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Bangalore, Jan 3: Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today cautioned his party not to adopt a “soft attitude” towards B S Yeddyurappa-led Karnataka Janatha Party in Assembly elections due this year, saying it needs to fully exploit the anti-incumbency sentiments. Moily, a former Chief Minister, stressed that the Congress should not make a distinction in its fight against the BJP and the KJP

New Delhi. Jan 3: Delhi has never been so bone-chillingly cold as it was on Wednesday. At 9.8 degrees Celsius, the maximum temperature in the Capital was the lowest in 44 years. This was also 11 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was 4.8 degrees. At Palam, on the fringes of Delhi, the maximum temperature was 9.7 degrees. On Tuesday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 15.2 degrees

New Delhi, Jan 3: The family of the 23-year-old girl who died after being brutally raped in Delhi last month has no objection to her name being made public if the government decides to name a more stringent law after her, the victim's father has said. "I have no objection if the new anti-rape law is named after her. That would be an honour...for that purpose the name can be made public. Otherwise

New Delhi, Jan 1: aThe revised anti-rape law, which is expected to be stringent and facilitate speedier justice, is unlikely to be named after the Delhi gang-rape victim as suggested by some quarters. Home Ministry officials said the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) do not have provisions for naming any law after an individual. “No law has been named after any person

New Delhi, Jan 2: Lawyers at a Delhi court hearing the case of the fatal gang-rape which has shocked the nation said on Wednesday they would refuse to defend the men accused of taking part in the assault and murder. Hearings are expected to begin on Thursday at the Saket district court in south New Delhi, where police will formally present a 1,000-page charge sheet against the six-person gang. "We

New Delhi, Jan 2: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Gujarat government's plea challenging governor Kamla Beniwal's decision to appoint Justice (retd) R A Mehta as Lokayukta without consulting it. Gujarat government had challenged the appointment on the grounds that the governor Kamala Beniwal had not consulted the state government. A bench of Justices B S Chauhan and F M Ibrahim Kalifulla

Kolkata, Jan 2: The Trinamool Congress leaders in West Bengal have stirred fresh controversy after some of them were seen dancing with women and throwing money at girls during the party's foundation day function on Tuesday. The programme was organised in Bhangore, nearly Kolkata by some district level leaders. It was one of the many commemorative programmes organised by the Trinamool Congress all

New Delhi, Jan 1: Indian Police Service officer S.A. Ibrahim Tuesday took over as chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), becoming the first from the country's main minority community to hold the post. Home ministry sources said Ibrahim took over as IB director Tuesday. Ibrahim, an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has taken over as from Nehchal Sandhu who retired Dec 31. He will hold the

New Delhi Jan 1: The government today slashed the import tariff value of gold and silver marginally to $539 per 10 gm and $979 per kg, respectively, amid volatile movement in the global prices of precious metals. The tariff value, which is released fortnightly, is the base price on which the customs duty is determined to prevent under-invoicing. During December, the tariff value of gold was $550

Mumbai, Jan 1: India's troubled Kingfisher Airlines has lost its permit to fly after a deadline to renew its suspended licence expired, the national aviation regulator said on Tuesday. The news is a fresh blow for the debt-laden carrier whose operations have been grounded since October after employees went on strike over unpaid wages. "Kingfisher's flying permit has lapsed," DGCA chief Arun Mishra