New Delhi: A 25-year-old driver was killed when he rammed his truck into a container while trying to flee after allegedly crushing to death a cyclist, police said. The incident took place in Okhla at around 12:15 PM and the victims were identified as Vishnu (25), the truck driver, and Vijender (28), who was on a cycle and hit by the truck, in south-east Delhi's Okhla. Vishnu was driving a...
01:26 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Chaman: Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months on Thursday, ending a painful chapter in US-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Thousands of trucks have been waiting at ports in Karachi for the transit ban to be lifted as the diplomatic wrangling dragged on. Drivers are eager to get...
01:27 AM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: A 40-year-old elephant, Chanchal, died and another was seriously injured after being hit by a speeding truck at the Noida expressway on Friday. The truck-driver managed to escape from the scene. The owner of the elephant also sustained injuries on his head. (With additional information from AP) ...
01:39 PM, Jun 29, 2012
On January 1, 1959, the government of Fulgencio Batista fell and Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba. Rumours started doing the rounds that all children would be taken against their parents wishes and sent to military schools or to Soviet labour camps. Americas Central Intelligence Agency launched Operation Pedro Pan. From December 1960 to October 1962, more than 14,000 Cuban children arrived alone in the United States and were relocated...
10:51 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: The clock has started ticking for suspended BEML chief VRS Natarajan after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has got the sanction to prosecute him. The agency believes Natarajan took favours from Vectra chief Ravi Rishi and is ready to file a chargesheet against him. The CBI is ready to confront Natarajan with evidence showing that he got favours from Rishi during his tenure. Natarajan had argued that...
10:21 AM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed there are no documents which show that PSU BEML had kept the Defence Ministry in the loop while signing the agreement for supply of Tatra all-terrain vehicles with Ravinder Rishi in 2003, three years before renewal of contract was due. CBI sources claimed the 2003 agreement has signatures of suspended BEML chairman V R S Natarajan and Ravinder Rishi while...
09:45 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday got a formal permission of the Centre to probe the alleged role of suspended BEML chief VRS Natarajan in connection with the Tatra vehicle deal. This comes hours after the Ministry of Defence suspended Natarajan following a recommendation by the CBI that he should be kept away from the post to ensure fair investigation. The charge of CMD was given...
08:06 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Ministry of Defence (MoS) on Monday suspended Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) chief VRS Natarajan in connection with the Tatra case. ...
02:07 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: Ministry of Defence (MoS) on Monday suspended Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) chief VRS Natarajan in connection with the Tatra case. The Defence ministry spokesperson on Monday confirmed the suspension. The Government has put the CMD of BEML Shri VRS Natarajan under suspension following a recommendation by the CBI that he should be kept away from the post to ensure fair investigation. The charge of CMD has been...
01:15 PM, Jun 11, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI is all set to question three retired Army officials who held key positions in procurement and quality assurance units and joined Tatra supply accused Ravinder Rishi's firm Vectra post-retirement. The agency is trying to establish alleged links of Rishi in the Defence establishment who helped him in procurement and supply of Tatra all terrain vehicles from BEML, sources said. The agency has questioned a number of...
03:06 PM, Jun 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Wednesday sought an explanation from BEML chief VRS Natarajan for serving a legal notice on former Army chief Gen VK Singh demanding an apology for his alleged defamatory statements against the defence PSU on the Tatra truck issue. "Defence Ministry categorically denies giving permission to BEML chief to serve a legal notice for filing a defamation suit against Gen VK Singh," Defence Ministry spokesperson...
05:49 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Bangalore: BEML CMD VRS Natarajan while addressing a press conference on Friday alleged that retired Army chief General VK Singh's remarks against Tatra trucks were damaging and defamatory. Natarajan says that no letter has been received that alleged that the trucks are sub-standard. Natarajan has issued a defamatory notice against Singh. Natarajan said that the statements made by Retd General Singh are demeaning of his stature. "I am puzzled about...
11:16 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday adjourned till Monday its decision on whether Army Chief General VK Singh should be summoned or not in a defamation case filed by Lt General (retd) Tejinder Singh against him. The court will decide on Monday if more documents are needed to decide on summoning the Chief of Army Staff. The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to direct the Centre to take...
02:06 PM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: At least 16 people have been reported dead when a bus on Friday night headed to Ajmer collided with a truck and burst into flames on the Gonda-Bahraich road near Chilwaria village in Uttar Pradesh. 44 injured passengers have been rushed to the nearest hospital. The victims were mainly pilgrims on their way to Ajmer Sharif from Ambedkar Nagar. It is believed that the bus exploded because an...
06:34 AM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: At least 25 pilgrims on Friday night are feared to have died as a bus collided with a stationary truck in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. Around 60 passengers were on board and were travelling from Sultanpur to Ajmer Sharif. Chief Development Officer of the district Sukhlal Bharti said 44 passengers of the 54-seater bus, that was carrying 60-70 people, were rescued. Some pilgrims managed to get out of the...
12:50 AM, May 19, 2012
Mumbai: At the opening ceremony for Daimler AG's $850 million India factory, Chairman Dieter Zetsche stepped down from the cab of a gleaming yellow 25-tonne truck with scaled-down horsepower, a stripped-back gearbox and no sign of the iconic Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star on its grille. Daimler has been assembling high-end trucks in India for years, but its recently launched cut-price BharatBenz line has joined a trend by global heavy equipment manufacturers...
01:19 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Czechoslovakia based truck-maker Tatra on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against its blacklisting. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to DGCA and Ministry of Home Affairs for May 15 and sought all records related to the case. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had blacklisted the company's subsidiary Global Vectra Helicorp last week. The company has been under the scanner after Army Chief General...
10:16 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has intensified its probe to unearth alleged irregularities in procurement and supply of all-terrain Tatra trucks to the army and has called some former defence ministry officials and executives of a private firm involved in the deal for questioning. Agency sources said the sleuths had found documents suggesting role of some government officials in the multi-crore deal between Tatra Sipox UK and...
05:40 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA government and the Opposition were involved in a slugfest in the Rajya Sabha over the shortages of arms and ammunition faced by the defence forces. Raising the issue BJP MP and Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley said that the Indian defence forces were moving on imported trucks, which was not a good sign. "The country which aspires to become a superpower has to import trucks for...
03:58 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, seeking withdrawal of an alleged defamatory press release accusing him of offering bribe to the Army chief to clear a defence deal, to prove that the right to reputation is a fundamental right. "You show and satisfy me that right to reputation is a fundamental right. Do not argue in the air and come prepared with...
02:04 PM, May 07, 2012
