Saturday, February 21, 2009
Exclusive: Inspector Omar tracks his Govt - National News Updates
LTTE airplanes attack Colombo; 2 killed, 40 injured - National News Updates
Madras HC violence: Shoot-at-sight orders issued in TN - National News Updates
2009 Oscar Results Leaked? - National News Updates
They were originally posted on an anonymous blog that has since been taken down, which either increases the likelihood of this being a hoax or decreases the chance, depending on how you want to look at it. Many of the picks seem pretty standard, but there are a couple of out there selections that nobody is really predicting, like Amy Adams winning for Best Supporting Actress. I guess we will find out Sunday for sure, but I wouldn’t be laying down any bets based on this leak alone.
Parties draft popular actors and cricketers - National News Updates
Don’t cut jobs, Pranab Mukherjee to India Inc - National News Updates
Friday, February 20, 2009
Supreme Court reschedules RCA election by a week on March 1 - National News Updates
Lawyers, police fight pitched battles in Madras High Court - National News Updates
Police burst teargas shells to disperse the agitating lawyers. High Court judges who came to the premises to see the damage caused to advocates’ vehicles had to run when they were confronted by lathi-wielding policemen. Fire fighters who tried to put out the flames engulfing the police station were attacked by the advocates.
The chain of events was set off by the police attempt to arrest a group of advocates involved in the attack on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy and some policemen in the court complex on Tuesday. A group of advocates demanded that Dr. Swamy be also arrested for abusing one of their colleagues on caste lines.
Heated arguments ended in violence. A group of lawyers, which was near the building housing the Family Courts, and the policemen, positioned near the High Court station, began throwing stones and bottles at each other. The policemen came out with their protective shields and began chasing away the lawyers. Several advocates, office staff and litigants ran helter-skelter, with the policemen in pursuit. The injured advocates were carried by their colleagues to a dispensary for first aid. Later, ambulances were called in to take the injured to hospital.
Even as a group of advocates kept raising slogans against the policemen, several advocates went to the chamber of the Acting Chief Justice, S.J. Mukhopadhaya, protesting against the “police excesses.” Mr. Justice Mukhopadhaya tried to pacify the advocates, but they asked him to come down and see for himself the damage caused to their vehicles, allegedly by policemen.
The judges then appealed to the advocates to maintain calm so that a solution could be found. Later, when a few judges went towards the policemen, with the slogan-raising advocates following them, the policemen resorted to lathi charge. In this melee, Justice Arumuga Perumal Adityan, was hit by a stone and he suffered a head injury. He was rushed to hospital where his condition was stated to be stable.
With reinforcements, including commandos of elite units, arriving, the police chased away all lawyers from the court premises. Following this, trouble spilled over to NSC Bose Road. A mention was made by advocate R.Vaigai before Mr. Justice Mukhopadhaya about the incident.
A holiday has been declared for the High Court for Friday.
CBI probe
The High Court has ordered a CBI enquiry and the State government has given its consent. Three committees have been formed by the High Court to assess the damage to property.
A top official said Mr. Justice Mukhopadhaya’s demand to release all those arrested on Thursday was conceded.
“This is applicable only to those advocates who were arrested on Thursday and not those arrested earlier,” he added.
Shilpa Shrtty’s wedding wishes for Goody - National News Updates
Thursday, February 19, 2009
LokSabha Speaker Somnath slams MPs for their behaviour - National News Updates
Jaya 'warns' Congress against DMK, suggests tie-up - National News Updates
‘LTTE has done much damage to Tamils’ - National News Updates
New-look outfit for Indian ODI team - National News Updates
Azharuddin starts new innings, joins Congress - National News Updates
Government not to bail out Satyam: Pranab - National News Updates
Rajus’ bail applications dismissed - National Nes Updates
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Government to remove two Maytas firms' directors
Election Commission bans exit, opinion polls
Satyam politics: TDP chief alleges Andhra CM's role - National News Updates
New Delhi: The gloves were off in the fight between the government and opposition on who is helping Satyam. The opposition charges the congress of being hand in gloves with Rajshekhar Reddy. The UPA is hitting back.
"CBI enquiry has been ordered. Investigations are on. We will also look into the role of the NDA when they were in power," says Company Affairs Minster, PC Gupta.
"The government is trying to bail out the guilty. Wool is being pulled over our eyes," says TDP member, Mysore Reddy.
CNN IBN has learnt that the Congress could well find itself on the back foot in this crisis. The TDP has already presented a full charge sheet against the Andhra CM Rajshekhar Reddy and his son on their alleged involvement with Satyam.
Charges will now become part of the investigation.
- Jagan is charged of illegally getting almost 120 crores to start his firm Sandur Power
- A sum that was invested in 2005 by two companies -- 2iCapital and Fluri Emerging Capital
- Sandur went on to float some subsidiary companies like - Classic Reality, Caramel Asia, Bhavati Sanidhi Estates, Harish Infra
- Each of these companies were used to float separate firms including Jagan's pet Jagathi publications and Indira Television
- The overall money generated to fund these enterprises is more than 200 crores.
- Questions are now being raised on whether the initial capital for this entire business empire came from Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju
The congress denies all these charges
"All this is baseless,” says Congress member.
Satyam Scandal has turned out to be one of the biggest instances of corporate fraud in our country. On the eve of General elections, expect some more dirt being thrown from both sides.
Another Nithari? 22 slum kids go missing - National News Updates
Taliban holds victory rally in Swat Valley - National News Updates
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Cong not beggar, wants dignified pact: Digvijay - National News Updates
The Samajwadi Party might announce the seats which it will share with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Indications of a possible alliance are strong, with the Congress saying it is open to what it calls a dignified alliance.
However, the war of words between Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh and Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh has not abated any.
Digvijay Singh said on Tuesday, "Congress is not that weak that we'll carry a begging bowl in front of anybody. If the alliance would be dignified we will go for it."
Meanwhile, Amar Singh has blamed Digvijay Singh for misguiding the Congress high command and causing a strain in the relations between the two parties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
"Leaders like Digvijay Singh are misguiding the Congress. The statements emerging from the Congress party are very disheartening," Amar Singh said adding, "Digvijay Singh will be held responsible if ties between Congress and Samajwadi Party are strained further."
Amar Singh also said: "We helped the United Progressive Alliance Government when it was facing its worst crisis after the Left Front withdrew support. We came to the Congress' rescue. Instead of being grateful, the party leaders are issuing such statements."
Amar Singh said he had never said that the Congress party is a beggar but added that the Congress too should realise that even "Samajwadi Party is not a beggar".
Advani wonders what would UPA do without Pranab - National News Updates
2 senior managers out; Satyam may dump more - National News Updates
"Two managers have gone. We do not have a number but it is likely more will go," Archana Muthappa, head of media relations in India said over telephone. "It is part of a rationalisation of the organisation structure." She declined to put a time frame for the process but said the government appointed board was discussing it.
The two officials who have quit are Subu D Subramanian, global head of manufacturing and automotives division, and Anil Kumar, a senior vice-president at Satyam's financial services division, she said.
Satyam, the country’s fourth-largest outsourcer, is battling for survival since Jan. 7 when its founder Ramalinga Raju quit as chairman revealing profits have been falsified for years and $1 billion of cash and bank balances did not exist in the country's biggest corporate scandal.
The Government dissolved Satyam's board and appointed six directors to save Satyam and its 50,000 employees. The new board has appointed Goldman Sachs and Avendus, an Indian investment bank, to help find potential investors.
11 Sabarimala pilgrims die as bus falls into gorge - National News Updates
Kottayam: Eleven pilgrims travelling to the Sabarimala hill shrine were killed and 40 others injured, 20 of them seriously, when their bus fell into a gorge near Erumeli town in Kottayam district early on Tuesday morning.
The bus, carrying 60 pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district, slipped into a 50-foot gorge while it was passing the narrow Pampa Valley road.
As soon as news of the mishap spread, locals rushed to the spot and took the injured persons to the Medical College Hospital in Kottayam and Taluk Hospital in Kanjirapally. Kerala Government has announced a solatium to the kins of the pilgrims.
The Sabarimala shrine is located in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala.
Jamaat leader arrested for Mumbai attack links - National News Updates
Lahore: Pakistani media reports claim that chief of the Jamaat-ud Dawa Rawalpindi wing, Nazeer Ahmed, has been formally arrested by investigative agencies in Pakistan connection with in November 26 Mumbai terror attacks.
Ahmed has already been under house arrest for nearly a month and has now been shifted to an undisclosed location in Lahore.
According to Geo TV reports, Ahmed is a former Pakistani Army Colonel.
Sources have said that Ahmed's detention is a part of the Pakistani government's move to detain all active leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa across the country.
The offices of Jamaat-ud-Dawa were closed and most of its leaders were detained after it was black-listed by the United Nations Security Council in December 2008.
The organisation has been accused of serving as a front for the outlawed teror group Lashkar-i-Toiba.