Sunday, August 1, 2010

26/11: Pakistan wants Indians to testify in its courts, says envoy

26/11: Pakistan wants Indians to testify in its courts, says envoy

26/11: Pakistan wants Indians to testify in its courts, says envoy

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 08:44 PM PDT

Claiming that Pakistan policy of supporting some terror groups has changed, its ambassador says Islamabad has asked India to send its officials to testify before Pak courts to help convict those responsible for Mumbai attacks.

PC leads Cong effort to woo back TN dalits

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:42 PM PDT

The endeavour is being spearheaded by Union home minister P Chidambaram who, on Sunday, invited the scheduled castes to join the Congress, saying that it was the only party that could give them due recognition.

Rahul Gandhi revamps IYC core team

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 01:00 PM PDT

Rahul Gandhi has a new team of core workers for the Youth Congress, a frontal outfit of Congress under his charge as the AICC general secretary.

Rajasthan tweaks SC order, allows overloading of trucks with small fine

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Overloading is one of the major reasons for road accidents and the Supreme Court has banned such practices. But recently, Rajasthan government allowed overloading on trucks by fixing a penalty, contrary to the apex court's ruling of November 2005.

UN secy-general calls for calm in J&K

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:39 PM PDT

As Kashmir Valley witnessed a fresh spurt of violence in the past three days, separatists have seized upon United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon's recent statement asking "all concerned to exercise utmost restraint and address problems peacefully" as an opportunity to draw global attention towards the state.

Women man border outposts

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:33 PM PDT

The women cadets in BSF are raising the bar. At a time when women are still waiting for permanent commission in the Army despite a government notification, they were recently made part of Beating the Retreat ceremony at Wagah. And now, they have been put on night vigil at our border outposts - after months of non-combat duty.

23 kanwarias killed as truck falls off bridge

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:36 PM PDT

An early morning trip for a quick bath in the Ganga before resuming their journey to Gomukh proved fatal for 23 kanwarias when the mini-truck carrying them skidded off Dabrani bridge, around 40 km from Uttarkashi, and fell into a ravine on Sunday.

It’s official: Tharoor a divorcee

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor has divorced his Canadian wife, Christa Giles. The Parliament record of the Thiruvananthapuram MP, which till last week had Christa Tharoor's name against a column to indicate marital status, mentions his status as divorcee now.

Sibal slams Wardha VC for calling women writers ‘prostitutes’

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Vibhuti Narayan Rai, vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha, could land himself in serious trouble for his alleged sexist remarks against women writers.

‘RSS design is to divide society’

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:26 PM PDT

Congress has accused RSS of trying to put a 'smokescreen' on the role of Hindutva outfits in acts of terrorism by seeking to either play down their offence or dissociating itself from such activists.

Sohrabuddin case: Rajasthan on CBI radar

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:24 PM PDT

The CBI wants to find out why Rajasthan's politicians, businessmen and policemen turned to Gujarat for the dirty job. Also in focus is the former CM Vasundhara Raje, who was found to be reluctant to oblige the marble-stone lobby, which then handed over the case to neighbouring Gujarat.

Small is intelligent, big movies bite the dust

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:22 PM PDT

So, what's the latest buzz in Bollywood trade circles? It's a new business mantra that comes straight from the current sleeper hit, Tere Bin Laden. The film succinctly hits the nail on the head, when it comes to defining the new business model for the quintessential Bollywood hit.

Midday meal scheme eating into learning time: Plan panel report

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

The scheme that brings smiles to lakhs of children across the country every afternoon is also eating into teaching and learning time.

Now, khaps want ban on gay sex, surrogacy

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:18 PM PDT

In a mahapanchayat on Sunday, khaps warned the Centre against any new law curbing their freedom and sought a ban on homosexuality, embryo transplant and surrogate motherhood.

Lessons not learnt? DGCA yet to notify pilot rest rules

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT

While the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has made it mandatory for flight attendants to check on pilots during lean-activity periods in the cockpit to prevent the flying crew from falling asleep at the controls, the country's aviation regulator is yet to issue scientifically-backed pilot rest rules despite the rising instances of fatigue-related aircrashes across the world.
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