Monday, January 3, 2011

Quattrocchi bribed in Bofors deal: I-T Tribunal

Quattrocchi bribed in Bofors deal: I-T Tribunal

Quattrocchi bribed in Bofors deal: I-T Tribunal

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The skeletons of Bofors scam are out to haunt the Government again as the Income Tax Tribunal claims that Ottavio Quattrochi got kickbacks by the Indian Government. The tribunal says kickbacks were paid to Quattrocchi and Win Chadha in the nearly Rs 1,500 crore Bofors deal.


Militants, not forces, killed separatists: Hurriyat leader

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Senior separatist leader and former chairman of the Hurriyat Conference Abdul Ghani Bhat has admitted that militants and not security agencies are responsible for the killing of some of top separatist leaders including Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone.


Cyber criminals to be more aggressive in 2011: Study

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With the growing diversity of operating systems among companies, and the increasing use of mobile devices, cyber criminals will put a new spin on social engineering by 'malware campaign' under which they will bombard recipients with email that drop virus downloaders. According to an internet security software and service provider Trend Micro study on Threat Predictions for 2011, threat researchers have found that more than 80 per cent of the top malware use the web to arrive on users' systems and every second, 3.5 new threats are released by cyber criminals.


Statement issued by Hero Group on Citibank fraud

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The Hero Group on Friday acknowledged that it invested close to Rs 29 crores in schemes suggested by Shivraj Puri, the Citibank executive who is believed to have pulled off a 300-core scam at the Gurgaon branch of the bank. However, the group clarified that its flagship company, Hero Honda Motors, had not been impacted by the scam. They issued a statement in this regard.


Citibank fraud: Hero Group CFO, Sanjay Gupta, arrested

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Sanjay Gupta who is the Chief Financial Officer of the Hero Group was arrested in connection with the 300-crore Citibank scam today. The Hero Group CFO allegedly got kickbacks for investing the company's money through suspended Citibank manager, Shivraj Puri. He was produced in court where he was remanded to five days custody.


Bone chilling cold in Kashmir as Leh freezes

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Extreme cold wave conditions continued to prevail in Jammu and Kashmir Monday with Leh freezing under a minimum temperature of minus 23 degrees Celsius, an official said.


Adarsh scam: Former IAS officer Subhash Lalla resigns

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Adarsh scam: Former IAS officer Subhash Lalla, whose kin own flats in the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society in south Mumbai, today resigned as a member of Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission.


India to be given key UNSC role in fight against terrorism

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India, which has joined the UN Security Council after a of gap of 19 years, is most likely to be given a key responsibility by this powerful 15-membered body in fight against terrorism; thus acknowledging New Delhi's prominent role in the global war against terror. Diplomatic sources privy to the discussions at the United Nations headquarters in New York told PTI talks are in advance stage to request India to head one of its two key counter-terrorism committees.


Adani Group's Mundra port: Damaging the coast

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The Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone, an infrastructure project owned by one of India biggest corporate houses - the Adani group, has been slapped with a showcause notice by the environment ministry for serious violations of the Coastal Regulation Zone notification.


Jagan Mohan Reddy to resume Odarpu Yatra today

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Former Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would resume his 'Odarpu Yatra' (tour for consoling) in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district today. During his tour, Jagan would console 18 families whose kin died of shock following the death of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, sources said.


Despite DMK snub, PM says alliance is strong

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Hours after DMK chief M Karunanidhi chose not to receive him at the airport in Chennai, the Congress-DMK ties is "as strong as ever" said the Prime Minister today.


Aarushi Talwar case: Court rejects parents' plea against closure report

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Aarushi Talwar murder case: A court has rejected - for now – an appeal by Aarushi Talwar's parents against the CBI's decision to end its investigation into the murder of their 13-year-old daughter and their domestic help, Hemraj. Both were murdered at the Talwar home in Noida on the night of May 15, 2008.


Karunanidhi skips dinner for Prime Minister

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Indicating an unease in ties between his party and the Congress, Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi skipped a dinner hosted for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by Governor S S Barnala in Chennai on Sunday.


India's new generation of caste busters

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India's caste busters: I came to Umred to write about a riot. A few months earlier, power blackouts that rural Indians always suffered silently triggered a violent reaction. Why? Umred was just another small town in the middle of nowhere, dusty and underwhelming. But Umred had begun to dream, townspeople told me, because of television, because of cousins with tales of call-center jobs and freedom in the city. Once Umred contracted ambition, blackouts became intolerable. A psychological revolution, a revolution in expectations, had taken place.


KPCC website hacked, pro-Pak slogans entered

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The official website of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) was found hacked this evening with pro-Pakistan slogans appearing on it.


Can prove what I said about Karkare: Digvijaya Singh

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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has reiterated that he did speak to Hemant Karkare - Mumbai police's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief who was killed in the 26/11 attacks - and that he has the evidence.


Pranab Mukerjee denies rift with the Prime Minister

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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today denied a rift with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the latter's offer to appear before the Public Accounts Committee on the 2G spectrum issue.


North India shivers under cold wave, Leh at minus 23.6 degrees Celsius

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Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir saw mercury nosediving to this winter's lowest of minus 23.6 deg Celsius on Sunday as an intense cold wave gripped northern India, claiming at least eight lives.


Now, get counselling too at your chemist's shop

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Retailing of medicines is set to undergo a sea-change in the country with pharmacy shops selling not only medicines but also offer counselling services to patients and provide facilities for blood check up, sugar test among others, trade sources said.


Aarushi Talwar case: CBI has condemned us for life, say Aarushi's parents

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CBI's closure report in the sensational Aarushi murder case will come up before court tomorrow even as the teenager's father Rajesh Talwar, named as prime suspect, today said he would challenge the agency's findings.


Former Lok Sabha Speaker Bali Ram Bhagat dead

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Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Bali Ram Bhagat died early this morning at a hospital here. He was 89.


Orissa: 5 Maoists killed in Jajpur

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Five suspected Maoists including three women were killed near the Tamka mining area in Orissa's Jajpur district, following an exchange of fire with security forces, around midnight on Saturday.


Man arrested for killing two SP workers

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A man accused of killing two Samajwadi Party (SP) workers during local body polls in Uttar Pradesh was today arrested from Kaptangaj area here, police said.


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