Age Correspondent
IDSA didn’t get permit for construction
May 3: Defence minister A.K. Antony informed Parliament on Monday that the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) had carried out constructions on land leased to it in the Delhi Cantonment area “without obtaining sanction of the Delhi Cantonment Board”.
CBI chief: Ajmer, Mecca Masjid blasts are linked
May 3: CBI director Ashwani Kumar on Monday said that there was a link between Ajmer blast and the Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad.
Civic polls litmus test for Mamata & party
May 3: For all her volatile temperament, there appears to be some cold logic to Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee’s decision to go alone for the forthcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections. Ms Banerjee’s decision to go ahead and contest on the Trinamul’s own steam is being seen
TMC worried Cong may split votebank
May 3: After the collapse of its alliance with the Congress, the Trinamul Congress has decided to target the former as the B team of the CPI(M) in the run up to the elections for the 81 civic bodies in the state.
Though, while declaring the termination of the a
Broadcasting Authority may be set up by Centre
May 3: Union Information and Broadcasting ministry is contemplating the setting up of a Broadcasting Authority of India, a nodal agency that would look into issues like foreign investment, digitalisation and a fresh TV rating mechanism and other broadcasting related issues.
Montblanc flouted laws, says Centre
May 3: The Centre on Monday admitted in the Supreme Court that the German multinational Montblanc had violated the Indian emblems laws by using Mahatma Gandhi’s picture in its Rs 12 lakh luxury pen but the apex court closed the case against the company.
Motormen clash brings Mumbai to halt
May 3: The city’s rail traffic went haywire on Monday in the fight between motormen and the authorities despite some out-of-the-box thinking by the latter. Commuters were driven to their wits’ end on Monday with western railway confirming that 70 of its trains
Another church is desecrated in Goa
May 3: Incidents of church and temple desecration are on the rise in the tourism state of Goa. On Sunday chief minister Digambar Kamat, home minister Ravi Naik and other politicians rushed to the sleepy village
‘No quality proof on co-accused’
May 3: In the cases of the two Indian co-accused, Sabauddin Ahmed and Faheem Ansari, the special court in Mumbai held that although it was not expecting the prosecution to prove by any direct evidence
Families want Kasab hanged
May 3: Reactions of the families of the victims of 26/11 attacks:
Kavita Kar-kare (wife of Hemant Karkare): Kasab should be hanged immediately. He should not be allowed to appeal against the verdict. It defeats the pu
