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Varun alleges plot to kill him, mother Maneka writes to PM

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:53:41 GMT

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi today alleged that members of underworld mobster Chhota Shakeel's gang were plotting to kill him while his mother and party leader Maneka Gandhi complained to the prime minister that the home ministry was treating the threats to his life casually.

Orientation workshop for first-time MPs begins on Monday

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:13:57 GMT

A week-long orientation programme for first-time MPs begins in the Parliament House here on Monday.

EVMs are tamper-proof: poll panel

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:55:05 GMT

The Election Commission today asserted the electronic voting machines being used to conduct the polls in the country were tamper-proof and reliable, as it replied to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.

Pakistani citizen killed by Indian guards at Wagah

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:07:01 GMT

Islamabad has ordered a probe into the alleged killing of a Pakistani national by the Indian security forces at the Wagah border crossing, a media report said today.

Maneka's stand 'most ironical': Congress

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:47:05 GMT

The Congress on Saturday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Maneka Gandhi's reaction to the alleged security threat to her son Varun was "most ironical" and wondered how she had failed to react as strongly to her son's anti-Muslim speeches.

Mukherjee set to present national budget on Monday

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:09:12 GMT

Amid high expectations in a slowing economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present India's national budget for this fiscal on Monday, seeking a fine balance between the need for resources to fund welfare schemes and minimising the burden on the average citizen and industry.

Underworld men plotted to kill me: Varun Gandhi

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:34:41 GMT

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi today claimed that underworld criminals arrested in Delhi a day earlier were plotting to kill him and urged the home minister to take urgent action.

One killed, 400,000 displaced in Assam floods

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:38:29 GMT

One person was killed and up to 400,000 have been displaced in flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Assam, officials said today.

Government tightens recruitment process in paramilitary forces

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:45:12 GMT

The government today approved a revised scheme for enrolment of constables in all paramilitary forces in the wake of a recruitment scam in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Budget should incentivise biotech sector: Shaw

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:04:33 GMT

As a sunrise industry, the biotechnology sector is looking up to the national budget, to be presented in parliament by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday, for a fillip in times of global recession and slowdown in the Indian economy.

Pakistan terror group behind attack on Indian village?

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:26:33 GMT

The possibility of Pakistan-based terror groups being behind a 'rocket' attack on Saturday night near an Indian village is not being ruled out by Indian security officials.

India to prepare new rules to save its coastline

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:01:28 GMT

India is set to prepare new rules to save its 7,517 km coastline after deciding to let a controversial notification under attack from the fishing community to lapse.

UPA failed to use Rs.72,500 crore for Dalits: Study

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:32:42 GMT

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) may wax eloquent about empowering the downtrodden, but in the last five years it has denied the Scheduled Castes (SCs) a whopping Rs.

Advani's comments on EVMs stretch of imagination: Congress

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:29:24 GMT

The ruling Congress party today dismissed as a "stretch of imagination" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.

Pakistan to share proof of foreign elements behind terror

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:34:56 GMT

Pakistan will share with the international community the evidence of foreign elements supporting terrorists to destabilise the country, a foreign ministry official said on Saturday.

New swine flu case takes India's tally to 129

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:46:33 GMT

A Thai national was found suffering from swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 129, said an official statement today.