tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:35:05 +0000Nation NewsSports UpdatesEntertainment NewsEducation NewsTechnology NewsPolitical NewsBusiness NewsWorld NewsNation Daily News Magazinehttp://scholardreams.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)Blogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-2525466499329393362Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:04:00 +00002011-01-28T08:04:32.416-08:00Nation NewsNashik and Jalgaon are believed to be the hubs of the oil mafia activities in the state for the last two decades. Criminal syndicates with political nexus run the oil adulteration rackets with impunity, bribing local police and revenue department officials.A senior police official disclosed that the oil mafia nexus is linked to certain political leaders, who have a nexus with criminal syndicates http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2011/01/nashik-jalgaon-hub-of-oil-mafia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaibhav Verma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-8611951706243010467Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:49:00 +00002010-12-13T08:49:35.144-08:00Nation NewsThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is finding itself in a dilemma, whether to give a preference to the iconic tower at Wadala or the first line of Metro railway.Though the authority claims it would balance out both the projects, sources say the metro might get a preferential treatment as the deadline is nearing.The MMRDA had sold a plot for Rs 4053 crore to the Lodha http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/12/mmrda-in-balancing-act-iconic-tower-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaibhav Verma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-8250171475822327332Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:48:00 +00002010-12-13T08:48:50.991-08:00Nation NewsWith an aim to rally support of building dedicated cycling lanes in a city that has seen unprecedented rise in vehicular traffic along with the pollution levels, two Swedish students are preparing a plan to promote the use of cycles here. The Swedish duo, Lina Hellstrom and Oscar Berjstrom, both students of urban planning at the Plekinge and Technical University, are in Mumbai for the last two http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/12/dedicated-cycling-tracks-may-be-way-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vaibhav Verma)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-4957406415462659890Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:38:00 +00002010-08-09T13:38:00.508-07:00Nation NewsA High powered experts committee has recommended that IAS and IPS officers be dismissed from service if a court of law frames criminal charges against them under the Prevention of Corruption Act.If the proposal is accepted by the government, it could be the strongest- ever deterrent for civil servants who indulge in corrupt practices with impunity by taking advantage of the legal loopholes.IAS http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/plan-to-sack-tainted-babus-even-before.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-7712170714360281646Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:57:00 +00002010-08-09T12:57:00.039-07:00Technology NewsWhen Twitter launched a recommendation service this week called ‘ Who to Follow’, there were chirps of excitement across the micro- blogging site. Finally, Twitter account holders said, we would no longer have to rely on luck or our friends to follow someone. Here was a service that gave complete control over choice to the individual.The jubilation, or relief, was shortlived. As it turned out, http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/please-dont-bombard-us-with-recos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-8260545251115198247Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:34:00 +00002010-08-09T12:34:00.663-07:00Nation NewsSports UpdatesThe International Hockey Federation (FIH) may be finally coming around to recognising the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) after the KPS Gill - led body received government backing. The sports ministry has informed FIH that it has derecognised Hockey India (HI), which is currently supported by the world body.In fact, FIH vice- president Antonio von Ondarza was in the Capital as observer for the HI http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/matter-of-time-before-fih-recognises.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-4873865174558049410Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:35:00 +00002010-08-09T11:36:04.646-07:00Nation NewsThe Indian authorities distaste for taking on responsibility is a well documented fact. But, on Friday night, their penchant for passing the buck took an embarrassing turn.A Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation cargo bus carrying Rs 92 crore in cash shuttled between the RBI’s Jaipur office and police lines for five hours as neither the police nor RBI officials were willing to take custody http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/no-takers-for-busload-of-cash-worth-rs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-4878883115546673767Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:04:00 +00002010-08-08T10:04:00.084-07:00Education NewsThe window of opportunity in Delhi University (DU) has opened again.Many institutions will open up seats reserved for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) which are still vacant for general category students from Monday. Friday was the last day for colleges to fill their OBC seats.But several colleges such as Miranda House, IP College, Rajdhani College and Maharaja Agrasen College have failed to drawhttp://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/second-chance-at-delhi-university.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-163020953648504802Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:29:00 +00002010-08-08T09:29:00.379-07:00Entertainment NewsReports appearing in the international media have suggested that 42- year- old Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts secretly converted to Hinduism while shooting for her upcoming film, Eat, Pray, Love at the Hari Mandir Ashram near New Delhi last year.Her recent declaration of being a “practising Hindu” notwithstanding, there are more than just spiritual swings to this religious transition — her newhttp://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/julia-roberts-switch-to-hinduism-may-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-395790378146697422Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:28:00 +00002010-08-08T08:29:15.140-07:00Nation NewsSports UpdatesThe affairs of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CWG OC) remain mired in intrigue. A day after the CWG executive board decided to suspend tainted joint director- general T. S. Darbari and deputy director- general Sanjay Mohindroo, it has come to light that the probe panel had actually recommended their sacking.The three- member committee was appointed by OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi to http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/panel-wanted-darbari-and-mohindroo-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-7541327063206553781Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:26:00 +00002010-08-07T02:26:00.597-07:00Nation NewsUnleashing a psychological war of words, the CPI ( Maoist) has shot off an “ abusive” letter to three allies of the CPM, asking them to sever ties with the party that has ruled West Bengal since 1977.The three- page letter dated July 26, penned on behalf of the CPI ( Maoist) central committee by Kishenji, attacks the Communist Party of India ( CPI), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and All http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/maoists-try-to-drive-wedge-between-cpm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-2025071818395164564Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:26:00 +00002010-08-07T01:26:40.863-07:00Nation NewsAnil Khanna resigned from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) as treasurer on Thursday “ to maintain the dignity of his family”. On a day of dramatic developments, when Khanna should actually have been attending the CWG executive board meeting, he decided to quit after two newspapers raised doubts over his son Aditya Khanna’s involvement in the tennis project in the Capital.“ There’shttp://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/treasurer-targeted-for-exposing-baton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-6462225886492326893Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:37:00 +00002010-08-06T20:37:58.068-07:00Nation NewsThe Supreme Court has said the in- laws can’t be convicted in cruelty and dowry death cases if the victim or her relatives merely allege cruelty or harassment for dowry without citing specific instances.“ A prosecution witness who merely uses the word ‘ harassed’ or ‘ tortured’ and does not describe the exact conduct of the accused which, according to him, amounted to harassment or torture may http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/no-conviction-for-just-dowry-demand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-6053869509855350311Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:51:00 +00002010-08-05T21:51:00.546-07:00Sports UpdatesHe has been replaced by Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto in the Hispania Racing Team for the time being, but ace Indian driver Karun Chandhok is not disheartened by the sudden move and, instead, is counting the positives he gained from his Formula One stint.Hispania announced before the German Grand Prix that Chandhok would be replaced by Yamamoto, who had replaced teammate Bruno Senna at the http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/chandok-keeping-his-f1-options-open.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-4394769291582083812Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:14:00 +00002010-08-05T21:14:00.786-07:00Sports UpdatesIn a major move, the sports ministry has issued a showcause notice to the Badminton Association of India (BAI), asking it to explain in writing within 14 days why the government should not derecognise the federation.In the notice issued on Wednesday by Deepika Kachhal, director (sports), addressed to BAI president VK Verma and general secretary Vijay Sinha, the ministry has levelled five specifichttp://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/government-threatens-to-derecognise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-8099947561790006622Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:42:00 +00002010-08-05T20:43:13.640-07:00Business NewsTechnology NewsThe Centre could ban by next week pushmail, messenger, chat and video MMS streaming services on Black - Berry phones if service providers are unable to find a way to allow such data to be made available to the government for interception.Government sources on Wednesday said that while the Centre had no problem with voice calls, voicemail and even normal e - mail services on BlackBerry phones as http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/government-may-ban-some-blackberry-ops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-4713949870029887775Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:34:00 +00002010-08-05T20:35:32.162-07:00Nation NewsSports UpdatesIt appears that allegations of financial irregularities in various Commonwealth Games projects are not without a basis. In its report “Preparedness for CWG 2010”, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had suspected of such anomalies last year itself.The report had raised concern over delays in various Games projects. It had also warned the authorities concerned that such delays would mean http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/cag-had-warned-that-delays-could.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-8329136230749708625Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:29:00 +00002010-08-05T20:30:02.538-07:00Nation NewsMohammad Amir Mohammad Khan alias Sulaiman Mian, the former Raja of Mahmudabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district, has once again lost his ‘ princely estate’. The former king had been restored his vast property in 2005 after a prolonged legal battle. But a recent central ordinance has changed all that.Within hours of receiving the order to reclaim Mian’s ‘enemy property’, the Sitapur http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/prince-who-found-lost-his-estate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-7345102963476255839Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:38:00 +00002010-08-04T23:38:00.253-07:00Sports UpdatesThe Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) is in talks with the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation (IWHF) for a merger to satisfy the requirements set by the world body. Both bodies have met to work out the modalities of the unification. The Union sports ministry has asked the KPS Gill- led body to inform it about its plans to form a unified governing body for hockey so that they regain recognition from http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/indian-hockey-federation-indian-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-198700476950045315Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:12:00 +00002010-08-04T23:12:00.669-07:00Nation NewsPolitical NewsOn a day when the embattled Commonwealth Games organising committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi constituted a three- member panel to probe the alleged financial irregularities, it emerged that Ashish Patel, whose company is involved in dealings, was disqualified for seven years by the UK registrar of companies (RoC) this March.Kalmadi caved in to mounting pressure over financial irregularities http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/kalmadi-sets-up-panel-to-inquire-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-5690518829460198103Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:58:00 +00002010-08-04T22:58:00.187-07:00Nation NewsPolitical NewsThe Ministry of environment and forests has slammed Mayawati government’s proposal to construct an eightlane expressway along the bank of the Upper Ganga Canal.The ministry said the project, if pursued, would lead to the destruction of around one lakh trees along the 148- km stretch from Sanauta in Gautam Budh Nagar to Purkazi in Muzaffarnagar district near the UP- Uttarakhand border.The area http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/centre-sees-red-on-green-disaster-ganga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-6777361875767165827Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:23:00 +00002010-08-04T22:23:00.603-07:00Nation NewsMahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishavidyalaya vice- chancellor ( V- C) V. N. Rai on Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology in writing for his comments on women writers.The IPS officer was asked to do so by human resource development minister Kapil Sibal, who had summoned him.Rai was widely criticized for calling women writers chhinal (prostitutes). In a recent interview to Bharatiya http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/sibal-makes-vice-chancellor-apologies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-354408734316049905Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:03:00 +00002010-08-04T22:04:25.715-07:00Entertainment NewsVidya Balan, the cover girl of the magazine’s first issue, who was carrying an shoulder injury, was fashionably late for the do, but in her defence, one can blaim the monsoon in Mumbai which made her miss her 6 p. m. flight. The actress, who has won acclaim for her roles in Bollywood films like Paa and Ishqiya to name a few, shared that she had injured her shoulder long ago at the gym but the http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/vidya-balan-nurses-shoulder-and-cause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-8664832983668946801Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:59:00 +00002010-08-05T05:35:50.246-07:00Nation NewsA CAG report on Tuesday in Parliament highlighted under utilization of safety funds, lack of safety audits, incomplete safety work at level crossings, and a large number of vacancies in safety category posts.Reviewing the corporate safety plan formulated by the railways for 2003- 2013, with a fund outlay of Rs. 31,835 crore, the audit report said the ministry has fallen short on all targets.The http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/audit-reveals-shameful-railway-safety.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shubham Patel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464325734501515595.post-419661443637279867Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:55:00 +00002010-08-03T12:55:00.106-07:00Sports UpdatesThe delayed preparations for the Commonwealth Games has not deterred the health authorities from planning to install around 150 condom vending machines at the Village and stadia to “ protect” the athletes from HIV/ AIDS. As part of an initiative undertaken by the Delhi AIDS Control Society, the machines will be installed at the Games Village, outside stadia, in common markets like Sarojini Nagar http://scholardreams.blogspot.com/2010/08/commonwealth-games-athletes-will-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manoj S.)0