-The Hindu Despite media coverage and VIP interest, police unable to make headway BHANDARA: Ten days after the dead bodies of three sisters were found in a well near Murmadi village of Lakhani tehsil in Bhandara district of Maharashtra, the police have made no arrests and the perpetrators are still at large. Residents of Murmadi, Lakhani and nearby villages continue to protest by blocking the National highway No.6, taking out candle marches, and...
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Food bill: Why Budget 2013 is a make-or-break budget for UPA-Amulya Ganguli
-First Post With 10 state assembly elections this year and the general election in the next, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) faces possibly its sternest challenge since it returned to power in 2009. It goes without saying that the forthcoming electoral tests have been compounded by the perceptibly declining political standing of the ruling alliance caused by multiple scams and economic stagnation. In addition, defeats in a series of elections ranging...
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-PTI Reliance Industries has provided half of the documents sought by CAG and promised to give most of the remaining when the auditor returns to audit its spending on the flagging KG-D6 fields. RIL provided half of the documents to the team of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) during their three-week stay at the company's office at Mumbai beginning January 9 and wrote to it that the rest, barring a small...
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-PTI The Postal department plans to enter the banking business with the Reserve Bank of India deciding to grant new bank licences to entities with credible track-record. Consultant appointed Sources said the Department of Posts, which has a strong foot print in rural areas, has appointed Ernst and Young (E&Y) as the consultant for the proposed ‘Post Bank’ “Ernst and Young is expected to submit a detailed project report by April, after which all...
More »Face of 2002 riots moves court against Leander Paes starrer film
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Qutubuddin Ansari, the face of the Gujarat riots, on Thursday filed a criminal complaint against makers of tennis star Leander Paes' debut movie - 'Rajdhani Express' for using without permission his famous photograph with tears in his eyes and begging for protection with folded hands during the 2002 riots. Ansari has complained before the metropolitan court that his photograph has been used to "sensationalize the film", but...
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