Monday, September 6, 2010

Punjab to allow women to stay with husbands in jails

Punjab to allow women to stay with husbands in jails

Punjab to allow women to stay with husbands in jails

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Wives of prisoners in Punjab will soon be allowed a brief stay with their husbands in jails, a minister said in Ludhiana on Monday. The new jails, which are under construction in the state, are having special barracks for the purpose, Jail Minister Hira Singh Gabria said.


Jharkhand: BJP, JMM agree on govt formation deal?

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Will Jharkhand which is under President's Rule for over three months now, finally have a government? Sources have told NDTV that the JMM has assured unconditional support to the BJP to form a government.


Full text: MS Dhoni on match-fixing, tigers, and marriage

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Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been appointed Uttarakhand's tiger ambassador, speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on a host of issues including tiger conservation, match-fixing, and life after marriage.


Kolkata girl crosses English Channel

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Twenty-two-year-old city girl Amrita Das crossed the English Channel, completing the 34-km challenge in 13 hours and 42 minutes.


Kingfisher Airlines update on flights

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In the wake of the 24-hour Kolkata Bandh call given from 6:00 am on September 7, 2010 to 6:00 am on September 8, 2010, Kingfisher Airlines has announced the cancellation of 29 flights and the rescheduling of two flights as per details given below.


Kolkata bandh on Tuesday: Over 100 flights cancelled

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Airlines have cancelled their flights to and from Kolkata on Tuesday in the wake of 24-hour long bandh call given by central trade unions to protest against price rise. Kingfisher has cancelled 29 flights, including one international, while Jet Airways and its low cost arm JetLite have cancelled a total of 70 flights to and from the city.


Mumbai oil spill: Probe blames Khalijia?

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Nearly a month after two cargo ships collided off the Mumbai coast causing a massive oil slick, an inquiry has found MV Khalijia - the ship that was grounded - was to blame for the accident.


J&K: 7 militants killed in two separate encounters

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According to latest reports from Jammu and Kashmir, seven militants have been killed in two separate encounters. Four militants were killed by the Army in Gurez sector in an ongoing operation while three militants were killed in Hafruda forest in Kupwara district.


Smokers watch their potential heart attacks on video

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Sixty five -year-old Hank Davis is watching a video that shows what would happen if he had a heart attack. Davis had been trying to give up smoking for the past 40 years, but was unsuccessful.


Indian Navy ship thwarts piracy bid in Gulf of Aden

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Somali and Yemeni pirates' attempt to hijack for ransom Indian cargo vessels, sailing off the Somalia coast, was thwarted by an Indian warship, a Navy spokesperson said in New Delhi on Monday. INS Delhi, a guided missile destroyer, was assisting the merchant ships that were sailing through the Gulf of Aden when the armed sea brigands made the attempt on one of the 12 ships in the formation yesterday.


Can't say I shall shut up every minister, says PM

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Public differences between the party and the government, and more often between senior Congress leaders have created several controversies – like the Home Minister being criticized by Digvijaya Singh and Janardhan Dwivedi for his remarks on saffron terror. For the first time, the Prime Minister has commented on the spats. "I can't say that I will shut up every colleague in my cabinet," he told a group of editors.


'Match-fixer' Majeed's club out of business, fans distraught

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The mansion that Mazhar Majeed owns, worth 1.8 million pounds, was often the scene of lavish parties that were sometimes at odds with the rest of this quiet enclave in Croydon, South London. Now, the intercom at the gate of his two-acre estate, where he lived with his wife, Sheliza, and their two daughters, rings out.


Bihar: Nitish for central forces in all polling booths

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Election Commission should ensure deployment of central forces at all polling booths during the Assembly polls in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday. Kumar told reporters here that the Election Commission should take effective steps for holding free, fair, peaceful and fear-free polls.


Maoists, police exchange fire in Orissa

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Orissa police have seized a laptop and arms after a fierce exchange of fire with the Maoists in a dense forest at the border of Keonjhar and Jajpur districts on Monday, official sources said. Acting on intelligence inputs, a team of elite anti-Naxal Special Operation Group (SOG) and police raided a hideout of the ultras in Rebana forest on Monday following which the encounter began.


In three homes, quiet gratitude marks policemen's welcome

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It was in prayer that she sought refuge while her son was missing; and when he returned home eight days later, unharmed by his captors, it was to a temple that she took him first. The ardent thanks offered by Trainee Sub-Inspector Rupesh Kumar Sinha merged with the priest's chants. "I used to die every moment when I was held captive. I was worried about my family as they would have been devastated had I died," said Sinha.


PM takes on Supreme Court over free grain order

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His economy of words only amplified what the Prime Minister makes of his government receiving instructions from the Supreme Court on how to tackle the rotting food grain that's become a national sore point. "The Supreme Court should not get into the realm of policy formulation," said Dr Manmohan Singh.


Showcause notice to PMO for non-compliance of CIC orders

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The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show-cause notice to the Prime Minister's Office regarding "non-compliance" of its order relating to disclosure of union ministers' assets.


Homi N Sethna passes away

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Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and the guiding force behind India's first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, died at his Malabar Hills residence here after a prolonged illness, family members said.


Six phase polling in Bihar from October 21

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The Central Election Commission, on Monday, announced the schedule for Bihar Assembly elections. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi said the six-phase Bihar polls will start from October 21. The dates for next phases are: October 24, October 28, November 1, November 9 and November 20.


British MP's wife found working as a sex worker

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A British MP's wife works as a prostitute charging 70 pounds "for oral sex without a condom followed by full sex with a condom", said a media report here. The revelation left the MP stunned as he said: "That's a horrible shock".


55,000 auto-rickshaw drivers plan strike on Tuesday

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Around 55,000 auto-rickshaw drivers here would go on strike on Tuesday against the government directive for re-allotment of drivers' badges to them. "Around 10 years ago, we were issued temporary driver badges after we had paid Rs 400 and attended two-day class. The government had promised to replace these with permanent ones," said M S Mansoori, general secretary of the Rashtriya Rajdhani Shetra Tin-Pahiya Chalak Union, Delhi.


Punjab to allow women to stay with husbands in jails

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Wives of prisoners in Punjab will soon be allowed a brief stay with their husbands in jails, a minister said on Monday. The new jails, which are under construction in the state, are having special barracks for the purpose, Jail Minister Hira Singh Gabria said. He said this facility will be extended on humanitarian grounds to those prisoners who had been staying in jail for several years and even the newly weds who landed themselves in prison.


Impossible to distribute free foodgrain: Centre to Supreme Court

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Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran submitted to a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma that wrong reports were appearing in a section of the press giving an impression that the government wants to have a confrontation with the judiciary on the issue.


Austrian woman describes 8 years in a dungeon

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An Austrian girl who has suffered sexual, physical and mental torture as a prisoner trapped in a cellar for eight years has come out with an autobiography describing how she was forced to work almost naked, sleep with her captor and beaten 200 times a week.


Meet Mohammad Boota, New York’s Ramadan

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It was just past 4 the other morning when Mohammad Boota pulled his Lincoln Town Car into a service station on an industrial stretch in Long Island City, Queens, and bounded out — a typhoon of embroidered fabric, good cheer and unusual urgency.


Kashmir: 3 students killed, 4 others injured in firing

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On a day the Prime Minister said that the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is meeting soon to discuss the Kashmir situation "threadbare", three people have been killed in firing by security forces in Pattan. One of them a Class IX student.


Meet Edward, world’s shortest man

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A 24-year-old Colombian man has officially become the world's shortest man. Edward Nino Hernandez has been certified as the world's shortest living mobile male by Guinness World Records, measuring just 70.21 centimetres (27.46 inches). The previous titleholder was He Pingping of China, who was an inch or so taller and died on the 13 March.


Ishrat Jahan case: Won't interfere, says Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Gujarat High Court to consider and pass appropriate order for constituting a separate Special Investigation Team (SIT) for probing the case relating to killing of Ishrat Jahan in an encounter. A bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar also asked the High Court to consider the application filed by apex court-appointed SIT, headed by former CBI director R K Raghvan, expressing inability to probe the case.


Constable attempts suicide; shoots himself in the head

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Two days after a constable ended his life, another city police constable on duty allegedly attempted suicide today by shooting himself in the head with a service gun in South Mumbai, police said.


40 students fall ill after consuming cake in school

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Nearly 40 students of a coaching class were hospitalised on Sunday due to food poisoning soon after they consumed cake and snacks served to them during Teacher's day celebration in the class at suburban Ghatkopar, police said.


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