New Delhi, April 30: ‘He appears to be an incorrigible fellow,’ said the Delhi High Court while upholding the dismissal of a railway constable from service for travelling without ticket in a train and carrying wine 25 years ago. The court made its observation while rejecting a petition filed by Raman Bihari Lal, the sacked Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable, April 28.
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New Delhi, April 30: Close to 150 flights were grounded and re-scheduled Saturday as nearly half of Air India’s 1,600 pilots continued their strike for the fourth day despite facing a possible six-month jail for contempt of court and prospect of a partial lockout. Air India reportedly cancelled and re-scheduled 150 of its daily 225 domestic flights.
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New Delhi, April 30: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi Saturday submitted the committee’s draft report on the 2G spectrum allocation to the office of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and termed the report’s rejection by 11 members, mostly from ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), as ‘unconstitutional’. Talking to media persons after submitting the report, Joshi said he expected that it will be accepted by the speaker and tabled in parliament.
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New Delhi, Apr 30(ANI): Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, who submitted a copy of the controversial 2G draft report to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today, is hopeful that the report will be tabled in the Parliament. Addressing a news conference in New Delhi, Joshi said: “I have submitted the report.
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Banda (Uttar Pradesh), April 30: Attacking Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Bahujan Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), top Congress leaders Saturday blamed the Mayawati government for the prevailing backwardness and poverty in Bundelkhand region. A joint rally of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – his first in the region – and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi drew massive crowds, who applauded both leaders as they reiterated their committment to allocate a special package of Rs.7,300 crore for taking up various developmental programmes for the transformation of the backward region.
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Jammu, April 30: Preparations for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, scheduled to begin from June 29, have started, an official of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said Saturday. The board has asked the officers of various departments to give their assessment of the mountainous tracks and how much time it would take to clear those of snow, the official told IANS.
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Bangalore, April 30: K.V. Kamath, who steered ICICI to become India’s largest private bank, will be the new chairman of India’s second largest IT bellwether Infosys from Aug 21 when incumbent and co-founder N.R.
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Kochi, Apr 30(ANI): Delhi Daredevils on Saturday defeated Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 38 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at Kochi’s Nehru Stadium. Delhi won the toss and elected to bat, but they suffered a double blow in the second over when S.
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Darjeeling, Apr 30(ANI): Ongoing repair work at National Highway 55 (NH 55), which connects West Bengal’s Darjeeling district with the rest of the country, has hampered tourism and business of roadside shops. A massive landslide which occurred on the highway in June 2010 had resulted in the closure of the NH 55.
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