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Parliament adjourned as opposition unites against price rise

February 23, 2010 India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s appeal notwithstanding, an angry opposition Tuesday stalled parliament demanding a discussion on price rise under rules that entail voting but the government refused to yield.
The issue forced two adjournments each of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, the second ones for the day.
If the demand in the Lok Sabha was [...]

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India will unearth illegal money stashed abroad: President

February 22, 2010 India

India will take all the steps necessary to unearth black money stashed abroad, with negotiations already on with a number of tax havens for sharing such information, President Pratibha Patil said Monday.
“India is an active part of the global efforts to facilitate exchange of tax information and take action against tax evaders,” the president told [...]

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Saba Qureshi new lawyer for 26/11 co-accused Ansari

February 22, 2010 India

The special court conducting the trial in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Monday appointed Saba Qureshi, the assistant to Shahid Azmi, as the new lawyer for 26/11 co-accused Fahim Ansari.
Special Judge M.L. Tahilyani also rejected Ansari’s plea for bail as he wanted to search for a new lawyer after Azmi, his previous lawyer, was shot [...]

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Government committed to overhaul education infrastructure: Patil

February 22, 2010 India

From investing more in primary education to allowing foreign universities to open campuses in India, the central government is working to bring a paradigm shift in the educational infrastructure to further inclusive growth in the country, President Pratibha Patil said here Monday.
“My government is committed to bringing about a paradigm shift in our educational infrastructure [...]

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Beheading of Sikh in Pakistan condemned in India

February 22, 2010 India

The beheading of a Sikh man in Pakistan was Monday widely condemned in India with the government being asked to put diplomatic pressure on Islamabad over the safety of the minority community in that country.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) — a Sikh organisation that manages gurdwaras, the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata [...]

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One more foreigner dead, Pune blast toll 12

February 20, 2010 India

A 21-year-old Sudanese student who had been injured in the Feb 13 terror blast here died in a local hospital early Saturday, police said, taking the toll to 12.
Amjad Algo J died at Budhrani Hospital around 2 a.m. He was a second year student of Wadia College here, said a police officer. He was a [...]

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India’s 38th tiger reserve opens

February 19, 2010 India

India’s 38th tiger reserve and Kerala’s second was Friday declared open by Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh. It would be known as the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.
There has been a sharp decline in the number of tigers in India, with only 1,411 of them left, according to official estimates.
The tiger reserve was known as the [...]

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Jailed ULFA leaders could be freed: Gogoi

February 19, 2010 India

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday hinted at releasing jailed leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for peace talks, aimed at bringing an end to three decades of violent insurgency in the state.
“I also know that there cannot be talks with handcuffs on and would surely want negotiations with dignity and [...]

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PM’s council for clear policy on genetically modified crops

February 19, 2010 India

India must take note of the success of Bt cotton in the country and formulate clear-cut policy on genetically modified crops, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council said in a report presented Friday.
The remarks come against the backdrop of the environment ministry’s recent moratorium on the commercial production of Bt brinjal following vehement voices both for [...]

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No UGC approval for Vinayaka Mission University

January 27, 2010 India

While disposing a bunch of petitions filed against deemed universities such as the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE), Rajasthan, Vinayaka Mission University, Salem and JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Justice L Narasimha Reddy observed that
“The DEC, is not conferred with the power to accord such approval on its own, particularly without reference to, and [...]

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