The ministry of home affairs has decided that no prepaid mobile connections would be issued and existing prepaid SIM cards would not be renewed in Jammu and Kashmir after Nov 1, 2009, as terrorists easily manage to get prepaid connections showing fake documents that hardly are verified by the networks. The Home Ministry has requested [...]
An Indian Air Force MI-17 chopper hit the Chenab river at Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, near Assar, about 150 km northeast of Jammu, after “apparently” developing a “technical snag”. It was carrying four people. Whether there were any officers in the helicopter, is not known yet. Both police and local residents rushed to rescue the [...]
What started of as a little spark has so far remained invincible. The fire that broke out in the Indian Oil Corporation’s depot near Jaipur on Thursday, October 29, 2009 has so far claimed 12 lives and injured more than 150. There is absolutely “no other solution” to douse the hungry flames, Petroleum Minister Murli [...]
Stressing the importance of a holistic approach towards curbing Maoist violence across the affected states of India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stated the need of the hour to “maintain and enforce law and order. Law and order is a precondition for any sustained social and economic development.” In a tone slightly different from the [...]
Swine Flu death toll reaches its highest so far in India, to 463 with 5 deaths in Karnataka alone and one recorded in Maharashtra. So far, around 117 people have died in Karnataka due to the highly contagious H1N1 virus. And Maharashtra beats all the other states with the highest number of recorded deaths, that [...]
In a sharp repurcussion to Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury’s accusation that Mamata Bannerjee had prior information of the attack by the Moaists and the holding back of Rajdhani Express for more than 6 hours on Tuesday morning, Home Minister P. Chidambaram refuted the claims calling them “baseless” adding that he was [...]
Denying all possible links of terrorist acts in Balochistan and Kabul with India or any of its pressure groups, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the media during his two day visit at Anantnag in Kashmir that “What was said about the Indian role in Balochistan has no basis. Those who are levelling these false charges [...]
Defense Minister A.K. Anthony admitted that “Naxalism is a serious threat but it has to be mainly handled by paramilitary and police.” Stressing the need of the hour to abjure violence on the part of the naxal maoists, the minister claimed that the forces will be let to handle the violent rebels only if the [...]
The government has approved 50 percent reservation for women in urban local bodies. Discarding the current reservation of 33 percent, a bill to amend constitution will be introduced in the next parliamentary session. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the reservation will apply to seats both under direct elections and chairmanship. Special reservations are [...]
“India is committed to resolving the boundary question through peaceful negotiations and in a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable manner,” Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar was quoted as saying that seems to be setting the tune with the upcoming formal meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. Kumar was attending [...]
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