Month: May 2010

Lucknow, May 31: Rahul Gandhi, it appears, has little confidence in the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee ( UPCC) going by his decision to deploy a parallel team to assist him in the 2012 assembly polls.

The Congress general secretary has chosen a 10- member team of his trusted men drawn from across the country to help him prepare a panel of potential candidates to take on the might of Mayawati.

Normally, the state unit of the party recommends names of potential candidates.

New Delhi, May 31: The Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday finalised the names of 11 members of the National Advisory Council, the consultative body chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi that is intended to serve as an interface between the government and civil society and as the laboratory for inclusive economic and social legislation and policy initiatives.

Bangalore: Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar escaped unhurt today when an unidentified gunman shot at his convoy at the ashram here as he was returning after delivering a discourse, an ashram official said.

One of his devotees sustained a minor injury on the thigh with the bullet brushing past, ashram spokesperson Charu said.

The incident took place around 6.15 PM when Ravishankar was returning to his kutir by car after addressing a gathering at the satsang, she told PTI.

New Delhi, May 31:The Army on Sunday ordered a high-level inquiry into the ‘fake encounter’ in the Machil sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on April 30, in which three youths from Rafiabad were killed.

A Major has been named in the police report, informed sources said.

A defence spokesman said the Army ordered the probe after receiving a preliminary report from the police on Saturday.

Kolkata, May 31: An estimated 45 per cent of 8.5 million

Police said a polling officer, who had fallen sick at Hare School
distribution centre in north Kolkata last night, died in hospital
this morning.

According to West Bengal State Election Commission, the turnout
of votes, which was low in many areas in the first two hours after
polling began, picked up as the day progressed.

Police said law keepers had to use baton to disperse supporters
of rival political parties, who clashed in Old Malda Municipality
area under Malda district and at Jamuria in Burdwan district over

West Bengal, May 31: leaders of the Left Front, the Trinamool Congress and the Congress accused each other of provoking and attempting to incite violence.

The Left Front leadership applauded the “democratically-minded people” of the State “for not falling prey to the provocations and attempts by the Trinamool Congress and the Congress to create unrest during the polls.”

Banglore, May 31: Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar escaped unhurt today when an unidentified gunman shot at his convoy at the ashram here as he was returning after delivering a discourse, an ashram official said.

One of his devotees sustained a minor injury on the thigh with the bullet brushing past, ashram spokesperson Charu said.

The incident took place around 6.15 PM when Ravi Shankar was returning to his ‘Kutir’ by car after addressing a gathering at the ‘satsang’, she told PTI.

New Delhi, May 30: Ahluwalia Contracts India today said it is looking for acquisition or tie-up with a specialised construction firm to help it become an integrated urban infrastructure company.

The acquisition will enable the construction company to execute value-added construction projects, like developing multi-level parking and building concrete roads, a company official said.

“We are aspiring for inorganic growth and is looking at acquisition or strategic tie-up with specialised construction companies,” company executive director SK Sachdeva said.