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Mubarak suffers brain stroke, reportedly close to death

Mubarak suffers brain stroke, reportedly close to death

Cairo, Jun 20: The ousted convicted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has suffered a brain stroke and was moved out from Yura prison to the nearby Maadi Military Hospital to be treated, according to a local media report. State TV said that the 84-year-old ousted president, who is serving a life prison...
Kiran Reddy turns into a ‘working CM’

Kiran Reddy turns into a ‘working CM’

Hyderabad: In a bid to give up the image that he was a non-working Chief Minister and not accessible to people easily, Kiran Kumar Reddy has thrown his door wide open for politicians and all. Since the Congress party’s debacle in recently held by-polls, there is a sudden and clear change in Kiran...
Pakistan People’s Party nominates Makhdoom Shahabuddin for Prime Minister’s post: Reports

Pakistan People’s Party nominates Makhdoom Shahabuddin for Prime Minister’s post: Reports

Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has nominated senior leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin for the post of Prime Minister following the Supreme Court’s disqualification of Yousuf Raza Gilani, according to a media report. The decision was reportedly made at a meeting of senior...
Cash-for-bail scam: CBI Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao arrested

Cash-for-bail scam: CBI Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao arrested

Hyderabad, Jun 19: In a case of corruption seeping into the lawmakers psyche, the Andhra Pradesh anti-Corruption bureau arrested Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Justice Pattabhi Rama Rao in the cash-for-bail scam. He was suspended after the allegations surfaced that he accepted a bribe of...
Minor boys chained for 4 days on grounds of suspicion

Minor boys chained for 4 days on grounds of suspicion

Warangal, Jun 19: Three boys aged between the age group 10-11 were chained to the window grill for four days by the railway police in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh on grounds of suspicion that they were involved in theft of a bag from a train passenger at the Warangal railway station. According...
Mamata Banerjee faces biggest insult

Mamata Banerjee faces biggest insult

New Delhi, Jun 18: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee must be very upset with APJ Abdul Kalam’s announcement that he will not contest in the upcoming presidential election which is going to be held on Jul 19. The statement of Dr Kalam – “I’ve never aspired to serve a second...
BJP pulls down Team Anna’s chain

BJP pulls down Team Anna’s chain

New Delhi, Jun 18: BJP on Monday lashed out at Team Anna saying it should not try to become a “super constitutional authority”, after it asked for an independent probe into the allegations made by it against UPA presidential nominee, Pranab Mukherjee. “No one should attempt to become...
Never aspired to serve a second term

Never aspired to serve a second term

New Delhi, Jun 18: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam made it clear today that he is not in the race for Raisina Hill. In a statement, the former President pointed out that “though I have never aspired to serve another term or shown interest in contesting the elections”, the Trinamool Congress and other...
CPI-M MLA brings teargas grenades to Kerala Assembly!

CPI-M MLA brings teargas grenades to Kerala Assembly!

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 18: A CPI-M MLA brought two teargas grenades to the Kerala Assembly on Monday to buttress his point about police brutality towards students! Holding up the grenades, EP Jayarajan claimed that the police had used them against members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) during...
Kalam coerced to contest poll? BJP, Trinamool lead campaign

Kalam coerced to contest poll? BJP, Trinamool lead campaign

New Delhi, Jun 18: With the Presidential poll hogging the limelight and the name of Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee being seen as the next choice of President of India, there seems to be a strong campaign for former President APJ Abdul Kalam. There are reports that Kalam, who is popularly considered...