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New Delhi, December 18: Lok Sabha today cleared a Constitution amendment bill that will grant special status to six backward districts in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region, with provision for reservation in education and jobs for locals. The Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 to insert a new Article 371-J to provide special recognition for the six backward districts of North Karnataka --

Hyderabad, December 18: Six Cessna aircraft and a helicopter which flies the Andhra Pradesh chief minister were gutted in a major fire at old Hyderabad airport late Monday night, officials said. There are no reports of any casualties in the fire that broke out around midnight at the maintenance shed of Andhra Pradesh Aviation Academy at the airport located in the heart of the city at Begumpet

New Delhi, December 18: The government is planning to set up a special task force under the union home secretary to look into safety and security of women, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said in the Rajya Sabha where members expressed anguish and outrage at the torture and gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus here. "A committee headed by the union home secretary will be set up

December 18: The Indian economy suffered $1.6 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2010, capping-off a decade in which it experienced black money losses of $123 billion, according to a new report. India is ranked as the decade's 8th largest victim of illicit capital flight behind China, Mexico, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the Philippines, and Nigeria, respectively in the report by Global

New Delhi, December 18: Parliament today witnessed outrage over the rape of a para-medic student in the capital with a united opposition stalling the question hour in Rajya Sabha demanding an immediate statement by home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on the issue. In the Lok sabha members led by Shahnawaz Hussain raised the matter and demanded suspension of question hour. But, members took their

Mumbai, December 18: A month after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was cremated, his party workers today removed the temporary structure at the funeral spot at Shivaji Park which had become a makeshift memorial for his followers. The process to remove the structure began around midnight in presence of Mayor Sunil Prabhu and senior Sena leaders including party group leader in Assembly Subhash Desai

Mumbai, December 18: Kingfisher promoter Vijay Mallya is ready to infuse Rs 425 crore into the airline and restart its limited operations as soon as DGCA gives a go-ahead, the lead lender to the grounded carrier SBI said. SBI Deputy Managing Director for mid-corporates Shyamal Acharya, after a meeting with the top management of the airline here this evening, said Mallya, however, did not give any

Gandhinagar, December 18: As Gujarat witnessed a record 70 percent voter turnout at the end of voting, exit polls are predicting a hat-trick for the ruling BJP. For instance, out of the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, one exit poll has predicted 119 to 129 seats for BJP while Congress, it claims, is projected to win between 49 and 59 seats. Meanwhile, another exit poll says that BJP is likely to

Thane, December 17: NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar here today defended state School Education Minister and his party colleague Fauzia Khan with regard to controversial pictures showing her with hunted animals. When asked about it, Pawar said Khan had posed with stuffed carcasses, and there was nothing wrong in it. Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP have targeted Khan over the pictures

New Delhi, December 17: Calling Pakistan’s bluff, India on Monday said JuD chief Hafiz Saeed had never been arrested in connection with Mumbai terror attacks even though its Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed so. Making a statement in both Houses of Parliament, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Malik, who just concluded his visit here, was “misinformed” about the actual reasons for the