New Delhi, Feb 28 : Former Andhra Pradesh Governor and veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court’s order to undergo a DNA test on a paternity suit filed by lawyer Rohit Shekhar, who is claiming to be his biological son. 85-year-old Tiwari pleaded before the apex court that there was an error of law committed by the High Court in directing him to undergo the test.
Malkangiri (Orissa), Feb 28 : A local court here on Monday rejected the bail application of Maoist Sriramulu Srinivasalu, one of the ultras whose release had been demanded by the abductors of Malkangiri District Collector R Vineel Krishna. Additional District Judge M S Dhal rejected his bail plea.
New Delhi, Feb 28 : Commenting on the Union Budget 2011-12, Pradeep Jain, Chairman, Parsvnath Developers Limited on Monday thanked Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for giving due importance to the second largest employment generating sector of Indian Economy – real estate sector. He said the market has welcomed the reduction of fiscal deficit target.
New Delhi, Feb 28 : Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Monday said that India had sought aircraft landing rights in Sehba in interior Libya, where over 1000 Indians have been stranded. Talking to reporters here, Rao said the authorities have to rely only on evacuation by aircraft in Libya as the country does not have a rail network and travel by road is not considered to be safe.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – Thankfully there was no hike in the prices of daily use items as well as airconditioners and mobiles — this was the general reaction Monday to the union budget by most housewives already battling high food prices. But some are sore over increased taxes on branded clothes and jewellery.
Kolkata, Feb 28 – West Bengal’s political parties Monday gave a mixed reaction on the budget with the state’s ruling Left Front denouncing it as ‘anti-people’ and favouring the ‘cream of the society’ while opposition Trinamool Congress and Congress hailed it as pro-people and restrained. India’s Rs.12.58 lakh crore (Rs.12.58 trillion/$280 billion) federal budget for 2011-12 Monday sought to address the want of every constituency with tax relief to cheer households and corporates alike while also promising fair doses of reform on subsidies and foreign investment along with measures to curb inflation, check corruption and push growth.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – The day Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee projected an 8.6 percent growth for the current fiscal, official figures Monday showed the economy grew 8.2 percent in the third quarter of current fiscal, slower than an average of 8.9 percent in the first two quarters. Quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) at factor cost at constant prices (2004-05) for third quarter of 2010-11 is estimated at Rs.12,61,664 crore, as against Rs.11,66,145 crore during the same period last year, registering a growth of 8.2 percent, according to data released by the Central Statistical Organisation.
Srinagar, Feb 28 – Separatist guerrillas shot dead a contractor in north Kashmir’s Kreeri town while a powerful hand grenade blast wounded four people, including two policemen, in summer capital Srinagar Monday. A senior police officer told IANS that guerrillas hurled a powerful hand grenade in front of the fire services headquarters in the uptown Batmallo locality here Monday evening which exploded on the road.
New Delhi, Feb 28 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday described as ‘timid,’ ‘unimaginative’ and ‘heartless’ the budget for 2011-12 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, saying there was no ‘big idea’ which had guided the exercise. In a statement, the party said the budget was without a vision, gave no impetus to job creation and failed to tackle the issue of black money.
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