Five firms face CBI cases, raids in coal blocks allocation (Third Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Five companies, and their executives, allocated coal blocks were named in cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and 30 locations belonging to ... Read more...
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FIRs against five companies allocated coal blocks (Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed cheating cases against five private companies allocated coal blocks, an official said. The agency also conducted searches ... Read more...
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UP lodges cases against 176 fraudulent Haj applicants
July 9th, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday lodged cases against 176 people whose names were included in the list of those approved for the Haj pilgrimage through ... Read more...
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‘Gandhigiri’ to protect tigers in Maharashtra (With Images)
July 1st, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandrapur (Maharashtra), July 1 (IANS) Alarmed at the rise in tiger poaching, wildlife lover Bandu Dhotre will start a fast unto death in Nagpur from Monday to seek protection for ... Read more...
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US-India remittance partnership formed
June 19th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 19 (IANS) A leading US financial services firm, Wells Fargo & Company, has joined hands with India's HDFC Bank to start a US-India remittance service.
Under an agreement ... Read more...
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NRHM scam: IAS officer arrested, sent to CBI custody (Lead)
May 10th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Ghaziabad, May 10 (IANS) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradeep Shukla, who held the charge of principal secretary (medical health) in the previous Mayawati government, was Thursday arrested by the ... Read more...
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MPs outraged over Team Anna’s remarks, Lok Sabha adjourned (Second Lead)
March 26th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day Monday after members cutting across party lines protested Anna Hazare's allegations of corruption against politicians.The issue ... Read more...
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Team Anna’s allegations regrettable: Congress
March 26th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Terming the allegations levelled against politicians by Team Anna as "highly regrettable", the Congress Monday said it stood for dissent provided there is dignity of ... Read more...
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Team Anna should provide proof against ministers: Ambika Soni
March 26th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) With Anna Hazare demanding filing of FIRs against 14 union ministers by August, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Monday said the social activist ... Read more...
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Online FIRs soon, says Chidambaram
March 21st, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) There would soon be no need to go to a police station to file a first information report (FIR) with online registration available by ... Read more...
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Congress legislator apologises for assaulting photo-journalist
March 20th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 20 (IANS) A Congress legislator in Meghalaya Tuesday apologised for assaulting a photojournalist inside the assembly premises, after a photo of him sleeping in the house was snapped.Founder ... Read more...
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Congress set to form Uttarakhand government (Second Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, March 9 (IANS) The Congress, supported by a regional party and three independent lawmakers, is all set to form the new government in Uttarakhand, ending days of uncertainty ... Read more...
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Politics of hatred has triumphed in Gujarat: Harsh Mander (A decade since Gujarat riots)
February 26th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The story of Gujarat is more about the triumph of politics of hatred, symbolised by Chief Minister Narendra Modi, than the development indicators he ... Read more...
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CBI busts BRO scam, books top officials (Lead)
February 26th, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has busted a multi-crore scam involving senior officials of the Border Road Organisation's (BRO) Project Deepak, an official said here ... Read more...
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UP health scam: CBI conducts massive search operation
February 25th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday conducted searches at 27 places across 12 cities in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the multi-crore-rupee National Rural Health ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa
February 21st, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a CBI petition challenging the quashing of its FIRs and chargesheets ... Read more...
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Cop suspended after five illegal miners killed
February 8th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bokaro, Feb 8 (ANS) A police officer has been suspended following the death of five women involved in illegal coal mining, an official said Wednesday.According to police, the officer in charge ... Read more...
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Faced no difficulty in Indian music industry: Pakistani singer Zahid
February 6th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid, who has sung three tracks in Mahesh Bhatt's forthcoming production venture "Blood Money", praises the Indian film industry saying it welcomes ... Read more...
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Special arrangements for Uttar Pradesh’s women voters
January 17th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) As nominations opened for 59 assembly constituencies where polling was scheduled in the second of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh elections Feb 11, the Election Commission Monday ... Read more...
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Court approves prosecution of Chidambaram’s ex-client
January 7th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday gave the go-ahead to the Delhi government to continue prosecution of three cases against hotelier S.P. Gupta, a former client ... Read more...
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Differences in NDA over ex-BSP man Kushwaha
January 4th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) move take in a tainted former Uttar Pradesh minister Wednesday led to differences in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), ... Read more...
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BJP seeks action against Chidambaram, forces adjournment of Rajya Sabha
December 20th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Tuesday forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha in the pre-lunch session on their demand that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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Chidambaram guilty of criminal offence: BJP
December 15th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the sacking of Home Minister P. Chidambaram saying he was guilty of "criminal offence" for allegedly misusing ... Read more...
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NHRC seeks report on quacks
December 12th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday sought a detailed report from the Delhi government on clinics run by quacks and the action taken against ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh MPs in the dock for taking parliament allowance
December 2nd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 2 (IANS) An RTI activist has put a couple of Uttar Pradesh MPs in the dock for having charged daily allowance for attending parliament on days when no ... Read more...
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Accused of bias, IAS officer beats self
November 21st, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Nov 21 (IANS) Hurt by allegations that he was biased, a senior IAS officer overseeing razing of illegal structures here hit himself with his shoe.People were taken aback Sunday ... Read more...
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Bhatta-Parsaul rape: Court orders FIR against 30 cops
November 18th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Nov 18 (IANS) A court here Friday ordered registration of cases against five senior police officers and 25 constables for raping and robbing a woman in Bhatta village of ... Read more...
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CBI begins probe of Bharatpur riots
October 13th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bharatpur, Oct 13 (IANS) Almost a month after communal violence in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district claimed 10 lives and left 21 others injured, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started ... Read more...
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Start online FIRs by Nov 15, Munda tells police
September 20th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 20 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Tuesday directed police officials to make necessary arrangements, by Nov 15, to enable complainants to lodge first information reports online.The direction ... Read more...
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CBI registers four FIRs in AIIMS exam manipulation (Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday registered four cases for manipulating the entrance exam results of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), ... Read more...
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Control crime or face action, Mayawati warns officials
July 16th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 15 (IANS) Stung by a spate of rapes, murders and other heinous crimes across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati Friday took top officials to task, issuing a stern ... Read more...
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CPI urges Mamata Banerjee to check human trafficking
July 15th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and Lok Sabha member Gurudas Dasgupta Friday requested the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government to take steps to ... Read more...
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Delhi police chief admits there is corruption in force
July 9th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) If a police official is unwilling to register your first information report (FIR), just send an e-mail complaint to a senior official to get the ... Read more...
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Six more FIRs to filed in CWG scam
May 27th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file six more first information reports (FIR) in the multi-crore Commonwealth Games scam, an official said Friday."The FIRs ... Read more...
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Fresh police complaint in CWG scam
May 6th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed another first information report (FIR) in the alleged multi-crore Commonwealth Games overlays scam, an official said Friday."The ... Read more...
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