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Women Army officers await big verdict

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:24:08 PST

The Delhi High Court is expected to rule today on whether women officers in the armed forces can have permanent service on par with male officers. More than 20 women Army officers, current and former, are fighting a tough battle in the Delhi High Court. They want the terms of employment for women in the Army [...]

Left to hold protest rally for fuel price rollback

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:24 PST

The Left has reiterated its stand of pressing for a cut motion during the Finance Bill debate. The Left wants a rollback of the Rs 3 fuel hike announced in the Union Budget. The CPM had talked of bringing in a cut motion almost as soon as the fuel hike was announced. However, the party was silent on [...]

Sonia hosts dinner for party MPs and their spouses

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:51 PST

Two days after the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hosted a dinner for party MPs, Ministers along with their spouses. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Law Minister Verrappa Moily, who moved [...]

Will Women’s Bill impact Nitish’s future?

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:20 PST

The Women’s Bill has brought disruptions in the JD(U) out in the open. The Bill got ahead in the Rajya Sabha but it could change political equations in Bihar and impact the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The fight to win Bihar in a few months from now is already gathering speed among the three biggest contenders, thanks [...]

Complaint against team probing Gujarat riots

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:34 PST

First the Best Bakery Case trial was moved out of Gujarat after the victims complained of intimidation by the state. Then the Bilkis Bano Rape Case was transferred to Mumbai because the Supreme Court found Gujarat unable to deliver unbiased justice. Now, in the crucial Gujart Riots cases, the public prosecutors have resigned alleging the [...]

Modi will cooperate with process of law: Gujarat government

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:01:24 PST

The Gujarat government has officially reacted to the SIT summoning state Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with Ehsaan Jaffrey murder case in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Spokesperson for the state government Jay Narayan Vyas told PTI, “”The state government and the Chief Minister would cooperate with the process of law.” He, however, refused to comment whether [...]

Mumbai’s mills: Once lost, now found on film

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:58:37 PST

The once-prosperous mill district of Mumbai covered now by malls and high rises. That’s the subject of director Mahesh Manjrekar’s new Hindi film, City of Gold. Like all stories that work best, this is one he knows well. He grew up not far from the mills and saw thousands of families deal with jobs lost overnight [...]

Pain killers affect hearing in men

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:46:51 PST

Regular use of pain killers like aspirin, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) ups risk of hearing loss in men below 60. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in the US, afflicting over 36 million people. Not only is hearing loss highly prevalent among the elderly, but approximately a third of those aged 40-49 [...]

ICC rejects PCB complaint against IPL

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:33 PST

KARACHI: The ICC has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board’s complaint against the Indian Premier League for snubbing Pakistani players, saying that it cannot act against a domestic event. Well-placed sources in the PCB said that Pakistan had written to the ICC complaining about the treatment meted out to the players. “Unfortunately for the PCB the ICC response [...]

I am not competing with SRK: Aamir

News Team — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:23:48 PST

Aamir Khan talks about films, to Padma Bhushan and everything else in between… You will turn 45 in a couple of days. How do you see the coming year? I am not taking on any new assignments as an actor this year. I have three earlier commitments as a producer- Peepli Live, Dhobi Ghat and Delhi Belly. [...]