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HC order not a setback for me, says Chidambaram NEW DELHI: Home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday ruled out his resignation in the wake of Madras high court decision in the election petition against him saying the verdict was not a setback for him but for his rival.
SC dismisses Nupur's review plea New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by dentist Nupur Talwar seeking bail and review of its order of allowing her criminal prosecution in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A bench of Justices AK Patnaik and JS Khehar in a short order said that it finds “no merit” in the review petition. Nupur had claimed that she was not asking for a clean chit in the murder case but wanted a direction to the CBI to re-investigate the case. The CBI had strongly opposed her pleas. Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found dead with her throat slit at her Noida residence on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008, while Hemraj's body was recovered from the terrace of the house the next day. Nupur
is now in judicial custody while her husband Rajesh Talwar, also a
dentist, is out on bail. The case for their trial in the twin murder
case is pending at a Ghaziabad sessions court.
Kabul: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in the Afghan capital on an unannounced trip Thursday, a day after a suicide bombing attack and an alleged errant Nato air strike. Before his arrival, Panetta told reporters that he wanted to hear an assessment from commanders about a recent rise in insurgent attacks and plans for troop withdrawals. Panetta said an insurgent assault on Wednesday "was much more organised than we've seen before", with a suicide bomber on a motorcycle and a suicide bomber on foot striking a vehicle park outside a Nato base. Panetta, who flew to Kabul from New Delhi, said he wanted "to get a sense of just exactly what are the Taliban doing". "There's been an increase in the attacks," he said, adding that the overall level of violence in the country was still down compared to previous years. The Pentagon chief said he would confer with the top commander of Nato-led forces, General John Allen, to hear how he planned to maintain security despite Taliban attempts to undermine a gradual transfer of authority from alliance troops to Afghan government forces. In a brief visit of several hours, he was also due to meet US ambassador to Kabul, Ryan Crocker, before speaking to American troops and holding talks with his Afghan counterpart, Abdul Rahim Wardak, officials said.
Govt defers decision on pension reforms Bill NEW DELHI: Amid differences among allies, the government on Thursday deferred a decision on the changes in the crucial Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA) Bill, 2011.
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