New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the beleagured Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan to show he was not in conflict of interest over the betting allegations against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, an official of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings that Srinivasan’s firm owns. Srinivasan, besides being the president of the […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Haryana government over the police action on media persons outside controversial sect leader Rampal’s ashram Nov 19. The bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel issued notice as counsel Rajiv Dhawan informed the court about the grievous injuries suffered […]
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 1 (IANS) Poll staff and security personnel reached all the 2,181 polling stations Monday of 18 assembly constituencies in five districts of Jammu and Kashmir where polling will be held Tuesday in the second of the five phase election, an official said. “All arrangements including polling staff, poll material, heating arrangements and security […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Lauding the role of the BSF in securing India’s borders bravely and in a selfless manner, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday called upon the force to play an active role in curtailing cattle smuggling across the Bangladesh border. Addressing the 49th BSF Day celebrations here, the minister said Border Security […]
Seoul, Dec 1 (IANS) A South Korean fishing ship sank in the Bering Sea Monday, with at least one person dead and 52 missing, media reported citing the fisheries ministry. The 1,753-ton fishing vessel, owned by the South Korean deep-sea fishery company Sajo Industries, sank in the western part of the Bering Sea near Russia […]
Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) The 18-year-old case of non-filing of income tax (IT) returns against former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa and her friend Sasikala is expected to come to an end soon with the IT department accepting their plea for compounding of the offences. The two had filed an application for compounding the offences […]
Lahore, Dec 1 (IANS) The issues of cooperation between Syria and Pakistan at the level of their parliaments and the fight against terror were discussed at a meeting between the two countries here Monday. These issues were raised when Speaker of the Syrian People’s Assembly Mohammad Jihad al-Laham met chairman of the Pakistani Senate’s defence […]
Chandigarh, Dec 1 (IANS) The controversy over the death of sect guru Ashutosh is likely to get over with the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday directing the Punjab government to perform his last rites within 15 days. Ashutosh, who headed the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan (DJJS) sect with its headquarters at Nurmahal near Jalandhar, […]
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Dec 1 (IANS) In a sudden move, United Breweries (UB) group chairman Vijay Mallya Monday resigned from the board of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCF). In a regulatory filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said Mallya had resigned as director with immediate effect, without assigning any reason. The company’s […]
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A fire broke out Monday evening at the cotton market in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar, fire department officials said. There was no report of any casualty. The fire broke out on the first floor of a three-storey building that houses cloth and cotton shops. At least five shops were gutted in […]