Twenty-one MLA Mukhtar Ansari’s sharp shooters were arrested from the Lucknow on Sunday.
They were on way to execute crimes involving extortion & land grabbing in different parts of the state capital.
Police recovered five revolvers, four rifles, one double barrel gun, 118 cartridges & 32 cellphones from the accused travelling in five SUVs. The Cantonment police intercepted the gang in Rajman Bazaar area.
The arrested persons were identified as Amarnath, Ramakant Yadav, Ram Bachan Ram, Nasim Ahmad, Manoj Kumar, Shambhu Ram, ….

Ishant Sharma 19 years old, Indian cricket team player on Monday fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing a “send-off finger” to Andrew Symonds after the Symonds was dismissed in the cricket tri-series ODI at SCG here.
The speedster Ishant Sharma from Delhi, was charged under ICC Code of Conduct 1.6 rule violation which pertains to showing disrespect to opposition player or team on the field.
Ishant Sharma was earlier fined for showing his disappointment when Symonds was not ….

Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) increased electricity rates by five paise per unit in Delhi. An official said, “The commission in the current tariff order to increased the tariff by five paise per unit for all the consumers including domestic, agriculture & industrials. The rates which will come into force from March 1, this year will be applicable up to March 31 2009. There is, however, no increase in the fixed changes in any category”.
The official said, “The MYT regulations ….

Chief Minister Mayawati with ten thousands supporters of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has reached the Delhi’s Ram Lila ground today for a massive show of strength by the Dalit leader.
The BSP supremo’s ‘Sarv Samaj Bhaichara’ rally comes a few days after she hinted she might not withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreeing to most of the demands put forth by her for Uttar Pradesh’s development.
Mayawati, who became Uttar Pradesh chief minister ….

CII an industry is organising a National Work Skills Competition to raise the skill standards of Indian workmen to world class level & World Skills India Competitions from February 25 at Bangalore.
More than 130 workmen from all over the country would be participate in this four-day competetion in 19 different skill categories.
Skills covering Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics & Computer disciplines would be contested in this competetion by competitors from companies, including Tata Motors, MICO, Denso India, DCM Shriram, Hindalco, Tata Steel, ….

A top Maoist leader who was responsible for operations in West Bengal & neighbouring Orissa & Jharkhand was arrested by the CID on Saturday. The CID on Saturday arrested the 55 years old Maoist leader, known as Somen alias Bidhan, from Hridaypur railway station in North 24 Parganas district.
Somen was the West Bengal general secretary of the CPI from the last three years. Somen is a resident of Khardah in North 24 Parganas district & his orginal name is Himadri ….

18 people were killed & one injured in an accident when a bus skidded off the road & fell into a river in northeastern India on Sunday. Rescue team is searching for the passengers in the river near the town of Sonapur.
Sonapur is some 25 kilometers from east of the capital of India’s Assam state Gauhati. Deadly road accidents are common in India, often caused by rash driving & overloaded vehicles & poor roads which claim hundreds of lives ….

The activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike on Saturday burnt an effigy of M S Dhoni captain of India’s cricket team, protesting his ‘failure’ to honour his advertising contract with Karantaka Soaps & Detergents Ltd, makers of the ‘Mysore Sandal’ soap.
Alleging that M S Dhoni, who signed up as the brand ambassador of the company for its “Mysore Sandal” soap brand, remained unavailable for shooting of his advertisements, the company had last week served a notice to the star cricketer for ….

A Panamanian cargo ship carrying 25 Indian crew members including four from Mumbai has gone missing from Monday in the Black sea. The news comes as a shock for the family members of the 25 Indians aboard. The authorities of Turkish are started the search operation of the ship.
The ship was left to Turkey on February 17 from Russia & has gone missing from Monday. The ship MV Rezzak was managed by CMR Denizcilik ve Ticaret of Turkey belongs ….

The airport of Kanpur on Saturday evening caught fire. The Kanpur airport at the high security zone of the Sahar Cantonement saw chaos after the runway of the airport caught fire.
Ground staff & officers found themselves amidst a blaze, which was fortunately controlled in time after six firetenders arrived on the spot. The fire started in the bushes flanking the runway. Police started investigate the cause of the fire.

A scrap factory in a garden area of Sahibabad caught a major fire on Saturday in which goods worth lakhs of rupees damaged.The incident took place in the garden area of Shalimar.
Four fire tenders & three foam tenders along with 150 personnel were engaged in the fire-fighting operations at scrap factory of Sahibabad but the fire could not be controlled yet. The fire was started at around 2.00 am in the godown.

A software engineer Yahya Khan has been arrested in Bangalore for alleged having the terror links. Yahya Khana software engineer working in a leading IT company was arrested on Thursday. Police say he is connected to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India.
The arrest followed information given by another SIMI activist, Mohammad Asif, a medical student who was arrested in Hubli recently. After the terror network in the state was uncovered recently, several professionals including engineers & medical students have ….

A major fire on Friday broke out in a commercial area of the Chennai in morning. The fire first broke out in a chemical company 7 then spread to another company. Sixteen fire tenders & three foam tenders along with 150 personnel were engaged in the fire-fighting operations at two chemical companies at Nainiappan Naicker street in Parrys Corner on Friday morning. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.

Sonia Gandhi the chief of Congress with the Home Minister Shivraj Patil will visit Jammu & Kashmir on Friday. Gandhi & Patil, who are on a one-day visit to the state, reached Udhampur Air Force base Gandhi & Patil were received by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad & union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz.
They will visit the avalanche-hit Bhaderwah area, the assembly constituency of the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet the affected people & will conduct an aerial ….

India & Pakistan on Thursday decided to increase frequency of Lahore-Nankana Sahib bus service from two trips per week to three per week from each side from March 17. The two sides also decided that the Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service would have a halt at Lahore to enable the passengers to embark or disembark.
After the first meeting of the India-Pakistan Standing Committee on Bus Services an official said, “Both sides noted with satisfaction the continuing operations of the bus services ….

Famous Poet Arun Kale died on Wednesday following an heart attack. Arun Kale was 54 years old. His first book on poem “Rock Garden” was published in 1993, following which his other collections including the popular “City of Siren” went on to recieve accolades.
Kale was elected as a President of the proposed Akshar Manav Sahitya Sammelan to be held on Feb 26-27 at Bhosi in Chandrapur district. Arun Kale was survivied by a wife, two daughters & a son. Large ….

The CPI-Maoist has called a 24 hours state-wide strike on Thursday. The CPI-Maoists call Jharkhand bandh on Thursday against the killing of seven of its cadres in Jharkhand last week. Seven CPI-Maoist cadres were killed on February 14 in a joint operation by the police & members of the village defence committee near Jamshedpur.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Police V.D. Ram has directed district police heads to be alert especially after the Maoist attacks on police posts in Orissa’s Nayagarh ….

The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha called shutdown, which is demanding statehood for Darjeeling, crippled life in the three sub-divisions of the district in West Bengal on Wednesday. All shops, markets & business establishments were closed in the three sub-divisions of Darjeeling, Kurseong & Kalimpong.
GJM supporters want complete statehood for Darjeeling in north Bengal instead of a Sixth Schedule status that has granted greater autonomy for the region since 2005.
GJM activists, however, allowed students appearing for secondary board examinations to reach their ….

Ramoji Rao the Media baron & his son Kiran on Wednesday surrendered before police in connection with a land dispute case & were released on bail. Rao & Kiran, surrendered in the Three Town Police Station here as per a directive of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
They were released on bail after executing the necessary sureties. On a petition moved by Rao, the High Court granted anticipatory bail to him & Kiran on February 11 subject to the condition that ….

Prakash Paranjpe the MP of Shiv Sena has died in Thane, Mumbai, on Wednesday night following a prolonged illness. Prakash Paranjpe was 61 years old.
Paranjpe, who represented neighbouring Thane Lok Sabha constituency, had been battling with cancer for a long time. His cremation will be held on Thursday. Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has condoled Paranjpe’s death.