Narrow escape for Azad as jet tyres burst New Delhi: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had a narrow escape on Friday when the tyres of a small jet he was travelling in burst while landing in Maharashtras Amravati district. Azad,who was going to the district for a political rally,is safe. He was going to Amravati from Akola along with some other party colleagues. CEC to look into BSY graft allegations NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Empowered Committee to look into allegations that bribe was paid to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and some bureaucrats for illegal mining in Bellary and adjoining district of Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh. The order was passed on a plea made by an NGO seeking extension of CBI probe against some private entities for alleged illegal mining. Yashwant undergoes pacemaker surgery NEW DELHI: BJP leader Yashwant Sinha underwent a pacemaker surgery at AIIMS here and his condition is stable,doctors said on Friday. He had undergone a pacemaker surgery three days back. It is a minor procedure. His condition is stable, an AIIMS doctor said. The surgery involves replacement of the natural pacemaker with an artificial one a small,battery-powered device that sends out weak electrical impulses that cause the heart muscle to contract. Orissa Health Minister refuses to resign BHUBANESWAR: After Excise Minister A U Singhdeo quit over the hooch tragedy that claimed 33 lives,state Health Minister Prasanna Acharya on Friday said he would not follow suit. I am very conscious about my morality. My morals inspire me to provide good treatment to affected people admitted in hospitals, Acharya said. Acharya said that he would not comment on Singhdeos contention that people who died had taken medicines containing alcohol. Uttarakhand to move SC over Tehri dam DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has decided to move the Supreme Court for the transfer of 25 per cent share of Uttar Pradesh in the Tehri dam to it. The move came after the state law department gave its go-ahead to the government to move the Supreme Court on its behalf. The 25 per cent share currently held by Uttar Pradesh would give the hill state tremendous relief from acute power shortage which it is facing after the Centre scrapped a series of hydel projects on the Bhagirathi river.
