Gadkari yet to pick state in-charges
For BJP chief Mr Nitin Gadkari, selection of state-incharge is proving to be tough task. More than three months after Mr Gadkari announced his team, filling the post of party’s state in-charge still remain an incomplete task.
Price revision schedule soon
The government will decide the periodicity for reviewing petrol prices in three weeks, according to petroleum secretary Mr S. Sundareshan.
“Oil marketing companies and the government will jointly take a decision on how often petrol prices should be revised. The revision of petrol prices depends on several f
Cong leaders won’t visit Naxal-hit areas
Central leaders of the Congress are unlikely to be involved in the campaigning in the Naxal-influenced areas during the Bihar Assembly elections likely to be held in October this year.
Panel to study role of mining on tribals
Vedanta Aluminium is bracing itself for a fresh round of trouble. Their plans to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa have reached a fresh set back with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) having set up a four member committee headed by National Adivsory Council member C. Saxena to look
Africans, Asians block former Aussie PM’s bid for ICC post
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s bid to become International Cricket Council vice-president has fallen through, with India joining other Asian and African countries to veto it.
Miss Ruby wins feature
S. Ravi Shankar-trained Miss Ruby justified favouritism with an effortless pillar to post victory under B. Sreekanth in the S.V. Subramanian Memorial Gold Cup, the feature event of the races on Wednesday.
Rathore’s pension is stopped
Former Haryana DGP S.P.S. Rathore’s pension has been withheld completely from Wednesday. Rathore, in jail after his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, was earlier stripped of his police medals. The home ministry said the Centre decided to withhold Rathore’s pension after Chandigarh’s CJM convicted the 1965
Report won’t affect Kotla’s Cup chances
The Ferozeshah Kotla has been at the centre of a storm for more than six months now. The renovation work on the turf has been in full swing since May, and the International Cricket Council made it clear on Wednesday, that it has no plans of taking away 2011 World Cup games from the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.
Grieving family held hostage, robbed
In a bizarre incident, five unidentified assailants barged into a residence in Saraswati Vihar, northwest Delhi, and held a family and relatives attending a condolence meeting hostage at gun-point before decamping with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees.
Bapi Mahato makes 11-page confession
Bapi Mahato, the alleged mastermind of the Gyaneswari Express sabotage, on Tuesday made a judicial confession of 11 pages on his role in the carnage. His confession was sealed in a cover for its secrecy following the completion of its recording under the Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure.