-The Times of India The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has questioned giving Indira Gandhi International Airport land totaling 4,800 acres to Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) — the government's joint venture with the Hyderabad-based GMR Group — on a lease rent of Rs 100 per annum, apart from a one-time fee of Rs 6.19 crore for 190.19 acres. Of this land, 240 acres worth Rs 24,000 crore would...
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Maruti sacks 500, to open on August 21
-The Hindustan Times Maruti Suzuki on Thursday said it would restart production at its violence-hit factory in Manesar, Haryana on August 21 and dismiss at least 500 permanent workers. The workers to be sacked include the 154 in police custody for the July 18 violence, which left senior HR executive AK Dev dead and at least 96 officials injured. “Through internal enquiries, we have identified at least 500 permanent workers who, we...
More »Assam ethnic violence spreads to new districts-Prabin Kalita
-The Times of India GUWAHATI: The ethnic violence between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims, which sparked off in Kokrajhar on July 20 and soon affected neighbouring Chirang and Dhubri districts, has spread to new areas with fresh incidents of violence being reported from Baksa, Nalbari and Kamrup (rural) in the past 12 hours. There was no report of any loss of life. On Wednesday midnight, after miscreants set a Tata Nano car on...
More »Food Department Officials Raid Ramdev’s Ashram
-PTI Officials of Uttarakhand Food Department today carried out raids on the premises of Divya Yog ashram of yoga guru Ramdev and collected samples of various ayurvedic medicines. The food department officials collected samples of honey, salt, gram floor among other things from the ashram during the nearly 3-hour raid. The raids were criticised by Ramdev who alleged the action was taken at the behest of the Centre. "This is war between the elite...
More »10 facts on Rs 1.86 lakh crore 'Coalgate' loss
-Yahoo.com The Comptroller and Auditor General on Friday tabled three reports -- on power, coal and airports -- in Parliament, almost indicting the UPA government for allegedly 'causing' a loss of more than Rs 1.86 lakh crore to the exchequer. The report has also lambasted the government for favouring private companies who benefitted from such 'largesse', giving the opposition parties a lot of fodder to them to hit out at the government...
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