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• Govt lowers GDP growth estimate to 6.9 per cent
  The economic growth is likely to fall to a three-year low of 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, mainly due to sharp slowdown in manufacturing, agriculture and mining sectors, against 8.4 per cent expansion...
  by PTI
  Posted on:7 Feb 2012 at 7:02am
  


• High Court dismisses Chandolia's petition
  The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition of R.K. Chandolia, former private secretary to the former Telecom Minister, A. Raja. The petition sought his discharge in the 2G case. The court...
  by Nirnimesh Kumar
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 9:52pm
  


• Poll observer's transfer not linked to Vadra's bike rally
  A controversy broke out on Monday over the transfer of a poll observer who allegedly ordered the stopping of a motorcycle rally of Congress campaigner and Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra on...
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 9:46pm
  


• Modi leaves BJP in the dark on campaign dates
  The Gujarat CM has been at loggerheads with party president Nitin Gadkari
  by Special Correspondent
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 9:44pm
  


• Survey: Women as victims
  Physical abuse is the most common form of abuse reported by women, and husbands are the largest respondents under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005. Courts hav...
  by Aarti Dhar
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 9:14pm
  


• Campaign: Women Alert
  ‘Accident prone area' sign boards are easy to come by, but sign boards alerting women can be classified as a welcome move. With crimes against women -- including chain snatching -- on the rise, in...
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 9:12pm
  


• Apex court issues notice to Centre on ‘illegal drug trials'
  NGO says there has been a rampant compromise with human life
  by J. Venkatesan
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 8:55pm
  


• Telecom investors tap diplomatic channels
  In the wake of 2G mess, Telenor, Sistema seek Indian government's intervention to safeguard their investments
  by Sandeep Joshi
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 8:53pm
  


• Priyanka, Vadra willing to take the plunge
  Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress general secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi, joined his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Gauriganj (Amethi parliamentary constituency) on Monday to enlist su...
  by Special Correspondent
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 8:51pm
  


• Stage set for first phase of poll in U.P.
  The Election Commission received 15,000 complaints and all were attended to and disposed of
  by J. Balaji
  Posted on:7 Feb 2012 at 2:46am
  


• CVC superintendence over CBI does not mean interference with investigation: ex-CBI chief
  The order of the Supreme Court in the 2G scam case cancelling 122 2G licences has stirred a debate on the “superintendence” of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) over the Central Bureau of Inv...
  by Vinay Kumar
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 8:44pm
  


• CPI(M) not to emulate others in quest for socialism
  Draft resolution on ideological issues released ahead of party congress
  by Special Correspondent
  Posted on:7 Feb 2012 at 5:21am
  


• CVC defends CBI in 2G probe
  Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar on Monday defended the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 2G spectrum case, citing the Supreme Court's observation that the CBI probe was progressi...
  by Staff Reporter
  Posted on:6 Feb 2012 at 9:06pm
  


• Ban order on Nair, three others to stay
  But Centre will not leap into a probe
  by Smita Gupta
  Posted on:7 Feb 2012 at 5:11am
  


• Home Ministry shoots down pleas to prosecute killer soldiers
  Even as Supreme Court says murderers in uniform not protected by AFSPA, Delhi rejects findings of police investigations against Army
  by Praveen Swami
  Posted on:7 Feb 2012 at 5:07am