Raj Thackeray, the MNS head, got exemption from appearing in the Vikhroli metropolitan magistrate court after a plea was filed by his lawyer for the same. The plea was filed by his lawyer, Sameer Nagre, in which he pleaded that since Raj had got bail just yesterday, he would not be able to appear before [...]
Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday at Ratnagiri in connection to the Sunday’s attack on North Indian Rail exam candidates by his supporters. On Sunday, MNS workers attacked 13 railway board examination centers in Suburban Mumbai to protest against the lesser representation to the locals and [...]
In an unusual turn, Jet Airways, the private carrier, announced that it would had laid down nearly 1000 employees as a process of cutting down the extra flab. This news came as a shock to the Jet Airways employees, mostly cabin crew members and Engineers who were angry at this decision. Most of them were [...]
Canada’s ruling Conservative Party has returned to power with a larger tally in the general elections, but short of the 155 mark needed for a simple majority in the 308-member House of Commons. The party, which held 126 seats in the dissolved House of Commons, was on target to win 144 seats, at least 11 [...]
Rs 20,000 Crore to be Injected by RBI to Help Mutual Funds
Adding up to the previous incidents, Communal violence broke out in Andhra Pradesh’s Adilabad district on Friday afternoon during the “Shobha Yatra” procession movement. 3 people died and 15 were left injured in this clash in the Bhainsa Town of Adilabad district. Many shops were set afire including 20 shops and 10 vehicles by the [...]
BJP floor-leader G Kishan Reddy today demanded that the Andhra Pradesh Government order a judicial inquiry into the clashes in the communally-sensitive Bhainsa town for the people to know the truth. Talking to newspersons here, he alleged that it was not clashes between two groups, but a direct attack by a group on the religious [...]
India is witnessing an increase in the incidence of both anti- minority violence and terrorism. Christians are under attack in Orissa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and now even Kerala, long held up as a model of pluralism. Leading the attacks are Hindu- extremist groups like the Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Shiv Sena, which [...]
Adding to the series of killings in the communal fights between castes in India for centuries now, another shocking incident took place in Bihar where an upper caste individual shot dead a lower caste individual for crossing the religious boundaries. Three persons from Dalit community had gone to offer prasad (religious offering) to Durga (Goddess [...]
Assuring depositors that their money was safe in banks, Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao on Saturday said the central bank was geared to inject more liquidity into the country’s financial system and that there was no cause for anxiety. “Our banking system is stable and sound. There is no reason for any anxiety [...]
