Woman hit, run over by vehicles
The mutilated body of an unidentified woman was found in Rajouri Garden area of west Delhi on Saturday evening with the police claiming that the deceased was run over by at least 12 vehicles.
Runway to be stretched by 1,000 feet
The civil aviation ministry is planning to increase the length of the runway at Mangalore airport by another 1,000 ft from the present 8,000 ft to 9,000 ft. This comes in the wake of the tragedy at Mangalore on May 22 when an Air India Express aircraft crashed after landing at the airport.
Essar to buy stake in AGC
Essar Group will buy 59.13 per cent stake in IT firm AGC Networks from Avaya for Rs 206.19 crore. The deal would catapult the Essar Group’s IT and BPO arm Aegis among the top five IT solution providers along with IBM, Wipro and TCS in the country.
30 burnt alive in bus mishap
Even as the state is yet to recover from the Mangalore air crash, 30 passengers on board a bus were burnt alive after it hit a pole and fell into a gorge at Nayakanahatti Cross, near Challakere town, Chitradurga district early on Sunday.
Anil welcome at RIL guest house
Hinting at growing warmth in relations between the Ambani brothers, Anil Ambani stayed at the guest house owned by elder brother Mukesh Amb-ani’s Reliance Industries at Tirumala on his way to the Lord Venkateswara temple on Sunday.
Additional CRPF post for Naxal-hit regions
The Central Reserve Police Force is likely to create an additional post of inspector general of police (operations) in every state where the force is deployed for anti-Naxal operations.
Cairn to step up crude oil output
Cairn India will step up its oil production from its Barmer oil fields to 1,30,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from June end.
The increased production will mean a huge forex savings for the country and to some extent help to reduce India’s dependence on foreign oil.
BJP wants PM to intervene
The BJP on Sunday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene and institute an impartial inquiry into the Gyaneshwari Express train disaster. The party also accused the CPI-M and the Trinamul Congress of fighting a political match over the accident.
3G windfall to hit Rs 1 lakh cr
The government could get over Rs 1 lakh crore from the auction of the airwaves. The price of single wirless broadband (BWA) licence in the ongoing auction, within one week has reached Rs 6,300 crore and the demand is still going strong in key circles of New Delhi and Mumbai.
Woman waits for kids, yet to be told of deaths
The full extent of the Gyaneswari Express tragedy is finally becoming clear. In one case, a family has been forced to hide the death of two children from their mother, and in another, a family had to go ahead with a marriage despite several relatives left dead in the train tragedy.