Sunday, December 26, 2010

ED seizes Adnan Sami's properties

ED seizes Adnan Sami's properties

ED seizes Adnan Sami's properties

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:36 PM PST

The Enforcement Directorate has confiscated 8 properties, 5 parking spaces acquired by singer Adnan Sami under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. This means that the same have become govt properties.

Techie from Andhra shot dead in US store robbery

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:08 PM PST

Four months after a techie from India landed in the US for a masters in computer sciences, he was shot dead by a masked assailant in Pasadena , Texas, on Christmas day.

Wheat that can feed Hry for 4 days rots

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST

Dressing down by the apex court to Punjab and Haryana governments notwithstanding, 17,198 metric tonne of wheat worth Rs 205.20 crore is rotting in grain markets of Kurukshetra district.

Accountability key to new MPLAD norms

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:43 PM PST

The Centre is overhauling the MPLAD's guidelines to check leakages by making third-party inspection of works mandatory and introducing more flexibility for better utilization of the allocated sum.

Honour killing? Father, domestic help strangle 15-yr-old over affair

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:40 PM PST

A 15-year-old girl of Rohtak, Haryana, was allegedly killed by a domestic help, at the behest of her father who believed she was having an affair with a boy in the neighbourhood. Both accused have been arrested.

Reddys in trouble for Rs 86cr tax evasion

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:34 PM PST

In yet another blow to the graft-hit Karnataka govt, tax sleuths have unearthed under-invoicing and tax evasion of around 86 crore by Obulapuram Mining Company, run by the Reddy brothers, also cabinet ministers.

Cold wave kills 4 in north India

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:28 PM PST

The mercury dived dramatically across north India on Sunday, producing a cold snap that killed at least four people in separate places in Uttar Pradesh. One person died in Delhi.

Flights fogged out, 20% cancellations in 2 days

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:26 PM PST

The ongoing Gujjar agitation may have put the final nail in the coffin of holidayers' New Year travel plans that have already gone awry, thanks to fog-induced delays in flights and trains.

Jaganmohan Reddy writes to PM seeking appointment

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:23 PM PST

YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Sunday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting an appointment to explain the hardships faced by the farmers and weavers in Andhra Pradesh.

Not rejoining BJP: Uma Bharti

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:21 PM PST

"I worked hard to make the party strong and also actively took part in various party movements. But in return, I got a raw deal," said Uma Bharti.

Andhra Pradesh Congress leaders threaten to quit over Telangana

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:17 PM PST

The T-word has come to haunt Andhra Congress again. The Srikrishna Committee is due to submit its report on the Telangana statehood by this month-end.

CPM rejects Chidambaram plea for disarming party cadres

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:05 PM PST

Close on the heels of Union home minister P Chidambaram's letter to West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee urging him to disarm the CPM militia in the state, the Left party has rejected the demand.

Bengal CM must reply to Chidambaram letter: Pranab

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST

The plot is thickening over the letter written by Union home minister P Chidambaram to chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee urging him to "disarm and disband the harmad bahini".

Notes from the revolution

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:57 PM PST

A new album contemporises and records India's protest music from the 1940s and 1950s.

Talks fail, Gujjar stir rages on

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:44 PM PST

Rail and road traffic continued to be disrupted at various districts, including Bhilwara and Dausa.

Little help from govt, tsunami orphans still at mercy of charity

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST

56 children, aged between 5 and 14, were orphaned when tsunami hit the coast of Tamil Nadu on December 26, 2004.

Mayawati sacks minister indicted by Lokayukta

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:40 PM PST

Taking serious note of the indictment by the Lokayukta (ombudsman), Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati on Sunday dropped one of her ministers charged with graft.

Disaster leaves Isro with 1 cryo engine

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:38 PM PST

Isro is staring at a crisis: it is left with just one Russia-made cryogenic engine and its indigenous version is far from ready.

Joyride turns tragic: 13 die as boat capsizes in Tamil Nadu

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:32 PM PST

A boat carrying women and children capsized 7km off the Ramanathapuram shore in southern Tamil Nadu on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people, including eight women and three children, dead.

Nirupama Rao to visit Nepal in January 2011

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:30 PM PST

Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao is visiting Nepal in January to take up bilateral issues with Kathmandu and assess the Himalayan republic's halted peace process.

Crazy Angrezi: Maharashtra NGO attempts to simplify Queen's language

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:23 PM PST

An NGO in Maharashtra's Thane district is attempting to simplify the Queen's language for village children… through fun, games and innovative aids.

Binayak Sen's punishment lacks judicial conviction

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST

Conviction of 58-year-old Binayak Sen on 'rajdroh' or sedition charges and award of life sentence by a Raipur Sessions Court last week added a bitter note to a year that witnessed fattest of the scams.

Learning with the Times: SC upheld sedition clause in 1962 with caveats

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:20 PM PST

In keeping with the reasonable restrictions allowed by the Constitution on free speech, there are criminal provisions against defamation, sedition, blasphemy, contempt of court and hate speech

Court overlooks weak links in Binayak Sen case

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:45 AM PST

A "typographical error" in a Chhattisgarh police affidavit before the Supreme Court could turn the location of a crucial arrest in the Binayak Sen case. Or so it seems from the controversial Raipur session's court verdict.

2G scam: DoT slaps fines on licensees for delayed rollout

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:31 AM PST

The DoT has slapped notices, seeking penalties running into hundreds of crores from those telecom firms, which got licences issued but have not rolled out services yet. Altogether, 119 licences were issued since 2006.
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