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Suspected Sena men ransack news channel’s offices

Suspected Shiv Sena activists on Friday vandalised the offices of a Marathi news channel in Mumbai and Pune and assaulted staff members including journalists for carrying reports that allegedly showed Bal Thackeray in bad light. Dozens of men armed with iron rods and clubs descended on the office of IBN-Lokmat in suburban Mumbai shouting slogans [...]

Naxalism major challenge before Jharkhand: Sonia

Terming naxalism as the foremost challenge before Jharkhand, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said violence cannot be a solution to any problem and that everything can be solved through dialogue. “Non-violence is the only way to solve all problems. The Congress believes that problems can be solved peacefully and through dialogue,” Gandhi said while [...]

Krishna enquires Mumbai attack progress with Qureshi

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has enquired from his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi about the progress into Mumbai attacks case and pressed for quickening the trial and realising the urgency. Krishna made the enquiries from Qureshi during their face-to-face meet at a lunch hosted by Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta. Both the [...]

Mamata to take up with PC issue of Naxal attacks on trains

Against the backdrop of yet another Naxal attack on a train in Jharkhand on Thursday night, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will take up the issue of railway safety with HM P Chidambaram. “We will take up the issue with the Union Home Minister. Every day there are kidnappings, obstructions and bomb blasts [...]

Union Comm Min will not force SEZs in Goa: Kamat

The Union Commerce Ministry has said Special Economic Zones (SEZs), which have been rejected by the people of Goa will not be forced in the state, CM Digamber Kamat said. Kamat, who also holds the Industries portfolio, told this to reporters in Panaji after his return from New Delhi where he had gone to attend [...]

Parliament adjourned till 12 noon on sugarcane pricing issue

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned on the sugarcane pricing issue as Samajwadi Party, BJP and Rashtriya Lok Dal again created rukus in the Parliament on Friday. The Rajya Sabha was first adjourned for 15 minutes. After the oath taking of eminent journalist H K Dua, the opposition rushed to the well of the house, [...]

Pakistan has nothing to fear from India: Manmohan Singh

Terming as “tragic,” Pakistan’s use of terror as state policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India is ready to resolve all outstanding issues with the country on the condition that it will not allow its territory to be used against its neighbour. In an interview to the Washington Post ahead of his state visit [...]

Headley stayed in hotel near Jew centre during Pune visit

American national and LeT terror suspect David Headley had stayed in a hotel close to a Jewish centre in Pune during his visits to the Osha Ashram in the city in 2008-09. Headley’s stay at hotel ‘Surya Villa’ on 16th March this year, when he also visited the Osho commune in the vicinity, is being [...]

Koda fails to appear before ED in Ranchi

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, facing money laundering and corruption charges, on Thursday failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate citing reasons of election campaigning in interior areas of the state. The ED had summoned Koda to appear before its officials in Ranchi at 1530 hours for questioning in the multi-crore hawala and illegal [...]

Prez laments poor skill certification among workforce

President Pratibha Patil on Thursday lamented that large chunk of workforce in India did not have skill certification contrary to the developed countries as she pushed for imparting skills to them through distance education. “Only five per cent of the workforce in India has some kind of certification. This is in contrast to over 85 [...]

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