J&K ministers son held for assault SRINAGAR: The J&K Police Saturday detained Karma Stalzin,21,the son of Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora,for allegedly assaulting a shopkeeper in Leh. Mohammad Hussain complained that Stalzin and his friend assaulted him when he asked them to move their car from in front of his shop. Hussain claimed he rescued by fellow shopkeepers. Bihar transfers 58 IPS officers PATNA: In the most exhaustive administrative shake up since returning to power in November 2010,the Nitish Kumar government Saturday transferred 58 IPS officers,including Patna SSP Alok Kumar,who was slapped a showcause notice to explain why he failed to arrange a toilet for the CM at the Bihar Diwas function on Thursday. Kumar was in the running to become DIG Patna,but has now been posted as DIG Saran. Sharad trashes talk of mid-term polls Lucknow: JD(U) chief and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav Saturday said there was no possibility of midterm Lok Sabha polls in the immediate future. It is not right for me to comment on whatever he has said. but from my view midterm elections are nowhere visible as of now, he said when asked about SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadavs remarks about the possibility of mid-term polls. Anti-nuke activists given saline drip Tirunelveli: The activists who are on an indefinite fast to press for scrapping of the Kudankulam nuclear plant were administered saline solution intravenously as their stir entered the sixth day Saturday. Doctors had earlier said the protesters might have to be shifted to the hospital if their condition deteriorated. NRHM: 2 arrested turn approvers LUCKNOW: Two Lucknow-based businessmen arrested for their alleged involvement in the NRHM scam are believed to have turned approvers. The CBI reportedly got their statements recorded before a magistrate in a Ghaziabad on Friday. The two men,whose identity has been kept secret,have reportedly detailed the role of former Family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and the departments principal secretary Pradip Shukla in the scam. 2.4 lakh illegal Indian immigrants in US Washington: An estimated 2,40,000 Indian immigrants are among 11.5 million foreigners living illegally in the United States without proper immigration documents,according to latest official figures reported by the US Department of Homeland Security. The flow of Indians coming clandestinely to the US has,in fact,doubled between 2000 and 2011,it said. Naya Raipur: HC lifts stay on land acquisition RAIPUR: A month after the Bilaspur High Court stayed land acquisition proceedings in upcoming capital Naya Raipur,another bench of the court has overruled the decision. After hearing the arguments of Naya Raipur Development Authority that the interests of farmers will be protected,Justice Prashant Mishra lifted the stay on land acquisition. Justice Satish Agnihotri on February 24 had passed an interim order giving relief to over 6000 farmer-members of the Samiti.
