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Hindu terror remark: Plea to make PM, Sonia witness

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A plea was on Thursday filed in a Delhi court to seek its nod to examine Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi as witnesses in a private complaint case filed against Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his alleged “Hindu terror” remarks made at Jaipur. Taking up the application, Metropolitan Magistrate Harun […]

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President should make public her assets: RTI activist

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President Pratibha Patil should release the details of her and her family members’ assets in the public domain as it would set a precedent for the parliamentarians, a Right to Information (RTI) activist said Friday. “As a head of state and parliament, the president of India should take the initiative of putting her property details […]

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No information about oil rigs safety: RTI activist

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The Indian government has failed to provide information about the department tasked with ensuring safety of oil rigs in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to avoid any environmental disaster, said a Right to Information (RTI) activist Monday.   RTI activist Lokesh Batra said he had filed an RTI at the cabinet secretariat in March […]

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Lokpal panelists reject resignation demand; PM says bill in July

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As corruption allegations swirled around Lokpal Bill drafting panel members Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant, social activists rejected demands for their resignation and urged them not to quit even as another member, justice N. Santosh Hegde said he would consider leaving the committee. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he hoped to bring the […]

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