-The Hindu A Fast Track Sessions Court here on Friday acquitted 11 of the 14 persons arrested from Kota, Baran and Jodhpur in the aftermath of the May 2008 Jaipur serial blasts. The court did not find any evidence that could connect the accused with the alleged crime. The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Rajasthan police had claimed that all the accused, who it said were members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of...
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Fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital: 55 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, says Mamata Mamata Banerjee by Caesar Mandal
About 55 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata early Friday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said. "Quick action will be taken against the hospital after proper inquiry," she added. According to hospital sources, death toll may rise in the hospital fire incident in Kolkata. Nearly 160 patients were admitted in the Dhakuria building, where fire broke out in the wee hours. Only...
More »Centre adds 3 districts for anti-rebel aid by Nishit Dholabhai
Pushing the anti-Naxalite development agenda, the Union cabinet this week brought 18 more districts, including three in Jharkhand, into the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) fold with additional funds of Rs 540 crore on cards. The new entrants from Jharkhand will be Khunti, Ranchi (rural) and Giridih. Earlier, 14 districts were included in the IAP. Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, during his recent visit to the state, had spoken about the...
More »Lokayukta police file FIR against S.M. Krishna, two other ex-CMs
-The Hindu On the orders of the Special Lokayukta Court here, the Lokayukta police on Thursday filed FIR against three former Chief Ministers as well as 11 senior civil servants of Karnataka. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and MPs N. Dharam Singh and H.D. Kumaraswamy will be investigated by the Lokayukta police in a case in which they have been accused of complicity in the alleged multi-crore mining scam. The investigating agency will...
More »People's participation can find solution to Naxalism: Arjun Munda
-PTI Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda today said all sections of society should come forward to ponder over how a permanent solution could be found in rooting out extremism. "Naxal problem is a serious issue and there should not be any politics in it. It requires participation of all people to discuss and find a solution," Munda said here. He was responding to a media query on the Maoist attack on former speaker...
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