Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Bhatta-Parsaul 'rapes': Arrest warrant against senior Uttar Pradesh cop

Bhatta-Parsaul 'rapes': Arrest warrant against senior Uttar Pradesh cop


Bhatta-Parsaul 'rapes': Arrest warrant against senior Uttar Pradesh cop

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:04 AM PDT

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued an arrest warrant against a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer for failing to investigate seven alleged rape cases in Bhatta-Parsaul villages.


Court turns down Gujarat Police, will hear Sanjiv Bhatt's request for bail

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 AM PDT

A court on Ahmedabad has ruled that arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt is entitled to apply for bail.

Super 30 founder agrees IIT standard may be dropping

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:55 AM PDT

Anand Kumar, who founded Super 30, Bihar's widely acclaimed free coaching centre for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) aspirants, has blamed the institutes' entrance exam panel for the poor quality of students making the cut, a concern voiced by Infosys chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy.


Chetan Bhagat takes on Narayana Murthy over IIT remark

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:46 AM PDT

Chetan Bhagat, an IIT alumnus turned-celebrity writer, took umbrage at Infosys chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy's "sweeping" comments on the quality of engineers churned out by premier IITs. Slamming Murthy, Bhagat said today that such comments should not have come from a person who runs a "body shopping" company and calls it "hi-tech."


Goa Chief Minister a 'silent spectator,' says report on illegal mining

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:36 AM PDT

The Public Accounts Committee of Goa has blamed Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for being a "silent spectator" to illegal mining in the state. In his report, committee chief and opposition leader Manohar Parrikar has blamed the mining department which Mr Kamat has handled for the last 12 years.


J&K 'custody death': Judicial probe a move to buy time?

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:12 AM PDT

As the row over the custodial death of National Conference member Syed Mohammed Yousuf Shah gets uglier, there are now questions over whether J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah government's decision to set up a judicial probe is just a move to buy time.


India agrees to train, equip Afghan army: Sources

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:40 AM PDT

Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday finalised the details of a strategic partnership between the two nations. A total of three bilateral agreements were signed. Mr Karzai is on a two-day trip to India.


Rahul Gandhi rides the Delhi Metro, then takes radio taxi

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:38 AM PDT

He may be one of the most carefully-protected VIPs in the country, but Rahul Gandhi took not one but two types of public transport today.


Mahatma Gandhi was wrong, says London mayor

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Boris Johnson, the maverick mayor of London, today said Mahatma Gandhi was wrong in stating in 1948 that India's future lay in its villages as the Conservative party politician felt the country's future actually was in its cities.


Muslims fund, organise this Ramlila

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Naseem Khan is satisfied with the modest earnings from his small tailoring shop. But every year around Dusshera, Khan turns slightly worried. He starts accepting orders in bulk to raise his income, not for his family, but for raising funds for organising Ramlila: the mythological play based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.


Protect RTI activists, Central Information Commission tells state govts

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:53 AM PDT

Concerned over a string of recent attacks on RTI activists across the country, the Central Information Commission (CIC) today stepped in, saying it is the duty of respective governments to take "urgent" steps to safeguard the life and liberty of the activists.


In letter to Mamata, Naxals list preconditions for ceasefire

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Maoists and interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have laid out their preconditions for a ceasefire in Junglemahal in West Bengal.


Home Ministry asks Gujarat govt to ensure Sanjiv Bhatt is safe in prison

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:14 AM PDT

The Home Ministry has asked the Gujarat government to ensure that security is provided to arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt and his family. Mr Bhatt was arrested on Friday. His wife, Shweta, had written to Home Minister P Chidambaram, alleging that her husband is not safe while in prison.


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