“Ahmedabad Bandh” turns violent
Situation worsened in many parts of Ahmedabad on Friday as bandh called to protest against the death of two boys, of Asaram Bapu’s ashram, under mysterious circumstances turned violent with protesters attacking busses in many parts of the city.
Maninagar, the constituency of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has also been affected as people tried to block the roads in the area. Nirnaynagar has been most affected as clashes broke down between the police & people. Police used lathicharge to disperse ….
ABC correspondent arrested on drug charges
The ABC’s South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd has been arrested in Singapore on drug charges. The 41 years old was arrested earlier this week & is expected to be charged with drug-related offences today.
He will face up to 20 years jail & 15 strokes of the cane if found guilty of drug charges. Police from Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau arrested Lloyd on Wednesday. He is accused of supplying a Singapore man with methamphetamine, ….
Landslides killed 14 in Uttarakhand
At least 14 people have been killed & 12 others injured after a passenger bus was hit by landslides at Sukhidhang area of Chamawat district in Uttarakhand on Friday. The bus carrying 34 passengers was bound for New Delhi from Thal in the hilly Pithoragarh district when it was trapped in heavy landslide following rain.
As the bus was nearing Champawat town, a landslide hit the bus & damaged its front. Ten bodies have been recovered so far while the injured ….
UP multi-crore provident Fund scam: High drama witnessed in SC
High drama was witnessed in Supreme Court during the hearing of Provident Fund scam in Uttar Pradesh when Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan appeared to drop hints that he may rescue from the case after a senior counsel challenged a decision of his.
Balakrishnan told Shanti Bhushan that he had taken some decision on the administrative side & if he has to withdraw then an amended prayer has to be filed. Names of 26 members of judiciary, including an apex court judge, ….
SAD decides to vote against UPA govt. on Nuke deal
The Shiromani Akali Dal will vote against the UPA government when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeks a vote of confidence in Parliament on July 22. Parkash Singh Badal said that the party cann’t go along with any ruling dispensation in which the Congress is a constituent or has provided support. While ruling out the possibility of Akali MPs abstaining from voting, he said there was no need to issue a whip as the party stood united on the issue.
He denied ….
Blast in Chechnya killed 9 Russian soldiers
At least nine soldiers have been killed on Tuesday & four others injured after an explosion in ammunition in the war-ravaged southern Russian province of Chechnya.
Defence Ministry said, “An uncontrolled explosion occurred as ammunition was being transferred from a tank into a vehicle near the town of Shali”. Two of the six injured following the explosion died in surgery, raising the initial death toll from seven to nine.
Prosecutors have opened an inquiry into the explosion & Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov ….
20 killed in accident in Patna
At least 20 people have been killed when a jeep carrying a marriage party fell into a water-filled ditch in Patna in the wee hours on Tuesday. Anwar Hussain, SP of Patna said, “The dead include 10 women & nine children”.
He said that the tragedy occurred when the victims, all belonging to the bride’s side, were returning to their home in Janipur locality in the state capital after solemnising the marriage at a temple in Alamganj in the old city ….
Miss Venezuela becomes Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza has won the Miss Universe pageant. The 22 years old stunner beats runners-up from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Russia & Mexico to clinch the diamond-studded golden crown.
Miss Universe 2008: Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza.
1st Runner Up: Taliana Vargas (Columbia).
2nd Runner Up: Marianne Cruz Gonzalez (Dominican Republic).
3rd Runner Up: Vera Krasova (Russia).
4th Runner Up: Elisa Najera (Mexico).
Attack on Sakshi Newspaper’s office
The Christian Groups have on Sunday attacked the offices of Telugu Daily, owned by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s family, to protest the publication of a blasphemous picture of Jesus Christ. The daily’s Sunday edition carried a picture showing Jesus with a beer mug in one hand & a cigarette in the other. The chief minister’s family, which practices Christianity, has tendered an apology. The chief minister’s son & newspaper owner YS Jaganmohan Reddy & the chief ….
Read More: Attack on Sakshi Newspaper’s officeBJP: UPA failed to control Inflation
The BJP alleged that the UPA government has failed to control inflation & was so helpless that now even the finance minister has stopped giving alibis.
BJP said, “Inflation is almost touching 12 per cent now. The government is entangled in the situation. Price rise is a demon beyond their control. The govt is clueless (about what to do) & the proof of this is that even the finance minister has now stopped giving any alibis on the situation”.
BJP further said, ….
After CBI’s clean chit, Rajesh Talwar gets bail
The CBI has on Friday made it clear that they had no evidence against Dr Rajesh Talwar. CBI joint director Arun Kumar said, “As per our investigations Krishna, Rajkumar & Vijay Mandal looked like the prime culprits. We have no evidence against Rajesh Talwar”.
However, CBI made it clear that all revelations were based on the narco-analysis & lie detector test & the agency still has to find corroborative evidence to nail the guilty. Meanwhile, CBI has arrested the third accused ….
Communal tension in Bangalore
An eerie silence prevailed in the communally sensitive area of J C Nagar, near Palace Grounds, in the Karnataka capital after baton charge by the local police on Friday. Trouble was started in the afternoon when lumps of pork were thrown inside a religious place in the area by a small group of troublemakers. They entered the religious place & damaged a few tiles, reportedly, in retaliation to a stone-pelting incident on an adjacent religious place of another community two ….
Read More: Communal tension in BangaloreSix used bombs recovered in Amritsar
Punjab Police has recovered six used bombs which were laying abandoned in the garbage. A senior official of Police has said that when employees of Municipal Corporation were on their routine job found six bomb shells from garbage.
The empty bomb shells approximately 5 inches long were packed in the gunny bag. The official said that such type of explosive material being used in the army.
Six kg opium seized, 2 arrested
The Punjab police has arrested two notorious drug smugglers, believed to have political connections, & recovered 6 kg of opium from them in Amritsar. Both the arrested drug smugglers, Gian Singh & Jagjot Singh, of Tarn Taran district were intercepted by a police patrol party near the old Sabji Mandi Hall Gate.
Six kilogram of opium was recovered from them. The consignment, smuggled from Rajasthan, was to be delivered to a person in Amritsar. Meanwhile sources in the police department informed ….
25 MLAs suspended from Chhattisgarh assembly
Twenty five MLAs of Chhattisgarh have neen suspended on Wednesday from the state assembly for violating the House rule. The members including leader of Opposition Mahendra Karma, PCC president Dhanendra Sahu, acting PCC President Satya Narayan Sharma, NCP President Novel Verma were suspended from the House for violating the House rule.
Congress through a call attention motion raised several questions on the issue of disputed land of Bodosara, where a group of dalits wanted to construct a religious place on a ….
Bus Accident killed 47 in Bolivia
A bus has been plunged down a cliff near the southern Bolivian city of Potosi in which 47 killed & 10 injured.
The bus was covering a local route from Potosi, 570 kilometres south of La Paz, when it lost control & fell down a steep 200-metre cliff.
Former Punjab CM Amarinder allowed to visit Dubai
Ludhiana: The court allowed the application moved by former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh seeking permission to go abroad for four weeks. The application was moved by the lawyer of Captain yesterday in the court. Amarinder Singh has expressed a desire to visit Dubai. In the application, he has cited the reason for going abroad in connection with a property deal.
It was mentioned that he had purchased property in Dubai & wanted to go there for the purpose of ….
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi undergoes angioplasty
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Union I&B minister & West Bengal Congress president, underwent an angioplasty to clear two heart blockages at the Apollo Gleneagles hospital in Kolkata late Sunday night. His condition is stable.
Around 11.50 p.m. on Sunday, Dasmunsi was brought to the hospital from Malda where he had complained of chest pain. He was detected with acute coronary syndrome & his condition was quite critica.
Serial blasts in Karachi killed 1
At least one person killed & 50 persons have been injured in a series of six bomb blasts in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Monday. The explosions, which occurred in busy commercial & residential areas, caused widespread panic in the bustling city of about 16 million people.
These series of blasts in Karachi were of low intensity and they have not caused any damage to property. Police & paramilitary Pakistan Rangers were ….
Earthquake struck Andaman islands
An Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck some parts of Andaman islands on Monday. The earthquake struck at around 3:30 pm & the epicentre was located at of a latitude 10.7 degrees North & a longitude of 91.6 degrees East.
The quake was of moderate intensity, it said & there were no immediate reports of any damage or casualty.