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Monthly News February 2014

Two more arrested in Patna blasts case

Two more arrested in Patna blasts case

Two more persons, including an explosives supplier, have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the Patna blasts for allegedly providing logistical support to the Indian Mujahideen module that carried out the terror strike last October. The arrested persons have been... read more »

Fire on INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast...

Fire on INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast, sailors injured

At least five personnel of the Indian Navy were injured in a mishap involving kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna off the coast of Mumbai, reports said on Wednesday. “The mishap occurred on the submarine during a routine training exercise,” navy PRO Rahul Sinha told CNN-IBN. Sinha... read more »

Development ignored in UP, despite Centr...

Development ignored in UP, despite Centre giving funds:Sonia

Blaming Samajwadi Party for lack of development in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said though the Centre is providing funds, the works are not being carried out by the state government. Gandhi said the Centre’s responsibility is to send funds, but the development works... read more »

JSW increases steel prices by Rs 500 a t...

JSW increases steel prices by Rs 500 a tonne

JSW Steel, India’s biggest private sector steel producer, has decided to increase steel rates yet again. This time the quantum of increase has been kept between Rs 500 and Rs 750 per tonne for both flat and long products and will be effective from March 1. This is in contrast to the first two... read more »

Congress needs to change, the process has begun: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi today said there was a need to bring a change in the Congress and the process has begun. “There is a need to bring change in the party and we will do it fast. The first... read more »

Nokia X Android platform the newest weapon in low-cost phone battle

Nokia, soon to be acquired by Microsoft Corp, is turning to software created by arch-rival Google for a new line of phones it hopes will make it a late contender in the dynamic low-cost... read more »

Barricades and street fires in Venezuela as restless goes on

Barricades were erected by anti-government demonstrators in Caracas on Monday, another mark of the worst unrest in Venezuela for 10 years. Thirteen people have so far died, mostly from... read more »

Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 27 Militants

Pakistani military officials said the air force has bombarded the suspected hideouts of Taliban militants in tribal areas near the Afghan border, killing at least 27 militants. Officials... read more »

Chinese Man litigate His Polluted Hometown for Cost of Fighting S...

A man in northern China filed a lawsuit against his smog-enshrouded city’s environmental protection bureau, saying it owed him for the money he spent on an air filter and a treadmill to exercise... read more »