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TNI Bureau: In a relief for Mamata-led West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court verdict that had struck down Singur Land Acquisition Act as unconstitutional. The court issued a notice to the…

TNI Bureau: The government hit out at the main opposition BJP as the Parliament was stalled on the fourth consecutive day today over the CAG's coal block allocation report. Addressing a press conference following the ruckus in the…

TNI Bureau: In a huge relief to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in 2G case, the Supreme Court on Friday turned down Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking a CBI probe against him. The apex court made it clear that…

TNI Bureau: In a stern action against the internet users spreading inflammatory contents on social networking sites following the ethnic violence in the north of the country, the government has blocked over 20 Twitter user-accounts. The…

TNI Bureau: In a huge setback for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, the CBI told the Supreme Court on Thursday that his conviction under Arms Act in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and his six-year jail term should be upheld. The…

TNI Bureau: The main opposition BJP continued to paralyse both Houses of Parliament for the third consecutive day today demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the CAG report on coal block allocation. Both the Lok…

TNI Bureau: Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik was finally transferred following the allegation that he could not handle the August 11 violence at Azad Maidan. Satyapal Singh has been appointed as the police commissioner of Mumbai.…

TNI Bureau: The banking services were paralysed in the country as the bank strike entered the second day today. The protest may continue till Friday as per the sources. The bank unions decided to go on a two-day strike opposing the…

TNI Bureau: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been named as the sixth most powerful woman in the world released by the Forbes magazine in its list of 100 women. Last year, she had ranked seventh in the list. The list of 'World's 100…

TNI Bureau: The BJP members on Wednesday walked out of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on 2G spectrum allocation and slammed the Congress for defending the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram in…