New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A court here Tuesday pulled up the CBI for not probing “crucial aspects” regarding the alleged roles of government officials in allocating coal blocks to a Hyderabad-based company, which was charge sheeted in the case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao directed the investigating officer (IO) of the case to conclude […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) There are 2-6 crore Bangladeshi migrants living in India – the largest illegal migration from one country to another, a former senior officer of India’s border guards said Tuesday. “Nobody can verify the trend of Bangladeshi migrants in India but our estimation is no less than 2 to 6 crore of […]
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) A massive turnout was recorded in the 11 polling booths across three Lok Sabha constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh where a re-poll was held Tuesday on the orders of the Election Commission on basis of reports filed by observers, officials said. The turnout in the re-polling at polling booth 57 under Bidhna […]
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maharashtra executive committee will meet and take stock of the post-election and post-results scenario here Wednesday. The meeting will be chaired by state BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis and attended by all the top leaders in the state. Among other things, the first executive meeting after the Lok Sabha […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday paid homage to former president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on his 109th birth anniversary, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Mukherjee paid floral tributes at a portrait of the late president in the presence of Ahmed’s family members as well as officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Born […]
Panaji, May 13 (IANS) Goa villagers, protesting against illegal transportation of iron ore from a site, Tuesday demanded an apology from Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for the arrest of 34 protestors, including women and an 85-year-old man. Submitting a memorandum of demands to Prasanna Acharya, director for mines and geology, Abhijit Prabhudessai, a spokesperson for […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a standing ovation by his staff at South Block during a farewell they hosted for him Tuesday, a day after the general elections ended. It also saw some moist eyes. Around 110 staff of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) gathered at South Block to […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Even as the UPA government projected itself as a champion of minorities as part of its “secular agenda” for the nation, schemes initiated for the community’s benefit have continued to function poorly with many of them not reaching the targeted beneficiaries, a report by a committee constituted by the centre […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said India “must regain” the lost glory of its educational institutions and once again become a centre for “cross fertilization of ideas from across the world.” Addressing a delegation from QS, ICAA, British Council, FICCI and KPMG who presented the first copy of “QS University Rankings: […]
Dehradun, May 13 (IANS) The Kedarnath Yatra remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions, officials said. “Heavy rains and snowfall have stranded hundreds of pilgrims along the route to the shrine. Rains continued Tuesday on Badrinath, Kedarnath and Yamunotri routes,” said Dehradun Sub-Divisional Magistrate Uttam Singh. He, however, sought […]