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Kamal Nath's election challenged
A petition has been filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the election of Union Minister for Surface Transport Kamal Nath from Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency for allegedly suppressing actual expenditures incurred on helicopter rides during campaign.
Army's special forces to be used for NSG hubs: Chidambaram
Special forces of the army will be used to set up anti-terror hubs in Bangalore and Jodhpur, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said. "We are also using special forces of the army. Bangalore hub is by the special forces of the army. I am trying to set up a special forces of the army in Jodhpur and one in Guwahati using the Border security force", he said.
CRPF pulled out from Baramulla, area still tense
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ordered the complete removal of CPRF from the district. The J&K Armed Forces will take its place instead. The move came about after a CRPF jawan was charged with allegedly firing at a young protestor who succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
Murder case against CRPF personnel
Police registered a murder case against the CRPF personnel who opened fire on protesters killing a youth in curfew-bound Baramulla town of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
Wrong answers okay for national talent search?
Which Indian state has its own separate constitution? The correct answer is Jammu and Kashmir. It is the first time in 46 yrs since its start in 1963 that the prestigious exams have come under a shadow, reports Manish Tiwari.
Sealink opens, politicking begins
The Bandra-Worli Sealink, inaugurated by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, is likely to become the centre of a political storm, reports HT Political Bureau.
Monsoon cover over India, Delhi drenched
The monsoon arrived in Delhi and a number of other northern states, bringing temporary relief from the intense heat wave that had gripped the region in the past few days. The rains were just a day late in the Capital, belying the fears raised by the India Meteorological Department that they would be delayed by a fortnight. HT Correspondents report. Pics: Monsoon covers India, almost
Babri report finally out
A confidential report submitted to the Prime Minister on Tuesday is understood to have blamed several senior leaders of the BJP for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya 17 years ago. The report given by Justice (retired) MS Liberhan also points finger at Congress prime minister PV Narasimha Rao. Rao is no more. Opposition leader LK Advani and BJP?s Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar are among the others named in the report. HT Political Bureau reports.
Graphics: The demolition | The depositions
Forensic expert is 100th witness
The hundredth witnesses deposed before the special court in the ongoing 26/11 trial. Forensic expert Dr Sunil Javde, told special Judge ML Tahiliyani that he had conducted post-mortems on 14 victims who had succumbed to the bullets fired by Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab.
A 17-year tale unfolds again
December 6, 1992 is a day that has gone into history books. I witnessed the event that made it historic. But it is not something I?m proud of, writes Sunita Aron.
Violent Sainiks protest power cuts
Barely two months before the assembly polls, the Shiv Sena seems to have resorted to its trademark street politics. Eight offices of the MSEDCL were vandalised and four vehicles burnt at various places allegedly by Sainiks to protest power cuts in Thane.
State trying to control education: ICSE counsel
A day after the state claimed that the government resolution on the 90:10 quota policy was a classification and not reservation, the counsel for the Association of ICSE Schools of Maharashtra argued that it should have been made clear in the order.
Pawar play: Link named after Rajiv
The Bandra-Worli Sealink, inaugurated by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, is likely to become the centre of a political storm.
Naming sealink after Rajiv was Pawar?s idea
With Congress hardliners like Vilasrao Deshmukh demanding that the party go it alone in the coming Assembly elections, NCP chief Sharad Pawar found the sealink?s inauguration a perfect time to cozy up to his alliance partner.
BEST demands toll concessions for buses
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) will not ply buses on the Bandra-Worli Sealink as the state government has refused to give it toll concessions.