EC mulls issuing notice to Gopinath Munde for LS poll expense remark |
The Election Commission is mulling issuing a notice to BJP leader Gopinath Munde on his statement that he had spent Rs 8 crore in the last Lok Sabha elections much above the prescribed ceiling as the Congress stepped up the demand for his disqualification as MP.
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Suryanelli rape case |
In a major relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, a sessions court in Kerala's Idukki district today dismissed a plea to make the Congress leader an accused in the Suryanelli rape case.
The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Idukki who was abducted in January....... More »
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death toll may cross 10,000, says state assembly speaker |
The official figures projected by the state government, however, put the death count at 1,000.
Kunjwal made his observation following the feedback he reportedly got during and after his visit to the rain-hit locals. He is still getting the feedback, he said and told
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Cong hits back, says BJP spreading communalitis |
Hitting back at BJP chief Rajnath Singh over his comments that Congress is spreading "secularitis" in the country, Union minister Manish Tewari on Friday said BJP spreads "communalitis, sectarianitis, fundamentalistitis and obscurantistites".
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Salem attack a well-planned conspiracy |
Questions are being raised in the police circles about the investigations that are underway in the planned attack on incarcerated gangster Abu Salem in the Taloja jail on Thursday, with the prison authorities clearly under a cloud for the daring assault by rival gangster.
While the attack spe....... More »
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3000 missing in Uttarakhand, 1000 stranded in Badrinath |
With weather improving, rescue operations picked up pace in Uttarakhand today as 17 choppers have been flown to evacuate people still stranded at various locations in the hill state.Rescue teams launched a decisive push to evacuate the remaining 1,000 stranded pilgrims from Badrinath in flood-ravage....... More »
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LK Advani wanted Narendra Modi as campaign chief in 2009 says close aide |
Narendra Modi-specific factor in senior BJP leader LK Advani's recent unhappiness and uneasiness with the party's functioning? Was Advani unhappy with Modi's elevation as chairman of the BJP's campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha election earlier this month? A source close to Ad....... More »
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NASA Launches Satellite To Study How Sun's Atmosphere Is Energized |
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Thursday at 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission to study the solar atmosphere was placed in orbit by an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket.
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LK Advani advises Omar Abdullah against using offensive language |
Senior BJP leader LK Advani has hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, advising him against using offensive language. Mr Abdullah had, on Wednesday, slammed BJP leaders for demanding the abrogation of Article 370 in the Constitution that grants special state to his state.
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Chidambaram hints at lowering price for power |
A day after deciding to nearly double natural gas prices to USD 8, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday hinted that power and fertiliser units may get gas at subsidised rates to keep electricity and urea costs down.
Stoutly defending the move to raise price from current USD 4.2 per....... More »
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