New Delhi, Feb 11 Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid appeared headed for trouble Saturday as the poll panel sought President Pratibha Patil's "immediate and decisive intervention" following his defiant stand on quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh despite its censure. The president has sent the letter to the prime minister's office for "appropriate action".
New Delhi, Feb 11 Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid appeared headed for fresh trouble Saturday as the Election Commission sought President Pratibha Patil's “immediate and decisive intervention” following his defiant stand on quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh despite the poll panel's censure.
New Delhi, Feb 11 A 29-year-old woman was arrested along with her paramour and two others for killing her husband who tortured her and forced her into prostitution, police said Saturday.
Ghaziabad, Feb 11 A man who raped an eight-year-old girl last week and left her on a railway track in Ghaziabad to die was arrested Saturday, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 11 Taking exception to union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid sticking to his remarks about backward Muslims during campaigning in Uttar Pradesh despite a censure, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Saturday sought President Pratibha Patil's intervention so that polls in the state were conducted in accordance with law.
New Delhi, Feb 11 President Pratibha Patil has forwarded Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi's letter over Law Minister Salman Khurshid's defiant stand on quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh to the prime minister's office for "appropriate action".
Ghaziabab, Feb 11 A fight over Rs.50 proved fatal for a technician who was stabbed to death by a milk dairy owner in the Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad Saturday, police said.
Kolkata, Feb 11 The West Bengal assembly’s decision to bar press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session Saturday drew criticism from political parties, including the Congress, which is partner in the ruling alliance.
Kolkata, Feb 11 The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of pursuing "undemocratic and anti-people" policies after it decided to revoke subsidies to the transport corporations.
Raipur, Feb 11 An engineering student from Chhattisgarh's industrial town Bhilai Saturday killed himself by jumping in front of a running train in Maharashtra, a day after he murdered his girlfriend, police said.
