K’taka AG resigns ‘under pressure’
Says BJP govt had asked him to quit as special public prosecutor in Jaya case
Bangalore, February 9
The BJP’s desire to warm up to the AIADMK seems to have cost the Karnataka Advocate General BV Acharya his job. Acharya, also special public prosecutor (SPP) in the disproportionate assets case against the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, told this reporter that he quit the AG’s post yesterday after being asked by the BJP government in the state to choose either of the two positions — Advocate General of Karnataka or the SPP in the disproportionate assets against Jayalalithaa.

HC raps Haryana police for illegal mining
Chandigarh, February 9
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today slammed the police and others for their failure to stop illegal mining in Haryana. The court asked the Home Secretary to step in to stop rampant exploitation of mineral wealth.

Cabinet okays national cold chain centre
Nod to policy on sharing data, info
New Delhi, February 9
The Cabinet today cleared the notification of National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), tasked with establishing infrastructure and logistics to preserve fruit, vegetables and other perishable items as a registered society. The society will be a public-private initiative involving two leading industry chambers as well.

9 factory workers charred to death in Roorkee
Haridwar, February 9
Nine employees of a factory were killed and six injured in a major fire in Roorkee. The fire broke out late last evening on the premises of Mirk India in the Libberhadi industrial area at Mandavali village of Roorkee. Workers at the unit, which supplies parts to Onida, were carrying out moulding work. Thermocol sheets lying nearby caught fire from the sparks emanating from iron girders being moulded by a machine.