Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Maharashtra gazetted officers on strike, crackdown on oil mafia begins

Maharashtra gazetted officers on strike, crackdown on oil mafia begins

Maharashtra gazetted officers on strike, crackdown on oil mafia begins

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:46 PM PST

The Maharashtra Gazetted Officers Federation has called for a day-long strike on Thursday to protest against the murder of Malegoan additional district collector Yeshwant Sonawane, who was burnt alive by the oil mafia.

11 held in Sonawane murder case, main accused still in hospital

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:37 PM PST

Four more people were arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the murder of ADC Yashwant Sonawane who was burnt alive by suspected members of a local oil mafia after the former detected oil pilfering.

Rahul arrives in Nagpur on three-day Maharashtra tour

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PST

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday arrived in Nagpur on his three-day visit to Maharashtra to take stock of the Youth Congress membership drive in the state.

Primary school intake drops, UP prime culprit?

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:09 PM PST

The mysterious decline in enrolment of more than 10 lakh children in class I to V in Uttar Pradesh alone over a year has pulled down India's primary admission by over nine lakh in 2009-10 as compared to 2008-09.

Omar foils BJP's flag-hoisting plan

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:08 PM PST

Police on Wednesday released four top BJP leaders detained as part of the crackdown on the saffron party's Ekta Yatra to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on the Republic Day.

Unwell Sonia misses R-Day parade and Prez's At Home

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, suffering from a bout of flu, gave a miss to the Republic Day parade on Rajpath and the evening At Home at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Subsidized fuel to blame for rise in smuggling

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:01 PM PST

Refusal of successive regimes at the Centre to wean the rural constituency away from kerosene is perpetuating diversion of the poor man's fuel and has given rise to countrywide adulteration mafia with cross-border links.

Sonawane was to hoist tricolour at Malegaon

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST

Malegaon additional collector Yeshwant Sonawane was preparing to celebrate his 52nd birthday on January 28.

Manmad: Fuel pilferage gangs rule the roost here

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:57 PM PST

Malegaon additional collector Yeshwant Sonawane's killing at Manmad on Tuesday has turned the spotlight on the oil mafia that prospers in the Maharashtra town of 1.5 lakh people.

Six held for burning alive Yeshwant Sonawane

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:55 PM PST

Six people were arrested for burning alive additional collector Yeshwant Sonawane in Manmad near Malegaon. Among them is prime accused Popat Shinde (45), a man with a criminal past.

IAS couple's greed their undoing?

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:46 PM PST

Of the several questions surrounding Bhopal's billionaire bureaucrats Arvind Joshi and his wife Tinu Joshi, the ones most intriguing are what was their modus operandi for minting money, and who blew the whistle on them and why.

Govt-UAE pact soon to protect Indian workers

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:38 PM PST

The ministry of labour of the Emirates will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian government soon to safeguard the rights of Indian workers in the UAE.

CBSE looks at descriptive report cards, local focus

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:37 PM PST

CBSE students may, in the coming years, get a chance to assess themselves while teachers provide them a descriptive report card on their year-round performance besides exam grades.

Yeddyurappa, Bhardwaj cosy up for a day

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST

It all appeared normal when governor H R Bhardwaj and CM B S Yeddyurappa came face to face for the first time after Bhardwaj gave his nod for the CM's prosecution. There were no cold snubs nor any barbs.

Raja and Yeddyurappa: Similar cases, but action poles apart

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:28 PM PST

Karnataka governor's stand in granting sanction to prosecute CM B S Yeddyurappa even before a complaint was filed in court contradicts the PM's stand before the Supreme Court.

Kalmadi refuses to hand over OC, CEO takes charge

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:23 PM PST

According to a letter written by Jarnail Singh to sports ministry on Tuesday, both Kalmadi and Bhanot did not return "handing over/taking over charge report", sent to them a day before, to the CEO's office.

Vastanvi quits as Deoband VC

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:21 PM PST

Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi resigned as the vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom on Wednesday after a controversial and brief stint as the head of the Islamic seminary and left Deoband, reportedly for Delhi.

Pakistan opposes India's entry to nuclear commerce clubs

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:12 PM PST

Pakistan warned major powers on Tuesday against granting India membership of four key multilateral export control regimes that allow trade in nuclear and other materials, as proposed by the US.

R-Day parade: NDA states' floats go for harmony theme

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:09 PM PST

ndb\mohua Common theme binds NDA-ruled states during R-Day paradeMohua Chatterjee\New Delhi: Whether it was Narendra Modi's Gujarat or...

Bill seeks to regulate wombs-for-rent

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 01:05 PM PST

The Bill has incorporated several landmark stipulations. For instance, no surrogate mother shall undergo embryo transfer more than three times for the same couple. If a surrogate mother is married, the consent of her spouse is mandatory.

Tuitions often costlier than fees

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 12:44 PM PST

Private coaching constitutes a large portion of the expense students incur on education, sometimes even more than spending on school fees, says a study.

A Rs 10,000cr kerosene black market killed Yeshwant Sonawane

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 11:01 AM PST

A thriving black market in kerosene, estimated to be worth Rs 10,000 crore every year, killed Yeshwant Sonawane. A litre of kerosene sold at ration shops is often costlier than a bottle of packaged water.

BJP dubs Lal Chowk flag-hoisting ban 'criminal', mulls moving court

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:42 AM PST

"What has happened in J&K to deal with BJP's campaign to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk is something which is totally indefensible. I think we should knock at the doors of the courts," L K Advani said.

10 arrested in Yashwant Sonawane murder case

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:33 AM PST

The arrested included Popat Dattu Shinde, suspected to be the main culprit, police said, adding they have been remanded in police custody till Feb 8. One more accused, Ajay Sonawane, is still absconding," police said.

Unwell Sonia gives Republic Day celebrations a miss

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:13 AM PST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi could not attend the Republic Day celebrations on Wednesday as she is down with fever.
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