New Delhi, Nov 3 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked India Inc to refrain from “knee-jerk” reactions like lay-offs after admitting that India was not untouched by the global financial crises.
Singh asserted that saving investors’ confidence is the first priority of his government. He further tried to dispel fears of investors regarding safety of bank deposits, saying that government stands behind the banks.
Nagpur/New Delhi, Nov 3 : Security around master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has been stepped up on Monday following Maharashtra Police receiving reports from Central agencies of a threat to him from Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.
However, intelligence sources in Delhi said they had not received any fresh input about any threat to Tendulkar other than in 2002.
New Delhi, Nov 3 : The Election Commission has appointed 530 officers as Observers to supervise the election process of Legislative assemblies of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Rajasthan.
The Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami and Election Commissioners Navin B Chawla and Dr. S. Y. Quarishi briefed these officers in New Delhi on Monday to ensure quick redressal of complaints that are received from political parties and candidates from these states.
New Delhi, Nov 3 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed FIRs in connection with Rs 35,000 crore food grain scam in Uttar Pradesh which took place between March 2004 and October 2005.
UP Chief Minister Mayawati had recommended for the CBI probe into the food grain scam on December 1, 2007.
The CBI has filed nine FIRs related to the scam - eight in Ballia and one in Lakhimpur Kheri where the scam amount was more than Rs one crore. Over 35 government officials were found to be involved in it as per the preliminary CBI probe.
New Delhi, Nov. 3 : At least 25 people attacked the Maharashtra Sadan here over the state government’s go slow in ordering the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.
Thackeray, they claimed, was responsible for the attacks on North Indians in Mumbai and in other parts of Maharashtra, and therefore, should have been detained for disturbing the peace.