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Bail to Nupur Talwar

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the trial court to release Dr. Nupur Talwar on bail on September 25 in the case of the murder of her teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and J.S. Khehar disposed of Nupur’s appeal against the order of the Allahabad High Court, which dismissed her bail plea on May 31. She has been in jail from April 30. Aarushi, 14, was found dead in her bedroom at the Talwars’ residence at Noida on the intervening night of May 16-17, 2008. The body of Hemraj was found on the terrace on May 17. At the last hearing on August 13, the Bench asked the CBI to complete recording the evidence of 13 crucial witnesses by September 17. During the resumed hearing, Additional Solicitor General Siddarth Luthra, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation, said nine of them had been examined, one witness was dropped and two others a maid and a guard were not traceable. 

CBI grilling in coal scam

Two weeks after it filed a first set of five FIRs in the coal case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned Arvind Jayaswal, Director of the Nagpur-based AMR Iron and Steel Pvt. Ltd, whose company is alleged to have given false information and concealed crucial facts to get the Bander coal block in Maharashtra allotted in 2009. CBI sources said Mr. Jayaswal was asked about his alleged meeting with the then Minister of State for Coal in September 2008 to claim that his company was not part of the Jayaswal Group, but its equity was held by the Lokmat Group, Abhijeet Infrastructure Ltd and IL&FS. The company had also allegedly admitted before the Minister to having got five blocks earlier, though this information was not disclosed while filing the application for the said block. The sources said Jayaswal was confronted with papers showing how his firm concealed and misrepresented equity participation of IL&FS and the Lokmat Group to get the coal block allotted. During the eight-hour questioning, CBI sleuths asked him about the role of government officials who allegedly helped the firm get the coal block. 

Modi thanks PM for Birthday greetings

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are among the leaders who sent their good wishes to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on his 63rd birthday on Monday. However, within hours of his writing on Twitter that he was extremely thankful to Dr. Singh for his greetings, Mr. Modi attacked the Prime Minister for betraying the people of the country. He said the Prime Minister betrayed youth to whom he had promised jobs and provided none; betrayed the common masses to whom he had promised he would contain inflation but did nothing, and betrayed the women whom he assured that price rise would be controlled and instead helped it rise further. Modi began the day, visiting his mother, who stays with his brother in Ahmedabad, and later offered prayers at the Amba Mata temple at Ambaji before launching his Vikas Yatra and addressing addressed a youth convention in Rajkot. BJP national president Nitin Gadkari was present at Ambaji and greeted him. 

4 awards for Apollo Hospitals

The Apollo Hospitals Group has bagged the Asian Hospital Management Awards 2012 in four categories. It received awards for customer service, corporate social responsibility, cost reduction and patient safety. The Apollo Hospital in Delhi received an award for its Community Outreach programme, while the one in Kolkata received recognition for its Increased productivity through reduction of length of stay. The awards were given in 11 categories, for which 363 entries from 89 hospitals in 12 countries were received. Ms. Sangita Reddy, Executive Director, Operations, described it as a proud moment for all at the Apollo Hospitals Group.

Kabul suicide bomber kills 9 in revenge for anti Islam film

A suicide bomber driving a small sedan rammed into a mini bus believed to be carrying foreign aviation workers near Kabul airport, killing nine people. The explosion took place on Tuesday on a large avenue northwest of the city centre near Kabul International Airport. The director for Kabul police says at least eight men believed to be foreign nationals working for an aviation company at the airport were killed. 

HC confirms death for convicts in BPO murder case

The Bombay High Court upheld the death sentence of two people in the 2007 rape and murder case of a Pune BPO employee Jyotikumari Chaudhari. Chaudhari, 22, was raped and killed in November 2007 by her office cab driver Purshottam Borate and a friend of his, Pradip Kokatewhile they picked her up for a late night shift. Her body was found at Wadgaon, off the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, on the outskirts of Pune a day later. The men worked for a logistics company which used to supply vehicles to the call centre. Purushottam Dasharath Borate, 31, and his friend Pradeep Yashwant Kakade, 26 - both residents of Gahunje in Maval tehsil of Pune district - had filed appeals challenging their conviction. 

Modi says Rahul can contest elections in Italy

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today lashed out at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying that the young leader was an international leader who could contest election in Italy. Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh had described Modi as a regional leader, and termed Rahul a national leader. Saying that he is happy being a regional leader, Modi said he did not consider Rahul as a national leader. The Gujarat Chief Minister also criticized the Manmohan Singh-led UPA 2 Government for not fulfilling promises made in its election manifesto in 2004.

Expedition 32 crew lands safely as Sunita takes over command

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has taken over the command of the International Space Station, becoming the second woman in history to do so, even as a three-member crew of the Expedition 32 returned safely to earth, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months. The three-man crew onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule touched down successfully in central Kazakhstan steppe this morning after spending 123 days at the Space Station. Just after the Soyuz spacecraft separated from the space station yesterday, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams took over command of Expedition 33 at the station from Commander Gennady Padalka, becoming the second woman in history to do so

Congress has forgotten Bofors lesson, says BJP

The Opposition has taken strong exception to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s remark that people would soon forget the coal scam like the Bofors case, with the BJP pointing to the Congress’ massive loss in the general election after that episode. In Pune Shinde said that earlier the Bofors was a talking point... people forgot about it. Now it is coal… this too will be forgotten. Janata Dal president Sharad Yadav asked his old friend to concentrate on the working of the Home Ministry rather than making reckless comments.

Nupur Talwar Gets Bail in Aarushi Murder Case

Aarushi Murder Case, Nupur Talwar Bail: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's mother Nupur.

School student dies after taking de worming tablet

A Government programme in which students are given de-worming tables went awry here on Saturday. Khusbhoo, a fifth standard student of the Marwawri Hindi Vidyalaya school died soon after she took the tablet. An enquiry has been ordered. The autopsy suggested that the death was due to asphyxia. The girl was the eldest of four children of Beni Mandal and Mamata who migrated to the city from Bihar. The girl was normal when she left home in the morning. Her younger sister, Madhuri and brother Shankar are in fourth and third classes respectively in the same school. The albendazole 400 mg tablet was given to about 140 students after the interval at 10 a.m. The student complained of pain in the throat to her teacher Rama Devi. Within minutes, she struggled for breath.

8 women killed in NATO airstrike

Afghan officials say a NATO airstrike killed eight women and girls who were out gathering firewood before dawn on Sunday in a remote region on the east of the country. The coalition says it believes only insurgents were hit. Villagers from Laghman province’s Alingar district brought the bodies to the Governor’s office in the provincial capital.Seven injured women and children, some of them as young as 10-years-old, were brought to area hospitals for treatment.

Actor Suthi Velu Died

Senior actor and veteran comedian Suthi velu died of heart attack in chennai early on sunday. He was 65.

Salman Khan Joins Facebook

Bollywood star Salman Khan has become the latest celebrity to join social networking site Facebook after Aamir Khan, Piyanka Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan.

Andhra Minister's son Caught Driving Drunk

Son of a cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh was caught Saturday by police while driving his vehicle in an inebriated condition. Krishna Reddy, son of Animal Husbandry minister P. Viswaroop