By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,

Bhopal : The railway station of Bhopal, the capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, which is the most prominent station of Western Central Railway (WCR), has finally got certification from the International Standards Organization (ISO 9001:2000).

'Moody International' has accorded the certification to the Bhopal railway station for providing safe and punctual train operation and also for providing quality and passenger friendly amenities at the railway station.

By IANS,

Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to counter the long-drawn drought in Bundelkhand region with artificial rain.

The government has roped in a Russian firm, Magnetic Technologies, for the purpose, officials said.

"The company has already submitted a scientific presentation to us. We have referred it to the state chief secretary to take a final decision," Jhansi divisional commissioner R.N. Tripathi told IANS on phone.

He said a high-level team of the government was busy studying the feasibility of the presentation submitted by the Russain firm.

By IANS,

Jaipur : The Jaipur police Thursday released sketches of three more people suspected to be involved in Tuesday's serial blasts in the city which claimed over 60 lives.

The sketches were prepared on the basis of descriptions given by eyewitnesses, especially the owners of shops from where cycles used in the blasts were purchased, the police said.

"We have prepared the sketches after questioning 15-20 people. The sketches were shown to every eyewitness and they have identified the men. We may release more sketches," Superintendent of Police (City) H.G. Raghvendra said.

By IANS,

New Delhi : Former child labourers, survivors of trafficking for forced labour and school dropouts along with government officials of six South Asian countries will come together for a dialogue in Delhi on World Day Against Child Labour June 12.

The one-day programme will be a collaborative effort of the Bachpan Bachao Aandolan (BBA), an NGO which works on the issue of child labour in India and South Asia, Global March Against Child Labour (GMACL) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

By IANS,

Jaipur : People from across all communities in Jaipur Thursday evening gathered near the Manas Chowk police station, where one of the eight bombs went off two days ago, and lit 63 candles, one each for the lives lost in the terror attack.

“This is our fight against terrorism. We should all come forward and tell these terrorist organizations that we are one,” said Haji Syed Alvi, a representative of the Noor Suni Centre.

By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,

London : Manjula Sood, an Indian-born councillor, Thursday made history by becoming the first Indian woman to be made a Lord Mayor in Britain - appropriately, in a city dubbed Little India.

Although the post is largely ceremonial - unlike that of the elected mayor - it marks an Indian success as this year marks the 800th anniversary of the creation of the Lord Mayor's office in the city of Leicester, home to between 72,000 and 90,000 people of Indian origin.

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday threw out a public interest lawsuit demanding disclosure of assets of the superior courts' judges under the new transparency law.

A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P. Sathasivam dismissed the lawsuit, terming it as "thoroughly misconceived".

The petition filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) contended that superior courts' judges, including the chief justice of India, are public servants and they cannot deny information about their assets on the grounds that they are constitutional authorities.

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday endorsed a plan for creating nine judicial districts, on the lines of the existing nine police districts, in the national capital city of Delhi.

A bench of Justices B.N. Agarwal, P.P. Naolekar and D.K. Jain ratified the June 2000 notification of the Delhi government, dismissing a lawsuit by the Delhi Bar Association (DBA), challenging the government's decision.

The bench dismissed various legal objections raised by the DBA against the Delhi lieutenant-governor's (L-G) notification.

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,

New Delhi: India’s foreign policy on Israel-Palestine conflict has changed in the last ten years, admitted Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer speaking in a conference on Israeli aggression and independence of Palestine on 14th May.

The national conference was jointly held on the completion of 60 years of Israeli occupation of Palestine under the auspices of the Joint Committee of Muslim Organizations and Sadbhawna Mission at New Delhi’s Constitution Club.

By IANS,

Jaipur : The Jaipur police Thursday released sketches of three more people suspected to be involved in Tuesday's serial blasts in this capital city which claimed at least 61 lives.

The sketches were prepared on the basis of eye-witnesses, especially the owners of shops from where cycles used in the blasts were purchased, the police said.