Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) The CPI-M Tuesday pulled up party leader and former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan for defending his then aide arrested for setting ablaze the memorial to a communist veteran. After a lull in intra-party conflict, the state unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist criticised Achuthanandan for his stand on the […]
Srinagar, Dec 29 (IANS) A large blaze Monday gutted the district magistrate’s office in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. “Fire started in the office in Pulwama district around 3.30 p.m. Timely action by the staff of the office saved official records,” an official here told IANS. “Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday approved an ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act, adding five more areas which will be exempted from the requisites given in the act. “There is a need to strike a balance between farmers’ interest and industrial growth,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at a briefing […]
Panaji, Dec 29 (IANS) Everything is fine in Goa but minorities elsewhere in India are anxious about “certain signs” which are causing “grave concern” to them, Archbishop Father Felipe Neri Ferrao said Monday. “…I say with anguish that elsewhere in India there are certain signs which are causing grave concern to the minority communities,” Ferrao […]
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Keen to learn more about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee Monday batted for declassification of secret files related to the nationalist leader. The “Khosla Ka Ghosla” maker was keen to know about Netaji’s life but the authorities backed out of declassifying the files as promised, said a statement. […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh-based gang that stole goods from cargo containers was busted here and one of its member arrested, police said Monday. Salauddin, driver of one of the trucks that normally transported the cargo containers and also a member of the gang, was arrested from his native place in Gopalganj […]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 27 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday said Odisha would get about Rs.2 lakh crore from the auction of coal blocks in next 15-20 years. “The coal bearing states would get huge benefit from the coal block auctions. Odisha alone would get tentatively Rs.1.5 lakh crore to Rs.2 lakh crore from the e-auction […]
Siliguri, Dec 27 (IANS) An assistant commandant of the West Bengal Police’s Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) was Saturday found hanging from a tree in Siliguri in north Bengal, police said. The body of Prem Kumar Chettri (58) was found hanging by workers of the Dagapur tea estate. Siliguri Deputy Commissioner of Police O.G. Pal said […]
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Three people have been arrested for killing their friend, a New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) employee, after a heated argument over sharing drugs, police said Saturday. Nasim Khan alias Nanhe, 20, Mohammad Samir, 19, and Sanjay, 19, were arrested near a bus stop at J.J. Colony in west Delhi’s Bawana […]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam Friday sought the central government’s approval for projects like desalination plants, inter-linking of rivers and also declare 10 cities in the state to be developed as smart cities. Speaking at the finance minister’s conference held here, Panneerselvam, who also holds the finance portfolio, requested […]