The state of J&K has incurred nearly Rs 12 crore in last 3 years
Region: IndiaThe J&K state has a special status and VIP treatment in incurring expenditure on the state aircraft and helicopters .Replying to a cut motion raised by Harshdev Singh of JKNPP member Harshdev Singh in the Assembly, CM said that since 2010 Rs 1,196.45 lakh has been spent on POL and maintenance of these aircrafts, The state Government has one King Air-350 Aircraft and two helicopters of models Bell-407 and Augusta-109E. He confirmed that the VIP sorties and helicopters have cos... more
Views: 251Local richest BSP leader murdered in his farmhouse in south Delhi.
Region: IndiaOne of the richest BSP leaders, Deepak Bhardwaj (62), was today shot dead by three men at his south Delhi farmhouse. He had contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on a BSP ticket from West Delhi constituency but lost to Congress. Affidavit filed with the Election Commission in 2009 depicts that he owned agricultural land worth Rs 368.22 crore owned buildings worth Rs 28.75 crore besides other assets. His wife had land worth Rs 100.35 crore. The slain leader was into education, hotel an... more
Views: 256Sketch of second suspected militant circulated by police in Delhi.
Region: IndiaOn Saturday, Delhi Police rejected claims made by the family of 47 year old Shah that he was going to surrender in Jammu and Kashmir under the state government’s rehabilitation policy. They claimed that on Shah`s tip off police were able to recover an AK-56 assault rifle, three hand grenades, two magazines — each carry ing 30 round cartridges, 220 grams of explosives, a Delhi map and a memory card from a room of the said guesthouse. Meanwhile, on Sunday Delhi Police release... more
Views: 292Saudi Arabia: Threats to Block Internet Communication Tools
Written by Amira Al Hussaini Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet [1], is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating companies agree to infringe on the privacy of users and monitor them. According to Brian Whitaker, who blogs [2] at Al-bab, the Saudi authorities: are threatening to block popular communication services such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber unless the operating companies agree ... more
Views: 937Bosnia's Child Soldiers Fade into Obscurity
Exploited in war, ignored in peace, former combatants who served as minors in three warring armies want recognition more than anything else. By Aida Mia Alic - In February 1992, 17-year-old Mirsad Geko played his last hockey game in the brightly-lit Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo. In May that year, the war in Bosnia started and Geko gave up his dream of becoming hockey player. In early May, he set aside his hockey stick ... more
Views: 800Government ready to clear hurdles to the implementation of FDI i retail in the current budget sessio
Region: IndiaThe Union government is working vigorously to smooth out all those issues which may create barriers in the implementation of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail before the end of current budget session. Recently, the Union government has convened series of meetings with the Union Agriculture Ministry to give finishing touch to the process as FDI in retail sector is in the advanced stages of implementation. In order to permit FDI in retail segment, the government of India has to ... more
Views: 314Delhi police hunting for six suicide bombers of HizbulMujahideen.
Region: IndiaDelhi Police sources said on Saturday that Sayyed Liyaqat Shah had big terror plans to accomplish in Capital. The disclosures have come in the middle of a controversy over the issue whether Liyaqat Shah was scheduling a terror strike in Delhi or he was coming to surrender under rehabilitation policy. Reportedly, Shah trained in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and that he had been directed by his master minds to target crowded areas of Delhi during the festival of Holi.The target, a... more
Views: 222Home Minister likely to probe arrest of so called Hizbul Mujahideen militant Syed Liyaqat Shah .
Region: IndiaNational Investigating Agency (NIA) to conduct an independent inquiry in to the claims and counter-claims of Delhi and Jammu Kashmir Police over the arrest of so called Hizbul Mujahideen militant Syed Liyaqat Shah and the consequent recovery of AK-47 rifles and ammunition from a guest house in Jamia Masjid area of Delhi.Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde had promised to hand over the case to the NIA on MondayThe inquiry idea was trigerred by the Jammu and Kashmir ch... more
Views: 256Clouds of terrorism haunting New Delhi
Region: IndiaNew Delhi is again under the spell of terrorism .Top police officials link the arrest of a suspected suicide scout of Hizbul Mujahedeen terror group to his two colleagues who have not been caught so far. Though, police is vigorously hunting for his two companions but they are still at large. This alert came after the arrest of a 47 year old Syed Liquate Shah on March 20 from Gorakhpur UP. He was remanded to 15 day`s police custody by a city court In New Delhi It was during his inter... more
Views: 827Foreign Investment Promotion Board of government of India approves 12 FDI proposals worth Rs.2609 c
Region: IndiaAs reported by the Ministry of Finance ,today, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board of government of India granted approval to 12 FDI proposals totalling to Rs.2,609.27 crores. The board, however, refused one and deferred nine proposals. This approval includes the fat controversial proposal of Claris Otsuka, the pharmacy firm... It has, also, cleared the proposal for foreign equity of Rs.700 crores to engage a single brand retail deal in Decthlon Sports. The Foreign Investment... more
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