3 held for cloning, using credit card
Three persons have been arrested by the police for using a credit card issued in the name of a leading jeweller.
Robbers strike at will in city
In a continuing spate of robberies in the city, after three incidents on Friday, robbers struck at two places on Saturday.
Contempt plea filed against CM, Bukhari
The Jangpura Residents’ Welfare Assoc-iation (JRWA) on Saturday filed a petition in the Delhi high court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against chief minister Sheila Dikshit, the Shahi Ima
Inflation hits 8.4%, RBI may hike interest rate
The rise in prices accelerated in December, with inflation jumping to 8.43 per cent mainly due to the high cost of food items.
Economists now almost uniformly believe that the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates once again by at least 0.25 per cent in January itself to curb inflation. Since the
Govt plans to cut para force levels in J&K
The Centre is planning to reduce the strength of the security forces (paramilitary personnel) deployed in Jammu and Kashmir by 25 per cent as part of confidence-building measures to bring peace in the Valley. While the home ministry wants to reduce the paramilitary force levels in J&K, the Army feels there is no need to cut its own troop levels there.
SC seeks answers on encounter: ‘Republic can’t kill its children’
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted a set of petitions for a judicial probe into the alleged “fake encounter” death of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad by the Andhra Pradesh police and issued notices to the state government and the Centre, with a strong observation that the Indian republic does not permit such killings of its own children.
‘Rise in average wages of factory workers’
The results of Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) for 2008-09 has revealed that the manufacturing units in the county added about `5,30,000 crores to the national income, which was 9.56 per cent higher than the preceding financial year.
OC seeks extension to return equipment
Faced with the unsavoury prospect of having to pay heavy fines for delay in returning of the equipment, the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) is set to request the Central government for a waiver of 30 days more for sending back the hired equipment to their respective destinations or countries.
SC seeks people who have ‘black’ accounts
Continuing its pressure on the Centre for disclosing the names of Indians having “stashed” black money in “Liechtenstein” banks, the Supreme Court on Friday gave four days to the government to come up with a positive response asking why it was hesitant to make them public. While specifically asking the government as about how
Darbari gets bail as CBI fails to end probe
The Delhi high court on Friday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) official T.S. Darbari, as the investigating agency CBI has failed to complete its probe and file the chargesheet against him within the stipulated 60 days period.