SP, RJD Soften Line On Support Withdrawal

The two parties make it clear that there were no plans to table any no-confidence motion against the govt

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Nitish, Sharad Rule Out Split In JD(U) Over Women’s Bill

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his party chief Sharad Yadav today ruled out any split in the JD(U) over the Women’s Reservation Bill but admitted there were differences in the party. Both the Chief Minister and the JD(U) president also rubbished reports that Nitish may break away and float a new party following the divisions. Kumar said differences of opinion in JD(U) over supporting the historic legislation will not trigger a split. JD(U) is a key ally of BJP, which has extended support to the Bill. Assembly Elections are due in Bihar later this year. “I admit that there have been honest differences of opinion in the party over the support to the women’s reservation bill in Lok Sabha...but it should not be taken as a crisis or split facing the party,” Kumar told reporters.

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Court Awards Life Term To Two HuJI Militants

A Delhi court today sentenced a Bangladeshi national and his Kashmiri associate belonging to banned militant organisation Harkat-Ul-Jihad-al-Islami(HuJI) to life imprisonment for possessing explosives and waging war against the country. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma sentenced Md Amin Wani, a Jammu and Kashmir resident, and Lutfur Rahman, the Bangladeshi national who is alleged to have received training at the instance of Pakistan-based Jamaat-Ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed to life imprisonment and said they did not deserve capital punishment as the case was not the rarest of rare.

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Haryana Imposes Surcharge On VAT In Budget

Finance Minister paves the way for greater public-private partnership in infrastructure & social sectors

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Terrorism Being Fanned To Destabilise Economy: PC

Terrorism and militancy are being fanned to destabilise the economy of the country which is at the threshold of a double digit growth, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said. He said hostile forces seek to undermine the security and stability of our nation. “Even while they (hostile forces) challenge our borders and our boundaries, they make attempts to destabilise our economy. Terrorism and militancy are being fanned to hinder the growth of our country,” Chidambaram said in his address at the CISF Raising Day Parade here.

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Punjab To Regulate Installation Of Telecom Towers

High Numbers: State has 1.6 cr mobile phone users

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84 Riots: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Sajjan Kumar

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who has been chargesheeted along with others for his alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots cases, today appeared before a Delhi court which granted him bail in the matter. Former outer Delhi MP was granted bail on furnishing a personal bond and surety of Rs 50,000 each by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma. Besides 64-year-old Kumar, seven other accused also appeared before the court and were granted bail. Kumar, against whom a non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued, was already granted anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court on February 26 The court fixed the matter for further proceedings on March 20.

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