Panel wants 64 schools to refund excess fee
September 1st, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Sixty-four private city schools have illegally collected higher fee from students since September 2008, a committee has informed the Delhi High Court while recommending a ... Read more...
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Andhra government asked to reclaim land
August 30th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Andhra Pradesh assembly Thursday urged the government to take back lands on which industrial units have not come up ... Read more...
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Delhi panel gives report to court on school fees hike
August 23rd, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A committee set up to examine the accounts of private schools allegedly charging high tuition fees Thursday submitted its interim report to the Delhi High ... Read more...
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JKCA internal probe clears Abdullah of hand in scam
July 18th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 18 (IANS) Union minister Farooq Abdullah, who is also the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), has been exonerated of the multi-crore embezzlement ... Read more...
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Stocktaking of Kerala temple treasure begins
July 5th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Two committees appointed by the Supreme Court Thursday started taking stock and estimating the value of the jewels, gems and precious metals kept inside one of ... Read more...
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Retain trial-run set-up on BRT corridor, orders court
July 5th, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the transport department of the city to retain till its final order an arrangement that allowed plying of all ... Read more...
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Retain trial-run set-up on Delhi bus corridor: Court (Lead)
May 30th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the government to retain till its order the arrangement made by the Central Road Research Institute for an experimental ... Read more...
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Adarsh probe panel summons Deshmukh, Shinde
May 23rd, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The judicial panel probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam Wednesday summoned two former chief ministers of Maharashtra to appear before it next month.While Vilasrao Deshmukh has ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam: Court rejects bail plea of accused (Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday rejected the bail applications of six accused in the Adarsh housing scam arrested in March and April, ... Read more...
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No impact of Adarsh case panel’s finding on probe: CBI
April 17th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Hours after a two-member judicial panel submitted its interim report, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said it was not necessary for it to form ... Read more...
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Adarsh society plot belongs to government, says judicial panel (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) In a major relief to three former Maharashtra chief ministers, a judicial panel's interim report Tuesday said the land on which the controversial Adarsh Society building ... Read more...
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Adarsh society case: Interim probe report submitted
April 13th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) The interim report of a two-member commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai was submitted to the Maharashtra government Friday, official sources said.The report ... Read more...
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Adarsh Society probe interim report likely Friday
April 12th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) The interim report of the two-member commission probing the Adarsh Society scam, related to the housing society originally meant for war heroes and Kargil widows, is ... Read more...
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Bedi to probe Gujarat ‘encounter’ deaths
March 2nd, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday appointed Justice H.S. Bedi as head of a monitoring authority to supervise the investigation into 21 cases of alleged fake encounters ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam interim probe report soon
February 24th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Nearly 13 months after it was set up to probe the Adarsh Society scam, the two-member inquiry commission is likely to submit its interim report to ... Read more...
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Kerala temple’s vault B not to be opened now: Supreme Court
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Opening vault B of Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple will be considered only after the around Rs.1 lakh crore worth of treasure unearthed from the other ... Read more...
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Apex court orders funds for panel on sex workers (Lead)
August 2nd, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the central government to provide a permanent office and funds to a panel set up by it for educating people ... Read more...
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Metro’s phase 1 execution excellent: Japanese agency
July 31st, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Delhi Metro's implementation of its first phase of construction has been rated as excellent by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which financed 60 percent of ... Read more...
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Supreme Court stops all mining work in Bellary
July 29th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka's Bellary region."Mining (is) suspended with immediate effect till further orders," said a ... Read more...
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Lokayukta denies naming Krishna in mining report
July 23rd, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 22 (IANS) Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde Friday denied he had named External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who was chief minister in 1999-2004, in his report on illegal ... Read more...
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Court seeks government’s response to endosulphan makers’ plea (Lead)
July 15th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to respond to endosulphan manufacturers' plea to relax the ban on the production and sale of the ... Read more...
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Apex court asks government to respond to endosulphan makers
July 15th, 2011 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to respond to endosulphan manufacturers' plea to relax the ban on the production and sale of ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear petition on Kerala temple ownership
July 5th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Ahead of the apex court hearing a case related to the Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple, a petitioner whose plea to the Supreme Court led to an ... Read more...
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All eyes on last of locked temple chambers
July 5th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Will the only remaining locked chamber of the 16th century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple be opened? Suddenly, there is growing talk that opening it may cause misfortune.One ... Read more...
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Legend halts Kerala temple stocktaking
July 4th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 4 (IANS) A legend Monday halted for now the stocktaking at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple here where treasures said to be worth Rs.1 lakh crore have been found.Monday ... Read more...
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Court seeks detailed report on UP girl’s murder probe
June 17th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 17 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Friday directed the state government to submit by July 4 a detailed and conclusive report on the investigations ... Read more...
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India to evaluate impact of growth on environment
May 9th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India Monday announced the setting up of a high-level expert group to assess the impact of economic growth on environment."We are setting up a high-level ... Read more...
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Congress slams Sinha for attacks on Chidambaram
May 7th, 2011 - 2:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Congress Friday targeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha for his remarks against Home Minister P. Chidambaram on the 2G spectrum allocation, ... Read more...
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Joshi in PAC was doing his party’s bidding: Congress
April 29th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Congress Friday accused Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi of "doing his party's bidding" in finalising the draft report on the ... Read more...
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BJP activists baton charged in Lucknow
April 29th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists were assaulted with batons and detained here Friday after they clashed with police during demonstrations against the Congress ... Read more...
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Kashmir interlocutors deny proposing pre-1953 status
April 24th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 24 (IANS) Distancing themselves from reports that they were proposing reversing the clock to the pre-1953 semi-sovereign days, the three interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir said Sunday they ... Read more...
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Want ban on iron ore export, Karnataka tells apex court (Lead)
April 21st, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Karnataka government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was committed to curbing the menace of illegal iron ore mining and favoured a ban ... Read more...
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No proof of Gaddafi violence against civilians: Britons
April 19th, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Tripoli, Apr 19 (ANI): A British campaign group that spent a week touring Tripoli and other towns of Libya claimed they had seen 'no evidence' that Colonel Gaddafi's forces had attacked, bombed ... Read more...
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Autonomy recommendations fuel political debate in Kashmir
March 20th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 20 (IANS) The reported recommendation to restore some autonomous powers to Jammu and Kashmir has fuelled a predictable political debate, with opponents suggesting it would create more ... Read more...
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Shunglu panel submits interim report
February 1st, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The V.K. Shunglu committee, probing financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games, Monday submitted an interim report on alleged irregularities in awarding of broadcasting rights during the ... Read more...
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