| Court
slams CBI: '84 riots |
New
Delhi, March 12:
Nearly three months after it directed the CBI to re-investigate
the alleged role of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a 1984
anti-Sikh riots case, a city court today slammed the probe agency
for its failure to submit a status report on the probe.
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| Sabharwal
murder case transferred to Nagpur |
New
Delhi, March 12:
The Supreme Court today transferred the trial of Professor HS
Sabharwal murder case from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to Nagpur
in Maharashtra.
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| Withdraw
ESMA: Left |
New
Delhi, Mar 12:
Left parties today stalled proceedings in Lok Sabha demanding
withdawal of ESMA invoked by the government against the agitation
by airport unions and demanded that the existing airports in
Hyderabad and Bangalore should not be closed down.
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| Visa
racket unearthed in Chennai |
Chennai,
March 12:
Nearly 200 personalities from the South Indian Film Industry
have been slapped a lifetime ban on travelling to the United
States for having used "false credentials" to apply
for visas to that country.
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| Bedlam
in House over Kerala violence |
New
Delhi, March 12 :
As soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day, BJP members were on
their feet demanding suspension of Question Hour to take up
the issue of violence in Kerala where the saffron party and
Left parties have been at loggerheads.
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| India
lags behind China in spending on R&D
|
New
Delhi, March 12:
India lags behind China in spending on research and development
work as well as number of scientific researchers, Science and
Technology Minister Kapil Sibal informed the Rajya Sabha on
Wednesday.
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| Mere
sensationalism in media should end: Chatterjee
|
New
Delhi, March 12:
Voicing his displeasure over the "single-minded" obsession
of a section of media with market forces, Lok Sabha Speaker
Somnath Chatterjee today said editorial policy should not be
directed by profit motive or by prejudices of "media moguls
and barons".
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