SC keeps temple cellar shut
Giving immediate relief to the Travancore royal family, which opposes opening of the mysterious “Cellar-B” of Kerala’s Padman-abha Swamy Temple, from where fabulous riches were discovered some time back, the Supreme Court declined to pass any order in this regard.
Police cracks murder of ‘gay’ businessman
The Delhi police has claimed to have solved the murder case of a businessman who was killed on August 26 in Kirti Nagar. The victim was allegedly a homosexual that led to his murder and the police has arrested two persons in this connection.
Fire breaks out at textile firm
Four workers were charred to death and 12 others received serious burn injuries when a fire broke out in a textile company at Dombivali on Thursday morning. Binayak Textiles in the industrial township of Dombivali processes cloth and employs 200 workers. At the time of the incident, there were 67 workers working in the night shift.
TN asks Centre to halt N-plant, protest fast ends
Keeping its promise to protesters campaigning against the Koodankulam nuclear power project, the Tamil Nadu Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, adopted a resolution Thursday urging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to halt the commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear plant until people’s fears are allayed.
Kin of 3 blast victims yet to get govt aid
Three victims of the Delhi high court blast have not yet got the ex-gratia announced by the Delhi government. The government is still unable to identify the kin of the deceased. The government officials said that the ex-gratia was immediately given to the next to kin of 12 deceased as all of them were direct dependants but in these three cases, the officials are not able to find direct dependants.
Global stocks take a battering
Global stock markets were hit by a tsunami of selling as investors fled from the equity and commodities markets around the world and sought safe haven in the strong dollar after the US Fed on Wednesday warned of a slowdown in the US economy. The Fed also failed to pump money directly into the limp US economy
‘Most water pipes pass through drains’
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has alleged that around 950 water pipelines in Delhi have been identified as passing out through drains.
The MCD Medical Relief and Public Health Committee chairman V.K. Monga wrote to the NHRC chairperson Justice K.G. Balakrishnan seeking his
Well Played, Tiger
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who was 70 when he passed away in a New Delhi hospital on Thursday evening after suffering complications in his lungs, was one of Indian cricket’s great stylists. Having lost most of the vision in his right eye in a car accident, he adapted to become a fearless batsman against pace bowling in home as well as away Tests.
NIA: Arrested J&K teen behind blast
A teenage Jammu and Kashmir resident, arrested for his alleged involvement in the September 7 Delhi high court blast, was one of the “terrorists” and a conspirator in the incident, National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court on Thursday.
CabSec told FinMin to send note
The finance ministry indicated on Thursday that the note sent by the finance ministry to the PMO on the 2G spectrum allocation issue was prepared by the Cabinet Secretary under the PMO’s instructions. The finance ministry also clarified that finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had “no role” in it, while home