Saturday, November 27, 2010

Landslides hit Tawang monastery

Landslides hit Tawang monastery

Landslides hit Tawang monastery

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:24 PM PST

The Dalai Lama's first abode in India is in danger of collapse.

To pack in more, airline seats older kids on laps

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:59 PM PST

Can an airline allow passengers to seat children on their laps? The DGCA has warned a leading low-cost carrier after finding seven children had been seated on their parents' laps on a flight.

Jagan set to exit Cong, float new party, say aides

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:38 PM PST

In what could make it difficult for new Andhra chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to settle down in office, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appears set to part ways with the Congress and enter the assembly after floating a new party.

Pages go missing from Adarsh file

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:26 PM PST

A fresh cloud of controversy has developed over the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society (ACHS) scam. At least four pages of a file dealing specifically with the reduction of the width of Prakash Pethe Marg - the road that was cut down to make space for the tower - have gone missing.

Saffron sees red over Rahul's Krishna avatar

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST

A heavily bejewelled and slightly chubby Rahul Gandhi striking a Krishna pose astride a chariot in a giant hoarding at a busy Allahabad crossing has kicked up a storm.

European House member’s plea to free Sharmila

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:17 PM PST

Keith Taylor, a Green Party member of European Parliament, South East England, has written to India seeking release of Irom Sharmila Chanu, who is on a decade-old hunger strike, and repeal Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.

Congress cornering Jagan on home turf

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

The Congress has evolved a patient and well deliberated strategy to corner dissident Andhra Pradesh MP Jaganmohan Reddy by stepping up criticism of his actions, weaning away supporters to ensure his isolation in the event of the MP floating his own political outfit.

'Deny permission to use injectables’

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:12 PM PST

Several womens organisations and public health experts have urged the Drug Technical Advisory Board to deny permission to use the injectable contraceptive DMPA (Depo medroxy progesterone acetate) in the mass family planning programme.

Regional films steal the show at Goa film festival

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:06 PM PST

Indian cinema seems to be hogging the limelight at the International Film Festival this year.

Stand firm on values: Army chief

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:05 PM PST

Stung by names of defence officers cropping up in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam, the three service chiefs on Saturday said the defence forces have enough loyalty and courage to get affected by a few people involved in such scams.

DGCA cancels licences of 3 pilots who bought flying hrs

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:03 PM PST

Acting on a report from Rajasthan Police that some students got their commercial pilots' licences allegedly by buying flying hours from an institute

India’s 20th N-reactor operational at Kaiga

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST

India's 20th nuclear power plant on Saturday became operational at Kaiga taking the total installed atomic power capacity in the country to 4780 MW.

Now, a land scam bigger than BSY’s?

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PST

After Karnataka's land denotification scandal, here's another one in the auction of government property in the city. The money and acreage involved are so high here that it might eclipse the land denotification scam which almost brought CM B S Yeddyurappa down.

Karnataka CM gets notice from Lokayukta

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:48 AM PST

Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde issued Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa a notice relating to land denotification around Bangalore city. These include deals in which the CM favoured his children and other family members.

Inquiry panel tears into Cidco allotments

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:45 AM PST

Four months after TOI first exposed the Cidco land scam in Navi Mumbai, a state government-appointed inquiry committee has recommended cancellation of a 12-acre hotel plot allotted to Pune-based builder Avinash Bhosale in 2008.
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