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

Honour killing of research scholar alleged
Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) Students of the Panjab University have filed a complaint with a human rights panel alleging that a 25-year-old woman, who her family said died of heart attack, was actually killed by her father and brother for their 'honour'.

According to the complaint filed by the students' NGO of the varsity to the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC), Shama Shukla was murdered by her family at Chamkaur Sahib town in Punjab as ... Read More

Kala Azar affects 252 people in West Bengal district
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) At least 252 people have been afflicted by Kala Azar in West Bengal's Malda district this year, a medical officer said Wednesday.

"Six to seven blocks in Malda district are prone to Kala Azar. This year 252 people have been affected," Chief Medical Officer of Health (Malda) Srikanta Roy told IANS over phone.

However, locals claimed that more than 300 people have been laid low by the disease caused by a parasite, ... Read More

Angry mob vandalises police post in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) An angry mob indulged in arson and vandalism at a police outpost, protesting the death of a teenaged boy, who was mowed down by a tractor in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district Wednesday.

Demanding arrest of the erring driver, who absconded after the accident, the mob clashed with the police. They forced their way inside the Peepalpur police outpost, burnt official documents and destroyed furniture and other belongings.

The victim, identified as Hemraj, ... Read More

University of California, Kerala B-school join hands
Thiruvananthapuram, July 28 (IANS) University of California Santa Cruz and the Asian School of Business (ASB) in Kerala's capital Wednesday launched a strategic tie-up that would include a series of exchange programmes.

Announcing this here, G. Vijaya Raghavan, member-secretary of ASB, said: "As the first in the series of programmes planned, a three-day conference would be held Sep 22-24 in Silicon Valley, California."

The conference will be titled "Innovation - A tool for fostering entrepreneurship ... Read More

Himachal accident: Search on for passengers missing in rivulet
Shimla, July 28 (IANS) Police and rescue workers Wednesday morning again began to search for four people who were missing a day after their bus skidded off the road into a rivulet in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district, officials said.

A state-run bus with more than 30 passengers on board fell into the rivulet Tuesday due to heavy rains near Kupvi in Chopal subdivision. Twenty seven people have been rescued and one body has been retrieved so ... Read More