Anna Hazare’s fast enters Day 3, Govt. moves
New Delhi, Apr 7 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death demanding an ombudsman bill to fight corruption entered the third day on Thursday even as the 72-year-old veteran social activist’s unrelenting stance on the issue forced the government to agree for a dialogue immediately. On Thursday morning, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal met [...]
Delhi University protests over lack of security, Radhika Tanwar’s killer still at large
March 10, 2011 No CommentNew Delhi, March 10, 2011 (CalcuttaTube): Shocked over the day-light murder of a young college girl, students of the Delhi University organised a massive sit-in protest on Wednesday to highlight the police’s failure to nab her killer. 22-year-old Radhika Tanwar, a second-year student, was shot dead outside Ramlal Anand College in Dhaula Kuan’s Shantiniketan [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi, Mar 7 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said he accepts full responsibility in the appointment of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas, the top corruption watchdog of India who was axed by the Supreme Court for his tainted past. “Obvisouly there has been an error of judegment and [...]
Continue reading …Binayak Sen’s bail hearing adjourned till Feb 9 by Chhattisgarh High Court
January 28, 2011 No CommentBilaspur (Chattisgarh), Jan 28 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the bail plea of human rights activist and physician Binayak Sen, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for supporting Maoist rebels, till February 9. Sen’s lawyer Surendra Singh on Tuesday argued that till date, no documents [...]
Continue reading …Srinagar January 25, 2011 (Calcutta Tube) Amid tight security arrangements, chaos and confusion is prevailing in Kashmir valley as Republic Day will be celebrated tomorrow. Bakshi stadium and Lal Chowk have been rendered out of bounds for the people in view of heightened security. To foil the much-hyped ‘Ekta Yatra’ high alert has already been [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi Jan 25, 2011 (Calcutta Tube): Delhi on Tuesday turned into a virtual security garrison as thousands of armed personnel kept vigil, & authorities geared up for the Republic Day celebrations. Around 35,000 police personnel, including 15,000 from paramilitary forces and elite National Security Guards (NSG) were already deployed across the city. Mobile hit [...]
Continue reading …January 23, 2011 (Calcutta Tube) In just the latest incident in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), on December 6, 2010, at least 45 persons, including tribal elders, Security Force (SF) personnel and journalists, were killed and another 70 were injured, in a suicide attack on a jirga (tribal council) being held outside the office [...]
Continue reading …January 23, 2011 (Calcutta Tube) With a dramatic fall in insurgency-related fatalities from 416 in 2009 to 134 so far in 2010 (all data till December 12, 2010), Manipur is likely to shed the dubious distinction of being the most violent among the troubled States of India’s Northeast. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal [...]
Continue reading …Commonwealth Games’ unpaid bills dispute to be sorted out in 10 days: Ajay Maken
January 20, 2011 No CommentNew Delhi Jan 20 (Calcutta Tube): New sports minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said he has given instructions that the issue of unpaid bills of Australian companies for their work during the Commonwealth Games should be sorted out within 10 days. ” I have directed secretary sports o speak to the government nominees in the [...]
Continue reading …New Delhi Jan 20 2011 (Calcutta Tube): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to flag off the nationwide roll-out of mobile number portability on Thursday a move that will allow users to switch operators without losing their phone numbers. “I think its a great step forward for the consumer, as it enhances choice and brings [...]
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