Friday, September 30, 2011

Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt who took on Narendra Modi arrested

Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt who took on Narendra Modi arrested

Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt who took on Narendra Modi arrested

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:54 PM PDT

IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who had filed an affidavit in SC against the Gujarat government and CM Narendra Modi on the 2002 riots, was arrested on Friday by cops from his own force who later raided his Ahmedabad home.

'Femicide is part of corruption Anna is fighting'

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Raman Magsaysay awardee and an IIT teacher-turned social worker Sandeep Pandey bracketed femicide in Punjab in the category of violations of human rights of the weak saying the "menace" needs to be termed a corrupt act.

Villagers raise slogans against solid waste management project

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 04:43 PM PDT

In a public hearing on the proposed project of solid waste management plant in Jamsher village and a dozen others nearby expressed strong opposition on Friday. Officials and consultants appeared in dock as they faced tough questioning by the public.

Villagers protest against industrial pollution

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Hundreds of villagers took out a march in Tonsa town of Nawanshahr district, protesting against rising pollution from chemical units, which they claimed, was causing diseases including cancer, especially among children.

National Conference worker 'beaten at CM's house', dies

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT

A 55-year-old National Conference worker from Anantnag allegedly died in the presence of Jammu & Kashmir crime branch on Friday, with the victim's son claiming he was killed in chief minister Omar Abdullah's Gupkar Road house.

Raja: I won't respond to fresh CBI plea

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Raja told a Delhi court that he would not respond to CBI's fresh plea to invoke additional charge of criminal breach of trust against all the accused till the agency stated that its probe in the 2G scam was on or over.

Activists cry foul over Sanjeev Bhatt's arrest

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt was arrested on Friday by cops from his own force who later raided his Ahmedabad home.

Nuclear deterrent Agni-II test-fired successfully

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT

India on Friday successfully tested the over 2,000-km Agni-II ballistic missile, in an important step towards bolstering the country's nuclear deterrence posture.

Cash-for-vote scam: Speaker clears BJP MP's prosecution

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:58 PM PDT

The only sitting Lok Sabha MP in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Ashok Argal, will be chargesheeted soon with the Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar giving sanction for his prosecution.

Govt has failed miserably on economy: BJP

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:56 PM PDT

BJP on Friday mounted an attack on "economist" PM Manmohan Singh on the first day of its national executive meeting here, claiming that he and his government had "failed miserably" to combat rising prices and corruption.

CPM revisiting ideological stand to stay afloat

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Faced with the growing criticism that its ideological position on various issues needs to be revisited, the CPM has set out to work on a resolution that would be adopted by the party Congress next year.

India knows where Dawood lives in Pakistan: Chidambaram

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Chidambaram said India knew where Dawood Ibrahim was but no one would allow it to go to the place and point out his house in Pakistan.

SC nod for limited export of endosulfan

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:48 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted export of banned pesticide endosulfan under close scrutiny of customs and excise department as well as the ministry of environment and forest.

Govt under attack from Left & Right

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:45 PM PDT

The BJP asked why "different yardsticks" were being applied to former telecom minister A Raja and Chidambaram in the 2G case.

SC denies bail to Hasan Ali

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:32 PM PDT

The SCon Friday cancelled the bail granted to alleged hawala dealer Hasan Ali Khan in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) because it apprehended that he might flee the country.

Rs 23cr 'payoff': ED eye on bizmen linked to Kalmadi

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Suresh Kalmadi is in for more trouble with the ED likely to question two Faridabad-based businessmen after finding evidence of an alleged Rs 23-crore pay-off made by a Swiss firm.

Narendra Modi skips BJP meeting amid murmurs of rift

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:01 PM PDT

The other dissenters who stayed away were former Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa and former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, both of whom were recently replaced by the party.

Navy inks Rs 2,200cr deal for 8 amphibious vessels

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:58 PM PDT

The Navy has inked the Rs 2,176-crore contract for the manufacture of eight specialized vessels or LCUs (landing craft utility) by the Kolkata-based GRSE shipyard to boost its amphibious warfare and island protection capabilities.

States, UTs asked to complete biometric data collection by next December

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:56 PM PDT

The Centre on Friday asked states and Union Territories to complete the works of collecting biometrics details of residents under the National Population Register (NPR) scheme by December next year.

Centre may tell SC it has not accepted poverty line figures

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:52 PM PDT

The Centre could clarify to the Supreme Court that it has not accepted Rs 32 per day as the poverty line, responding to the outrage over the affidavit filed earlier.

CBI fostering false hope about officials turning approver: Reliance ADAG

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Reliance ADA Group on Friday countered CBI's expectation on the possibility of three of its executives -- Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair -- turning approver in the 2G spectrum scam case.

Congress weighs all Telangana options after Azad submits report

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:43 PM PDT

Congress has put "all options" back on the table on statehood for Telangana after the leadership discussed the issue in the wake of renewed agitation in the volatile region on Friday.

Suicide threats ground for divorce: SC

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:32 PM PDT

A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said: "Giving repeated threats to commit suicide amounts to cruelty. When such a thing is repeated in the form of sign or gesture, no spouse can live peacefully."

76K troops, six additional choppers boost for anti-naxal ops

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:30 PM PDT

The Centre has approved deployment of six additional helicopters to assist security forces in anti-naxal operations and enhanced the strength of the CRPF troops to 76,000 in Maoist bastions.

Puducherry education minister sits for Class X examination

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:34 PM PDT

A Class X dropout from a govt school, Puducherry education minister Kalyanasundaram had quit studies in 1991 after failing in science and social sciences.
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