The CBI may ask some chief ministers and ex-chief ministers to spell out why their governments recommended some private-sector companies, which were later found to be ineligible, for coal block allocations. As most of the coal allocations under the CBI scanner have been made in
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa , their respective CMs — Raman Singh, Arjun Munda and Naveen Patnaik — and two Jharkhand ex-CMs — Madhu Koda and Shibu Soren — may be questioned.
The CBI may ask some chief ministers and ex-chief ministers to spell out why their governments recommended some private-sector companies, which were later found to be ineligible, for coal block allocations. As most of the coal allocations under the CBI scanner have been made in
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa , their respective CMs — Raman Singh, Arjun Munda and Naveen Patnaik — and two Jharkhand ex-CMs — Madhu Koda and Shibu Soren — may be questioned.
The vice-principal of Don Bosco School at Bandel in West Bengal’s Hooghly district was on Thursday sent to seven days in judicial custody for assaulting seven students with a can of foam. Subir Mondal was arrested on Wednesday after the boys’ parents filed a police complaint.
Mondal had found the class 4 students playing with a can of foam. He seized the can and hit them on their heads. Two of the students bled profusely and had to be given several stitches.
The vice-principal of Don Bosco School at Bandel in West Bengal’s Hooghly district was on Thursday sent to seven days in judicial custody for assaulting seven students with a can of foam. Subir Mondal was arrested on Wednesday after the boys’ parents filed a police complaint.
Mondal had found the class 4 students playing with a can of foam. He seized the can and hit them on their heads. Two of the students bled profusely and had to be given several stitches.
Mumbai: An eighteen-year-old SYJC student of Smt Ramkali Sanmansingh Vidyamandir and Junior College of Commerce in Bhandup stabbed three of his colleagues while they were allegedly staged an attack on him yesterday. Cops said the accused, who is the monitor of his class, had anticipated that trio were preparing to assault him as he had complained against them to his professor.
Mumbai: An eighteen-year-old SYJC student of Smt Ramkali Sanmansingh Vidyamandir and Junior College of Commerce in Bhandup stabbed three of his colleagues while they were allegedly staged an attack on him yesterday. Cops said the accused, who is the monitor of his class, had anticipated that trio were preparing to assault him as he had complained against them to his professor.
KAPURTHALA: A labourer was thrashed to death by a farmer after the he had taken two pieces of ridge gourd from the farmer's fields in Kokalpur village.
According to police sources, labourer Joginder Singh, a dalit, had plucked two pieces of the vegetable from a plant in the fields of Amrik Singh and the latter spotted him while doing so and accused him of theft.
KAPURTHALA: A labourer was thrashed to death by a farmer after the he had taken two pieces of ridge gourd from the farmer's fields in Kokalpur village.
According to police sources, labourer Joginder Singh, a dalit, had plucked two pieces of the vegetable from a plant in the fields of Amrik Singh and the latter spotted him while doing so and accused him of theft.
The report by Washington Post writer Simon Denyer said, "India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped set his country on the path to modernity, prosperity and power, but critics say the shy, soft-spoken 79-year-old is in danger of going down in history as a failure."
Criticising Manmohan for presiding over a deeply corrupt government, the Post added, "But the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government."
The report by Washington Post writer Simon Denyer said, "India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped set his country on the path to modernity, prosperity and power, but critics say the shy, soft-spoken 79-year-old is in danger of going down in history as a failure."
Criticising Manmohan for presiding over a deeply corrupt government, the Post added, "But the image of the scrupulously honorable, humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government."
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A court here sentenced to death a 28-year-old man who murdered his parents, who had adopted him, and his pregnant wife in 2008, terming him a menace to society.
"The convict (Nitin) is a menace to the society. When he did not spare his own parents and wife and killed them in cold blood, what respect he would show for the lives of others," Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said.
The court called the convict a live bomb, which has the potential of causing a huge catastrophe, if not destroyed at the earliest.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A court here sentenced to death a 28-year-old man who murdered his parents, who had adopted him, and his pregnant wife in 2008, terming him a menace to society.
"The convict (Nitin) is a menace to the society. When he did not spare his own parents and wife and killed them in cold blood, what respect he would show for the lives of others," Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said.
The court called the convict a live bomb, which has the potential of causing a huge catastrophe, if not destroyed at the earliest.
Mumbai, Sep 4: A section of an under-construction Metro rail bridge collapsed here today, killing one and wounding 11.
While one person, believed to be a construction worker employed at the site, was declared dead on arrival at the Seven Hills Hospital, another man is admitted there in a critical condition with serious chest injuries.
Five others admitted to Seven Hills Hospital and as many at Cooper Hospital are stable, sources said. Cranes and other heavy machinery have been deployed to clear the huge debris.
The island city and suburbs received heavy downpour yesterday and early this morning.
This part of the overhead Metro bridge is on the crowded Andheri-Kurla road that leads to the airport.
The collapsed bridge is part of the much-delayed 12-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor of the Mumbai Metro.
Mumbai, Sep 4: A section of an under-construction Metro rail bridge collapsed here today, killing one and wounding 11.
While one person, believed to be a construction worker employed at the site, was declared dead on arrival at the Seven Hills Hospital, another man is admitted there in a critical condition with serious chest injuries.
Five others admitted to Seven Hills Hospital and as many at Cooper Hospital are stable, sources said. Cranes and other heavy machinery have been deployed to clear the huge debris.
The island city and suburbs received heavy downpour yesterday and early this morning.
This part of the overhead Metro bridge is on the crowded Andheri-Kurla road that leads to the airport.
The collapsed bridge is part of the much-delayed 12-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor of the Mumbai Metro.
Imphal, Sept 5: Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast at Keisampat in the heart of Imphal town this morning.
The bomb, planted in a two-wheeler, exploded at 9 AM at a crowded bus terminal, barely one km away from the police headquarters, official sources said.
Imphal, Sept 5: Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast at Keisampat in the heart of Imphal town this morning.
The bomb, planted in a two-wheeler, exploded at 9 AM at a crowded bus terminal, barely one km away from the police headquarters, official sources said.
In an operation conducted in north-west Delhi, 36 childworkers were rescued from various bangle manufacturing units in Jahangirpuri on Tuesday.
Acting on a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the district task force, labour department, rescued 36 minor boys between the age
group of 7 and 11 years.
In an operation conducted in north-west Delhi, 36 childworkers were rescued from various bangle manufacturing units in Jahangirpuri on Tuesday.
Acting on a complaint filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the district task force, labour department, rescued 36 minor boys between the age
group of 7 and 11 years.
Srinagar, Sep 3: A Class X student, barred by his school to appear in the annual board examinations, allegedly committed suicide in Baramulla district, prompting police to arrest a school teacher after registering a case.
Srinagar, Sep 3: A Class X student, barred by his school to appear in the annual board examinations, allegedly committed suicide in Baramulla district, prompting police to arrest a school teacher after registering a case.
