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Has not the Karnataka Government Done Anything to Strengthen the Lokayuktha? (English translation of the news item that appeared in Vijaya Karnataka)Highlight: Government has taken quite some steps in the last two years to strengthen the Lokayuktha. No one is talking about it. Opposition has only launched an unilateral attack not leaving scope for discussion [...]

Bank Overhaul in IndiaIndian Banks will adopt a new system of Base Rate based lending system from July 1st, 2010. Till now, banks were following Benchmark Prime Lending Rate(BPLR) in line with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) directive to the effect . The base rate is the rate at which the actual lending … [...]

Saina moving towards No 1 in BadmintonThe 20-year-old star player Saina Nehwal from Hyderabad defeated Japan’s Sayaki Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the final held at Jakarta on Sunday, 27th June 2010. The World No.3 defended her title in Jakarta. She had earlier won the Indian Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open …    [...]

Saina moving towards No 1 in BadmintonThe 20-year-old star player Saina Nehwal from Hyderabad defeated Japan’s Sayaki Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the final held at Jakarta on Sunday, 27th June 2010. The World No.3 defended her title in Jakarta. She had earlier won the Indian Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open …    [...]

Raids on Belgian Church Offices Followed Complaint to Police Four days after a series of police raids of Catholic institutions in Belgium that drew sharp criticism from the pope, the reason for the unusually aggressive operation has emerged: a formal accusation that the church was hiding information on sexual abuse lodged by the former president [...]

Raids on Belgian Church Offices Followed Complaint to PoliceFour days after a series of police raids of Catholic institutions in Belgium that drew sharp criticism from the pope, the reason for the unusually aggressive operation has emerged: a formal accusation that the church was hiding information on sexual abuse lodged by the former president of [...]

6 militants, 3 jawans killed in J&KSix foreign militants and three Army jawans were killed in a gun battle that broke out along the Line of Control in the Kupwara sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, troops picked up the movement of a group of infiltrating militants in 104 forward location [...]

A sharp, tough and skeptical take on Rahul Gandhi in “The Economist”THE young man with the future of India on his shoulders reportedly slipped out of the country to celebrate, perhaps with a long-rumoured Spanish girlfriend. But at home his birthday on June 19th was treated as a coming-of-age marked with fireworks, donations of blood, [...]

CRPF kills another youth, Kashmir Valley on boilCRPF personnel opened fire on demonstrators in Sopore area of the Kashmir Valley on Monday, killing one person. This is the fourth civilian casualty in the past one week.Several people, including a news cameraperson, were injured in the firing. Earlier in the morning, security forces fired warning shots [...]

Bangladesh: arms on Pakistan-bound ship from UNThe MV Aegean Glory, bound for Karachi, was seized last Friday 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of the Indian city of Kolkata. It contained explosives, rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns and bombs, Indian officials said.The ship was returning decommissioned weapons used by Pakistani peacekeepers during a United Nations peacekeeping mission [...]