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Dilsukhnagar Has Been On Indian Mujahideen Radar Since 1999
NEW DELHI (TIP): The twin blasts at Hyderabad aresuspected to be the handiwork of IndianMujahideen(IM) commander Riyaz Bhatkal. Althoughintelligence agencies are in no rush to jump to ajudgment, their suspicion of IM’s role is derived […]
India
Bharat Bandh: Nation-Wide Two-Day Trade Union Strike Hits Banking, Transport Services
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bharat Bandh:Nation-wide strike hit banking andtransport sector day two of nationwidestrike. While banking services were onFebruary 21 paralysed with ATMs runningout of cash in metro cities and publictransport disrupted during the Centraltrade […]
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26/11 Accused Lakhvi Enjoys Vvip Treatment In Pak Jail
NEW DELHI (TIP): It’s not only theLashker-e-Taiba (LeT) top boss Hafiz Saeedwho roams freely in Pakistan, but even hisnext-in-command Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,imprisoned at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for hisrole in the 26/11 attacks,moves out of theprison from […]
India
President Pranab Mukherjee May Turn Down 5 More Mercy Pleas
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union homeministry is learnt to have recommendedrejection of mercy petitions in five morecases as it seeks to speedily dispose of allthe cases of death row convicts pendingwith it.Seeking to have a […]
India
Vayalar Ravi Apologises As Activists Fume At Comment
NEW DELHI (TIP): OverseasIndian Affairs Minister VayalarRavi apologised after hiscomment with sexist innuendoagainst a woman journalist fromKerala landed him in troublewith women activists and the BJPdemanding his resignation.“I’m sorry for the comment. Ihave already conveyed […]
India
India
Govt Blames Nda For Vvip Copter Mess
NEW DELHI (TIP): Apportioning blame on the AtalBehari Vajpayee-led PMO, the Ministry of Defence todaysaid specifications in the VVIP helicopter deal weremooted in 2003, while it separately asked AgustaWestlandto categorically state its financial transactions withagents […]
India
Budget 2013: P Chidambaram Holds Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting
NEW DELHI (TIP): Demands like doubling of existingincome tax slab, interest-free loan to small farmers andplugging leakages in the expenditure of funds for Leftwing extremism areas were made at a pre-budgetconsultation held by Finance Minister […]
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Want US Out, Taliban Okay: Afghan Women Senators
Women senators from Afghanistan say they want US troops out of their country andwill not mind having the Taliban in the government if they respected the constitution NEW DELHI (TIP):Women senators fromAfghanistan have said they […]
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Antony Took No Action On Bribery Charges
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rs 3,546-crore contract for 12 AW-101helicopters, inked in February 2010,has emerged as a test case for defenceminister A K Antony, who has builthis entire political career on areputation for honesty, governmentcircles […]
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Mukerji To Succeed Puri As India’s Ambassador To UN
NEW DELHI / NEWYORK (TIP): Asoke KumarMukerji has been appointedas the next PermanentRepresentative of India tothe United Nations at NewYork. The announcementwas made in New DelhiFebruary 13. Mukerji replacesHardeep Singh Puri, whoretires this month after […]
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Anna Hazare’s Magic Is Working!
CVC reports a 100 per cent jump in corruption complaints in 2012 NEW DELHI (TIP: It’s a record thatwill bring a smile to the faces of AnnaHazare and likes. Their anticorruptionagitation might not havebrought down […]
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Net direct tax collections figures for April-January 2012-13 up by 12.49 per cent
NEW DELHI (TIP): Gross Direct Tax collection during April-January of the current fiscal (F.Y. 2012- 13) was up by 7.02 percent at Rs. 4,55,125 crore as against Rs. 4,25,274 crore in the same period last […]
India
4-Nation Gas Pipeline Plan Gets Fresh Push
NEW DELHI (TIP): Aiming to speedup implementation of the ambitiousTurkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline, theUnion Cabinet on February 7approved the setting up of a specialpurpose vehicle to build the 1,680-kmpipeline that terminates at Fazilka inPunjab.Tapi […]
India
India
Sc Pulls Up Cbi In Babri Masjid Case
NEW DELHI (TIP): CBI’s submission in the BabriMasjid demolition case that senior BJP leader LKAdvani and others had committed a ‘national crime’drew a sharp reaction from the Supreme Court whichasked the agency not to use […]
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Is Rest Doing Virat Kohli Any Good?
NEW DELHI (TIP): Has the BCCI missed a trick by not including Virat Kohli in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup, or even the India A and Board President’s XI teams which […]
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Kiran Bedi Backs Lokpal Bill; Anna Hazare Accuses Govt. Of Betrayal
NEW DELHI (TIP):Differing with AnnaHazare on the amendedLokpal Bill approved by theUnion Cabinet, his teammate and close confidante,the former IPS officerKiran Bedi on February 1,backed the legislationsaying it addressed most oftheir concerns.Bedi also expressedhappiness over […]
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As I See It: Worry About Kerry
As the US president, Barack Obama embarks on his second term, New Delhi is once again feeling the chill of a new administration in Washington. Sections of the Indian foreign policy making community are once […]