Muslim law board opposes communal violence bill Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has expressed strong opposition to the communal violence bill as well as the growing "bonhomie between India and Israel."
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Not part of bid, but Kochi's IPL has my blessings: Tharoor Kochi/New Delhi: It's cricket chatter on Shashi Tharoor's twitter. Thrilled at Kochi bagging a team in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a jubilant Tharoor clarified that he was not part....
Stealing cement, contractor lands father behind bars Chandigarh: The vigilance cell of the Chandigarh police today arrested the father of a government contractor after the latter tried to steal 200 bags of cement from a government store here.
Muslim law board enhances its own women quota Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) may have been silent on the women's reservation bill. But when it came to reconstituting its chief body, it unanimously increased t....
Indian publishing firm wins textbook contract in Ethiopia Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's ministry of education has awarded Indian media house Laxmi Publications a contract to print and distribute textbooks and teacher training guides.
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Bank told to pay Rs.11 lakh for negligence New Delhi: The Delhi consumer commission has asked the State Bank of India (SBI) to pay Rs.11 lakh for ignoring a request from an Italian company not to honour cheques from a lost cheque book.
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Where gold and silver locks are key to prayers Kanpur: Flowers, fruits and incense sticks are not quite what devotees bring to a temple in Kanpur. To appease the deity, they make an offering of locks made of gold, silver and other precious ....
Koirala's last journey begins Kathmandu: Mourned by thousands, including world leaders, Nepal's peace architect and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's last journey started today, marking the end of an era....
Government to set up e-waste treatment facilities: Ramesh New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government will establish e-waste treatment facilities in the country.
"It is for the first time we are including e-wa....
Thank God, we don't have a Bal Thackeray in Delhi: Dikshit New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today ridiculed Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for attacking non-Marathis in Maharashtra and said that Delhi was truly cosmopolitan.
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Auto drivers will be given better alternative: Dikshit New Delhi: After creating a flutter by announcing that auto-rickshaws would be replaced by battery-operated vehicles, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said their drivers will be given ....
Kashmir minister uses militants' name for Anantnag Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir's Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar today referred to Anantnag district in south Kashmir as Islamabad - a name made ma....
Jayalalithaa demands sacking of telecom minister Chennai: AIADMK general secretary J.Jayalalithaa today again demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drop Telecom Minister A. Raja in the wake of Supreme Court declining to intervene in a h....
Decision on new toll collection system likely by July New Delhi: The government is likely to decide on a new common toll collection system for highways by July.
The government is planning to launch a system using technology that will ena....
Climate was right so I left, says Shyam Saran New Delhi: Shyam Saran, who was the prime minister's special envoy on climate change, today declined to speak on the controversial subject of his resignation, quipping that the "climate....
