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Ramdev, Sushma attend Rajbala cremation

Baba Ramdev’s follower Rajbala’s body was cremated in her native village in Haryana. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj, BJP leader Smriti Irani and Baba Ramdev attended a condolence ceremony for Raj Bala. She received serious injuries during the crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s campaign in Ramlila

SONIA SEEKS REPORT ON GOA MINING

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked for a detailed report on the alleged illegal iron ore mining scam in Goa that has the local Congress government on the backfoot.

Kulkarni joins VIPs in Tihar

After being sent for a four days judicial custody, former BJP leader and close aide of L.K. Advani, Sudheendra Kulkarni joined the league of VIP inmates in Tihar on Tuesday. 54-year-old Kulkarni, who was known for his contribution in the speeches of former Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was taken to the Tihar jail on Tuesday evening. Mr Kulkarni was sent for medical examination before being lodged in the jail.

Conflicting Centre, CBI views on quizzing PC

A sharp conflict emerged between the Centre and the CBI in the Supreme Court on investigating the alleged role of home minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G scam as finance minister in UPA-I with the government stating that trial court could order the probe if required but the agency emphatically objecting to it

MCD engineer jailed for taking bribe

A Municipal Corporation of Delhi engineer, caught taking `20,000 as bribe from a contractor, was sentenced to four years in jail.

JPC summons finance secy

The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on Tuesday decided to summon finance secretary R.S. Gujral on October 12 to explain why the ministry’s note on 2G spectrum issue to the Prime Minister’s Office, was not submitted before the panel.

‘Cong is looking for patchwork’

Insisting that the finance ministry’s note to the Prime Minister’s Office on the 2G spectrum issue is the “factual recording” of happenings in the case, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the Congress is trying to find a “patchwork” solution to the “crisis” created by the note.

Doc kills wife, dumps body in UP

Disturbed over frequent quarrels, a doctor allegedly throttled his wife to death and threw her body in a river in Allahabad. The police has arrested the accused. According to the police, Chandra Vibhash, a surgeon in Deen Dayal Upadhayay,

PM unfazed by row on 2G

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared unfazed by the swirling controversy over certain aspects of the 2G spectrum case in the course of which the principal Opposition party, the BJP, has targeted Union home minister P. Chidambaram, and even hinted at the Prime Minister’s personal culpability in the 2G case.

5 killed, many feared trapped

At least five people were feared killed and many others trapped when two old buildings collapsed in Chandani Mahal area of old Delhi on Tuesday. The incident was reported at around 8 pm when house number 833 of Chandani Mahal area near Jama Masjid came crashing down on the ground. Around 20

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