CBI summons ex-Gujarat police chief P.C. Pande
Gandhinagar, July 28(IANS) Former Gujarat director general of police P.C. Pande was Wednesday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.

He has been told to appear before the CBI Aug 11, CBI sources said.

Pande was the Ahmedabad commissioner of police during the 2002 communal riots and was the state police chief when a bulk of the shootouts by the police, including the one ... Read More

West Bengal announces surrender policy for Maoists
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday announced a surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for the Maoist guerrillas with immediate effect.

As per the package, based on guidelines formulated by the union home ministry, surrendering Maoists would get a monthly stipend of Rs.2,000 for a period of three years, while the state government would make a fixed deposit of Rs.1.5 lakh for three years for each.

Once the fixed deposit matures, the entire money would be handed ... Read More

Orissa examines textbook after protest by JMM
Bhubaneswar/Ranchi, July 28 (IANS) The Orissa government Wednesday said it is examining complaints over allegedly objectionable remark about the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in a state text book, a decision that followed protests by the party.

"It has come to our notice and we are examining it (the content in the book). We will take appropriate action soon," Madhu Sudan Padhi, secretary of the Orissa's higher education department told IANS.

The JMM has alleged that ... Read More

Bail cancelled for Aman Kachru ragging accused


Shimla, July 28 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday cancelled bail to four students of a medical college for ragging to death first year student Aman Kachru last year.

The order was delivered by Justice D.D. Sud who had asked the government why their bail should not be cancelled.



A trial court in Dharamsala had granted bail to the four accused Ajay Verma, Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma on July ... Read More

Punjab Police arrest two in fake currency scam
Sangrur (Punjab), July 28 (IANS) An inter-state fake currency racket has been busted with the arrest of two people from Punjab's Sangrur town, police said Wednesday.

According to the police, fake currency with a face value of Rs.15 lakh was recovered late Tuesday from the accused, identified as Jasvir Singh alias "Jassi" and Akshay Gupta.

"The notes are in the denomination of Rs.1,000 and Rs.500. Jagtar, the kingpin of the gang was running this illegal network ... Read More

Sensex closes 124 points lower, RIL, L&T drag
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities closed 124 points lower as selling intensified in the last hour of trade.

Heavyweights Reliance Industries and L&T dragged the index.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,077.85 points, closed at 17,952.83 points (provisional), 124.78 points or 0.69 percent down from its previous close at 18,077.61 points.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share ... Read More

Exports from special economic zone zoomed 121 percent
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) In sharp contrast to the slowdown in India's external trade last fiscal, exports from special economic zones (SEZs) grew by a whopping 121.4 percent, the commerce ministry said Wednesday.

Exports from SEZs during 2009-10 stood at Rs.2,20,711.39 crore ($49 billion). India's total exports during the same period was down 4.7 percent at $176.5 billion.

During the first quarter of the current fiscal, SEZ exports have touched Rs.58,685.46 crore, an over 68 ... Read More

NDDB to invest Rs.17,000 crore to boost milk production
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is planning to invest Rs.17,000 crore as part of a 15-year national plan to usher in a second White Revolution to meet the growing demand for milk, which is expected to reach 180 million tonnes by 2021.

The first phase of the plan, scheduled from April 2011 to March 2017, will involve an expenditure of Rs.1,600 crore, for which a credit line from International Development ... Read More

NSE to explore business opportunities with LSE
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) India's National Stock Exchange (NSE) Wednesday inked a letter of intent with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to evaluate business opportunities, including licensing and trading of key benchmark indices on each other's exchange.

"As part of the Letter, both exchanges declared their intent to explore the feasibility of an agreement whereby FTSE Group may licence the FTSE 100 Index to the NSE, and whereby the NSE may licence the S&P CNX ... Read More

Britain to ease nuclear trade with India
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 28 (IANS) Britain is gearing up to give licenses to its civil nuclear firms to do business with India and does not see the lack of a nuclear liability legislation a hindrance.

Civil nuclear cooperation will figure in talks British Premier David Cameron will have with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi Thursday, said official sources.

Britain's Business secretary Vince Cable, accompanying Cameron in his maiden India visit, Wednesday indicated that ... Read More