Friday, January 28, 2011

Chemicals worth Rs one crore seized during raids in Maharashtra

Chemicals worth Rs one crore seized during raids in Maharashtra

Chemicals worth Rs one crore seized during raids in Maharashtra

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:35 PM PST

Maharashtra govt is planning to act collectively against food, sand and oil adulteration mafia in the state in the aftermath of the murder of additional collector Yashwant Sonawane.

Need to ensure Sonawane case is not repeated: Rahul

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:05 PM PST

Rahul Gandhi, who is on a 3-day tour of Maharashtra, said corruption is a serious issue in politics and there was a need to act immediately against corruption.

Need to ensure another Sonawane case does not happen: Rahul

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:05 PM PST

Rahul Gandhi, who is on a 3-day tour of Maharashtra, said corruption is a serious issue in politics and there was a need to act immediately against corruption.

Tribal ministry rejects Sonia panel advice

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:35 PM PST

The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has been snubbed once again by the government, this time by the tribal affairs ministry.

Church attacks: Sangh gets clean chit

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:33 PM PST

More than two years after a string of attacks on churches in Karnataka, the Justice B K Somasekhara Commission of Inquiry on Friday gave a clean chit to the Yeddyurappa government and the Sangh Parivar.

Nirupama Rao rushes to Lanka to talk fishermen

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:31 PM PST

With an eye on upcoming elections in Tamil Nadu, the government has decided to rush foreign secretary Nirupama Rao to Sri Lanka to take up the issue of Indian fishermen.

Under terror shadow, Muslims speak out

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:30 PM PST

Some chilling real life stories of police brutality have been compiled in a publication called "What It Means To Be A Muslim In India Today".

Game on, says HC to Greenpeace; no relief to Tatas

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:26 PM PST

Holding that "freedom of expression" can't be stifled, the Delhi HC on Friday refused to grant an interim injunction to the Tata Group against an online game "Turtle vs Tata" run by Greenpeace India.

Cornered Congress hopes CVC will quit on his own

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:24 PM PST

Scorched by the political heat rising from P J Thomas's appointment as CVC, the government hopes he quits soon as it fears the Supreme Court could quash the decision and deepen the Centre's embarrassment.

Palmolein co-accused files plea to clear name

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:22 PM PST

A Kerala cadre officer has moved for dismissal of charges in the palmolein case that is casting a shadow on the appointment of P J Thomas as CVC on the ground that no sanction for prosecution was ever granted.

Deoband controversy takes ugly regional turn

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:19 PM PST

The divisive nature of the Vastanvi-Modi controversy has taken a pronounced regional turn in Darul Uloom, the 145-year-old Islamic seminary in western Uttar Pradesh. It is also getting ugly.

Students' union threatens to resume agitation against Vastanvi

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:16 PM PST

Darul Uloom Deoband's students' union on Friday threatened to resume its agitation if the seminary's governing council did not convene its meet to remove under-fire vice-chancellor Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi within a week.

Vastanvi a success story in Maharashtra town

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:12 PM PST

One of the major reasons for Vastanvi's appointment as VC of Darul Uloom, is his track record as an educationist.

Fuel used to burn Sonawane pilfered day earlier

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST

The aides of additional collector Yeshwant Sonawane, who was burnt alive on Tuesday, have proceeded on sick leave following allegations that they had been accepting bribes from the oil mafia.

2 lakh litres of adulterated oil seized in Mumbai raids

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:06 PM PST

The Mumbai police conducted at least six raids against the oil mafia in Mumbai over the past two days, with around 1,200 drums, containing 2 lakh litres of adulterated petrol, diesel, kerosene and furnace oil, seized in Kurla alone.

BJP-ruled states shelter blast accused: Digvijay

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:04 PM PST

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday said that there is nothing called Hindu terrorism, only 'Sanghi terrorism'.

Highway dhabas fronts for fuel pilferage

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:02 PM PST

Malegaon additional collector Yeshwant Sonawane's murder near Manmad has exposed the oil mafia using highway dhabas as fronts for its operations. The dhabas are oil theft hubs on the Nashik-Dhule stretch, said police sources.

Congress to push power-sharing deal with DMK

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:59 PM PST

Congress leaders are pushing for a power-sharing deal with DMK ahead of the two allies sealing an electoral deal for the state election ahead of Tamil Nadu CM's meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi next week.

Ganga water link to gall bladder cancer?

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:51 PM PST

The incidence of gall bladder disease is high among people living near the Ganga and its tributaries, says the largest-ever study of the local population over six years.

Cash-strapped railways looks to pvt players for bailout

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:49 PM PST

The cash strapped Indian railways now seem to be turning back to private developers for a bailout in its major projects.

Inflation forces states to cut food scheme for kids

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:44 PM PST

In a meeting with the Centre on Friday, states demanded that the cost of supplementary nutrition programme be linked with consumer price index.

Charges against ally put Congress in a spot in Kerala

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:42 PM PST

Indian Union Muslim League leader P K Kunhalikutty and his brother-in-law K A Rauf went public on Thursday with allegations of sexual misconduct and fraud against each other.

Pak NGO to resolve issues of Sikh community

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:35 PM PST

A Pakistan-based NGO has decided to launch an initiative to find out and resolve the problems faced by the Sikh community in the country and also to empower the community in collaboration with other organizations.

Two shot dead while crossing over to Pak

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:32 PM PST

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel shot dead two men in the wee hours of Friday while they were trying to illegally cross over to Pakistan near Amritsar. Rs 500 and a watch have been recovered from one of them.

Farmers eye fertile land in African countries

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:30 PM PST

The lure of cheap land and the promise of making big money are making local farmers and NRIs invest in African countries like Liberia and Ethiopia, whose economies were wrecked by the civil wars.
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