Hyderabad: The Telangana protests have flare up yet again in Hyderabad as the police fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters. No injuries were reported in the teargas firing.
Meanwhile, two rebel Telangana Congress MPs G Viveka and Manda Jagannath have courted arrest even as hundreds of pro-Telangana activists have been taken into protective custody. A group of protesters tried to force their way to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly but were stopped by the police.
The members of the Telangana Joint Action Committee were marching towards the state assembly with the demand for separate statehood. Students at the Osmania University also had a scuffle with the police when they were stopped from participating in the march.
The Assembly has been adjourned till Monday with the TRS, BJP and the CPI interrupting the house over the Telangana issue. But the Congress says a decision on Telangana will be taken only after the Assembly session is over. ...
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02:16 PM, Jun 14, 2013
I was a keen conceptual geologist. I worked with inspiring people in Greenland trying to understand the nature of the earth at its beginning. I loved building models to explain and predict things-and still do now. Artists don't have a monopoly on imagination. But I was then, as I am now, a realist, and Britain in the 1970s was losing the luxury of knowledge for knowledge's sake, so I applied...
02:50 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Jamaica: World and Olympic 400m hurdles champion Melaine Walker has been confirmed for the 100m hurdles at the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) Meet on May 4. Walker will be running the sprint hurdle in a competitive event for the first time since 2006 when she was a student at the University of Texas. She is expected to face off against London Olympic Games 100m hurdles silver medalist Dawn Harper of...
02:36 PM, Apr 24, 2013
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11:37 PM, Mar 10, 2013
India is aggressively pursuing tax claims against multinational firms operating in the country as the government seeks to rein in its budget deficit, taking particular aim at IT and back-office functions, tax officials say. It has targeted several multinational companies in recent years for tax audits on transfer-pricing, but over the past 12 months has widened the scope of the investigations, officials added. ...
09:28 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) supporters and close aides of party MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who has been charged with sedition, criminal conspiracy and other charges for making a "hate speech", clashed with policemen and media persons in Old City of Hyderabad on Friday. ...
02:12 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Usain Bolt and Fraser-Pryce are among the athletes in the running for the Laureus World Sports Awards 2013. ...
01:15 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Mumbai: After the Income Tax department began inquiry into the alleged shell companies investing in BJP President Nitin Gadkari firm, CNN-IBN has found that a number of companies have changed their addresses overnight. The question arises - is this part of a cover up? CNN-IBN has found that 12 suspected shell companies have got new registered addresses. The change in addresses comes after income tax and Corporate Affairs Ministry began...
06:19 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax department on Tuesday conducted inquiries at 12 places in Mumbai where firms, which had invested in BJP president Nitin Gadkari's company, had given their addresses. I-T authorities also began probe into shell companies in Purti group, owned by Gadkari. They will investigate the source of funds for investment made. Gadkari is under attack over dubious funding of Purti Power and Sugar Ltd controlled by him...
04:29 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: In a major breather for Nitin Gadkari, his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unanimously backed him as the party president, saying there's no question of him quitting over allegations of dubious land deals. The decision was taken at a late-night party meeting on Friday. From the time Gadkari arrived in Delhi, speculation started doing the rounds about his fate. His first stop in the capital was...
07:38 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi resident Balwant Singh Tokas has filed a police complaint after getting Income Tax notices over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari's firms. A complaint has been filed against against five investor firms that used Tokas's address. Tokas, a resident of Munirka in Delhi, got I-T notices as five investor firms showed his address. This comes amidst allegations against Gadkari's firms being run as shell companies with...
01:38 PM, Oct 26, 2012
The Income Tax department on Thursday began probe into BJP President Nitin Gadkari's Purti Power and Sugar Ltd (PPSL). I-T authorities said they will also probe source of funds of the 18 companies that invested in Purti. Prima facie evidence suggested that shell companies had invested in Purti. Sources said that if necessary Gadkari might also be summoned in the case. ...
10:25 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed details of one of the alleged shell companies that invested in BJP President Nitin Gadkari's Purti Group. Regency Equifin Pvt Ltd interestingly has Gadkari's accountant Kawdu Zade and other employees in Purti as directors. Also, records show that Regency Equifin both borrowed from and lent money to Gadkari. The company bought shares worth Rs 4 crore in Gadkari's Purti Group in 2008. The 2008-09 balance...
08:42 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax department on Thursday began probe into BJP president Nitin Gadkari's Purti Power and Sugar Ltd. I-T authorities will also probe source of funds of companies that were invested in Purti. Prima facie evidence suggests that shell companies have invested in Purti. Sources say that if necessary Gadkari may also be summoned in the case. IT departments of Mumbai and Pune have started their probe into...
03:26 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: The list of questions for BJP president Nitin Gadkari seems to be endless. A CNN-IBN investigation has revealed more cases of financial impropriety. Ideal energy, a promoter of a company that had business links with Gadkari is built on land owned by the BJP chief's Purti group. Nitin Gadkari's business links with IRB Infra Development Ltd, the company that received contracts worth several crores during his tenure as...
07:40 AM, Oct 25, 2012
There is more evidence of fictious companies and dummy directors that funded BJP president Nitin Gadkari's Purti Group of companies. After drivers and accountants, an astrologer was found to be a director in one of the shell investing companies. While Nitin Gadkari defended the massive loan he got from IRB, a company he gave contracts to as PWD minister, the company itself claimed there were no business links between the ...
08:30 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed details of yet another shell company associated with BJP president Nitin Gadkari. Four companies were reportedly found registered to an address in Andheri, Mumbai, that does not exist. The companies, called Leverage Fintrade, Jasika Mercantile, Strelight Fincom and Regency Equifin were registered to a certain 'Salarsa Society' in Andheri. However, locals said there is no such address. The directors in these companies include Gadkari's accountant...
06:20 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: More details have emerged on Wednesday on shell companies of BJP president Nitin Gadkari's Purti group. Its not just drivers and accountants, now an astrologer has emerged as a director in a Purti investor company which itself seems to be a shell company. The documents show Ashwami Sales and Marketing Ltd, which owns equity in Purti, is non existent. When CNN-IBN inquired after one of its directors, Hanumant...
02:38 PM, Oct 24, 2012
London: Allyson Felix of the U.S. finally got her Olympic gold in the 200 meters Wednesday night, overtaking two-time 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica down the stretch to win in 21.88 seconds. Felix, a silver medalist in the 200 in 2004 and 2008, was behind coming off the turn but powered past Fraser-Pryce over the last 40 meters. Fraser-Pryce got the silver in 22.09. Carmelita Jeter of the U.S....
02:24 AM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce leaned across the finish line of the women's 100 meters, then looked up at the blank scoreboard for the name of the next Olympic champion. Five seconds passed, then five more. Was it the Jamaican, Fraser-Pryce, or the American, Carmelita Jeter? The race couldn't have been any closer, and when Fraser-Pryce's name finally came up first, she fell to the ground and shouted, "Thank you, Jesus!" Another...
03:35 AM, Aug 05, 2012
