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Mamata Banerjee to skip Chief Ministers’ meet on anti-terror body tomorrow 16 Apr 2012 | 05:27 am
New Delhi: All non-Congress Chief Ministers, barring Mamata Banerjee, who had come together to oppose the Centre on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and other issues, will be att...
Kolkata rape: Accused declared proclaimed offender 16 Apr 2012 | 05:18 am
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Kader Khan, absconding prime accused in the alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman in a moving car here in February, has been declared a proclaimed offender by a city court, po...
BJP tells Chidambaram not adopt authoritarian role on formation of NCTC 16 Apr 2012 | 05:13 am
Patna, Apr 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday told Home Minister P. Chidambaram to not to work in an authoritarian manner while building consensus on formation of National Counter Te...
Ajinkya Rahane: Rajasthan Royals’ new star 16 Apr 2012 | 04:58 am
Bangalore: Apr15, 2012 Ajinkya Rahane scored the maiden century of Indian Premier League (IPL) season five to power Rajasthan Royals (RR) to a mammoth 195 for two against Royal Challengers Bangalore (...
Punjab beat Kolkata in last-ball finish 16 Apr 2012 | 04:49 am
Kolkata finished their last two overs – with both bat and ball – badly to lose by two runs in a home game KOLKATA: Piyush Chawla bowled Kings XI Punjab to a thrilling two-run win over Kolkata Knight R...
Haj to be once in a lifetime affair only, Centre tells SC 15 Apr 2012 | 10:15 pm
New Delhi: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a “once in a lifetime” affair as against the existing polic...
Asia’s first dolphin research centre to come up in Bihar 15 Apr 2012 | 10:10 pm
Patna: With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to set up Asia’s first research centre to stren...
Taliban attack Pak prison, free militants 15 Apr 2012 | 10:00 pm
Taliban militants attacked a prison in north-west Pakistan on Sunday, freeing at least 380 prisoners, including at least 20 insurgents described by police as “very dangerous,” authorities and the mili...
Jairam calls for increased funding for women SHGs 15 Apr 2012 | 09:56 pm
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for bringing women’s self-help groups (SHGs) under the priority sector lending (PSL) norms and increasing the credit flow to them. “I want wom...
Jayalalithaa orders water release 15 Apr 2012 | 09:53 pm
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday directed release of water from Bhavanisagar Dam in Erode district for irrigation of over 24,000 acres. In a government release here, she said water wil...
