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Coal-gate: CBI, Centre battle over probe findings

Coal-gate: CBI, Centre battle over probe findings

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation and the Centre were at loggerheads on the coalgate scam in the Supreme Court on Tuesday with the agency pointing out irregularities in the coal block allocation during the United Progressive Alliance-I tenure and the government vehemently refuting the allegations.

Ram Singh died due to hanging, says initial post-mortem

Ram Singh died due to hanging, says initial post-mortem

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2013

Delhi gang rape accused Ram Singh died due to hanging, police sources said on Tuesday quoting the initial post-mortem report.

Bitti Mohanty, rape convict on the run for 6 years, nabbed

Bitti Mohanty, rape convict on the run for 6 years, nabbed

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

Bitti Mohanty, the absconding son of former Odisha Director General of Police BB Mohanty, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a 26-year-old German national in 2006, has been taken into custody by the Kerala police in Kannur.

28 Indian sailors held by Somalian pirates released

28 Indian sailors held by Somalian pirates released

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

A year after their abduction by Somalian pirates, 28 Indian sailors on board two ships have been released and will sail for home, bringing huge relief to their families.

Coast Guard nets 21 Pakistani anglers off Guj coast

Coast Guard nets 21 Pakistani anglers off Guj coast

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

The Indian Coast Guard has arrested 21 Pakistani fishermen off Jakhau coast in Gujarat for illegally intruding into Indian waters and seized three fishing trawlers, an official said on Saturday.

Chautala out, former IAS officer in fray for TTFI top post

Chautala out, former IAS officer in fray for TTFI top post

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

With the jailed Ajay Singh Chautala on his way out after completing three terms, former Indian Administrative Service officer PC Chaturvedi is tipped to become the new president of the Table Tennis Federation of India when the body holds its Annual General Meeting on March 17.

MNS will grab power on its own strength: Raj Thackeray

MNS will grab power on its own strength: Raj Thackeray

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

Maharashtra Navnirmkan Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday shot down the suggestion of his party joining the grand alliance of Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party- Republican Party of India to take on the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra and asserted his outfit will capture power in the state on its own strength.

Terror was not discussed with Pak PM: Khurshid

Terror was not discussed with Pak PM: Khurshid

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday hosted a lunch for Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf but did not discuss issues like terrorism with him.

Rahul meets slain DSP's family, assures justice

Rahul meets slain DSP's family, assures justice

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the family of slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq at his village in Deoria and assured that they will get justice.

6 killed, 30 injured in Pakistan blast

6 killed, 30 injured in Pakistan blast

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

At least six persons were killed and about 30 others injured when a bomb went off inside a mosque in the restive city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, witnesses and officials said.

NRI found guilty of keeping illegal Indian immigrant in US

NRI found guilty of keeping illegal Indian immigrant in US

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

An Indian-American woman, who had been accused of keeping an Indian immigrant as a slave in her mansion in New York, was on Saturday found guilty of harbouring an 'illegal alien'.

Minor fire at Maha govt HQ brought under control

Minor fire at Maha govt HQ brought under control

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

A fire on Saturday broke out at Mantralaya, the Maharashtra state secretariat complex, which was soon brought under control, fire brigade sources said.

Pak PM Pervez Ashraf arrives in Jaipur amid protests

Pak PM Pervez Ashraf arrives in Jaipur amid protests

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf arrived in Jaipur on Saturday on a day-long private visit during which he will attend a lunch hosted by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid but no 'substantive; discussions between the two sides are likely.

Chinese prez to meet Singh on sidelines of BRICS summit

Chinese prez to meet Singh on sidelines of BRICS summit

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

Set to get elected next week as China's new President, Xi Jinping will hold his first bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit to be held later this month in South Africa.

J-K: Curfew lifted in some parts, normal life resumes

J-K: Curfew lifted in some parts, normal life resumes

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

Normal life on Saturday resumed in Kashmir after five days of shutdown, curfew in some parts of the valley, and clashes that left nearly 200 people injured.

Pak: Mob raids Christian colony in search of blasphemer

Pak: Mob raids Christian colony in search of blasphemer

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2013

A mob of hundreds stormed a Christian-dominated neighbourhood in this eastern Pakistani city in search of an alleged blasphemer, forcing residents to flee for their lives, police officials said on Saturday.

Officer's enclave in memory of NSG commando Unnikrishnan

Officer's enclave in memory of NSG commando Unnikrishnan

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2013

An officer's enclave in memory of National Security Guard commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, killed while fighting terrorists in Taj Hotel in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, was unveiled in the presence of his parents in Bangalore in Friday.

Our heads hang in shame over crime against women: Sonia

Our heads hang in shame over crime against women: Sonia

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2013

Amid rising cases of crime against women, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said 'our heads hang in shame' because of recurring incidents of rapes and other violence against women.

Family restrained by church: Suryanelli victim's mother

Family restrained by church: Suryanelli victim's mother

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2013

The mother of the Suryanelli gang-rape victim on Friday alleged that her family members had been restrained from attending the church by the Vicar of their parish in view of recent developments in the 1996 case.

JBT scam: HC seeks CBI response on Vidya Dhar's plea

JBT scam: HC seeks CBI response on Vidya Dhar's plea

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2013

The Delhi high court on Friday sought CBI's response on the plea of Indian Administrative Service officer Vidya Dhar, awarded 10 years imprisonment along with former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala in the Junior Basic Trained teachers scam, against his conviction and jail term.