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New Delhi, December 19: True to form, Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju slammed the horrific Delhi gang rape but cautioned people against creating a hype around a single incident while unemployment, farmers' suicide and lack of healthcare remain pressing problems that need to be tackled immediately. Katju, known for his astute and often acerbic take on current events, also stated that

New Delhi, December 19: In a shocking incident, a Samajwadi Party member stunned the Lok Sabha this afternoon snatching the copy of the quota in promotion Bill from Minister V Narayanasamy and was sought to be thwarted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The sudden action of member from Nagina Yashveer Singh came when Minister of State for Personnel Narayanasamy was moving the bill for

New Delhi, December 19: "Nobody is safe here," the Delhi High Court remarked Wednesday as it took suo moto notice of a woman's gang-rape in a bus and told Delhi Police to file a report by Friday. The Delhi government informed the court that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had been set up to investigate the crime to be headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Chhaya Sharma. The court asked the

New Delhi, December 19: A day after parliament exploded over the gang-rape of a woman in a moving bus, the government vowed a crackdown on buses with tinted glasses and curtains in the capital. Asked by members in the Rajya Sabha why police did not spot the bus even after it passed three patrolling vans, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde blamed it on tinted glasses. "Usually PCR (police control

New Delhi, December 19: Taking serious note of the ghastly incident of the gangrape of a girl, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today shot off strong-worded letters to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, saying it was a "matter of shame" that such incidents happen with painful regularity. Gandhi tonight visited Safdarjung Hospital here to inquire about the

Hyderabad, December 19: Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya may not have enough cash to pay salaries to his employees. But when it comes to appeasing the god, he does not think twice. On Tuesday, he offered three kg of gold to the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Deputy Executive Officer (temple) Chinnamgari Ramana said that the Rajya Sabha MP on Tuesday

New Delhi, December 19: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written strong letters to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, demanding safety for women and strict punishment for the men who gang-raped a medical student in a moving bus in Delhi on Sunday. (Read letters) Mrs Gandhi also paid a visit to the hospital, where she met the 23-year-old victim, who is on a

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