Top News Headlines of 19 February 2014
- A new category of four-wheelers quadriplegic will be allowed to ply on Delhi’s roads from October 1, largely replacing auto rickshaws.
- Maulana Masood Azhar, the Pakistani Islamic hardliner blamed for an attack on Indian Parliament that brought the nuclear rivals to the brink of war, has resurfaced after years in seclusion, setting off alarm bells in New Delhi.
- India draw their second Test and lost the series 0-1 against New Zealand on Tuesday after Brendon McCullum became the first Kiwi to hit a triple century.
- Almost 23 years after an LTTE human bomb assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, no one will hang for the crime. Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of the three remaining convicts to life, blaming the Centre for inordinate delay in considering their mercy petitions.
- Accusing India of behaving in an ambiguous and unreliable manner on the issue of its two Marines charged with murdering a couple of fishermen off Kerala, Italy on Tuesday called its ambassador, Daniele Mancini, to Rome for consultations.
- Thousands of employees of 70-80 companies run the risk of being denied tax exemption on their provident fund contributions from April as their employers have failed to get the approvals for availing the benefit from the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO),which regulates these entities.
- Days after he resigned from the chief ministers post, BJP has resolved to expose Arvind Kejriwal. On Tuesday, the party held a pol khol dharna at Jantar Mantar against the Aam Aadmi Party.
- The Delhi high court would pass its order to end the impasse over Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on Wednesday.
- Four people, including a UP police sub-inspector and a constable, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly abducting and murdering a 25-year-old woman.
- An Afghan man, ferrying drugs for an international cartel, was arrested with 4kg cocaine worth Rs 20 crore. Ahmad Jawid alias Nabi (46) was arrested by a teamled by DCP special cell, Sanjeev Yadav, on February 10.
- The Election Commission, which is now in the final stages of drawing up the general election schedule, is looking at the first week of March to announce polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim.
- Delhi’s Connaught Place, which is the most expensive office location in India, has dropped four notches to number eight on the global charts from last year.
- The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday banned the transfer of IAS,IPS and IFS officers till the re-composition of the Civil Services Board in adherence to the recent amendment in IAS cadre rules.