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Delhi Police hike bounty on Indian Mujahideen co-founders
New Delhi, July 3 : Delhi Police Friday increased the bounty on absconding co-founders of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) Iqbal Batkal, Riyaz Batkal and Amir Raja Khan from Rs.100,000 to Rs.500,000 each. They are wanted for their role in last year's Sep 13 Delhi serial blasts. (59)


Railway budget disappoints Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar, July 3 : Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik termed the union railway budget presented by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha Friday as 'disappointing'. (67)


Defence ministry agrees to vacate spectrum
New Delhi, July 3 : The defence ministry has agreed to vacate spectrum for commercial use, Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said Friday. (90)


Sex workers oppose decriminalisation of gay sex
New Delhi, July 3 : While thousands of homosexuals across the country celebrate freedom from the criminal tag following the Delhi High Court verdict, a group representing sex workers Friday wrote a letter to Law Minister Veerappa Moily opposing the move. (157)


12 new cases of swine flu, total 128 in India
New Delhi, July 3 : Twelve new cases of swine flu were reported in the country Friday, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases to 128, health officials said here. (100)


Bonanza for Maharashtra in railway budget
Mumbai, July 3 : Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has come up with a series of proposals for Maharashtra, including non-stop point-to-point service proposed for the first time in the history of Indian Railways. (83)


Violent protests rock Kashmir Valley, 30 injured
Srinagar, July 3 : Violent protests erupted in the Kashmir Valley after Friday prayers over the death of four youths in police firing and the disappearance of another young man. Over 30 people were injured in clashes between protestors and security forces. (87)


Court declares two IM suspects proclaimed offenders
New Delhi, July 3 : A city court Friday declared two alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, who escaped after a gun battle with the police in Jamia Nagar here last September, as proclaimed offenders. (85)


PM to take view on decriminalising gay sex
New Delhi, July 3 : After the Delhi High Court's landmark verdict decriminalising gay sex, the matter is now in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's court - on whether to amend the archaic law dealing with the issue. (84)


Militant killed in Kashmir gun battle
Srinagar, July 3 : A separatist guerrilla was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said Friday. (51)


Left Front criticises privatisation thrust in railway budget
Kolkata, July 3 : Terming it a 'mixed' railway budget, West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose criticised the privatisation schemes introduced in the new budgetary plans by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday. (72)


Railways to step up freight business
New Delhi, July 3 : Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday proposed several steps, including launch of a premium service for container movement with assured transit time, to improve the freight movement on railways. (78)


Mamata's rail budget disappointing: Dhumal
Shimla, July 3 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Friday said that it was not fair on the part of the central government to ignore the interests of the people of the hill state in the railway budget. (46)


BSES to appeal against withdrawal of CISF security
New Delhi, July 3 : Calling it a setback, power company BSES Friday said it would appeal against the move to withdraw the paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security cover from power distribution companies. (83)


Snow halts Amarnath Yatra on Pahalgam route
Srinagar, July 3 : The ongoing annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine was suspended from the south Kashmir's Pahalgam route Friday due to snowfall on the mountain track. (77)


Sonia to Congress MPs - 'Don't irritate Mamata'
New Delhi, July 3 : Aware of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's temper, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday gestured her party MPs not to upset her when she presented the railway budget in the Lok Sabha. (94)


Apex court upholds drug peddlers' discharge under changed law
New Delhi, July 3 : The Supreme Court has upheld the early discharge of two drug peddlers, caught 14 years ago with 100 gm heroin, saying the anti-narcotic law had changed since then and had less-stringent provisions. (85)


New property owner has to clear electricity arrears: Court
New Delhi, July 3 : The Delhi High Court Thursday ruled that electricity arrears will have to be paid by the new owner of any property and the power distribution company has full right to disconnect supply otherwise. (99)


Air India staff warned of 'harsh' decisions
New Delhi, July 3 : Air India chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav has asked employees, who went on a two-hour strike Friday, to be prepared for harsh decisions necessary to deal with the financial crisis the carrier faces. (92)


Mamata, Lalu slugfest over rail budget
New Delhi, July 3 : Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and her predecessor Lalu Prasad Friday engaged in a war of words over the rail budget. While Banerjee termed the targets fixed by him in his interim rail budget as 'unrealistically high', Lalu Prasad said she suffered from a 'complex'. (94)


P.S. Gill takes over as Punjab Police chief
Chandigarh, July 3 : Jammu and Kashmir cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Paramdeep Singh Gill Friday took over as the new director general of Punjab Police. (61)


Railway Board chief sees tougher days ahead
New Delhi, July 3 : The slowdown and an outgo of Rs.14,600 crore to pay arrears will make the going more difficult for the Railways this fiscal, a senior official said here Friday. (87)


Muslim groups urged to fight move to legalise gay sex
Hyderabad, July 3 : Muslim clerics have denounced the Delhi High Court order decriminalising gay sex and called upon all Muslim socio-religious groups to rise up and fight against any legislation in parliament legitimising same-sex relations. (79)


Varun hate speech: Mayawati government to take legal action
Lucknow, July 3 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi's reported hate speeches have landed him in fresh trouble with the Uttar Pradesh government Friday sanctioning legal action against him for promoting communal disharmony. (69)


Gujarat offers herdsmen hefty sum to shift out of Gir
Gandhinagar, July 3 : The Gujarat government is planning to shift some 100 families of the Maldhari community living inside the sprawling Gir National Park as part of a project to resettle these herdsmen outside the sanctuary, officials said Friday. (46)


What is there for the common man in the rail budget
New Delhi, July 3 : It has been dubbed a populist budget by critics but the rail budget presented Friday by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has enough goodies targeted at the ordinary rail traveller (62)


Passengers thrilled with world class station proposal, want deadline
Lucknow, July 3 : With five stations in the state slated to be upgraded to global standards in Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget Friday, people in Uttar Pradesh are delighted but want a deadline to be set for the job. (80)


West Bengal wagon makers rejoice over rail budget
Kolkata, July 3 : Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's pledge that her ministry will buy 18,000 wagons in 2009-10 has excited West Bengal's wagon makers Friday. (60)


No longer labelled criminals, says Bangalore's sexual minority
Bangalore, July 3 : As they celebrate the Delhi High Court's verdict decriminalising gay sex, there is relief among Bangalore's sexual minorities. But there is pain, too, as the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community recounts stories of suffering and discrimination over the years. (72)


Banerjee silent on private players running tourist trains
Chennai, July 3 : Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget proposals presented in the Lok Sabha Friday did not include private sector participation in running of passenger trains on tourist routes, as suggested by the Economic Survey 2008-09. (64)


Mamata's rail budget makes common man smile
New Delhi, July 3 : The man on the street appeared happy with Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday and also a trifle relieved that she had not announced a fare hike in her rail budget. (68)


Why not polls in 2009, Mamata taunts Left
New Delhi, July 3 : Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday taunted the Left for calling her rail budget a 'manifesto' for the West Bengal assembly polls of 2011, retorting 'why not in 2009'? (68)


Trinamool workers cheer Mamata's railway budget
Kolkata, July 3 : 'It's a budget for maa, mati, manush (mother, motherland and people),' is how a jubliant Trinamool Congress worker described party chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's rail budget presented Friday. Trinamool workers in West Bengal cheered the budget and said it will lead the party to victory in the next assembly polls. (68)


Air Marshal S. Radhakrishnan is ADC to president
Thiruvananthapuram, July 3 : Air Marshal S. Radhakrishnan, Southern Air Command chief, has been appointed Honorary Air aide de camp (ADC) to President Pratibha Patil. (64)


Left parties divided on rail budget, BJP guarded
New Delhi, July 3 : The Left parties were divided in their reaction to the railway budget unveiled by their bete noire Mamata Banerjee here Friday, with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) welcoming parts of it and the Communist Party of India (CPI) slamming it. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called the budget impractical. (71)


Mamata's rail budget disappoints Mumbaikars
Mumbai, July 3 : Many Mumbaikars Wednesday said they felt let down by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2009-10 budget as she made no mention of this financial capital's lifeline - the suburban trains. (59)


Train travel just got better for women, youth
New Delhi, July 3 : Rail travel in India just got more attractive for Gen-X and women. The easy on the pocket special trains Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee announced in her budget speech have been cheered by youth and women. (72)


'Very competent' job by Mamata in short time: PM
New Delhi, July 3 : Praising Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget Friday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said she had done a 'very competent job' and had not just ensured that there was no burden on the passengers but also taken care of their safety. (67)


More medical colleges to be opened in India: Azad
New Delhi, July 3 : The central government will set up more medical colleges through public-private participation to meet the shortage of skilled doctors in India, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Friday. (68)


Mamata Banerjee, Lalu Prasad beg to differ on rail budget
New Delhi, July 3 : Taking a dig at her predecessor Lalu Prasad, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday termed as 'unrealistically high' the targets set in his interim rail budget and even promised a white paper on the actual performance of Indian Railways during the past five years. (66)


Fake drugs from China recovered in Chennai
New Delhi, July 3 :During the recent past, three cases of import of bulk drugs from unregistered source originating from China were detected at Chennai sea port by the officers of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). (124)


Passenger amenities get 119 Percent rise
New Delhi, July 3 : Presenting the Railway Budget today in the Parliament, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed an outlay of Rs.40,745 cr. for 2009-2010, which is 2840 cr. more than the allocation proposed in the interim budget. (103)


Mamata to increase Railway Freight business
New Delhi, July 3 : Indian Railways is taking several measures to improve freight traffic on Railways. Presenting the Railway Budget in Parliament today, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said that besides improving the loading of coal, iron ore, cement, fertilizers and food grain, measures are being taken to increase the share in new traffic streams like automobiles, fly ash etc. (110)


No destruction of mangrove trees in Mundra: Minister
Gandhinagar, Jul 3 : The Gujarat government today denied in the Assembly that mangrove trees in Mundra taluka of Kutch district were being destroyed indiscriminately. (61)


5,000 post offices and mobile vans to sell rail tickets
New Delhi, Jul 3 : The Railways today announced an ambitious plan to sell tickets through 5,000 post offices for unreserved travel across its vast network in the country. (100)


Highlights of Railway budget 2008-09
New Delhi, July 3: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented the 15th railway budget in the Parliament. (201)


ERP Academy Opens Doors In New Delhi
New Delhi, July 3 : A school to train consultants to help successful businesses get more agile and keep ownership costs down has opened its doors in New Delhi. (85)


Vice President condoles demise of Tyeb Mehta
New Delhi, July 3: Vice President Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the demise of Tyeb Mehta, renowned artist and recipient of Padma Bhushan. (51)


Black magic performed in Asaram Ashram: CID officer
Ahmedabad, Jul 3 : In a sensational revelation, a CID Crime officer has said black magic was being performed inside the Sant Asaram Ashram, from whose Gurukul two children were found dead in mysterious circumstances on the Sabarmati riverbed in July, last year. (62)


Chief of Air Staff releases coffee table book on UN Mission
New Delhi, July 3: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal PV Naik here today released a coffee table book - 'Indian Aviation Contingent: An indelible odyssey in UN peace keeping', chronicling the activities of the IAF contingent in Democratic Republic of Congo. (64)


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