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4th CBI chargesheet names AP minister

Roads and buildings minister Dharmana Prasada Rao was on Monday named as an accused in the Vanpic case in the fourth chargesheet filed by the CBI in the Kadapa MP Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy investments case.

No order declaring August 15, October 2 & January 26 as national festival

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An application under the Right to Information has revealed that there is no formal order to declare Republic Day, Independence Day and birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 as national festivals.

Mamata suggests black money be brought back for state funding of elections

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday suggested that black money stashed away abroad be brought back to the country for state funding of elections.

‘We were caught up in madness’

Of the 63 people, including policemen who were injured in Saturday’s rioting at Azad Maidan, 37 patients have been discharged from hospitals. All the injured victims are stable and out of danger.

‘Mumbai violence pre-planned crime’

“The Thane police has recovered 19 out of the 160 bullets that were stolen from the police during the riots from Amritnagar area in Mumbra.

‘Mumbai violence pre-planned crime’

“The Thane police has recovered 19 out of the 160 bullets that were stolen from the police during the riots from Amritnagar area in Mumbra.

New directorate to save dying languages

In a move to protect and develop Kok Borok, the language spoken by majority tribals of the state and other dying languages of various ethnic groups the Tripura government has decided to create a separ

Madhu Koda granted bail in second case

Former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda was on Monday granted bail by the state high court in one of the corruption cases lodged against him. However, he will continue to remain in jail in other cases.

Karnataka on alert after threat to carry out blasts on trains

Railway police are on high alert in Karnataka in the wake of threats by suspected terror groups operating from Mysore to carry out blasts on some trains plying from here on the eve of Independence day, a top Railway official said.

Katju calls Anna, Ramdev’s crusade against graft as empty gas

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Noting the country is passing through a transitional phase, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Monday said social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga Guru Ramdev's crusade against corruption is nothing but an empty gas.

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