Rs 45 cr bond imposed on BMW case accused
New Delhi, June 1
Taking a cue from the conditions imposed on Hinduja brothers by the Supreme Court granting them permission to go abroad, the Delhi High Court today directed BMW car hit and run case accused Sanjeev Nanda, a British national, to execute a bond of Rs 15 crore and two sureties of the same amount while allowing him go to the USA for 22 days.

Badal takes up Sikh agenda with PM
Chandigarh, June 1
Propriety rights for land allotted to Sikh refugees in Uttar Pradesh after the 1947 partition, rehabilitation of Sikh Army deserters of 1984 , appointment of a Sikh as Chairman of the UP Minorities Commission and better management of Sikh shrines and their property in Pakistan were the major issues on the agenda when Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in New Delhi this afternoon.

IN PASSING

Very bad news, Lalooji. Jayalalithaji has promised to provide a clean and corruption-free government !

by Sandeep Joshi

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in New Delhi on Friday. — Photo Vijender Tyagi.

Wahid sacks Security Minister
Jakarta, June 1
Indonesia’s powerful Chief Security Minister, who had urged President Abdurrahman Wahid publicly not to declare a state of emergency to stave off impeachment, said today he had been sacked.

 

Quake-ravaged Gujarat revisited ‘Wanted’ builders still at large Ahmedabad, June 1 There has been a loss of 750 lives in the high-rise buildings to the killer quake of January 26. So say official statistics. The record register adds: 60 criminal cases made out against errant builders and engineers for faulty construction and use of poor construction material. Eightyfive arrested in 44 cases.