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Women’s Quota
Bill Yadav
trio left out in cold
Sharad, Nitish lock horns
over quota within quota New Delhi, March 7
With an overwhelming
majority of political parties determined to pass the Women’s
Reservation Bill, setting aside 33 per cent quota for women in
Parliament and Assemblies to mark the centenary celebrations of
International Women’s Day tomorrow, the Yadav trio — Mulayam
Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Sharad Yadav — that is
opposing the Bill appears to have been left out in the cold.
Indian
held for toddler’s death Melbourne, March 7
A 23-year-old Indian man
was today arrested and charged over the death of an Indian
toddler, whose dumped body was found three days ago in a
Melbourne suburb.
Pak
stand on Saeed surprising, says India New Delhi, March 7
Expressing "surprise"
over Pakistan's claim that the issue of arrest of Hafiz Saeed, one of
the 26/11 masterminds, was not taken up during Foreign Secretary-level
talks, India today said it has been demanding action against him since
the barbaric and dastardly attacks in Mumbai and the matter was raised
"strongly" during the parleys.
Naxals
free to dream in democracy: Pillai New Delhi, March 7
The Centre today rubbished the claims of a Maoist leader to overthrow
the Indian state before 2050, saying they were free to “dream” and
asserted that talks could only happen when they abjured violence.
A woman labourer at work on the bank of the Tawi on the eve of International Women’s Day in Jammu on Sunday. The Centre will present a Bill in Parliament on Monday aiming to reserve one-third of legislative seats for women. — PTI
MCOCA
slapped on Delhi godman New Delhi, March 7
The police today invoked stringent
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Shiv Murat
Dwivedi alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj, a self-styled
godman, arrested for running a multicrore prostitution racket in the
Capital. “We have invoked the provisions of MCOCA against Dwivedi,”
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) HGS Dhaliwal said. Under the act,
the accused cannot apply for bail for six months.
ISRO
puts off Israeli payload’s launch Bangalore, March 7
In a blow to the Indian and Israeli
researchers, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided
to leave out TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultra Violet Experiment), an
Israeli payload, during the launch of its experimental communication
satellite GSAT-4. “We were very disappointed to learn that we were to
be removed from the spacecraft.
A Tribune Investigation 45 doc interviews in 40 min! PPSC did it Chandigarh, March 7
The process of selection adopted by
the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), it seems, was
“tailor-made” to suit the “pre-selected” candidates. Not only
did the commission deviate from the past practice of holding a screening
test, but also hinged the main selection procedure on an interview,
which accounted for 50 per cent of the total marks.
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