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Shiv Sena against Manikchand Filmfare awards

     Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has asked the Maharashtra government to withhold permission to hold the annual Filmfare Awards sponsored by Manikchand Gutkha group, in view of the alleged links of its head Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal with the underworld. While Manikchand, contractually has indicated that it would like to continue its association with the Awards, the law authorities do not want this association to go ahead on ethical grounds.

Justice Nanavati submits 1984 anti-Sikh riots report

     New Delhi: The Justice GT Nanavati Commission, which was appointed to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, today submitted an over 200-page report to the government. Justice G T Nanavati, a retired Supreme Court judge and head of the commission, met Home Minister Shivraj Patil and handed the report over to him. The report was to have been submitted on January 31, but was not as Patil was not in the capital. The commission's term expired on January 31. The report is set to rekindle interest as it is the second commission probing the sequence of events that followed the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31. Nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed across the country in riots spread over four days from the evening of October 31. The Commission was appointed by the previous NDA government in 1999 of which Akali Dal was a prominent constituent. The committee went into probe the allegations levelled against several Congress leaders connected with the riots. Among the prominent people who deposed before the commission were former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, who was then Home Minister, Vasant Sathe, Kamal Nath, Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and Dharamdas Shastri. Former Union Minister H K L Bhagat, however, refused to appear before the commission citing his poor health. Bhagat's son filed an affidavit on his behalf stating that his father was suffering from a mental illness.

Over 1.5 lakh looted in Mahananda Express, dacoits caught (Go To Top)

     Ara (Bihar): Armed robbers injured 12 passengers and looted cash and belongings worth over 1.5 lakh rupees in the New Delhi-Patna Mahananda express in Bihar's Bhojpur district on Wednesday, but they were later caught by the police. According to the police, twelve persons boarded the train at Ara railway station and went on a looting spree. Later they got down from the train near Kulharia station under Danapur division. Police said that immediately after getting the robbery information, the police chased the robbers and caught them. Eight criminals were arrested after an exchange of fire at nearby Dhanpura village. The police also seized looted valuables worth around one lakh rupees from the encounter-site.