Saturday, October 30, 2010

119 feared killed in West Bengal boat mishap

119 feared killed in West Bengal boat mishap

119 feared killed in West Bengal boat mishap

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:11 PM PDT

Pilgrims' progress turned into a tragedy when around 119 people returning to Kakdwip after prayers at East Midnapore's Hijli Sharif were feared drow-ned near Ghoramara Island in the Bay of Bengal.

Mamata takes PSU route for industry revival

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:08 PM PDT

If Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had tried it with Tata Motors and Salim Group, Mamata Banerjee does it with Coal, Rail and SAIL all PSUs that she believes goes well with 'Ma, Mati, Manush'.

Power thefts cost India Rs 45k crore in 2009-10

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:47 PM PDT

India's power revolution seems to have run out of steam due to transmission and distribution losses. The country is losing a huge quota of power to faulty distribution networks and power theft every year.

Court summons for Balco owners

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:31 PM PDT

There is more trouble for the beleaguered Vedanta group. A court in Chhattisgarh's Korba district issued summons to the 'owner of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited and others' on charges of criminal trespass in the case involving the death of 41 workers last year.

US terror scare not to affect Obama's India visit

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:58 PM PDT

A new terror scare arising from the interception on Friday of two letter bombs mailed to the US from Yemen will not affect President Obama's visit to India starting November 5.

BJP, Cong wage battle of hotel bill

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:09 PM PDT

The payment for disqualified BJP MLAs' stay in a five-star hotel has taken a curious turn with the BJP and Congress releasing near identical copies of the bill and making contradictory claims.

NGO had complained against CRZ violation

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT

In a report to the Jairam Ramesh-led Union ministry of environment and forests on Friday, the Maharashtra environment department has said that not only had it not granted CRZ clearance, it had not even recommended to the MoEF that such clearance be granted.

With 7,000 sq km, defence ministry owns land equal to 5 Delhis

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:44 PM PDT

Land scams and defence often go together. The defence ministry, after all, owns a staggering 17.3 lakh acres of land around the country, about the size of five Delhis (new, old and rural) put together.

CAG had raised objections against Gen Kapoor's purchases in 2008

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:38 PM PDT

Former Army chief General Deepak Kapoor, whose name has surfaced in the Adarsh housing society scam, had also been embroiled in questionable procurement of tents and other equipment when he headed the northern command in 2005.

I have returned the Adarsh flat, says former Navy chief

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Amid a controversy over allotment of apartments to former heads of services among other VIPs in the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai, former Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh today said he had returned the flat.

Shah case: CBI's haste surprises SC

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Seldom has the CBI shown such urgency in moving the Supreme Court as it did on Friday night to file an appeal within hours of the Gujarat High Court granting bail to Sohrabuddin fake encounter case accused and former state minister Amit Shah.

Govt finds Forest Rights Act too hot to handle

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT

The Posco case has turned the UPA's flagship scheme from its first term -- the Forest Rights Act -- into a minefield that the government has stumbled upon.

Congress, NCP leaders benami owners?

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:13 PM PDT

While the heat is on Ashok Chavan, there are over a dozen cabinet members and top leaders from the Congress and NCP who did their bit for Adarsh and pushed in their nominees as society members.

Confirmed: Adarsh didn't have environmental OK

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:52 PM PDT

The Maharashtra environment department has confirmed what this paper has said for the past four days: that the 31-storey Adarsh tower was built without any environmental clearance, reports Josy Joseph.

Australia taking steps to check attacks on Indians: PM Manmohan Singh

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said he has been assured by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that corrective steps were being taken in the backdrop of attacks on Indian students there.
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