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Bal Thackeray again attacks Rahul Gandhi for calling Mumbai ‘Bombay’
By News Team at 9 February, 2010, 11:52 am
MUMBAI: In a fresh salvo against Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena on Tuesday flayed the 'Congress yuvraj' for calling Mumbai as Bombay during his recent visit to the city.
"During his speech here, Rahul Gandhi repeatedly called Mumbai as Bombay. Those who want to break Mumbai away from Maharashtra call Mumbai as Bombay," Sena chief Bal Thackeray [...]
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Bal Thackeray again attacks Rahul Gandhi for calling Mumbai ‘Bombay’
By News Team at 9 February, 2010, 11:52 am
MUMBAI: In a fresh salvo against Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena on Tuesday flayed the 'Congress yuvraj' for calling Mumbai as Bombay during his recent visit to the city.
"During his speech here, Rahul Gandhi repeatedly called Mumbai as Bombay. Those who want to break Mumbai away from Maharashtra call Mumbai as Bombay," Sena chief Bal Thackeray [...]
Poverty could mitigate crime, even murder: SC
By News Team at 9 February, 2010, 11:44 am
NEW DELHI: The law is supposed to be enforced uniformly, and without sorting the guilty on the basis of their economic and social background. On Monday, however, the Supreme Court said that economic status of a murder convict needs to be taken into account to determine whether he should be awarded death penalty or life [...]
Read More >>Can best friends be good life partners?
By News Team at 8 February, 2010, 6:10 pm
Can best friends be good life partners? Tennis star Sania Mirza probably didn't think so as she called off her engagement to childhood friend Mohammad Sohrab Mirza due to 'incompatibility' issues.
While it's hard to pinpoint the ingredients of a perfect marriage, psychiatrist Samir Parikh says one reason for incompatibility can be that a commitment happens [...]
13 armymen dead, 15 hurt, scores missing as avalanche sweeps away 350 men in J&K
By News Team at 8 February, 2010, 5:26 pm
SRINAGAR: As many as 13 army personnel, including an officer, were killed and 15 seriously injured when a group of about 350 men were swept away by a snow avalanche. They were setting up a winter warfare camp at Khilanmarg, 70 kms from here.
An army spokesman, Colonel J S Brar, said scores more were still [...]
West Bengal govt announces reservation for Muslims in govt jobs
By News Team at 8 February, 2010, 4:56 pm
KOLKATA: On a day when the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down job reservation for Muslims, the West Bengal government on Monday announced 10 per cent quota in employment for the community under the OBC category.
The state government declared the quota for the Muslims who were educationally, socially and economically backward in the state.
"We have [...]
Ruchika case: Rathore attacked outside Chandigarh court
By News Team at 8 February, 2010, 4:49 pm
CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, who is convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, was suddenly attacked on Monday with a sharp-edged knife by a youth as he came out of the district court complex here in Sector 17.
TV images showed Rathore with injury marks on his face. Rathore's condition is said to be [...]
Several Army personnel killed in avalanche in Kashmir
By News Team at 8 February, 2010, 4:40 pm
SRINAGAR: At least six soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and more than 450 trapped on Monday when a massive avalanche struck a high altitude warfare training camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.
"A massive avalanche rolled down in the Khilanmarg mountain, engulfing a high altitude warfare camp set up by the army there. [...]
Andhra Pradesh HC quashes quota for minorities
By News Team at 8 February, 2010, 3:04 pm
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday quashed 4% reservation for minorities in education and the state government services.
Pronouncing its verdict in the case, the high court said that the quota for minorities was unsustainable and could not be implemented. However, the court clarified that admissions done since 2007 on the basis of the [...]
