Monday, September 6, 2010

Trade unions go on 24-hour nationwide bandh today

Trade unions go on 24-hour nationwide bandh today

Trade unions go on 24-hour nationwide bandh today

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:08 PM PDT

The nationwide bandh has been called to protest against price rise. The bandh is likely to have maximum impact in Kolkata with more than 100 flights to and from the city already cancelled.

Quota for poor kids in private schools mandatory: Sibal

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Reserving 25 per cent of seats for children of poor families in private schools would be mandatory and its violation would be punishable, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday.

Maid accuses violinist of sexual harassment

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 03:15 PM PDT

A suspect in a house theft case, a domestic maid has levelled sexual harassment charges against violinist L Subramaniam on Monday.

CPM's days numbered: Rahul in Kolkata

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Rahul Gandhi kept it short and sharp. The Congress youth icon's first political speech in Kolkata on Monday turned out to be a 10-minute barrage against the ruling CPM.

Left feels minority heat on bandh-eve

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:57 PM PDT

Under pressure from the two Ms -- Muslims and Mamata -- the ruling Marxists and their trade unions have been pushed on the backfoot on the eve of the Citu-sponsored bandh.

Now, it's legitimate to take leave to mourn loss of kin

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:55 PM PDT

Desi corporates seem to be thinking progressively, on par with their global counterparts, and adopting bereavement policies.

This Ganpati, stress on idols without toxic dyes

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:53 PM PDT

Central Pollution Control Board has asked Ganpati mandals to return to the festival's Vedic roots and avoid use of lead- and zinc-based paints, thermocol, plaster of Paris and toxic colours while making idols.

Changes to AFSPA may make it milder

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:51 PM PDT

PM Manmohan Singh suggested he may resolve differences in government over the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act with some changes aimed at making it less sweeping in view of the criticism the act has attracted.

Homi Sethna, nuclear legend, passes away

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India's first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, died on Sunday at his Mumbai residence after a prolonged lung ailment.

The day India 'arrived' on global stage

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:36 PM PDT

The nuclear test had succeeded. Not even American spy satellites could spot it.

'An outstanding nuclear engineer & a great patriot'

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT

The demise of Dr Homi Sethna marks the end of an era. He was the last of the great pioneers of our atomic energy programme.

PM tells SC to lay off policy issues

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:29 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday virtually ticked off the Supreme Court, saying that it "should not get into policy formation".

Manmohan looks for a middle path on climate

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:27 PM PDT

The government's new-found zeal on environment protection -- led by Jairam Ramesh with the backing of Rahul Gandhi -- was sought to be tempered by PM Manmohan Singh on Monday when he advocated a middle path.

PM admits to lapses, delays on CWG front

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confessed on Monday that there have been "lapses and delays" in the execution of the Commonwealth Games facilities.

BJP takes a dig at claim of govt-party harmony

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 02:23 PM PDT

BJP on Monday contested Manmohan Singh's assertion that there was no disconnect between his government and the Congress, saying he was forgetting the "polite exchange of words" between ministers and party leaders.
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