3 killed, 50 injured as land agitation turns violent in Greater Noida
At least three people have been killed & 50 others injured, including 50 policemen, in clashes between farmers & police in Greater Noida. Farmers were demanding adequate compensation for their acquired land in Greater Noida. Farmers were on protest mode for the past few days demanding enhanced compensation for their land acquired in 2006 by the Uttar Pradesh government.
SSP Noida R K Chaturvedi said, “As violence continued police opened fire in which three persons were killed & about 50 people ….
VHP’s nationwide “chakka jam” affects normal life, Major highways blocked
The Vishav Hindu Prashid nationwide “chakka jam” has affected normal life. Major Highways have been blocked by the activists of the VHP. The VHP began its nationwide protest against the cancellation of land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board by blocking roads & trains across the country.
In Chhattisgarh, protestors laid siege to dozens of busy squares in capital Raipur besides bringing traffic to a halt at ….
Shoot-at-sight orders issued in Kishtwar
Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued on Wednesday in Kishtwar town, rocked by communal clashes over the Amarnath issue, even as fresh violence erupted in Srinagar with protesters pelting stones at security personnel in several areas in the city.
There are various Incidents of stone pelting by protesters reported from Safakadal, Nawakadal, Fatehkadal, Karan Nagar, Natipora, Chanapora & Bemina areas in Srinagar city.
In Kishtwar town, hit by communal clashes yesterday, shoot-at-sight order were announced over public address system installed in police vehicles ….
Heavy rain disrupts life in New Delhi
Delhi residents are facing Traffic jams as heavy rains drenched national capital on Wednesday. The minimum temperature recorded was 26.6 degree Celsius, one point above normal while the maximum was 30.5 degrees, a deviation of three points.
The city received 23.0 mm rains in an hour. The Met office has predicted a cloudy sky with a few spells of rain and thunder showers in the next 24 hours.
Toyota Altis launched
Toyota has launched a new model of Corolla - Altis, in the international market quite sometime back, making the Indian consumers remain in a long wait. Toyota Altis is now all set to unveil the beauty in India, on 5th September 2008. The new car is quite similar in appearance to Camry, having the same style & has been fitted with the same 1.8L VVT-i engine as that of an existing Corolla model. ….
Read More: Toyota Altis launchedDawood’s brother Anees Ibrahim arrested in Saudi Arabia
Anees Ibrahim, brother of Dawood Ibrahim, has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. He was arrested ta the Jeddah Airport of Saudi Arabia. Anees was detained for allegedly carrying a fake passport.
Both the Indian Embassy in Jeddah & the city’s Interpol have been alerted to the possible detention of Anees.
Anees Ibrahim is the prime suspect in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. He actively participated in the conspiracy & arranged to send consignments of AK-56 small arms & grenades to ….
Two earthquakes struck Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The two earthquakes have on Sunday struck Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The first earthquake of magnitude 6.2 felt around 1.50 pm. While the second earthquake of magnitude 5.2 felt around 2.57 pm.
Th epicentre of the earthquake was located in the sea about 145 km South-West of Port Blair. There were no reports of any damage or causalities.
Taslima Nasreen returned to India
Taslima Nasreen, a Bangladeshi writer, has on Friday returned after spending after spending more than four months in Sweden. The 45 years old Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, arrived at the Indira Gandhi International airport in morning &was immediately whisked away by security agencies to an undisclosed destination.
Taslima Nasreen was dramatically bundled out from West Bengal in November last year. She had left India on March 18 for Sweden after she was kept in a ….
Bomb Blast rocked nagarbhavi area of Bangalore
A minor explosion has been occurred in Nagarabhavi area of Bangalore on Friday. The explosives were kept in a dustbin in Nagarbhavi area, near Mysore Road in Bangalore, a private news agency reported.
A police team has been rushed to the spot to investigate the cause of the explosion.
Bomb Blast in Siliguri, 3 injured
At least three children have been injured after a bomb blast at Shantipara, one km from New Jalpaiguri Railway station & the bomb squad recovered four bottle bombs from the spot. The blast took place when four students of Gatebazar Railway school were roaming around in the area & picked up a bottle appearing to have some jelly like substance inside it.
When one of them tried to open it to have the jelly, the bottle exploded & three of them ….
Protest against screening of “Singh Is Kinng” in Amritsar
The first show of movie “Singh is Kinng” was disrupted on Friday at NM cinema hall in Amritsar after protest by Sikhs. The Sikhs were protesting against the Sikh community being projected “in a negative way” in the film starring Akshay Kumar, who is portraying a turbaned Sikh youth & Katrina Kaif.
Police personnel were rushed to the cinema hall to control the situation.
Supreme Court: Ban on SIMI will continue
The Supreme Court has on Wednesday stayed the order of a HC tribunal lifting ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). A petition challenging the tribunal’s verdict was mentioned before the bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, which agreed with the Centre seeking a grant of interim stay.
The Court issued a notice to the SIMI & posted the matter for hearing after three weeks. The special tribunal had on Tuesday lifted the ban on SIMI. ….
Lifter Monica Devi fails dope test
Weightlifter Monica Devi was on Thursday failed dope test & withdrawn from Beijing. Monica tested positive for anabolic salt in a test conducted on June 29. Monica, who comes from Manipur, was the sole lifter from India to have been selected for the Beijing Games.
In the pre-Olymic trial conducted by Indian Weightlifting Federation in July this year, P Sailja of Andhra Pradesh had performed better than Monica but the latter was chosen ahead ….
Manoj Kumar filed case against Shahrukh, Farah & Sony TV
Manoj Kumar has on Tuesday filed a case against actor Shahrukh Khan, Farah Khan & Sony Entertainment Television seeking to delete a scene from the movie “Om Shanti Om”, a private news agency reported.
Shahrukh Khan & Farah Khan had earlier assured Kumar that the scene, which makes fun of him, would be deleted from the movie. However, this did not happen & the movie was screened in all theatres without the deletion of the scene.
Kumar has now approached the Sessions ….
Golden Temple Jathedar Vedanti resigns
Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar of Akal Takht, has on Tuesday resigned from his post alleging he was asked to resign by a top functionary of the SGPC (Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee)
However, Avtar Singh Makkar, president of SGPC said that Vedanti quit on health grounds. Vedanti resigned “voluntarily citing ill-health as the reason”, he added.
The meeting, lasting three hours, accepted Vedanti’s resignation & appointed Golden temple Head Priest Gurbachan Singh as acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat ….
Delhi High Court Tribunal lifts ban on SIMI
A special tribunal has on Tuesday lifted the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The tribunal, headed by Justice Geeta Mittal, a sitting Delhi High Court judge, observed that there is no evidence against SIMI showing them terrorists.
The judge was hearing the petition by SIMI, challenging the two-year ban imposed on it by the central government Feb 7, 2008.
Stampede at Temple Naina Devi killed 130
At least 130 pilgrims have been killed & around 200 others injured on Sunday in a stampede at Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh.
Rumours of a landslide & rolling down of stones from a nearby hilltop led to a commotion which apparently caused the stampede as a large number of pilgrims tried to push their way causing collapse of a railing along the four-km trek to the ….
Bomb Blast in Kolkata killed 4, 5 injured
A bomb blast rocked north Kolkata on Sunday in which four killed & five injured. Bomb blast occurred in Chitpur area of Kolkata. The cause of the blast is yet to known.
On June 30th, Kolkata had been placed on high alert after an e-mail from the terrorist group India Mujahideen to a TV channel and other media houses warned of blasts at the Calcutta High Court & at a top private hospital.
Uma Bharti arrested in Jammu
Uma Bharti, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, was detained on Saturday in Jammu. Uma Bharti arrived at Jammu airport on Saturday morning from New Delhi & was to address a press conference in Jammu but police took her into custody. She was later taken to Udhampur district.
Another fire-brand Hindu leader Sadhivi Ritambhara was not allowed to enter Jammu. She was sent back to the national Capital from Jammu airport. However, senior BJP leader who is also in-charge of party’s ….
Punjab Govt. failed to reduce Power cuts in the state
Punjab government & Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal is failed to reduce Power cuts in the state. Punjab residents are facing one of the worst power crisis situations in the state even during the ongoing rainy season, as the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has imposed power cuts up to eight hours per day, due to the severe shortage of supply.
A senior official from PSEB said, “The problem of power shortage has mainly arose because of the closure of power ….