People have begun returning home from refugee camps after improvement in the situation in Assam’s BTAD and Dhubri districts, where clashes between Bodos and minority immigrants left 56 dead last month.
“The situation is improving fast with people beginning to return home,” Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said here on Wednesday. “We have fixed August 15 as the date by when the people will be sent home from relief camps,” Gogoi said.
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets rose for the third day Wednesday and was trading around 38 points up in afternoon trade.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,244.44 points, was ruling at 17,274.12 points, 0.22 percent or 37.94 points up from its previous day’s close at 17,236.18 points.
The BSE realty index was up 21.96 points, followed by capital goods, up 98.68 points and health care, up 68.63 points.
The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was ruling 0.28 percent up at 5,243.40 points.
Seven pilgrims were killed and 25 others injured in two separate road accidents in Chamoli district, official sources said today.
Two pilgrims from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh were today killed and eight others injured when their car fell into Alaknanda river at Pipalkoti area of Chamoli district, they said.
The incident occurred when they were returning after offering prayers at Badrinath shrine, they said. The injured have been admitted to district hospital in Chamoli where their condition is stated to be stable. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
With government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna today held discussions among themselves on the way ahead even as the health of fasting Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai worsened.
The team held two rounds of talks at the protest site of Jantar Mantar, where Anna Hazare’s fast entered the fourth day and that of Kejriwal, Rai and Manish Sisodia entered the eighth day.
After being advised hospitalisation, Kejriwal had yesterday warned the government against using force to remove him and his associates from the protest site.
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide after her aunt scolded her for talking on mobile phone, police said on Tuesday.
Mamta Paneru, a Class XII student, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her room last evening when her relatives returned from work.
Paneru, a resident of Haldwani town, was living with her aunt as she was pursuing her studies here. She was scolded by her aunt for talking on mobile phone yesterday, they said.
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Sixteen passengers were killed and 19 others injured when their bus fell into a ditch at Chakrata area on Weddnesday.
The accident occurred when the bus, carrying a total of 47 passengers, was coming to Vikasnagar from Hanol, official sources said.
The vehicle skidded off the road and fell into the ditch, they said. Sixteen bodies have so far been recovered from the ditch. The injured are being rushed to various hospitals of the area.
(Siasat News)Former MLC, Konda Murali who has been disqualified from the council, commenting on his dismissal said that Congress has disqualified him but the people have disqualified the Congress Party for contesting the next general elections. In congress, only loafers, jokers and brokers have remained.
Dubbing Congress traitors as loafers, brokers and jokers, Congress spokesman Dr. Tulsi Reddy, said that the Congress party is like a sea and it does not get affected by the betrayers leaving the party. Speaking at a press conference, Congress spokesman, welcomed the council chairman Dr. Chakrapani’s decision to declare those involved in anti-party activities as disqualified for the membership for legislative council and claimed that Konda Murali was active in YSR Congress activities for quite a long time.
Kareena Kapoor’s spicy avatar in the first trailer of “Heroine” has grabbed over two million eyeballs since its launch on YouTube.
The trailer was launched July 25 on small screen as well as internet, and the stupendous response has left director Madhur Bhandarkar extremely happy.
“I am overwhelmed by the great response the promo has got. This is just the beginning,” Bhandarkar said in a statement.
Kareena plays Mahi Arora, an actress in the film, which narrates the ups and downs in the life of a movie star.
Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands on Wednesday due to non-publication of the dailies in response to a strike call given by the All Manipur Sales and Distributers’Association (AMSDA) in protest against the looting and beating of a newspaper hawker allegedly by police personnel, sources in the media houses said.
The Pakistan government has formally informed India that evidence provided by New Delhi in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case is not admissible in a Pakistani court as defence lawyers were not allowed to cross-examine Indian officials, a media report said today.
(Siasat News)When we recite the Quran in Ramazan and understand its meaning, our closed minds get opened. Quran says that only those are the people of the Quran who are firm in their beliefs.
We should prayer only to Allah with full concentration. We should refer all our matters to Allah for resolving them.
Ms. Shammeem Fatima expressed these thoughts while addressing a gathering of the girls organized by Muslim Girls’ Association in connection with Ramazan at Musheerabad.
With government showing no inclination for talks to end their stir, a worried Team Anna on Wednesday held discussions among themselves on the way ahead even as the health of fasting Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai worsened.
The team held two rounds of talks at the protest site of Jantar Mantar, where Anna Hazare’s fast entered the fourth day and that of Kejriwal, Rai and Manish Sisodia entered the eighth day.
After being advised hospitalisation, Kejriwal had on Tuesday warned the government against using force to remove him and his associates from the protest site.
Special police investigating the Shukkoor murder case arrested a senior Kerala Communist Party of India-Marxist leader, P Jayarajan, in connection with the murder of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker Abdul Shukkoor.
A notice has been served on Jayarajan by the special police ordering him to appear before the team at 11 AM on Wednesday for interrogation.
The Pakistan government has formally informed India that evidence provided by New Delhi in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case is not admissible in a Pakistani court as defence lawyers were not allowed to cross-examine Indian officials, a media report said today.
The health condition of Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai, who have been sitting on an indefinite fast since July 25 at Jantar Mantar here along with Manish Sisodia, deteriorated further on Wednesday.
Doctors have advised both to get hospitalised as ketone levels in their body have increased, but the duo have refused to do so.
Kejriwal, who had yesterday warned the government against force-feeding or forcefully shifting him to hospital, today said it was a government conspiracy to forcefully hospitalise those Team Anna members who have been sitting on fast since July 25.
Civil Aviation Secretary Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi will be the new Election Commissioner. Zaidi who is a 1976- batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, retired on Tuesday. He will be replaced by 1978- batch officer K. N. Srivastava and SNA Zaidi will be given the post of election commissioner which fell vacant after V. S. Sampath was promoted as Chief Election Commissioner after S. Y. Quraishi’s retirement in June.
Actor Shahid Kapoor has been signed on a Bollywood masala entertainer,tentatively titled ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’.
The film, to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, who has given hits like ‘Ghayal’, ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ and ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’, will feature Shahid in the lead. The film will be produced by Ramesh Taurani’s Tips Films.
Madurai police arrested a doctor who allegedly raped a school girl, who came to him for treatment. A 16-year-old girl lodged a complaint with the police that the doctor sexually assaulted her when she visited him at a private hospital yesterday. She was said to have been taking treatment from him for the last few days.
A senior Pakistani Taliban commander was killed in recent clashes with security forces in the Dir region bordering Afghanistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
Taliban commander Mullah Mansoor was killed in a gun battle with security forces, state-run Radio Pakistan quoted official sources as saying.
Other media reports said Mansoor succumbed to injuries sustained during a clash between security forces and militants in Dir region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, which has witnessed cross-border attacks by Pakistani Taliban fighters based in Afghanistan.
The lockout at its Manesar plant notwithstanding, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported 9.2 percent increase in sales for July at 82,234 units as against 75,300 units in the same month last year.
The company said its domestic sales during the month stood at 71,024 units, compared to 66,504 units in July last year, up 6.8 percent.
The sales were driven mostly by its compact sedan Dzire, which clocked 11,413 units posting nearly four-fold increase.
The lockout at its Manesar plant notwithstanding, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported 9.2 percent increase in sales for July at 82,234 units as against 75,300 units in the same month last year.
The company said its domestic sales during the month stood at 71,024 units, compared to 66,504 units in July last year, up 6.8 percent.
The sales were driven mostly by its compact sedan Dzire, which clocked 11,413 units posting nearly four-fold increase.
A double bombing struck at an upscale neighbourhood Iraq’s capital on Tuesday, killing at least 21 even though police stopped three attackers storming a counter-terror unit, as the government strained to control al Qaeda-based chaos gripping the country.
The bloody explosions came on the same day that Iraq’s government discussed security issues with Iran, a measure of Tehran’s growing influence.
3 held for murder attempt
(Siasat News): Rajendranagar police arrested three persons for an attempt to murder on July 28.
According to police, the accused Y S Yadav, 51, Pujari, M. Sreenu, 24 and Y Pradeep Yadav, 24, attacked Javoji Shekar Yadav, 34, at around 12.30 pm when he was going to the court. Further investigations are on.
Man jumps to death
(Siasat News); A 26-year-old man ended his life by jumping from Mangalhat police station building.