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.

CBI will record the statement of Bhai Surinder Singh on Thursday who was a key witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The investigating agency contacted Navkiran Singh the lawyer of Surinder Singh`s Wednesday, informing him that his client should present himself in the local CBI office in Sector 30 at 11 am on Thursday to record his statement before DSP SS Kishore from Delhi.
Bhai Surinder Singh is a witnesses against Jagdish Tytler a Congress leader, who has been accused ….

Chandigarh police arrested two commandos of the Haryana police from outside the Haryana governor’s residence, after they were accused of raping a 40 years old woman.
The woman works with a local catering company. The woman said that the commandos stopped her as she was returning home late last night & taken to their quarters & then raped her. Police registered an FIR & investigating the matter.

Basavarajeshwari the former Union minister died in Bellary after prolonged illness on Tuesday.
She was 86 years old. She had represented Bellary in the Lok Sabha for three terms.
Basavarajeshwari served as minister for state for women & child welfare in Narasimha Rao’s cabinet, was MLA for three terms & once MLC. She also served as deputy speaker of the legislative assembly.
Basavarajeshwari spent most of her active political life of over four decades in the Congress but distanced herself from the party ….

A minor blast has been occured in cinema hall of Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon. The blast occured when the cinema hall was showing the film “Jodha-Akbar” by Ashutosh Gowarikar. The four persons are injured in this blast but mo report of any death. The manager of Cine Raj said that the explosion, which occurred before the film’s interval around 3 pm, left one seat damaged & 4 people injured.

‘Babush’

A case of attempt to murder was registered against the Anatasio Monserratte alias ‘Babush’ Taleigao MLA of Goa on Wednesday. The MLA was formally arrested on Wednesday morning along with Corporation of the City of Panaji Mayor Tony Rodrigues.
Police have also detained Monseratte`s wife Jennifer & son Amit after a mob led by him, attacked Panaji police station on Tuesday night. Fifteen policemen were injured in the attack by mob on Tuesday night.
The mob ….

The Supreme Court has asked the Central government to allot an alternative site for the Appu Ghar at market price within two months if it is possible. A bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat also asked the Delhi Development Authority & Land & Development Office to furnish their response through an affidavit detailing if they were ready to allocate another site for the most sought after recreation centre.
The court’s directive came after senior advocate Arun Jaitley appearing for Appu Ghar’s ….

India’s cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was sold for USD 1.5 million, the highest bid at the on-going Indian Premier League auctions in Mumbai. MS Dhoni was bought by Chennai.
After MS Dhoni Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds got the second highest bid for Rs 5.4
crore ($ 1.35 million) in the players auction of DLF Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Australia’s team captain Ricky Ponting, however, did not command a huge price going to Kolkata for Rs 1.6 crore ….

In a case of cruelness, a 15 years old student Rinki Kaushik was beaten by a techer mercilessly which push the girl into coma in Mayur Vihar locality here.
The girl was cruely beaten by a teacher as she was not keen to taken tuitions from the latter. Police have registered the case after 27 days of the incident.

Pallavi Ashar, 41 years old the lawyer of Abu Salem a gangster allegedly attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills at her residence in suburban Ghatkopar.
Ashar who reportedly had an affair with Salem, took the step late on Tuesday night. She has been admitted at a nearby hospital & her statement is being recorded. The exact reasons were not yet known that why the lawyer had attempted suicide.

Dr. D.G.S Dinakaran

Dr. D.G.S Dinakaran a Popular Evangelist died at a private hospital at 6:30 am on Wednesday. He was 74 years old. He was suffering from heart & kidney ailments. Dinakaran was admitted to Apollo hospital on 29 January in Chennai due to kidney & heart ailments. After his death His body was taken to his residence at Jesus Calls for public homage. Dr. Dinakaran is the founder of the Jesus Calls ….

The Indian Airlines employees are on a hunger strike for the past three days demanding fundamental facilities for the workers. The condition of many of the striking employees has started deteriorating as the fast entered fourth day also. They are seeking justice for the employees who have been associated with the airlines for more than past 17 years. However, the airlines administration & government has refused to budge.
The employees do not even enjoy basic facilities like provident fund, gratuity, leaves ….

The Punjab government has made it compulsory for class X students to pass mathematics in matriculation examination. Students appearing in class 10th through the Punjab School Education Board can fail in Mathematics & still pass matriculation.
However students preparing for class 10th examination this year need no panic. The decision will be implemented “gradually”. K.B.S Sidhu Secretary of Education Board said that the sudents appearing in Class Xth examination in 2009 would have to score at least 25 % marks in ….

The Orissa state police on Monday retrieved almost half of the arms & ammunition stolen by Naxals from Nayagarh. However, not one of the 500 ultras that took Nayagarh by storm has been nabbed. Twenty other Naxals were reportedly killed in an encounter in Saturday, but their bodies have not yet been produced.

Navinchandra Ramgoolam

Navinchandra Ramgoolam the Prime Minister of Mauritius committed to give $2.5 lakh for construction of roads, a government hospital & a high school at his native Harigaon village in Bhojpur district.
Ramgoolam said at the Raj Bhavan in Patna, “I am touched by the love & affection shown by the people of Bihar & the care taken by the Nitish Kumar government for the uplift of my ancestral village”.
Ramgoolam also announced that his government ….

Jodha-Akbar

An organisation of Hindu has said that they will not allow the screening of ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ in their district Meerut. Members of Akhand Hindustan Morcha said that the film has distorted facts & had tempered with history.
Cheetna Sharma, the party state convenor said, “We are ready to sacrifice our lives if needed to protest against the screening of movie”. The organisation of Hindu demanded that a case should be registered against film director Ashutosh Gowarikar.