Archive for August, 2008
Mumbai’s top encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma dismissed »
The Maharashtra government has on Sunday dismissed Mumbai’s top police encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma from service. Sharma was served the dismissal order at his residence at 1 am on Sunday. He has been accused of having links...
Noted industrialist KK Birla passes away »
K. K. Birla, an Industrialist, passed away on Saturday at his Birla Park residence in Kolkata following a brief illness. He was 90 years old. K. K. Birla was ailing for the last two weeks & the...
Sixth Pay Commission notification released »
The Indian government has released the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendation on Friday, August 29, 2008. The notification will be available from tomorrow at pib.nic.in The government has improved the final draft that was prepared...
Work at Tata plant in Singur comes to standstill »
Work at Tata plant comes to standstill after Congress protesters blocked entry to Tata Motors “Nano”. Mamata Banerjee’s followers laid siege around the Nano plant not allowing any employee to enter the factory. Tata workers also stayed...
Earthquake in Vancouver »
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Canada Pacific Coast west of Vancouver island on Friday (IST). The earthquake occurred at 5:37 a.m. some 153 kilometers west-southwest of Port Hardy on the northern tip of the island &...
Shibu Soren sworn in as Jharkhand Chief Minister »
Shibu Soren has on Wednesday sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi administered the oath of office to Soren. He was invited to form the government by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi yesterday...
Blast at Pakistan rally, several killed »
A blast occurred at a rally promoting autonomy for the gas-rich Pakistani province of Baluchistan on Tuesday in which several dead & 20 people injured, a private news agency reported. According to witnesses, several bodies lay at...
Earthquake struck North India »
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck north India on Monday, a private news agency reported. There were no immediate reports of any damage or any casualities. The epicentre of this earthquake was in Tibet, was felt at...
Normal life affected in “Orissa Bandh” »
Normal life was affected across Orissa today due to the 12 hour Orissa Bandh called by saffron outfits to protest the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati. There were reports of stray incidents of violence from...
Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda resigns »
Madhu Koda, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has on Saturday resigned in the wake of withdrawal of support by Shibu Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). He handed over his resignation to Governor Syed Sibte Razi in the evening...
Haryana govt. helping Dera Chief Ram Rahim »
Anshul Chhatterpati, who has filed a case against Gurmeet Singh, flayed the Haryana Government for helping Dera chief indirectly during the trial in CBI court at Ambala. Chhaterpati, son of Ram Chander Chhatterpati who was allegedly murdered...
2,900 doctors in Orissa to resign on Aug 27 »
Around 2900 doctors working in government hospitals in Orrisa have threatened to tender mass resignation on August 27 over the delay in implementation of measures announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The doctors claimed that Patnaik had...
“NASA” destroys rocket after failed launch »
NASA has destroyed an unmanned suborbital rocket shortly after a failed launch on Friday from an island off the Virginia coast. There were no injuries or property damage. The agency has warned that the debris from the...
Blast in Madhya Pradesh, 1 injured »
A scrap dealer was seriously injured in a bomb blast at his shop at Subhash Nagar area in Ratlam on Friday while another bomb was defused. The incident took place when Bhanwar, 35 years old, tried to...
Apple launched third generation iPhone in India »
Apple has launched third generation iPhone in India on Thursday. Crowds lined up outside a Gurgaon mall & a few shops in Delhi to pick up the latest Apple iPhone that went on sale at midnight on...
Ratan Tata: “We will exit Singur if violence continues” »
Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Group, has on Friday threatened to pull out the Nano project from Singur if violence continues. Ratan Tata told media in Kolkata, “We could exit to protect the safety of our employees....
Dawood’s aide Karimulla detained »
The Mumbai Police has detained Karimulla Khan Osan Khan, an accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case who was on the run for the last 15 years. Khan, an accomplice of gangster Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested from...
Earthquake in Yunnan Province killed 3 »
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck China’s Yunnan Province in which 3 people have been killed & many injured on Thursday. According to a China View report, two quakes were recorded in Yingjiang, a county on the...
Amarnath Row: Attack on Senior Congress leader, Police Station in Jammu »
The activists of Pro-shrine have on Thursday attacked the police station and torched vehicles in Jammu district’s Bhagwati Nagar. The activists have attacked Senior Congress leader & former deputy chief minister Mangat Ram Sharma. Sharma was on...
Suicide blasts killed 11 in Pakistan »
At least 11 people have been killed in many injured in two suicide blasts outside Pakistan’s main arms factory in Islamabad on Thursday. The blasts targeted the factory in the northern town of Taxila, near the capital...
