BREAKING NEWS
Olympics organisers not to drop Dow sponsorship LONDON, January 28, 2012 The organisers of the London Olympics have ruled out scrapping their controversial sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical even as pressure mounted with more MPs demanding an audit of the process by which the company was handed the £7 million contract to supply a fabric wrap for the Olympic stadium in east London despite protests over its links with the Bhopal gas disaster. |
Respite for Krishna, as SC stays probe into mining case New Delhi, January 28, 2012 In a major relief to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed all further proceedings pursuant to the registration of an FIR which permitted a police probe, on the basis of the a Karnataka Lokayukta report, into his alleged role in de-reservation of 11, 620 sq.km of forest land during his tenure as Chief Minister. |
No quota on religious lines, BJP will stick to 27% OBC reservation Lucknow, January 28, 2012 Reiterating its opposition to the UPA government decision to provide a 4.5 per cent sub-quota to backward Muslims in the OBC reservation, the Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed its resolve to give Uttar Pradesh a corruption-free, clean and transparent administration based on the principle of good governance (sushasan), if it is voted to power in the State. |
