Chennai: A CNN-IBN ground report has exposed how sand is being stolen by politically connected mafia despite a ban on sand mining in Tamil Nadu. And the rampant sand mining is happening in violation of a ban even in Srirangam, the constituency of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The CNN-IBN investigation has exposed how trucks carry double the allocated load causing huge losses to the government. The sand mining mafia is...
10:40 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Itanagar: The BJP on Saturday demanded that the Centre provide "fool-proof" security to people from north eastern region residing in other parts of the country in wake of their mass exodus from several states. The Centre must take immediate corrective steps and stop discrimination with the people of the region, BJP National General Secretary Tapir Gao told a press conference in Itanagar. "BJP is taking the issue of mass exodus...
05:59 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Guwahati: Adding fuel to the volatile situation in violence-hit Assam, one more person was shot dead at Kokrajhar by unidentified persons at around 7.30 pm on Friday. There were reportedly three assailants on motorbikes, who killed owner of a pharmacy shop at Pandarchowa under Salakati police station. The violence between the Bodos and minority migrants claimed 78 lives so far in violence-hit areas of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Baksa districts....
09:31 PM, Aug 17, 2012
Washington: The Obama administration has directed young illegal immigrants to fill out new forms and pay $465 if they want to apply under a new programme that would let them avoid deportation and obtain a US work permit. The government renewed warnings that the process would not lead to citizenship or give them permission to travel internationally. It will begin accepting immigrants' applications on Wednesday. The announcement came just months...
08:28 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Guwahati: Altogether 2,92,852 violence affected people are currently living in 228 relief camps in four trouble-torn districts of lower Assam, while 10,636 inmates having left the camps during the last 24 hours. In Kokrajhar, 10,300 inmates left the camps, while 336 people went home in Chirang though none did so in Dhubri district, an official release said in Guwahati on Tuesday. Among the total inmates in the relief camp, 61,439...
07:33 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Guwahati: A judicial inquiry will be held to probe the Bodo-minority violence in lower Assam even as CBI has taken up seven cases related to the clashes that have claimed 77 lives so far. "We have decided on a judicial inquiry. This will be done at a much larger scale and cover the entire gamut of issues, including lapses by administration and recommendations for preventing such incidents in future," Assam...
06:28 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday held detailed discussions with senior Ministers and top officials in the wake of reports about illegal granite quarrying in the State resulting in loss of several crores of rupees to the government. Finance Minister O Panneerselvam, Industries Minister P Thangamani, Electricity Minister R Viswanathan, Municipal Administration Minister KP Munusamy and Housing Minister R Vaithilingam, Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangi, Industries Secretary N Sundaradevan, DGP...
12:01 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka High Court on Friday adjourned to August 13 former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa petition seeking relaxation of one of the conditions of the anticipatory bail granted to him in connection with an illegal mining case. Justice Subhash B Adi adjourned the plea granting time to CBI to file its objections to the petition seeking relaxation of the condition according to which he should seek prior permission of the...
02:47 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's petition seeking relaxation of one of the conditions of the anticipatory bail granted to him in connection with an illegal mining case being probed by the CBI, will come up before the High Court on Friday. The petition seeking relaxation of the condition according to which he should seek prior permission of the court if he has to travel out of Bangalore, will...
08:59 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court yesterday took a strong view against illegally parked generator vans on Bantara Bhavan Road in Kurla (East) and asked for an affidavit from the senior inspector (traffic) of the area, detailing what steps his department has taken to deal with the menace. On July 10, MiD DAY had reported (Generator vans spark traffic nightmare) that over 150 trucks, mostly generator vans, were parked along the...
02:44 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Guwahati: The continuing violence in lower Assam has once again brought to the fore the illegal migration and its impact on the socioeconomic situation in the state, which had witnessed prolonged unrest on the explosive issue back in the 80s. Seventy-seven people have lost their lives in the sporadic clashes between Bodos and Muslims in BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts) and Dhubri district in the last fortnight as Assam Chief...
12:32 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Lotteries Department on Tuesday issued a warning to agents against illegal sale of tickets outside the state and also sale of tickets of the same numerical endings in sets. In an advertisement, the department said that the licence of such agencies will be cancelled without prior notice and legal steps will be taken. This follows the Express reports on both the illegal practices. In the first report titled...
03:04 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Senior BJP leader LK Advani blamed the UPA government for not being able to check illegal immigration. ...
01:58 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Washington: At least 30,000 Indians would be among the 1.76 million undocumented illegal immigrants who would benefit from US President Barack Obama's new policy to defer deportation of illegal immigrants for two years, a new study said. Using Current Population Survey data from the US Census Bureau, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) estimates that as many as 1.76 million people, under the age of 31, could be at risk of being...
08:34 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Kokrajhar: Three people were shot dead near riot-affected Kokrajhar region of Assam on Monday night, in the second such incident in two days. Police and para-military forces were rushed to the affected areas. On Sunday, four people were killed in a similar act of violence, ending ten days of relative calm in the region. Three bodies with bullet injuries were recovered from Chirang while one from Kokrajhar. Lower Assam has...
08:38 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that 73 army officials of various ranks have been punished with disciplinary action for illegal sale of weapons and issuance of licences to dubious persons. Appearing for the Defence Ministry, Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising told a bench of Justice S S Nijjar and Justice H L Gokhale that the punishment ranged from censure, demotions and witholding of increments. Both...
07:22 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: There is some relief for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa from the Supreme Court. The apex court has dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) petition, which had sought the cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to Yeddyurappa earlier. A bench of justices T S Thakur and Ibrahim Kalifulla dismissed the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the anticipatory bail granted by the...
11:52 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Alwar: A journalist and his cameraman, who were working on a story on illegal mining in the region, were allegedly assaulted by goons of local mining mafia when they had gone for coverage at a village in Alwar. The duo, working with a local news channel, had gone for coverage in Nibhore village in Alwar on Friday night when the incident took place, SP Umesh Chand Dutta said, adding that...
02:38 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Pune: Many owners of private vehicles are running illegal city-Mumbai cab services in violation of the State Transportation Act and fleecing passengers. Parked at railways stations and bus stands in the city to pick up passengers, these vehicles are found trespassing on government property. Such illegal cabs are getting away with it because the traffic police, the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Regional Transport Office cannot decided who should...
05:20 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) has sued The Nielsen Co. for allegedly manipulating TAM ratings data in favour of broadcasters who 'paid' money. Filing a detailed 194-page suit in New York's Supreme Court on July 26, the network has sought billions of dollars in damages from the ratings company. NDTV says it was made to appear that fewer people were watching NDTV channels than actually were. It has...
03:51 PM, Jul 31, 2012
