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Chandila was to do spot fixing in another IPL match
Ajit Chandila of Rajasthan Royals was about to spot-fix in another Indian Premiere League (IPL) match too for which he had taken Rs.15 lakh from a Punjab-based bookie, police claimed here Wednesday. During interrogation Chandila has revealed the name of another bookie, Deepak Kumar, 35, a resident of Patiala, Punjab. "Kumar contacted Chandila April 4 and a meeting was held between them in a ...
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Bihar rights panel seeks report on scribes plight
Taking cognizance of prolonged harassment faced by a journalist and his family by their landlord for not paying an exorbitant rent here, Bihar's rights panel Wednesday sought a report from the city police chief on the issue. The Bihar Human Rights Commission has directed Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj to submit a report soon in the matter, an official said. "We deliberated ...
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Maoists attack Chhattisgarh police camp
The Maoists early Wednesday attacked two police camps in Chhattisgarh but there were no reports of casualty in the firing, police said. The rebels attacked Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in camps at Minpa and Burkapal in Sukma district and the intermittent firing lasted for an hour, police said. Coming under fire from the Maoists, the CAF personnel retaliated till the attackers ...
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Tamil Nadu police issues alert for cricket bookie
Tamil Nadu's Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) Wednesday said a lookout notice has been issued to all airports for Kitty alias Uttam alleged to be a bookie with links in spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a statement issued here, CBCID said: "Sustained efforts are being taken to apprehend Kitty alias Uttam who has emerged as one of the most important ...
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Andhra local body elections to be held next month
The local body elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held in June, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said Wednesday. Addressing a state-level convention of the Congress here, he said panchayat elections would be held in the third or the fourth week of June while elections to urban local bodies like municipalities and corporations would be conducted in the third week of August. The chief ...
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Indian Banks ex-chief gets 1 year jail for cheating
A CBI special court here Wednesday sentenced M. Gopalakrishnan, former chairman-cum-managing director of Indian Bank, and another official to one-year jail terms for cheating and abusing their official position. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court also sentenced the bank's zonal manager A.V. Shanmugasundaram to one-year jail and gave a two-year jail term to S. Dhanasingh, ...
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Bihar launches aerial land survey
Bihar Wednesday launched a survey using aerial photography for updating land records, officials said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off the aerial land survey from Suryagarha in Lakhisarai district. "The aerial survey will be conducted in 33 of the 37 districts," said Hukum Singh Meena, revenue and land reforms secretary. In the remaining four districts -- Banka, Nawada, Jamui and ...
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Tourists can now get Turkish visa in minutes
Turkey has launched an online visa system that enables tourists from 94 countries, including India, to obtain a visa in just a few minutes, officials said Wednesday. The new system replaces the old 'sticker' and 'stamp-type' visas which were issued at the border gates. "Those who would like to travel to Turkey for tourism or business purposes will not have to go to Turkish embassies or ...
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Mamata violated model code Congress tells poll panel
Leaders of the Congress in West Bengal Wednesday met Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath to lodge a complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly violating the model code of conduct ahead of the June 2 Lok Sabha by-poll from Howrah. State Congress spokesperson Abdul Mannan alleged that Banerjee had defied the model code by announcing schemes and sops at a media meet in the ...
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Saradha scam Suicide abetment case slapped on Sudipta Sen
A suicide abetment case was registered Wednesday against suspected kingpin of Saradha Group chit fund scam Sudipta Sen and two others following the suicide of an investor, police said. A Group employee also killed himself. "We have registered a case of abetment of suicide against Sen and two other company employees - Satyajit Basu and Arindam Das - under section 306 of the IPC," said an officer ...
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Two UP cops fight one is critical
An Uttar Pradesh policeman was in critical condition Wednesday after he and a colleague attacked each other with bamboo sticks in media glare, leaving them bleeding from the face. Superintendent of Police Habib ul Hasan identified the policemen as Mukund Yadav and Sunil Dixit, who fought outside the Indira Gandhi Pratishtan where Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was meeting industrialists. The ...
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Punjab enacts law to save heritage buildings
Punjab has asked all its departments to seek permission from the cultural affairs department before renovating any government building that was constructed before 1947, an official said Wednesday. "A communique (has been) issued to all the divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners and sub-divisional magistrates. They have been directed to obtain a no objection certificate (NOC) before ...
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Rare bearcat found in Assam
A bearcat, a rare species of climbing mammal, was captured in Assam's Nagaon district and shifted to a rehabilitation centre, officials said Wednesday. "The sub-adult male (around 1.5-metre-long) had reportedly entered a house in Aahomgaon village on the outskirts of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, in Nagaon district," an official said. "The locals then handed it over to the police, who in turn ...
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Woman gang-raped in Delhi
A 25-year-old woman was gang-raped by five men, including her brother-in-law and kept locked for two days in a room, police said Wednesday. No arrest has been made so far. The incident happened at Shalimar Bagh in north Delhi. The woman, in her complaint lodged Tuesday, said that her brother-in-law and his friends raped her, kept her locked in a room for two days and dumped her near the ...
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani ties up with hair oil brand
A hair oil brand, endorsed by Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, has come on board as the official partner of her forthcoming movie "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani". Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie, which stars Deepika and her former beau Ranbir Kapoor, is produced by Dharma Productions. A TV commercial highlighting the association between Parachute Advansed Tender Coconut Hair Oil and the movie ...
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Four years of UPA-II Battlelines are drawn
Political leaders were hard at debate Wednesday as the UPA-II regime completed four years with the clamour of corruption and charges of misgovernance seeming to drown out claims of achievements. Some opinions from Congress leaders, allies, analysts and the opposition on their assessment of the government and the road ahead: Mehbooba Mufti, president People's Democratic Party: UPA-I performed ...
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India successfully test fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
India today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa. The missile performed the high-level 'C' manoeuvre in the pre-determined flight path and successfully hit the target. Jointly developed by India and Russia, the BrahMos is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. ...
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Geetika suicide Court notice on Chaddhas plea
The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to police on a plea of Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda's employee Aruna Chaddha against the framing of fresh charge of abetment of rape against her in the Geetika suicide case. Justice G.P. Mittal also summoned trial court records, thereby suspending the proceedings before the trial judge till May 30. The trial court had framed charges ...
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This IPL is exceptional Big B
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is disappointed with the spot-fixing scandals surrounding the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Nevertheless, he believes it has been an exceptional season. He was specifically impressed by the huge turnout of cricket aficionados at the Ferozeshah Kotla Grounds in Delhi Tuesday night. "Disturbing on all the wrongs that overcome IPL, but exhilarated to see massive ...
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Cleanliness drive in Kashmir provide impetus to tourism
Kashmir's Nageen Lake has got a new look following the construction of a state of the art Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and due to a cleanliness drive that has attracted tourists and received applause from locals. The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) constructed the STP which has a capacity to treat 5.4 million litres of sewage per day. Saqib, a resident, appreciated the state ...
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Indian passport problem in Saudi Arabia resolved
The problem of Saudi Arabian immigration authorities not accepting newly designed Indian passports has been resolved, according to the Indian embassy in Riyadh. India's Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao raised the issue during a meeting with Saudi Deputy Minister of Interior Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Salem Tuesday and the matter was clarified, local media reported Wednesday "Some cases were reported in ...
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PETA to hold protest against Air India
Wearing prisoner uniforms and animal masks, activists will stage protest May 23 outside the Air India office here after the carrier backtracked on its ban on transporting animals for cruel tests, the PETA said Wednesday. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will stage a protest outside Air India office, near Patel Chowk Metro station here, at 12 noon Thursday, the animal rights ...
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Kunal Roy Kapoor in search of hero for directorial
Bollywood actor Kunal Roy Kapoor is currently in search of a leading man for his new directorial project. He says the script for the film is ready, and a producer is also on board for it already. "I am hoping to direct a movie by the end of the year. I have a producer on board. I am casting for it at the moment," Kunal told IANS. Kunal said the film falls in the genre of a dark comedy, and ...
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Green Tribunal issues notices for damage to Dadri wetlands
Concerned over destruction of Dadri wetlands in the National Capital Region (NCR), the National Green Tribunal Wednesday issued notices to the union environment ministry and others for failing to take steps to protect the area. The Dadri wetlands is the only area within 200 km radius of Delhi where blackbucks exist in their natural environment along with nilgais (Blue Bulls) and over 230 ...
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Anti-incumbency may affect UPA in parliamentary polls Congress MP
The anti-incumbency factor could affect the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a Congress MP and former Goa chief minister Francisco Sardinha said Wednesday. The South Goa MP is a key minority face in the party and is the chairman of the estimates committee of the Lok Sabha. Speaking to reporters at the state Congress headquarters, Sardinha said: "The ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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