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  • Facebook comment arrests: Inquiry report indicts policemen, seeks action

    Mumbai: The inquiry report on the arrest of two girls for their Facebook comments against the shutdown for Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral has indicted the policemen involved in initiating action and observed that the arrests could have been avoided.

    Mumbai: The inquiry report on the arrest of two girls for their Facebook comments against the shutdown for Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral has indicted the policemen involved in initiating action and observed that the arrests could have been avoided.

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  • BJP demands reversal of appointment of new CBI chief Sinha

    New Delhi:  BJP today demanded annulment of the government decision to appoint Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI Director, contending that the Select Committee on Lokpal had suggested that such appointments should be done through a collegium method.

    New Delhi:  BJP today demanded annulment of the government decision to appoint Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI Director, contending that the Select Committee on Lokpal had suggested that such appointments should be done through a collegium method.

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  • Mamata Banerjee fails numbers test, no-confidence motion falls

    NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee faced a major embarrassment in Lok Sabha on Thursday when her party's bid to move a no-confidence motion against the government fell ignominiously due a lack of numbers amid jeers from the ruling coalition benches.

    NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee faced a major embarrassment in Lok Sabha on Thursday when her party's bid to move a no-confidence motion against the government fell ignominiously due a lack of numbers amid jeers from the ruling coalition benches.

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  • Govt approves drug pricing policy to lower cost of medicines

    New Delhi: The government today cleared the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy that will bring 348 essential drugs under price control, leading to reduction in prices.
    “The National Pharmaceutical Pricing policy has been approved by the Cabinet with an objective to put in place a regulatory framework for pricing of drugs to ensure their availability at reasonable prices,” an official source said.

    New Delhi: The government today cleared the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy that will bring 348 essential drugs under price control, leading to reduction in prices.
    “The National Pharmaceutical Pricing policy has been approved by the Cabinet with an objective to put in place a regulatory framework for pricing of drugs to ensure their availability at reasonable prices,” an official source said.

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  • Kasab: Hanged after being expensively secured

    Mumbai: Z-plus category security, a special bullet- and bomb-proof cell, access to the court proceeding through video conferencing—all this was made available to the sole surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, convicted for the attacks in Mumbai Nov 26-29, 2008.

    Mumbai: Z-plus category security, a special bullet- and bomb-proof cell, access to the court proceeding through video conferencing—all this was made available to the sole surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, convicted for the attacks in Mumbai Nov 26-29, 2008.

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  • Tukaram Omble, the man who caught Ajmal Kasab

    New Delhi: If it was not for him, the Mumbai police could not have captured the sole terrorist alive, the only source of first-hand information about the evil perpetrators behind the heinous attacks.
    Tukaram Omble on the night on 26 November 2008 ensured the arrest of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the sole gunman involved in the terror strikes to be caught alive.

    New Delhi: If it was not for him, the Mumbai police could not have captured the sole terrorist alive, the only source of first-hand information about the evil perpetrators behind the heinous attacks.
    Tukaram Omble on the night on 26 November 2008 ensured the arrest of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the sole gunman involved in the terror strikes to be caught alive.

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  • Irom Sharmila of Manipur completes 12 years of fast

    mphal: The ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’ Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike since 2000 demanding repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), completed  12 years of fast today.

    mphal: The ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’ Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike since 2000 demanding repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), completed  12 years of fast today.

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  • Allahabad HC dismisses PILs against Mayawati in Taj corridor case

    Lucknow:  In a major relief for former UP chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad High Court today dismissed petitions against her in the  Taj Corridor case.The Lucknow bench of the court also dismissed the petitions against her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui.

    Lucknow:  In a major relief for former UP chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad High Court today dismissed petitions against her in the  Taj Corridor case.The Lucknow bench of the court also dismissed the petitions against her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui.

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  • Himachal Pradesh elections: Record 75 persent  turnout, results on December 20

    SHIMLA: On a bright Sunday, people came out in record numbers, clocking 75% turnout in the elections to the 68-seat Himachal Pradesh assembly for which the ruling BJP and Congress are locked in a straight fight. While the high turnout could mean that both the parties succeeded in mobilizing their supporters, it could also signify a close finish as witnessed in Uttarakhand earlier this year.

    SHIMLA: On a bright Sunday, people came out in record numbers, clocking 75% turnout in the elections to the 68-seat Himachal Pradesh assembly for which the ruling BJP and Congress are locked in a straight fight. While the high turnout could mean that both the parties succeeded in mobilizing their supporters, it could also signify a close finish as witnessed in Uttarakhand earlier this year.

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  • No mercy for students of unrecognised institutions: Supreme Court

    New Delhi: Students taking admission in educational institutions without verifying whether they are recognised or not are to be blamed themselves, the Supreme Court has said, refusing to sympathise with them. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra refused to grant recognition to a Madhya Pradesh-based institute and turned down its plea to sympathise with students as they would suffer if recognition is not granted.

    New Delhi: Students taking admission in educational institutions without verifying whether they are recognised or not are to be blamed themselves, the Supreme Court has said, refusing to sympathise with them. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra refused to grant recognition to a Madhya Pradesh-based institute and turned down its plea to sympathise with students as they would suffer if recognition is not granted.

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