Sunday, January 30, 2011

Just Rs 4/day to feed a poor kid?

Just Rs 4/day to feed a poor kid?

Just Rs 4/day to feed a poor kid?

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:52 PM PST

In a country where 46% of the country's children below three years are underweight and inflation has spiralled to above 15%, a meagre allocation of Rs 4 per day to feed a child is a mockery of the food programme.

5-member panel to rate, regulate blood banks

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:50 PM PST

The Quality Council of India has appointed a five-member committee to rate blood banks across the country to regulate blood banks and ensure that safe blood is provided to people.

Consumer helpline duplicates success story in states now

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:49 PM PST

A new website by the name of www.nationalconsumerhelpline.in allows consumers to register complaints online.

Advani attacks 'distorted' Congress view on Kashmir

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:47 PM PST

"The gross mishandling by government of the BJP's Tiranga Yatra reveals that the Congress party has still not abandoned the distorted thinking about J&K which made India commit those early follies," Advani said.

Messing in our waters will not be tolerated: Navy chief

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST

The Navy's sinking of a pirate 'mother vessel' off the Lakshadweep Islands will send a "strong message" to the sea brigands that India will not tolerate their nefarious designs anywhere near its waters, the Navy chief said.

One tribunal for all water disputes?

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:39 PM PST

The water resources ministry is toying with the idea of setting up an integrated water disputes tribunal that will be the one-stop forum for all inter-state water wars.

Govt unveils health plan for elderly

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:38 PM PST

With the number of people in the 60-plus age group in India expected to increase to 100 million in 2013 and to 198 million in 2030, the health ministry is all set to roll out the National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE).

J&K Congress divided? Soz, Azad hold separate rallies on Martyr's day

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:38 PM PST

The tension between Congress's J&K leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz surfaced here on Sunday when the two held separate rallies on Martyr's day in memory of Mahatma Gandhi.

Mayawati, CEC differ on tainted candidates

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:37 PM PST

Chief minister Mayawati on Sunday rejected Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi's suggestion that candidates with criminal antecedents should be disqualified from contesting.

Left, NCP back Rahul on issue of black money

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:35 PM PST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's demand for repatriation of black money from tax havens has been backed by both UPA partner NCP and opposition Left.

Dalai urges thorough probe into cash flow to Karmapa

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:34 PM PST

A thorough investigation into the cash found with the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, would be good, said Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, here on Sunday.

Radio tags inhuman, unacceptable: Krishna

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:28 PM PST

Condemning the radio-tagging of Indian students in California's Tri-Valley University as "inhuman and unacceptable", external affairs minister S M Krishna on Sunday demanded action against officials responsible for it.

With life on the line, is honesty still best policy?

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST

Corruption must have been an intrinsic part of human behaviour in every age to give birth to the proverb — honesty is the best policy.

With eye on polls, PMK set to join Cong-DMK alliance

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:25 PM PST

Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Sunday confirmed that the PMK would be back in the DMK fold for the assembly elections slated for May.

HC: Banks can't use cops to evict defaulters

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST

The Bombay HC has ruled that banks cannot unilaterally use the police machinery to evict defaulting borrowers from mortgaged property.

Cops ask Karmapa 50 questions

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:13 PM PST

Himachal Pradesh (HP) police questioned the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, for the second time at Gyuto monastery in Siddhbari, around 8km from Dharamsala on Sunday.

Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct, Rao tells diplomats

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST

Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao has written to all heads of missions stating government's position of "zero tolerance" for incidents of sexual misconduct and domestic violence.

Learning with the Times: India imports 80% of its total crude oil

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:54 PM PST

Given the high volatility in international oil markets, the government continues to control prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG despite past attempts to decontrol them.

No cops in sight, Indians in Cairo fight looters with bats

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:47 PM PST

There are 3,000 odd Indians living and working in Egypt. About 2,000 are in Cairo.

Govt airlifts 300 Indians as Egypt crisis worsens

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:23 AM PST

The government on Sunday brought back 300 Indian nationals by a special Air India flight from Cairo as more than 150 Egyptians died in street protests and widespread looting erupted in the capital city.

Hard times ahead for 'sham' US varsity students

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:56 AM PST

Some 1,555 students of Tri-Valley University, 90% of them from India, face the prospect of deportation following the closure of the university in California, on charges of selling student visas.

Govt probing if agents duped students

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:52 AM PST

Government is probing if agents were involved in duping the Indian students who are stranded in the US after the university in which they had enrolled was charged with immigration fraud and will take firm against them.

Over dozen Congressmen injured in police cane charge in MP

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:38 AM PST

Police lobbed tear gas shells and resorted to cane charge to disperse the Congressmen, who were angry after the name of local MP and union minister of state Jyotiraditya Scindia did not figure in the dedication plaque of the girls' hostel, constructed with the Central fund.

Karmapa monastery episode reignites debate over real Karmapa

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:13 AM PST

The seizure of considerable foreign currency including Yuan (Chinese) and possible funding from Beijing for constructing a monastery near Dharamsala has reignited the debate about the real claimant to the throne of the 17th Karmapa.

Karmapa's cash links should be fully probed: Dalai Lama

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST

The investigations into the source of unaccounted currency seized from the monastery of the Karmapa at Dharmasala in Himachal should be thorough, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said.
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