Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Nehru library post no longer historians’ only

Nehru library post no longer historians’ only

Nehru library post no longer historians’ only

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

Decision by NMML's EC comes in the wake of problems faced by the institute to find a director in 2004. Many eminent modern India historians were either not interested in the job or had crossed the minimum age limit.

300 lakh doses of DPT vaccine down the drain

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:04 PM PST

About 300 lakh doses of the DPT vaccine meant for children have been rendered unusable after a substandard component - tetanus toxoid - was added to the triple vaccine at the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor, an internal inspection has found.

Bainsla-led Gujjar faction ready for talks with govt

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST

In the war of nerves between the state government and the agitating Gujjars, CM Ashok Gehlot's tactical patience appears to be bearing fruit: on Wednesday, a Gujjar faction agreed to talks with the state government.

Sanjay excesses historical fact: Congress

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST

The Congress on Wednesday defended the critical view taken of Sanjay Gandhi's role during those dark days, insisting that history should not be about goody-goody things.

BSP MLA accused of raping minor gets victim jailed for theft

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:49 PM PST

A week after a sitting Bahujan Samaj Party MLA from Dibai, Guddu Pandit, was arrested for kidnapping, yet another ruling party legislator - Purshottam Naresh - is in the eye of a storm.

Centre may not rush into Telangana

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:44 PM PST

With the Srikrishna Committee report on the Telangana issue due to be submitted, the Centre is focusing hard on ensuring peace is maintained in AP so it has the opportunity to study implications of the panel's findings in depth.

Ahead of Telangana panel report, Centre goes into a huddle

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:44 PM PST

With the Srikrishna Committee report on the Telangana issue due to be submitted, the Centre is focusing hard on ensuring peace is maintained in AP so it has the opportunity to study implications of the panel's findings in depth.

Set to retire, babu in dock over ‘fake’ papers

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:43 PM PST

A top official in Madhya Pradesh assembly is in trouble, with just five months to go for retirement.

Whistleblower hounded for yrs by Haryana govt

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:38 PM PST

Twelve transfers in five years, an illegal suspension order, a fabricated chargesheet, denial of promotion and a spoiled annual confidential report.

Moily: Ex-CJIs should not criticize verdict

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST

Law and justice minister M Veerappa Moily has said unbridled criticism of the Binayak Sen judgment was unwarranted and the trend of former judges and even CJIs running down the verdict was an unfortunate and unhealthy development.

'Sen'sational verdict, loose ends

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST

Binayak Sen's conviction along with Narayan Sanyal and Piyush Guha in a sedition case rested on the purported web of connections between a complex cast of characters.

University allows 10-yr-old prodigy to pursue BSc

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:18 PM PST

For 10-year-old Sushma Verma, Tuesday was a day to rejoice. Reason: Lucknow University allowed her to pursue a graduate degree in science.

Univ allows 10-yr-old prodigy to pursue BSc

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:18 PM PST

For 10-year-old Sushma Verma, Tuesday was a day to rejoice. Reason: Lucknow University allowed her to pursue a graduate degree in science.

Buddha makes it personal, takes PC head on

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:15 PM PST

In his curt reply to Union home minister P Chidambaram, the West Bengal chief minister expressed surprise over the former's assessment of the situation which "is far from impartial."

Fertile Punjab hit by hunger pangs: Report

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:05 PM PST

The food bowl of the country figures pathetically low on hunger index - a statistical tool to measure the state of countries' hunger situation. Punjab lies below 33 other developing countries ranked by Global Hunger Index.

Shaukat Guru freed 9 months ahead of date

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:03 PM PST

Shaukat Hussain Guru, one of the key accused in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament, walked out a free man from Tihar on Wednesday due to his "good conduct".

CBI to finally quiz Suresh Kalmadi

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 12:01 PM PST

CBI has finally asked CWG Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi to present himself before the agency, which is likely to quiz him about his role in dodgy contracts, a blackmail letter and destruction of evidence.

‘Lobbying by MPs must stop’

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:59 AM PST

Lobbying with the environment ministry officials by MPs for projects in which they have vested interests must stop, Jairam Ramesh has written to the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.

Congress, BJP spar over Jaitapur N-plant

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:57 AM PST

Congress and BJP were locked in a fresh confrontation on Wednesday, with the main opposition taking a strong exception to environment minister Jairam Ramesh's charge that its resistance to Jaitapur - the site of the nuclear plant in Maharashtra - was an extension of party's opposition to the civil nuclear deal with the US.

Over 50% central infra projects behind schedule

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:46 AM PST

Roads may be generating headlines for slow construction but it is the railways which take the cake for missing deadlines and causing loss to the exchequer.

Stricter norms for domestic, international adoption

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:44 AM PST

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has moved to tighten adoption norms, proposing stringent monitoring of international anddomestic adoptions, including a thorough scrutiny of the sourcing of each child placed for adoption.

'God-fearing' banker tapped others' greed to rip off Rs 250cr

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:14 AM PST

Shiv Raj Puri, 32, the man who cleaned out nearly Rs 250 crore from the Gurgaon branch of Citibank, was a modest man who pretty much kept to himself.

CBI draws blank, seeks to close Aarushi case

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST

The Aarushi murder mystery will remain just that -- a mystery.

Jagan to meet Pawar on Thursday to explain farmers' suffering

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:52 AM PST

Former Congress MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy would meet Union Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi tomorrow to explain the misery of the farmers who suffered heavy crop losses due to rains this year.

Kolkata Metro is now the 17th zone of Indian Railways

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:10 AM PST

The Metro Railway of Kolkata today became the 17th independent zone of the Indian Railways with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announcing that a Rs10,000cr project has been taken up for its expansion.
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