None above party discipline: Mamata
Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who has demanded that the prime minister replace Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi with her trusted lieutenant Mukul Roy, on Thursday said no one was above party
Match-fixing: Model denies role
In an interesting development in the ongoing match-fixing controversy, which was raked up by a British newspaper on Sunday, the name of a little known model-cum-actress has come up in connection with the match-fixing racket.
HC asks I-T dept, CBI and ED to streamline probe
The Bombay high court on Monday asked the I-T department, CBI and Enforcement Directorate to hold a meeting to streamline the investigation into the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The court also wants the agencies to arrest persons named in the FIR to expedite the probe.
40 Kingfisher flights cancelled
Kingfisher Airlines was forced to cancel about 40 flights on Monday after some pilots and crew went on a “strike” and refused to report for duty “on account of delayed salaries” and exploitation. The directorate-general of civil aviation said that they were keeping a close watch on the airline and was ensuring that no safety norms were violated that would endanger the passengers.
HC: Disband Sai Baba trust
The Aurangabad division bench of the Bombay high court on Tuesday ordered the disbandment of the Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi.
‘Dawood man passport is key’
The crime branch officials on Monday said that the passport used by Dawood gang member Muzakkir Mudassar Hussain Sayyed, alias Munna Zingada, to enter Bangkok will hold the key to prove his nationality.
Mass wedding in Gujarat’s ‘village of prostitutes’
Eight young women whose mothers are sex workers were married in a so-called “village of prostitutes” in Gujarat on Sunday under a plan to save them from being pushed into the world’s oldest profession
Ex-minister held in housing scam
Shiv Sena MLA and former state minister Suresh Jain was arrested around midnight on Saturday in the 1994 Jalgaon housing colony scam.
RBI slashes a key rate, banks happy
In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank on Friday slashed the cash reserve ratio (money that banks must keep with the RBI) by a hefty 75 basis points, or three-fourths of one per cent, from 5.5 per cent to 4.75 per cent effective the fortnight beginning March 10.
Mumbai cops in Thailand to get Dawood gang man
The Mumbai crime branch has dispatched a two-member team to Thailand to initiate the process of deporting Dawood Ibrahim gang member Munna Zingada.