On a fast track to injustice in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: Verdicts from fast track courts set up to try cases related to the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa have brought little solace to the victims. Church workers, lawyers and…
Centre warns NDFB
NEW DELHI: Centre has warned that exemplary punishment will be given to the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland - NDFB. The group has claimed responsibility for…
CBI conducts raids in CWG scam
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at 11 places in the case of alleged Rs 107 crore irregularities in the Common Wealth Games related Projects. The searches include…
SC questions CVC sincerity
NEW DELHI (AMN): The Supreme Court On Tuesday questioned Chief Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas’s moral right to supervise CBI’s probe into the 2G spectrum scam. A bench comprising Justices…
All Party meet fails to break 2G logjam
NEW DELHI: The All Party meeting held here to end the 13-day standoff in parliament failed to achieve any solution to break the impasse. Both the government and the Opposition…
BJP disrupting parliament on behest of RSS: Govt
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr. P.K. Bansal alleged that the BJP is disrupting the two Houses on the directions of RSS. He again ruled out JPC probe into 2G…
2G scam: Govt to send notices to 85 firms
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Government has decided to issue show cause notices to telecom companies in 85 cases for alleged violation of eligibility norms for getting 2G spectrum. Notices will…
Noted Scholar Omar Khalidi is no more
BOSTON: Noted scholar and human right activist Dr. Omar Khalidi died here in road accident on November 29. He was 57. Dr. Khaldi had worked at Massachussetts Institute of Technology…
Naxals kill 5 in Orissa
BHUBNESHWAR: Five people, including two women and a child, were killed when Maoists blew up the ambulance they were travelling in Kandhamal district of Orissa. According to AIR the landmine…
Nuke Power project gets clearance
MUMBAI: (AMN) Union Environment Ministry has given final clearance to the 9900 megawatt Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant project in Maharashtra. Talking to media here on Sunday, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh…