Новости за 25.08.2015

Goa PWD minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Tuesday ruled out immediate `blacklisting` of consultancy firm Louis Berger indicted in an international bribery scandal, saying such a step would only be taken after the police probe is complete.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced her government`s decision to withdraw over 100 cases against the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists and leaders initiated during their separatist movement.

Students agitating against alleged police assault vacated Presidency University vice chancellor Anuradha Lohia`s room on Tuesday, even as she admitted there was trust deficit between the institution and the students but refused to quit and denied being affiliated to any political party.

Patel Community protesters demanding OBC reservation on Tuesday set two motorbikes on fire and damgaged public property at Shahibaug area of the city after the release of their leader Hardik Patel.

Bihar government on Tuesday set up a high-level committee to probe how BJP national president Amit Shah got trapped inside a lift of the state guest house here four days ago.

Delhi Chief Minister filled the first application form as registration for the eighth edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, began here on Tuesday.

BJP plans to target the Gandhi family in a big way over the alleged sale to a trust run by it of land meant for a bicycle factory here and said the party is awaiting the local administration's action on a complaint over the matter before proceeding with such programmes.

Commander-In-Chief of Israeli Navy Vice Admiral Ram Rutberg, who is on an official visit to India from August 24 to 27, visited Mumbai on Tuesday.

Representatives of ex-servicemen on Tuesday said they were trying to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to discuss the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue.

The NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog, which has replaced the Planning Commission, on Tuesday said it has developed an interactive energy planning tool, which aims to explore a range of potential future energy scenarios for India up to 2047.

More than 20 prisoners, mostly members of the Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga combatants, escaped from an Islamic State controlled prison in the northern city of Mosul, according to Kurdish officials.

The Seventh Pay Commission set up by the government to revise remuneration of about 48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners will submit its report next month, said its Chairman Justice AK Mathur.

The Gujarat government on Tuesday virtually rejected the demand of Hardik Patel and three others that they would end their hunger strike only if Chief Minister Anandiben Patel personally comes to the protest venue, saying it has nothing to do in that regard.

Assam continues to reel under the impact of floods in 12 districts affecting over 8.5 lakh people in 984 villages across the state even as the government said it has given all help to the state government to minimize casualties and flood damages.

A strangest form of a dowry demand, even before marriage, has surfaced recently. The demand is not of a house, car, gold or lakhs of money, the groom’s family allegedly demanded a nude selfie of the bride-to-be for their son and said only then would the marriage get consummated. Such a rare demand was kept by 33-year-old Jitendra and his family who hails from Thane, Maharashtra.

Reciting and composing Sanskrit shlokas and poems are some of the suggestions made by CBSE to its affiliated schools for the 'Sanskrit Week' celebration between August 26 and September 1, the second such event after the NDA government came to power.

India on Tuesday conveyed its concerns to Nepal over "unsubstantiated" statements made by Nepalese leaders over alleged intrusion by Indians in riot-hit areas, saying such actions could cause "misunderstandings" and "distort" perceptions about friendly bilateral ties.

A ruling BJP MLA and his supporters allegedly ransacked a tool booth following an altercation with the workers manning it when they were asked to pay the toll fee in Indore district.

Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) president Shabir Ahmad Shah on Tuesday "blamed the Centre for the failure" of the NSA talks with Pakistan, saying "the world is disappointed on the stand taken by India".

Two prisoners were on Tuesday killed and five injured in a clash that broke out between two groups inside a moving jail van transporting them from Rohini court to the Tihar Jail.

Madras High Court bench here on Tuesday acquitted seven persons sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court in a murder case holding that the complaint of the primary witness had not been marked by police.

Two undertrial inmates were killed and five others suffered injuries in a clash between two rival gangs while they were being taken back to Tihar jail from a city court on Tuesday evening, police said.

The Delhi government has moved "online" the implementation and monitoring of projects under MLALAD funds by developing an application in this regard involving all the relevant agencies, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday.

Slamming the state government over the law and order situation, BJP Mahila Morcha Uttar Pradesh president Madhu Mishra on Tuesday said the Samajwadi Party has failed to check crime.

Delhi government is all set to go "paperless" as the state Cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval for implementing the e-office system in every department in what has been claimed would be a first in the country.