A protest by the BJP youth wing outside the Congress party office here Thursday set off a pitched battle between activists of both parties. Police used water cannons to disperse the violent crowd. The BJP youth wing members blockaded the office of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and accused Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and […]
Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), has condemned the Syrian regime for using brutal methods to continue killing its people. Al-Zayani, it was reported Thursday, said that the regime’s forces were killing people and destroying Syrian cities, regardless of both humanitarian and ethical […]
The union cabinet Thursday cleared the home ministry’s proposal for a presidential reference to the Supreme Court for a probe into allegations of sexual harassment against Justice (retd) A.K. Ganguly. “Proposal of the home ministry on Justice Ganguly has been approved,” Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters here. The allegations were levelled by a law […]
The Maharashtra cabinet Thursday partially accepted the report on the probe into the Adarsh Housing Society scam after rejecting it a fortnight ago. The opposition cried foul and threatened to move court. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told media persons that the government will initiate action against 25 members who were “ineligible” and also prosecute those […]
A Chinese helicopter Thursday transferred all 52 passengers aboard a stranded Russian ship to a safer place near an Australian rescue ship, 10 days after the MV Akademik Shokalskiy got stuck in ice in the Antarctic sea. The passengers, as well as luggage, scientific instruments and equipment, were flown to a safer place near the […]
The government Thursday announced conversion of its preferential shares in three public sector banks – Indian Bank, UCO Bank and Vijaya Bank — into equity shares, in order to make more funds available to these lenders. The union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the proposal of conversion of “Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares […]
The government Thursday said it will invest Rs.990.36 crore during the 12th five year plan to develop leather sector that will help create 200,000 additional jobs. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the proposal to be implemented under the “Central Sector Scheme Indian Leather Development Programme”. The scheme […]
In a move to forestall former IPL czar Lalit Modi from staging a comeback on the Indian cricket scene, the Indian cricket board Thursday moved the apex court against his election as the Rajasthan Cricket Association president. The elections to the Rajasthan Cricket Association were held Dec 19, 2013, under the watch of the apex […]
The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a petition filed by Delhi Contract Bus Association challenging the recent steep Rs. 4.50 a kg hike in CNG price. Justice Manmohan sought response from the petroleum ministry and the Delhi government through Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) by Feb 18 on […]
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who was taken to a hospital Thursday while he was on his way to a court to face treason charges, may be shifted abroad for treatment, media here reported. The option of shifting Musharraf, who suffered a “heart problem”, abroad for treatment was under consideration, The News International reported citing […]