The administration has strengthened its efforts to put a control over the recent “bird flu” (or avian influenza) epidemic in West Bengal as well as Assam.
As per the report issued today by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the steps taken by the government in order to verify the epidemic in West Bengal include deployment of 328 animal health workers who have achieved culling of a total of about 32,000 poultry birds up till now.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, notified the bird flu eruption in Englishbazar block in Malda region of West Bengal earlier this month.
Moreover, the early announcement of the flu in Assam came on 27 November in Hajo block of Kamrup area.
Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore Indian Premier League team dismissed information that the team was up for sale as the trading window for the second season opened on Monday.
Mallya said, “There has been some misinterpretation of a statement issued by my Bangalore office. The Bangalore IPL team is not for sale and neither do we seek to transfer a majority of our current players.”
Two non-commissioned officers and one junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army are being named by the Anti-Terrorism team in connection with the Malegaon blast case.
Along with Lt Colonel Purohit, one of the prime accused in the case, they have been rounded up for their links.
The three men were working at the Military Intelligence Unit or Liaision Unit in Deolali in Maharashtra, where Purhohit was posted a year ago. In Mumbai the interrogation is being held in the presence of the Army officers.
In a perceptible bid to build the confidence of foreign players just before the auction process for the third generation (3G) spectrum begins, the government said the foreign companies, which successfully bid in the auction, would also be kept in the queue for second-generation (2G) spectrum.
The assurance came from R. Ashok, member (finance), Telecom Commission, the apex government body for the sector, at a pre-bid conference yesterday.
The family reunion between the DMK and the Marans has boosted the investor sentiment in Kalanidhi Maran owned, Sun Network.
Singapore based, Nalanda Capital has picked up 1.8% stake in the company, for a little over Rs 100 crore through an open market transaction on the Bombay Stock Exchange and also by deals through Kirloskar Oil Engines and Carborundum Universal.
Nalanda bought 70 lakh shares of Sun at Rs 145 a share from Indiabulls Financial Services and the total deal is worth Rs 101.5 crore.
On Monday, Kingfisher Airlines said that there is no case for decreasing its air fares in the immediate term.
Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson informed, “Once the Government brought aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the Declared Goods category, it would immediately and significantly reduces fares.”
He further said, “The sharp and immediate spike in ATF prices earlier in the year has left a lasting impact on the bottom lines of the companies, leading to an accumulation of huge outstandings and liabilities with the oil companies and the likes.”
Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore Indian Premier League team dismissed information that the team was up for sale as the trading window for the second season opened on Monday.
Two non-commissioned officers and one junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army are being named by the Anti-Terrorism team in connection with the Malegaon blast case. 
In a perceptible bid to build the confidence of foreign players just before the auction process for the third generation (3G) spectrum begins, the government said the foreign companies, which successfully bid in the auction, would also be kept in the queue for second-generation (2G) spectrum.
On Monday, Kingfisher Airlines said that there is no case for decreasing its air fares in the immediate term.
