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Singh is King: UPA govt wins confidence vote
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday, ensuring the immediate survival of the ruling coalition and a civilian nuclear deal with the United States.
Earlier the opposition demanded the resignation of the prime minister anyway after three of its lawmakers said they had been bribed to abstain. The […]
P. Chidambaram says Hyde Act not binding on India
On the second day of the debate in the Lok Sabha over the Government’s trust vote, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that the Hyde Act, passed by the US Congress to enable nuclear commerce with India, was a domestic law in that country and had no binding on India.
Chidambaram also stressed the need for nuclear […]
Trust motion was fully avoidable, says Manmohan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought the confidence of the Lok Sabha on Monday and said the trust vote was avoidable as he had promised to return to the Parliament before operationalising the contentious nuclear deal with Washington.
“It (trust motion) was fully avoidable,” Manmohan Singh said as he moved the one-line motion seeking the trust of […]
Shivani Bhatnagar case: Top cop gets life term
From a custodian of the law to a convicted law breaker, life has come full circle for suspended senior IPS officer R K Sharma.
Nine years after Indian Express reporter, Shivani Bhatnagar was brutally murdered, a Delhi court found former Haryana top-cop, R K Sharma and three others guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of […]
Stressed Taslima to leave
Taslima Nasreen has decided to leave India, at least temporarily, to the relief of the home ministry and security agencies.
The Bangladeshi author has told the government she wants to go away for a few months because she is under too much stress and needs a break. It’s not clear when she will leave, but sources […]
Sarabjit’s village unites to save him
Sarabjit Singh’s native village has united to show its solidarity with the son of this soil. Relatives and friends, supported by religious and social organizations of the nondescript village close to Indo-Pak border have joined hands to save Sarabjit, who will reportedly be sent to the gallows on April 1 in Pakistan.
On Monday, the locals […]
Sewage falling into Ganga causing cancer, SC informed
The Supreme Court today decided to hear the issue of discharge of untreated sewage into the Ganga posing a cancer threat to people living on its banks.
Two applications filed in the apex court pointed to threat of deadly diseases afflicting due to domestic sewage pollution of the Ganga in 36 towns in four states of […]
Agarwalla Brothers May Make Millions From Scrabulous
Brothers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, the creators of the online word game Scrabulous, could make millions of dollars from their game, which started off as a hobby. The rights to for the Scrabble board game are held by Hasbro in North America and Mattel in the rest of the world. Both companies kicked off an […]
Kashmir Singh admits he was a spy
Kashmir Singh, who was freed from Pakistani jail after 35 years, on Friday admitted that he was an Indian spy and did his best to serve the country, but deplored that successive governments at the Centre did nothing for his family.
“After my arrest in 1974, the successive governments did nothing for my family. […]
Four Indians in Forbes list of 10 richest in the world
Four Indians are among the 10 richest in the world, the highest number from a single country, according to Forbes’ list of world’s billionaires.
While Warren Buffet, the Berkshire Hathaway investor, takes the title of the world’s richest man from Microsoft chief Bill Gates who slips to third place after a 13-year reign at the top, […]