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‘Corrupt top babus must get life in jail’

Deciding to make a strong pitch for speeding up the work, members of the civil society on the Joint Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee on Sunday said that after Monday’s meeting the 30-day countdown will

Tribals losing livelihood due to land acquisition: Tirath

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Injecting a new dimension to the debate on land acquisition, women and child development minister Krishna Tirath on Monday said such steps are causing displacement and loss of occupation for tribal women, exposing them to "exploitation and trafficking".

EC for audit of party accounts

The Election Commission of India (ECI), which has been constantly improving its functioning and winning kudos for ensuring peaceful conduct of polls, has now decided to direct all political parties to

CWG scam: Lal's bail plea to be heard on June 6

A Delhi court on Monday deferred till June 6 the hearing on bail plea of former CWG organising committee's deputy director general Surjeet Lal, arrested for his alleged role in awarding a Games-related contract to a Swiss firm at an exorbitant cost.

Maya: Cong fuelling farmer’s stir

Reserving most of her venom for the Congress and the United Progressive Alliance the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Ms Mayawati accused Congress leaders of deliberately fue

Delhi civic agency to be split into three

The Delhi government on Monday decided to split the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) into three smaller units while retaining the number of wards at the existing 272.

Gehlot and Jat leader together after a decade

After more than a decade, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Jat veteran Parasram Maderna have not only travelled together but have participated in a programme on Sunday at Chadi village under

CPI to struggle against corruption, price rise: Bardhan

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CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Monday said his party would soon launch nation-wide stir in phase manner to protest against corruption, price rise and food insecurity.

Delhi HC to hear Kanimozhi's bail plea on Monday

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The Delhi high court will pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lawmaker Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum case. In her petition, Kanimozhi had earlier, challenged the trial court's order calling for her to be sent to custody.

2G scam: CAG appears before JPC

Comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai on Monday appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 2G spectrum scam to explain how the government auditor quantified the losses in the spectrum allocation at Rs 1.76 lakh crores.

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