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Ruias, Khaitans get exemption from personal appearance
- 23 February 2012
- Staff Reporter | New Delhi
Promoters of Essar Group Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan were granted exemption from personal appearance by a Special CBI court on Wednesday which had summoned the corporate honchos as accused in the multi-crore 2G case.
Gurdwara poll: Delhi HC reserves order
- 23 February 2012
- IANS | New Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea filed by the Delhi Government against a single judge’s order restraining it from issuing a notification for next month’s Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) elections.
MP Assembly adjourned over arrest of legislator
- 23 February 2012
- Staff Reporter | Bhopal
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was on Wednesday adjourned for the day amid din, after Speaker Ishwardas Rohani turned down the breach of privilege motion moved by main Opposition Congress over the issue of arrest of its legislator, Kalpana Parulekar. Rohani turned down the motion on the ground that the matter is sub judice and the arrest did not take place in the House premises.
Prasar Bharati CEO to go on hiring spree?
- 23 February 2012
- Annapurna Jha | New Delhi
Prasar Bharati, which is at present facing acute crunch of staff, can now heave a sigh of relief as newly appointed CEO Jawahar Sircar’s top priority is providing adequate manpower to the public broadcaster and improving morale of employees.
Tusker tramples woman to death at Rajaji park
- 23 February 2012
- VIKRAM RAUTELA | HARIDWAR
An elephant trampled to death a woman who had gone to fetch fodder in the Motichur Range of the Rajaji National Park on Wednesday. The incident took place in forest area about two kms from Satyanarayan Mandir.
JPC digs deeper into Dayanidhi Maran’s role
- 23 February 2012
- PNS | New Delhi
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam on Wednesday sought original files from the Telecom department on the Aircel-Maxis deal over which former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran is facing a CBI investigation.
In short
- 23 February 2012
- pioneer
India-US war games in Bay of Bengal
New Delhi: India and US will conduct the joint naval exercise ‘Malabar’ in the Bay of Bengal in April this year. China had objected to this exercise when it was last held in the same region in 2007 and Beijing claimed the exercise was aimed at containing China. However, India and US have decided to carry out drills in Bay of Bengal, sources said here on Wednesday. Malabar series of exercises are held every year since 1992.‘India should stand firm on PoK issue’
- 23 February 2012
- PNS | New Delhi
Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said that India should shed its defensive posturing on the issue of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Northern Areas and raise its pitch against the neighbour in the international forum.
States guarded over Sibal’s combined engg exam plan
- 22 February 2012
- Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal’s frenetic thrust for the implementation of the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to engineering colleges was met with caution by most State Governments on Wednesday as the latter sought more time to think the suggestion through. Sibal claimed the proposed reform had “in-principle consensus” of the Education Ministers present at a meeting in the national Capital.
GoM skips poll code discussion
- 22 February 2012
- Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
Faced with the combined might of both the Opposition parties and the Election Commission, the Group of Ministers on Corruption on Wednesday chose not to discuss the controversial proposal of giving statutory basis to the Model Code of Conduct that would have curbed the powers of the poll watchdog.
DGs to focus on alarming attrition in Central forces
- 22 February 2012
- Rakesh K Singh | New Delhi
Union Home Ministry has convened a high-level meeting with the Directors General of the Central Paramilitary Forces on Monday to discuss the alarming rise in attrition of officers, including those appointed through the Union Public Service Commission.
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