade More

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Ramdev breaks his 9-day fast

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Dehradun, June 12: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today broke his nine-day-old fast that sparked a political slugfest heeding appeals of spiritual and religious leaders but vowed to continue his campaign against corruption. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent More

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Logjam in Indo-Lanka relations: Report

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Colombo, June 12: Sri Lanka has told India it will not concede key land and police powers to provincial councils under a New Delhi-initiated political plan aimed at resolving the long-drawn Tamil issue, a media report said today, warning that it could bring the two sides on "a collision course."& More

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American held for spying on Pak N-facilities

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, June 12: A US national has been arrested for allegedly scouting nuclear facilities near the Pakistani capital and is expected to be deported soon as the Interior Ministry has already cancelled his visa. Matthew Craig Barrett, 27, was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a court in More

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40,000 people travelled on stolen passports: Interpol

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Singapore, June 12: In an alarming revelation that could send shivers down the spine of aviation security managers, Interpol has said about 40,000 people criss-crossed the globe with lost or stolen travel documents in the recent past. "Terrorists and dangerous criminals continue to move from one country More

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The core 7: Making the government's voice heard

New Delhi, June 12: Under relentless attack for its acts of omissions and commissions, the UPA government has finally realised the value of reaching out to the media. It is now making its voice heard through a group of seven senior ministers who meet or interact daily to devise a media strategy on the More

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