Saradha scam: CBI files second chargesheet

Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) The CBI Monday filed its second chargesheet in the Saradha scam, naming company chairman Sudipta Sen, his close aide Debjani Mukherjee, and top police officer-turned-Trinamool Congress leader Rajat Majumdar. Businessmen father-son Sajjan Agarwal and Sandhir Agarwal, East Bengal club official Debabrata Sarkar and Assamese singer-filmmaker Sadananda Gogoi were also among the […]

National Industrial Corridor Development Authority to come-up

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The government Monday said it is creating a new ‘National Industrial Corridor Development Authority’ to carry out project development activities, sanction projects, and implement and coordinate all central efforts for industrial corridor development. The new government scheme and reform was announced by Shatrughna Singh, additional secretary, department of industrial policy […]

Major reforms in adoption procedure: Maneka Gandhi

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Major reforms being carried out by the central government will enable prospective adoptive parents to get a child within a period of maximum of four months, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said here Monday. Briefing the newly-constituted consultative committee of parliament attached to the ministry, she highlighted reforms […]

Court proceedings against woman for false rape case

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A court here has ordered initiation of proceedings against a woman model for filing a false rape case. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat in a recent order said there was no truth in the woman’s allegation of rape against her brother-in-law Rajeev Kumar. Even her testimony does not inspire any […]

Three held for gang raping teenaged girl in Gurgaon

Gurgaon, Nov 17 (IANS) Three people were arrested Monday for gang raping a 17-year-old girl, police said. Krishana, Monu and Sandeep were arrested for raping the Class 11 student. The girl Monday filed a police complaint and a case of gang rape and kidnapping was registered at a city police station. The girl said she […]

Karzai among dignitaries to attend Nehru anniversary celebrations

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai is among a host of international dignitaries who will attend the celebrations of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary, the Congress said here Sunday. The conference, to be held at Vigyan Bhawan here, would be chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. There […]

Commercial operation of Kudankulam N-plant only in 2015

Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) Commercial operation of the first 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to happen only next year with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) agreeing to the petition filed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). The CERC by its Nov 10 order has permitted NPCIL […]

Police hide under table to escape attack in Kolkata

Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Terrorised policemen were seen hiding behind almirahs and under the table and scampering to use files as protective shields after a group of people said to owe allegiance to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress rampaged through a police station, a stone’s throw from the state police headquarters here Friday. Enraged over […]

Why campaign on sexual offences in English language: HC

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday slammed thwe city government on its move to run the campaign mostly in “English language” to educate the common masses on sexual offences and the stringent punishments it invites. A division bench of Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Sunita Gupta asked that when most of […]