Supreme Court Upholds the appointment of U.K.Sinha as SEBI Chief

Supreme court today upheld the appointment of U.K.Sinha as SEBI chairman. A bench of  justices S S Nijjar and P C Ghose dismissed a PIL filed by Arun Kumar who complained that there are irregularities in the appointment of U.K.Sinha as SEBI chief.  "His appointment has been made in  accordance with the procedure of the law" said Bench answering the PIL.

Patna Serial Blasts Suspect Mehare Alam Absconded from Police Custody

Patna Serial Blasts suspect Mehare Alam absconded from Police Custody on Thursday. Few hours before National Investigation Agency(NIA) questioned him in a custody in muzzafarpur which is 150km far from Patna. After absconding Police filed an FIR on him. The suscpect alam who fled from police custody is the close aide to one of the 6 suspects named Tehseen Akhtar.

India's Richest Cricketer is Sachin Tendulkar, Dhoni gets 2nd Place

A Research firm named Wealth-X announced Sachin Tendukar as India's richest cricketer. According to the Wealth X Sachin has three times more property than Mahendra Singh Dhoni,Five times more than Yuvraj Singh, Eight times more than Rahul Dravid and Ten times more than Virat Kohli.

Sachin topped with $160 million in assets while Dhoni stood  in 2nd place with $50 million, yuvraj with $30 million in assets - 3rd place, Rahul Dravid with $20 million in assets - 4th place, Kohli with $15 million in assets - 5th place.

Sachin is about to play his 200th test against West Indies in November..after then he says goodbye to cricket.

Income Tax officials raid Tamil Cine Industry Celebrities

 

Income Tax Officials on Thursday shockingly raided the houses of prominent Tamil Cine Industry celebrities. They held raids at the same time on 29 people including Producers, Actors at their houses and offices .

They inspected houses of prominent producers like AM.Ratnam, R.B Chowdary, Gnanavelraja and also in Star-comedian santhanam house. Full details are yet to be revealed related to raids.

New York City Council Approves "Ban on the sale of cigarettes to Youth under the age of 21"

New York: New York City council today took harsh measures to control smoking. As per the latest approved act, Ban is imposed on selling Cigarettes and tobacco related products  to those under 21 years of age.

Us has some harsh laws on sale of Tobacco products to save youth from getting cancer. While many states have the law not to sell under age 18, some states have under 19 and in some areas age limit is 21. By imposing the latest law observers believe this significantly reduces the smokers in number. It is said that most of them learning the habit of smoking cigarettes at the age of 18-20. So, observers believe by restricting these age group smokers there is less chance of it turning into a regular habit.

Kirit Parikh Committee Suggested Government to Increase LPG,Diesel and Kerosene Prices

Kirit Parikh committee recommended government to increase the LPG, Diesel and Kerosene prices. committee suggested to increase prices imminently as it is a burden upon government.

"Rs.250 on LPG, Rs.5 on Diesel, Rs.4 on Kerosene must be increased to reduce the burden. The burden of petroleum resources subsidy also increased from 80,000 crore to 1.30 lakh crores in the recent times" reported committee. 

Jagan Bail Conditions Relaxed

CBI Special court on Wednesday relaxed Ysrcp president jagan bail conditions. Court gave him permission to tour allover the state and moreover he gets a chance to visit Delhi. A petition which has filed recently requested the court to give permission to tour the flood affected areas and consoling the victims. The court which reviewed the said petition relaxed his bail conditions.