Access to Headley next month
India will get direct access of David Coleman Headley, wanted for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks, in the month of June.
Sources in the ministry said that lawyers of Headley were busy in May, and therefore, access to Headley was expected in June, sources in the Home Ministry said on Monday.
2nd stampede victim identified
For Anil Rai of Begusarai, the tragedy visited him twice in two days as he identified his son, Govind (10), in the mortuary of LNJP hospital on Monday morning. Govind was one of the two persons to have died in the stampede that broke out at New Delhi railway station on Sunday following last minute changes in the platform of Sapt Kranti Express.
Parties call for all-out efforts to tackle Naxals
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday condemned the dastardly attack by Maoists in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh in which many innocent citizens lost their lives. HRD minister Kapil Sibal said the Left-wing extremism is a big threat to the country and the government will have to tackle it through a policy framework.
He said handling of security is the second major achievement of the UPA-II which is set to complete one year next week.
Fees to register property in city hiked
Additional revenue generation spree of the Delhi government continues further as the Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to hike the registration fee of properties from the existing Rs 100 to one per cent of the total value, which will boost the state exchequer with another Rs 100 crores annually.
Centre warned Orissa on attacks
The Union home ministry on Monday condemned the Maoist attack in Dantewada in which more than 40 persons, including several special police officers (SPOs), were killed when the bus in which they were travelling was targeted. The Centre, however, made it clear that the Chhattisgarh government was alerted about the possible
Four die as car falls into ditch
Four people died after their vehicle skidded into a ditch along an under-construction road in Gurgaon in late hours of Sunday. The incident occurred on the Badshahpur-Sohna road late Sunday night when the car occupants were returning after attending a wedding at Sohna, which is 10 kilometres from Gurgaon.
Flurry of probe panels to blur stampede blame
A day after two persons died during a stampede at the New Delhi railway station, railway minister Mamata Banerjee’s ministry was busy trying to absolve itself of any blame. So it swiftly came up with “prima facie findings” on Monday. The findings predictably declared that “there was no stampede-like conditions on platform no. 12 and
UK Indian to walk backwards to save BBC Asia
An Indian origin musician has decided to walk backwards from London to Birmingham to support the campaign to save the BBC Asian Network.
Punjab will give women land rights
Punjab’s council of ministers on Monday approved key amendments to the statute book to make the state’s land laws gender neutral.
Proposed changes to the Punjab Land Reforms Act of 1972, Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act of 1953 and the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Land Act of 1955 will m
Muslims better off in Gujarat: Advani
BJP parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani has praised Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and said Muslims have fared better in Gujarat.
Citing Justice Rajinder Sachar’s report on minorities, Mr Advani, in the latest post on his blog, said “Gujarat should be grateful to Justice Sachar for proving convincingly to the country that under Narendra Bhai Modi’s regime Muslims are far better off than their compatriots in other states.”