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SC refers passive euthanasia plea to 5-judge bench

New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Supreme Court on Tuesday referred a plea for voluntary passive euthanasia in the case of a person who is terminally ill and in medical opinion there is little hope of revival and recovery, to the constitution bench of 5 judges. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said an earlier judgement of the court on voluntary passive euthanasia in Aruna Shanbaug's case did lay down a certain procedure but it was not clear.

Feb 25, 2014

Political situation in Bihar collapses, politicos react

New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): As the political situation in Bihar collapsed with a major split in Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD and thereafter a possible alliance between Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP and BJP, political parties reacted to the series of events. One the one hand, Rajya Sabha MP Mohd Adeeb and BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi speculated it to be bad trick by JD (U) condemning the act. Whereas, Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi took it as a common series of incidents which takes place as the elections comes closer. Meanwhile, JD (U) leader KC Tyagi refuted claims of any trick by his party for the split and said that RJD and JD (U)’s membership is transferable and there is nothing to be concerned of.

Feb 25, 2014

Gun control debate in New Caledonia

A debate on gun control on the islands of New Caledonia is heating up, fuelled in part by a looming referendum on the polarising issue of independence from France.Duration:02:34

Feb 25, 2014

BJP, JD (U) conspiring against RJD: Lalu

Patna, Feb 25 (ANI): RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday alleged that the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party are conspiring to split his party. Baffled ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Lalu said that what Nitish Kumar has done is similar to America's Watergate scandal. RJD Chief has called for an emergency meeting of his party leaders and is expected to meet all the 13 MLAs. On Monday, 13 of Lalu's 22 Bihar legislators announced that they had split away from the Rashtriya Janata Dal. They met Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary and sought to be recognized as a separate group; the Speaker immediately declared them "unattached" from the RJD. However, within an hour six of the prodigals were back in the RJD

Feb 25, 2014

Meant social media, not journalism: Shinde

Sholapur, Feb 25 (ANI): Giving clarification over his remark to "crush" the electronic media, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday said that he did not mean "journalism" but “social media”. Shinde was heard threatening to "crush" the electronic media, alleging a section of it was unnecessarily provoking the Congress party by indulging in "false propaganda" against it.

Feb 25, 2014

Rahul says dedicating their life to nation, soldiers are true heroes

Chandigarh, Feb 25 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi referring to the army men said that “dedicating their life to nation soldiers are true heroes” as the ex-service men thank him for his relentless efforts to push the ‘One Rank, One Pension’ scheme. Gandhi regretted the delay in clearing of the scheme and said that it should have been implemented long back. Gandhi said that ‘One Rank One Pension’ scheme would prove historical for the welfare of the soldiers, who defend the country by working in difficult conditions.

Feb 25, 2014

LS Polls: All options open to form likeminded coalition, says Congress

New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, said that all options were open to form a non-communal and likeminded coalition in the run-up to the battle of 2014 polls. Election Commission is all set to hold the general elections starting mid-April and spread it over at least five phases till early May. Meanwhile, reacting on Aam Aadmi Party, Chief Arvind Kejriwal, Singhvi said that merely crying about negatives and not taking any measures of improvement is an insult to the nation.

Feb 25, 2014

China downplays Modis remarks on Arunachal Pradesh

Beijing, Feb 25 (ANI): China sought to downplay remarks by BJP’s prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who said that the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India and urged China to abandon its "mindset of expansion". Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, said that China was dedicated to promoting friendly relations with its neighbours and the resolving of disputes via talks.

Feb 25, 2014

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Feb 25, 2014

Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone

Samsung unveiled its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone armed with a fingerprint scanner and a built-in heart rate sensor to defend its place as the world's industry leader. Duration: 01:13

Feb 25, 2014

UNRWA official visits Syria's besieged Yarmuk camp

The UNRWA resumes distribution of aid at the Yarmuk camp in Damascus. On Monday the agency's commissioner-general visited the camp, a day after Damascus said it was ready to cooperate with a rare UN Security Council to allow humanitarian access. Duration: 01:03

Feb 25, 2014