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UP govt plays down attack on its minister

The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh chose to downplay the attack on UP minister Nand Gopal Nandi on Monday.
Seven hours after the incident, ADG Brij Lal said that the police had no clue about the motive behind the crime or the identity of the criminals. He denied media reports t

SC rejects PIL on ‘socialism’ clause

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H.

Army remark in govt purview, says Cong

The Congress on Monday said it was for the government to take congnisance about Army Chief Gen V.K. Singh’s comments that appeared to be critical of the political leadership in dealing with the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Joshi pulls up BJP president

BJP president Nitin Gadkari, under fire from the Congress and other Opposition parties over his intemperate political rhetoric in several recent instances, now faced criticism on the same count from a senior leader of his own party.

Congress in a fix over Jagan

The Congress is clearly in a fix over how to deal with Mr Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. This was clearly discernible during the course of the regular congress briefing at the AICC headquarters here in the capital.

Tulsi is India’s youngest prof

Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, yesterday’s child prodigy, is all grown up! At 22, he will join the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology at Powai in Mumbai next week.
Taking up this assignment ends the confusion in the young professor’s mind on whether to set up a computer lab at home in Patna or to migrate to Waterloo University in C

Nitish relents: New ads include Modi

Bihar chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar finally succumbed to BJP anger. After the BJP’s central leadership, including Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley, had an “informal” meeting with Mr Kumar on Sunday, Bihar government advertisements started carrying deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Modi’s photograph.

Jat threat to hit Games; block Delhi food, power

The Akhil Bharatiya Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti has warned that if the government does not pay heed to its demand for extending reservations to jats under the “other backward classes” category, they would disrupt the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October. It warned that the Commonwealth Games baton relay, which is now in Allahabad, might also be disrupted.

Court pulls up MCD for dismal state of city roads

As the time approaches, it seems that the tall claims of the MCD that they are prepared for the Commonwealth Games fall flat.
It was evident on Monday as the high court has expressed its serious concern over the sorry state of affair of the roads and came down heavily on the civic body for a

Student dies as minibus overturns

A minor student was killed and 11 others were injured when a speeding minibus overturned near the under construction Signature Bridge in Wazirabad on Monday morning.

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