Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Representatives of 31 nations to take stock of CWG security

Representatives of 31 nations to take stock of CWG security

Representatives of 31 nations to take stock of CWG security

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:36 PM PDT

Security heads of 31 participating nations, including Pakistan, will on Thursday take stock of the security in Commonwealth Games village and venues where a four-layer protection will be provided during the fortnight-long mega sporting event in October.

Left to stage sit-in inside Parliament on price rise

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:33 PM PDT

The Left parties would stage a sit-in inside Parliament House on Thursday to protest the government's "failure" to contain rising prices of essential commodities.

Ragging cases double, deaths rise too: Report

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:14 PM PDT

According to an analysis by Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education, in the academic session 2009-10 (July, 2009 June, 2010) a total of 164 cases of ragging were reported.

Ragging was rampant in Aman's college: Report

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:59 PM PDT

At least two official inquiries have revealed that ragging was rampant in Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda, where 19-year-old first year student Aman Kachroo was ragged to death by his four seniors. The inquiries also revealed some details of "code words for sexual acts" used on campus.

Open to changes in N-liability bill: Centre

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:57 PM PDT

With the fate of civil liability for nuclear damage bill getting enmeshed with stalemated ties with Left and fresh hostilities with BJP, the government is open to defining responsibilities for a nuclear accident more closely.

B'lore hotel staff floored by UK PM's simplicity

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:55 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron seems to have been floored by Indian hospitality. But his simplicity left an impression on the hotel staff.

Malik deletes inverted tricolour from Twitter

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Two days after Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik's Twitter account was still showing the Indian flag upside-down, Islamabad on Tuesday corrected the minister's 'mistake' by removing the picture from the website.

Verdict will ensure no one's ragged: Dad

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Minutes after the Himachal Pradesh high court set aside the bail granted to the four accused by a lower court, Raj Kachroo, father of Aman, said it was a historical and far-reaching judgment which would ensure no such barbaric incident in future.

After public outcry, HC cancels bail of 4 in Kachroo death case

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:43 PM PDT

The Himachal Pradesh high court on Wednesday set aside the bail granted to four medical students allegedly involved in the death of 19-year-old Aman Kachroo and asked them to surrender before the trial court in Dharamshala on Thursday morning.

UK defends tighter student visa norms

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:35 PM PDT

British minister for universities and science David Willetts on Wednesday strongly defended the language restrictions on overseas students applying for visas, saying that this was a measure to effectively check migrants coming in the garb of students.

India seals 700m pound Hawk jets deal

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:32 PM PDT

India and the United Kingdom signed a £700 million Advanced Jet Trainer Hawk trainer deal during British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit here on Wednesday.

Cameron arrives with largest British delegation since 1947

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:29 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived on Wednesday with the biggest ever British delegation in independent India to engage with PM Manmohan Singh, on three "areas of priority" — security and terror, economic ties and global warming.

Predictions on price spiral way off mark

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:26 PM PDT

The government's predictions on containing spiralling prices have been wide off the mark, it seems. In the run-up to the Union Budget, there was a flurry of activity on the price front. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said prices would moderate in two months.

DGCA to audit all training institutes

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Realizing that the scores of pilots, cabin crew and aircraft engineers being churned out by training institutes mushrooming across India may affect air safety if not trained well, the aviation ministry on Wednesday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to conduct an audit of all such firms.

To tackle congestion, govt wants hi-tech system sooner

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:21 PM PDT

The aviation ministry has sought to advance the setting up of a high-tech air traffic management system by seven months, from December 2011 to May '11.
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