Goswami removed after alleged interference in Saradha case
Home Secretary Anil Goswami was sacked on Wednesday after reports emerged that he had allegedly tried to stall the arrest of Saradha chit-fund scam accused Matang Sinh, a former Congress minister. Goswami, who was removed after consultations between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, confirmed that he had "made a call" to the Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday, the day the agency had attempted to arrest Sinh. Goswami is the second high-level bureaucrat to be removed in a week, after former Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh quit last Wednesday.
Flight crashes into Taiwanese river, 22 dead
A flight operated by TransAsia Airways crashed into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 22 passengers of the 58 passengers. The crash, which was the airline's second mishap in seven months, took place because of engine failure. While 15 survivors and the aircraft's black boxes had been pulled out of the wreckage, 21 people were still reported missing. The victims were said to be mainly Chinese tourists.
Economy needs to grow at 7%-8%, says Finance Minister
Union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said that the economy needed to grow at a yearly rate of 7%-8% in order to provide employment to the number of people joining the workforce every year. He said that this level of growth would double the size of the economy in 10 years. The government had last Friday revised the growth rate for 2013-'14 to 6.9%.
Pilot killing 'heinous' violation of Islam, says Saudi king
Saudi Arabian monarch King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, calling it a "heinous crime" that contradicted the tolerance of "our noble religion". In a message broadcast by state media, Salman offered his condolences to the Jordanian people and King Abdullah of Jordan after the Islamic State released a video showing captured pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh being burned alive in a cage.
Urdu daily Editor's bail extended in Charlie Hebdo cartoon controversy
A court in Mumbai on Wednesday extended the bail of journalist Shirin Dalvi after several Muslim groups demanded that she be prosecuted for reproducing the cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cover included a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad. The police claimed in court that granting anticipatory bail to Dalvi, who used to editor of the Avadhnama, would create a law and order problem. In an article on Wednesday, Dalvi said she had made a "mistake" but added that she was being "hounded and harassed".
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Home Secretary Anil Goswami was sacked on Wednesday after reports emerged that he had allegedly tried to stall the arrest of Saradha chit-fund scam accused Matang Sinh, a former Congress minister. Goswami, who was removed after consultations between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, confirmed that he had "made a call" to the Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday, the day the agency had attempted to arrest Sinh. Goswami is the second high-level bureaucrat to be removed in a week, after former Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh quit last Wednesday.
Flight crashes into Taiwanese river, 22 dead
A flight operated by TransAsia Airways crashed into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 22 passengers of the 58 passengers. The crash, which was the airline's second mishap in seven months, took place because of engine failure. While 15 survivors and the aircraft's black boxes had been pulled out of the wreckage, 21 people were still reported missing. The victims were said to be mainly Chinese tourists.
Economy needs to grow at 7%-8%, says Finance Minister
Union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said that the economy needed to grow at a yearly rate of 7%-8% in order to provide employment to the number of people joining the workforce every year. He said that this level of growth would double the size of the economy in 10 years. The government had last Friday revised the growth rate for 2013-'14 to 6.9%.
Pilot killing 'heinous' violation of Islam, says Saudi king
Saudi Arabian monarch King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, calling it a "heinous crime" that contradicted the tolerance of "our noble religion". In a message broadcast by state media, Salman offered his condolences to the Jordanian people and King Abdullah of Jordan after the Islamic State released a video showing captured pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh being burned alive in a cage.
Urdu daily Editor's bail extended in Charlie Hebdo cartoon controversy
A court in Mumbai on Wednesday extended the bail of journalist Shirin Dalvi after several Muslim groups demanded that she be prosecuted for reproducing the cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cover included a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad. The police claimed in court that granting anticipatory bail to Dalvi, who used to editor of the Avadhnama, would create a law and order problem. In an article on Wednesday, Dalvi said she had made a "mistake" but added that she was being "hounded and harassed".
