Friday, December 31, 2010

Braving snow for new year prayers at Vaishnodevi

Braving snow for new year prayers at Vaishnodevi

Braving snow for new year prayers at Vaishnodevi

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The cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Trikuta hills of Reasi district today received the season's first snowfall, even as pilgrims made a beeline to the shrine to pay obeisance on New Year.


Aarushi Talwar case: Moily intervenes, tells CBI to get serious

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Aarushi Talwar case: Moily intervenes, tells CBI to get serious - As public outrage builds over the CBI's decision to close the Aarushi Talwar murder investigation, Law Minister Veerappa Moily has met the agency's director, Amar Pratap Singh, and told him to take the case seriously.


Hero Group firms victim of Citibank fraud

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A leading corporate house Hero Group is a victim of the alleged Rs 300 crore Citibank fraud, says the conglomerate, but did not disclose details of financial involvement.


Shoot-at-sight order for Corbett man-eater

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Forest officials in Uttarakhand have issued a shoot at sight order for a tiger in the Corbett Tiger Reserve after it allegedly killed three women in the last one month. Villagers living in Sunderkhal region, that encroaches on forest land, staged a protest outside the park demanding the tiger be killed.


Bobby Jindal voted most popular US governor

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Indian-origin Louisiana leader Bobby Jindal is the most popular serving governor in the United States, an opinion poll has said.


At India-Pakistan border, fog is currently the enemy

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India's Border Security Force (BSF) is battling an unlikely enemy along the 553-km international border with Pakistan in Punjab - fog. And it is using hot tea and extra patrolling to keep its personnel active and ensure that no intruder slips in.


Magistrate promises action in dalit teacher case

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Two days after NDTV ran the story of a dalit teacher denied a chair at her school in Bihar's Gopalgunj district, allegedly on the grounds of caste, the District Magistrate has taken note and promised action in the case.


Tree branch pierced her stomach, she survived

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Twelve-year-old Chhoti can consider herself lucky. She has miraculously survived a near-fatal accident. It took a team of four doctors over three hours to remove the branch of a tree that had pierced through her stomach as she fell off a tree recently.


India's marathon couple: Around the world in 365 days

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Talk about the going that extra mile. A couple in Hyderabad decided to do just that and ended up running around the world in 2010.


Snow shuts Jammu-Srinagar highway, hundreds of vehicles stranded

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Snow shuts Jammu-Srinagar highway - Kashmir Valley has been cut off from rest of the country as incessant snowfall forced closure of Jammu-Srinagar National highway and cancellation of all flights to and from the international airport in Srinagar.


Yeddyurappa says he will meet Governor every 15 days

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Yeddyurappa meets Governor - Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa drove to Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on Friday morning to meet Governor HR Bhardwaj.


Home Minister to visit Tawang on India-China border today

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Home Minister P Chidambaram arrived in Guwahati on Thursday night while on his way to Arunachal Pradesh. He will visit Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh today on the Sino-Indian border and review the development projects along the frontier areas.


Indians on death row in UAE refuse settlement

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A proposal to settle the case involving 17 Indians, who have appealed the death penalty for killing a Pakistani in Sharjah has been refused, according to the lawyer representing the defendants.


SIT seeks legal help in Ishrat Jahan case

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The Special Investigation Team probing the 2004 police encounter of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others has filed an application in the Gujarat High Court seeking appointment of an amicus curie in the case.


Parliament impasse: Speaker meets non-BJP Opposition leaders

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In a fresh bid to end the deadlock in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar met the leaders of the Left and other non-BJP opposition parties today. Yesterday, the Speaker met BJP leaders but failed to bridge the differences as the main Opposition insisted on a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam and put the onus of ending the impasse on the ruling coalition.


26/11 case: Pakistan to defend ISI chief in a US court

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The Pakistan government on Thursday said it will "strongly contest" the lawsuit filed in a US court against the serving and former heads of the powerful spy agency ISI by relatives of two Jewish victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.


Gujjars, government closer to resolution

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A resolution on the Gujjar-government talks seems close at sight.


Aarushi Talwar murder case: Where did CBI falter?

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After investigating the Aarushi Talwar murder case for two-and-a-half years, the CBI says it has no concrete evidence in the case. No murder weapon has been found, no motive has been established, even the forensic samples were declared tampered with, hence are unusable.


Technical institutes to reserve 5% seats: Sibal

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From now, technical institutes approved by AICTE have to reserve up to five per cent of their seats for students from economically backward sections of the society.


Kashmir Valley gets its first snow of the season

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Wrapped in a thick white blanket, the beautiful Kashmir Valley got its New Year's gift as it experienced its first snowfall of the season. The heavy snow has shut the 300-kilometre long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway leading to suspension of air traffic.


Jagan says PM didn't meet him about farmers

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Claiming that the relief announced by the Centre for calamity-hit farmers in Andhra Pradesh is not enough, former Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today demanded a "better package" for those whose crops have been damaged in recent floods.


Krishna water verdict: Karnataka happiest

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It's a verdict that ends 43 years of conflict over the waters of the River Krishna and the states that depend on it for their farmers: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.


Andhra Pradesh waits for Telangana report

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The Srikrishna Committee submitted its report on Telangana to Union Home minister P Chidambaram in Delhi on Thursday. The report will now form the basis on which the future of Andhra Pradesh will be formulated. It was an unusual sight to see personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) guarding the state secretariat in Hyderabad - an indication of how the state administration is on the edge. Fifty companies of paramilitary forces have been sent to Andhra Pradesh.


2G spectrum scam: Speaker's meet ends with no breakthrough

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The BJP emerged from Meira Kumar's all-party session holding tight to its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum scam. Through the winter session of parliament, the stand-off over a JPC between the opposition and the government ensured that virtually the entire session saw no business conducted.


Telangana report 'will show the way forward'

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Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on Telangana issue today said its report will show the "way forward" on approaching the contentious demand for a separate statehood issue in Andhra Pradesh. The five-member committee, which went into demands for forming a separate Telangana state and keeping Andhra Pradesh united, today submitted its report to Home Minister P Chidambaram.


Britain's secret service agencies to share notes with Indian officers

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Sleuths of Britain's secret service agencies MI5 and MI6 will be sharing their professional experience and expertise with over 100 senior Indian Police Service officers for two weeks from January 3.


Jet airways asks passengers to report 2 hours early for security reasons

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Citing security reasons, Jet Airways asked its passengers to report two hours before their flight time, saying the check-in will close 45 minutes before departure, even as a fliers' body termed this decision as "impractical".


Netizens slam CBI over Aarushi case closure

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"Shame", "Yet another let down", "Is it a cover up?" - these are some of the reactions of netziens to the CBI filing a closure report in the sensational Aarushi double murder case after a two-and-a-half-year probe marked by botched up investigations.


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