New Delhi: Wing Commander Felix Patrick Pinto, an helicopter pilot of the Indian Air Force, who helped search for the fateful Pawan Hans helicopter of then Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu that had crashed in Tawang in April last year, was Wednesday named to receive Shaurya Chakra, the third highest peacetime gallantry medal. Pinto, a Mi-17 pilot, had also showed grit when he successfully steered a malfunctioning helicopters for...
09:30 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday refuted Salman Rushdie's accusation that police concocted a supposed death threat to keep him away from the Jaipur Literature Festival. "It is not true. The government had made all arrangements for his security because it was our duty. If we get an advisory from the centre (central government) about a threat to the life of a certain person then we have to...
02:39 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Imphal: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday urged people to vote for the Nagaland People's Front (NPF) backed independent candidates in the hill districts dominated by the Naga community. "We will work for better governance and remove the misunderstanding between the Manipuri and Naga communities," Rio said at an election meeting Tangkhul Naga Long Ground in prestigious Ukhrul constituency. In Ukhrul constituency, Danny Shaija is the sitting candidate who...
12:06 AM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday stepped up attack on Narendra Modi asserting that the Gujarat Chief Minister has no moral right to continue in office in the wake of the High Court judgement upholding appointment of the Lokayukta. "Morally, Modi has no right to continue and he should resign," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters here. He said that the Gujarat government approaching the Supreme Court to challenge the...
10:27 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's much lauded free education scheme has allegedly turned into a multi-crore scam with over 3 lakh fake student enrolments come to light. The case came to light when most of the students were found to have been enrolled in several schools simultaneously. In fact a few were enrolled in government schools but were found to be studying at private schools. According to Bihar government's...
03:24 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat came out strongly against the proposed FIR against former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan saying that the case was politically motivated. "This is a politically motivated case. Achuthanandan has been in the forefront of the campaign against the corruption in the previous UDF regime, which is why this is happening," he said. "We will fight this case legally and politically," he added. The Vigilance...
11:07 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Bangalore: The hearing in the disproportionate assets (DA) case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha likely to continue at a Bangalore special court on Tuesday. Jayalalithaa is accused of accumulated assets worth 66 crore during her tenure as Chief Minister during 1991-1996. The case was filed by Janta Party President Subramanian Swamy and later followed up by arch rivals DMK, who wanted the case to be moved out of...
09:18 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on Mayawati government, the Congress on Monday termed as "ridiculous" and "murder of democracy" the controversial resolution passed by the Uttar Pradesh Assembly for splitting the state into four parts. AICC spokesperson Manish Tewari also said, "If some persons think that the people of Uttar Pradesh are foolish and that they cannot see through this proposal inspired by political opportunism, they will get an appropriate...
06:43 PM, Nov 21, 2011
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday critisised Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati for her plan to divide Uttar Pradesh into four smaller states saying breaking the state would mean breaking the nation itself. "A big state is symbol of the country's unity, breaking it would mean breaking the nation itself," said Yadav. Condemning Chief Minister Mayawati, the SP chief said, "The Ganga, the Yamuna,...
06:15 PM, Nov 21, 2011
Itanagar: Dissident leader Nabam Tuki was on Tuesday chosen as the new Congress Legislature Party leader in Arunachal Pradesh, signalling the end of the weeks-long political drama that culminated in the resignation of Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin. The decision to choose Tuki was taken by the Congress high command. The swearing-in of Tuki, who led the revolt against Gamlin's leadership for his alleged 'authoritarian rule', as the new chief minister...
12:49 PM, Nov 01, 2011
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin resigned on Monday following the leadership crisis in the state. Gamlin claimed that he has resigned from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday. Gamlin sent his resignation letter to the AICC on Friday after Gamlin he was told by the high-command to resign to resolve the leadership crisis in the state. Meanwhile, as many as 24 out of 42 Congress MLAs...
05:46 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Patna: JD (U) on Sunday ruled out Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar contesting the assembly poll in the near future. "Such reports are speculative ... We rule out his (Kumar's) contesting (assembly) polls in the near future," state JD(U) president Bashishtha Narain Singh told reporters. There were speculations in the local media that Kumar would prefer to contest the assembly poll than renew his membership in the state legislative council...
03:00 PM, Oct 30, 2011
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar feels that the corporates and the private sector should be brought under the ambit of the Right to Information Act as public invests through shares in them and suffers when their fortunes sink. Addressing the annual convention of Central Information Commission in New Delhi, Nitish said, "The transparency law should be expanded to public-private partnership projects as well because government invests in them."...
08:15 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Srinagar: Under Opposition attack, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday tendered an unconditional apology for revealing the names of rape victims in the last five years in the state Assembly. "I tender an unconditional apology. There is a deep sense of shame over revealing the names of the victims," Omar told the Assembly. The issue was raised by opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti, who accused the government of...
10:59 AM, Sep 30, 2011
Panaji: BJP on Tuesday sought Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's resignation for allegedly patronising illegal iron ore trade in the state. BJP national secretary and Goa desk in-charge Aarti Mehra said that from the 66 mines operating in Sattari and Sanguem talukas of Goa alone, 10.5 million metric tonnes of ore to the tune of Rs 6,100 crore, was illegally extracted in the past three years. "Goa has issued 90...
05:54 PM, Sep 27, 2011
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