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Panaji, September 12: The Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) on Wednesday suspended the environment clearances (EC) of all the 93 mining leases in Goa asking the mine owners to submit the relevant documents. The mine owners will have to submit their documents which are required for getting the environment clearances, minister of environment and forest Jayanti Natarajan told reporters

New Delhi, September 12: A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders met President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday and asked him to intervene and check the government's repeated attacks on the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). "We met the president and said it is important for you to intervene and advise government that it is not proper to attack the CAG," BJP leader L.K. Advani told

Mumbai, September 12: Aseem Trivedi, the cartoonist jailed on charges of sedition, has left a Mumbai jail. He emerged waving his fist in the air, wearing a button-down black shirt just like when he was taken into custody on Saturday. He was granted bail last evening by the Bombay High Court. Mr Trivedi headed first to a shrine for BR Ambedkar, down the road from the Arthur Road jail. "Even Gandhi

Kudankulam, September 12: The situation in Kudankulam continues be tense. The villagers have now alleged that the police were carrying out searches at their homes. The villagers allege that the police have destroyed their property while searching their homes. Anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udayakumar may be be arrested on Wednesday even as more support comes in from India against corruption. IAC

New Delhi, September 12: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said it was a contradiction that Indians were indulging in "unethical" practises like corruption despite being religious-minded. Indians are "highly religious-minded" and it is very sad that corruption is prevalent in this country, he said while denouncing the menace. "I recently went to Ladakh and someone told me for example

New Delhi, September 12: The Justice M B Shah Commission's indictment of the Union environment ministry for disregarding norms and Supreme Court orders to give clearances that facilitated rampant iron ore mining in Goa covers the period when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held charge of the environment and forests portfolio. The commission's censure of authorities for letting the mines function for

New Delhi, September 11: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), which could have decided on raising diesel and cooking fuel prices, was today postponed even as Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy said the price increase was "unavoidable". CCPA, which is headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and includes ministers from allies of the UPA alliance, was scheduled to meet this

New Delhi, September 11: As the stink from 'Coalgate' rises, the continuation of tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal looks uncertain, with the Congress leadership considering strong measures to contain the fallout from the scam. Although the leadership continues to resist the allegation of a scam, it appears to have come around to the view that persisting with

New Delhi, September 11: The Supreme Court today laid down a constitutional principle where aggrieved parties can seek from appropriate court the postponement of the publication of court hearings and a decision taken on a case-by-case basis. The court, however, refrained from framing broad guidelines for reporting of sub-judice court matters, saying it cannot be done "across the board." The bench

Ahmedabad, September 11: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will begin his month-long yatra from the religious town of Becharaji in north Gujarat today, which will cover major parts of the state. Interestingly, the name of Mr Modi's yatra is Vivekananda Yuva Vikas Yatra, which will begin on the day when spiritual leader Swami Vivekanada made his historic speech at the Chicago Conference of World