New Delhi  - Two Czech nationals have been sentenced by a local court in India for illegally collecting rare species of insects from a national park, news reports said Thursday.

Petr Svecha, an entomologist, was fined 20,000 rupees (444 US dollars) while Emil Kucera, a forest official was sentenced to three years' simple imprisonment and a fine of
60,000 rupees by a magistrate in eastern West Bengal's state's Darjeeling town on Wednesday, The Telegraph newspaper reported.

The two men had been arrested outside the Singalila National Park in Darjeeling district on June 22 by West Bengal forest officials who had seized beetles, butterflies and other insects from them along with equipment.

New Delhi, Sept. 11 : The Supreme Court today extended the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for four weeks.

Earlier, on August 25, the Supreme Court had extended the ban on SIMI by six weeks.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan also fixed September 24 as the date for next hearing in this case.

The Centre had challenged the decision of the Special Tribunal headed by Justice Geeta Mittal to lift the ban on SIMI.

New Delhi, Sept 11 : The Bharatiya Janata

Singur/New Delhi, Sept 10 : Authorities in West Bengal began a survey on Wednesday to find excess land around the factory building ‘Nano’ car as part of efforts to end protests by farmers unwilling to give up their farmlands.

The four-member committee formed to discuss a land-based solution to compensate farmers in West Bengal visited the Singur site today.

New Delhi, Sep 10 : A month-long session of Parliament will begin on October 17 and is scheduled to conclude on November 21, subject to exigencies of business.

New Delhi, Sept 10 : Delhi police fired tear gas on members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union o