Silchar: The nine-year-old alleged rape victim does not have any sign of sexual assault on her person as per the preliminary reports of the hospital where the girl is under treatment, police said on Tuesday.
"Preliminary medical tests conducted by the attending doctors at the Silchar Medical College Hospital have found no sign of rape or sexual assault on the girl, Cachar Superintendent of Police Digonta Bora said.
The final medical report of the tests carried out on the girl was, however, yet to come, Bora said. The girl is, however, out of danger, doctors said....
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02:45 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Silchar: A nine-year old girl was allegedly gangraped by two unidentified persons in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Monday. The nine-year old from Karimganj had gone to visit her grandfather in Pechachora village under Kallain police station of Katigora sub-division when she was kidnapped by two unidentified persons, with their faces covered, last evening, the sources said. The girl was taken to a house in Section 9 of Kallain...
02:10 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Karimganj (Assam): A 29-year-old woman died after being brutally raped and dumped by a driver in Silchar town of Assam, police said on Thursday. The woman and her husband were travelling by a private vehicle from Bolpui town of Mizoram to Lumding in Assam on Wednesday when the driver, feigning problem in the vehicle, asked the man to push it, they said. As soon as the man got off, the...
07:34 PM, Apr 04, 2013
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, jolted India-Bangladesh border on Saturday morning. The quake struck at 7:01 am on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. ...
08:39 AM, Mar 02, 2013
A youth allegedly tortured and severely injured a five-year-old girl in Assam's Karimganj district, police said on January 30. The five-year-old girl, who went missing on January 28 evening, was found lying in a paddy field with severe injuries near her house at Pinnagar village on January 29, Additional Superintendent of Police KK Gupta said. ...
02:50 PM, Jan 30, 2013
New Delhi: Winding up the exercise of scrutiny of mines allotted to PSUs which failed to develop coal mines within stipulated timeframe, the Inter-Ministerial panel on coal blocks on Tuesday recommended de-allocation of three more blocks. "The IMG has recommended de-allocation of three blocks today including one allotted to Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC)," a source close to the development said. However, the names of other two blocks could...
08:51 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) is likely to meet on Tuesday to decide the fate of 14 more mines allotted to public sector firms. The IMG had recommended de-allocation of eight coal blocks allotted to PSUs earlier this month. The government had accepted IMG's recommendation of de-allocation of 13 mines. The IMG was formed by the government to review progress of coal blocks allocated to firms. Meanwhile, the...
06:50 AM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: After recommending deallocation of eight blocks alloted to PSUs, the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) is likely to meet on Monday to decide the fate of 14 more mines alloted to public sector firms. "The IMG is likely to meet tomorrow to decide the fate of 14 coal blocks alloted to public sector firms," an official in the coal ministry said. The IMG, early this month, had recommended de-allocation of...
05:24 AM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: After recommending deallocation of eight blocks alloted to PSUs, the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) is likely to meet on Monday to decide the fate of 14 more mines alloted to public sector firms. "The IMG is likely to meet tomorrow to decide the fate of 14 coal blocks alloted to public sector firms," an official in the coal ministry said. The IMG, early this month, had recommended de-allocation of...
10:57 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Kolkata: The Ministry of Coal has issued letters for deallocation of coal blocks of firms like Electrotherm and bank guarantee deduction for companies like DB Power. The letters were issued on the back of the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Group headed by Additional Secretary (Coal). In the case of DB Power, the IMG has recommended the deduction of bank guarantee to the extent of Rs 5.1 crore. "The BG as...
01:36 AM, Nov 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks has recommended de-allocation of two coal mines allocated to PSUs on the ground of companies not developing them, sources said. The IMG on Monday reviewed 10 coal blocks allocated to public sector companies (PSUs), including Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) and Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), an official said after the meeting. "Of the 10 coal blocks it reviewed, IMG has recommended...
09:41 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group on coal blocks is set to begin a two-day meeting on Monday. It will be deciding the fate of 33 public sector coal blocks that were served notices for delays in production. These blocks had been allotted to the Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp and the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp. The IMG will make recommendations with regard to 13 coal mines alloted to public sector...
06:30 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) will decide the fate of 13 coal mines allocated to public sector firms on the first day of the two-day meeting likely to be held next week. This could include firms like Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp and Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp. "The IMG will make recommendations with regard to 13 coal mines alloted to public sector firms on October 30. On October 31...
06:17 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: An Inter-Ministerial Group on coal will be deciding the fate of 58 coal blocks on Wednesday. The Inter-Ministerial Group on Tuesday started reviewing development of blocks allotted to public sector firms and examined 13 cases. "The public sector firms like Maharashtra State Mining Corp, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and Orissa Mining Corp presented the status of their mines before the IMG today," an official in the Coal Ministry...
11:44 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks is likely to finalise its recommendations with regard to the 31 mines allocated to public sector firms by October 20. "Coal Secretary SK Srivastava has recently conveyed it to Public Accounts Committee that the recommendations of the IMG as far as coal blocks allocated to public sector firms would be finalised by October 20," an official in the Coal Ministry told...
12:13 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: The axe continues to fall on companies who have been allotted coal blocks, but have till now failed to operationalise them. The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) in its meeting on Thursday recommended de-allocation of two coal blocks - Dahegaon Makardhokra and Bhaskarpara. While Dhaegaon Makardhokra block has been allotted to IST Steel & Power, Gujarat Ambuja Cements and Lafarge, the Bhaskarpara block is with Electrotherm and Ultratech. Till now...
03:08 PM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: On the third day of questioning over the coal block allocations scam, Jayaswal brothers - Manoj and Arvind are being questioned together by the CBI. The Dardas may be next after the mining barons. Arvind Jayaswal is a shareholder in Jas Infrastructure and AMR Iron and Steel along with Congress MP Vijay Darda. Darda could be called in for questioning soon. Manoj, Anand and Abhishek Jayaswal are also...
05:04 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Moving ahead with action against erring coal block allottees, the government on Monday decided to de-allocate one more mine and deduct bank guarantees of two others even as the ministerial panel recommended forfeiture of bank guarantee of a block allotted to Hindalco and Tata Power. The decision to de-allocate Gourangdih ABC coal block, jointly given to JSW Steel, a company owned by Sajjan Jindal, brother of Congress MP...
08:16 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday questioned Arvind Jayaswal, a director in the AMR Iron and Steel company, in connection with the coal blocks allocations. Jayaswal was named by the CBI in its FIR in the case. The interrogation comes ahead of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) meet on Monday that will decide the fate of six companies. The body has already recommended seven coal blocks for...
12:45 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks will meet on Monday to decide the fate of six more mines allocated to private firms that were issued notices for delaying production. As of now, the IMG has recommended cancellation of seven coal blocks to the Coal Ministry. The IMG is currently reviewing coal block allocations. "The IMG may decide the fate of around six coal blocks in its...
05:22 AM, Sep 17, 2012
