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Lahoti justifies Supreme Court's intervention in Gujarat riot cases
NEW DELHI, JUNE 2. The new Chief Justice of India, R.C. Lahoti, today justified the Supreme Court's intervention in the Gujarat riot cases, particularly the Best Bakery case [the trial has been shifted to Maharashtra], and said the cases were ...

49 p.c. FDI cap for airports modernisation: Patel
NEW DELHI, JUNE 2. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government decided today to reduce to 49 per cent the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the joint-venture companies for modernisation and restructuring of the Delhi and ...

Biotechnology regulatory authority for agriculture mooted
NEW DELHI, JUNE 2. A Task Force on Applications of Biotechnology in Agriculture, headed by the agriculture scientist, M.S. Swaminathan, has recommended the constitution of an autonomous National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) in the ...

`No party has surrendered to us'
NEW DELHI, JUNE 2. The Congress today sought to downplay the Samajwadi Party's criticism for not being asked to provide inputs for the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) and dismissed remarks that the constituents of the United Progressive Alliance ...

Budget, monsoon sessions likely to be combined
NEW DELHI, JUNE 2. The budget and the monsoon sessions of Parliament are likely to be clubbed, though no dates have been fixed. According to the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, the exact schedule for the presentation of the ...

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Laloo wins Chapra seat

BSNL staff protest six-day week

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Panel to select NCERT chief formed

Sankaracharya willing to negotiate on Ayodhya again

Menon meets Manmohan

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