No irregularities in awarding projects to Maytas: YSRHYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Sunday denied there were any irregularities in awarding contracts for various infrastructure projects to Maytas Infra, the company promoted by the family of disgraced former chairman of Satyam Computers. One more arrested in DDA housing scamNEW DELHI - A Delhi-based financer was arrested Sunday for his alleged involvement in the irregularities in the allotment of over 5,000 flats by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), taking the total arrests to two. Indian woman jailed in Britain for carrying fake documentsLONDON - An Indian national, Fatima Gani, has been jailed for possessing fake identity documents at her home in Tooting, London. Watch ‘Chickpete Sachagalu’ for a few laughs (Kannada Film Review)Film: ‘Chickpete Sachagalu’; Director: Nagendra Magadi; Producer: S. Narayan; Cast: S. Narayan, Jaggesh, Ashwini, Manasi, Doddanna, Mukyamanthri Chandru, Lingenahalli Sureshchandra; Rating: ** ‘Voting machines in Madhya Pradesh were tampered with’BHOPAL - Three opposition parties in Madhya Pradesh alleged Friday that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the November 2008 assembly poll in the state were tampered with. Indian government to launch Rs.1,000-bn infrastructure projectsCHENNAI - Following the announcement of two stimulus packages, the Indian government is all set to kickstart massive infrastructure projects worth Rs.1,000 billion (Rs.1 lakh crore/$20 bn), Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar said here Thursday. BJP slams government for ‘diluting’ stance against PakistanNEW DELHI - By warning Pakistan that it would have to pay ‘enormously’ if another 26/11 takes place, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was actually ‘condoning the present act’, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said here Monday. Voting for president begins in Ghana’s key districtLAGOS - Voting began Friday in a remote farming region of Ghana in an election that will decide who will be the next president of the West African country despite attempts by the ruling party to stop the election from taking place, according to new reaching here from Accra. Rawalpindi crime rate spikes in 2008RAWALPINDI - The crime rate in this garrison town adjacent to Pakistani capital Islamabad spiked alarmingly in 2008 with 288 people killed, 300 kidnapped and 1,500 deprived of their vehicles. Bangkok woman runs Rs.50 mn e-ticketing fraud in India, four heldNEW DELHI - Delhi Police Sunday said a 50-year-old woman of Indian origin based in Bangkok is suspected to have been running an e-ticket scam worth millions of rupees from India and four people have been arrested in this connection. Malaysian couple held for molesting teenagerKUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police have detained a 50-year-old shaman and his 43-year-old wife who are accused of molesting a teenager during treatment, news reports said Thursday. |