Thursday, January 6, 2011

Fear of Red surge has panel worried

Fear of Red surge has panel worried

Fear of Red surge has panel worried

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:40 PM PST

Security concerns over possible rise in Maoist activity, if government goes for Telangana, appears to be one of the key points of the Srikrishna Committee report, which talks in detail about the pros and cons of various options suggested by it.

Bihar gets Rs 2K crore under 'special plan' this FY

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:07 PM PST

Aiming to accelerate socio-economic development in Bihar, the Centre's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved a proposal to enhance the allocation for the special plan for Bihar from Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 2,000 crore in 2010-11.

Keep talks with MLAs secret, cops told

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:19 PM PST

Don't put in writing what you hear, Maharashtra's home department has advised police stations in a recent circular.

Railway gangmen, families can avail free AC travel

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST

With polls in Bengal approaching, railway minister Mamata Banerjee seems keen to keep her pro-aam adami image intact.

Sen moves HC against life sentence

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:14 PM PST

Paediatrician and rights activist Binayak Sen has challenged his conviction and life sentence by a local court in the Chhattisgarh high court, saying his the crime he had been accused of wasn't proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Punjab AG's 75-yr-old kin raped, murdered

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:12 PM PST

The 75-year-old mother-in-law of the advocate general of Punjab was found murdered in her house on Thursday.

Left meets PC over TMC Maoist link'

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST

The Left Front along with Telugu Desam Party and Janata Dal (Secular) petitioned home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday alleging a connection between the Trinamool Congress and Maoists.

NDA to issue memorandum to Manmohan

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:07 PM PST

Maintaining the pressure on the government over corruption, the NDA on Thursday decided to issue a memorandum to PM Manmohan Singh on the kickbacks received in 2G scam and Bofors cases, as also the black money lying in foreign banks.

BJP names may figure in 2G spectrum report

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:04 PM PST

As opposition refuses to relent on its demand for JPC into the 2G scam, government has decided to strike an aggressive note by deciding to make startling revelations about the entire gamut of telecom policy since 2000 including beneficiaries during NDA regime.

Sanskrit daily still hits stands 40 years on

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:02 PM PST

When Sanskrit scholar Nadadur Varadaraja Iyengar launched Sudharama, the country's first and only Sanskrit daily from Mysore, his friends warned him against the 'misadventure'.

Dipping temprature can up stroke risk

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:57 PM PST

The winter chill could be perfect for terrace top parties, steaming kebabs and sweet ginger tea.

Pakistan bans export of onions through Wagah-Attari road route

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:54 PM PST

The onion-spurred price rise in Pakistan has resulted in Pakistan government slowing down exports to India.

Bus plunges into gorge, kills 22 near Dehradun

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST

At least 22 people, including six children and seven women, were killed and 20 injured when a sightseeing bus overturned and fell into a deep gorge near Dehradun on Wednesday night.

'Govt to take call on Service chiefs appearing before PAC'

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:49 PM PST

Army chief Gen V K Singh says it's for the government to decide whether the three Service chiefs should themselves appear before Parliament's public accounts committee (PAC), given that the forces are keen to send only their vice-chiefs and quarter-master generals to the panel.

India to head UNSC panel on combating terror

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:48 PM PST

India has scored early successes in the UN Security Council. In its first week, Hardeep Puri, India's permanent representative in the UN, was elected to chair the key counter-terrorism committee (UNSCR 1373) and international security committee (UNSCR 1566).

Is river interlinking worth the money, asks SC

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:45 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Thursday wanted to know the fate of the ambitious Rs 5 lakh crore river interlinking project, mooted by then President A P J Abdul Kalam and vigorously pursued by the NDA government, and wanted attorney general G E Vahanvati to apprise it of its status.

Catch your kid smoking with this kit

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:43 PM PST

Do you know if your adolescent son has been smoking on the sly? Do you fear an HIV infection two days after unprotected sex with a stranger?

Bird brain inspires eye-in-sky tech

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:42 PM PST

Space scientists are about to take a lesson or two from the birds and the bees. Not on anything else but rocket science.

Tender minds have tough posers for masters at science meet

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST

As soon as he completed his speech on 'Gravitational biology: Basic research to growing planets in space' at the Indian Science Congress, P Dayandandan, former head of the department of botany at the Madras Christian College, was mobbed by aspiring scientists and academics.

Will we be able to 'teleport' matter?

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:37 PM PST

Some of the world's strangest mysteries were up for discussion on the inaugural day of an international conference in Kolkata today.

'Her expenses, not daughter a liability'

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:34 PM PST

V K Sharma, assistant registrar and personal secretary to Supreme Court Judge Gyan Sudha Misra, has strongly reacted to a news report of December 29 in TOI, titled, "SC woman judge lists daughter as liabilities".

Karnataka House session lasts just 5 mins

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:31 PM PST

It ended in five minutes. The joint session of the Karnataka legislature began as scheduled at noon and concluded at 12.05pm, thanks to protests by the opposition.

UT or bifurcation? Fate of Hyderabad undecided

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:23 PM PST

The future of the metropolis of Hyderabad looms large over the Srikrishna Committee report, which says it is 'a strategically important city for the nation'.

Status quo in Andhra not a viable option: Panel

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:19 PM PST

The Srikrishna Committee has given an elaborate explanation on why it sees a united Andhra with a statutory mechanism to speed up development of Telangana region along with the creation of Telangana with Hyderabad as capital as the only two workable options.

Separate state just a poor man’s pitch?

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:17 PM PST

Sections of the poor have become poorer while the rich have become better off. And though Telangana has suffered high levels of deprivation, these have declined in the last decade while Rayalseema's disadvantages have grown.
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