Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Train services on Delhi-Howrah-Guwahati route disrupted

Train services on Delhi-Howrah-Guwahati route disrupted

Train services on Delhi-Howrah-Guwahati route disrupted

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:10 PM PST

Train services between Howrah and Delhi have been completely disrupted after a break in railway tracks and and an overheadwire near Shikohabad station in UP.

CBI registers fourth FIR in CWG scam, raids more Kalmadi aides

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PST

The FIR has been registered in connection with irregularities in overlay contracts for the Games. The fresh FIR and the raids come a day after CBI sleuths grilled Suresh Kalmadi for nearly nine hours.

CWG scam: CBI registers fourth FIR, conducts more raids

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PST

The FIR has been registered in connection with irregularities in overlay contracts for the Games. The fresh FIR and the raids come a day after CBI sleuths grilled Suresh Kalmadi for nearly nine hours.

Coimbatore bar to 'watch' over lawyers for graft

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:27 PM PST

For the first time in Tamil Nadu - and probably the country - the Coimbatore Bar Association (CBA) has decided to take on 'corrupt' lawyers and alert the Central Bureau of Investigation in actionable cases.

It is for my sons-in-law to explain their wealth, says Balakrishnan

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:25 PM PST

The ex-CJI said, "What can I say, they are my sons-in-law. They are answerable to the tax authorities or other legal mechanism. It is for them to explain."

Ex-CJI kin quits Youth Cong over charges

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:23 PM PST

Even as a petition in a Kerala court sought vigilance inquiry into allegations of illegal wealth against former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and his family members, his son-in-law P V Sreenijan resigned as vice-president of the Kerala unit of Youth Congress on Wednesday.

India in no hurry to bring Chetia back?

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:22 PM PST

Even though Anup Chetia, the prized catch among the outlawed Ulfa leadership, looks ready to be returned to India from Bangladesh, the government is likely to bide its time in bringing him in.

BJP to take JPC demand to Budget session

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:18 PM PST

Dispelling all doubts over the party's ability to carry its agitation for a JPC into the Budget session of Parliament, the BJP has formally decided that it will not back down from its demand just to ensure unrestricted passage for the annual budget.

MLA's killing pre-meditated murder?

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:16 PM PST

"Sexually abused" Rupam Pathak did not stab her "tormentor" Raj Kishore Keshri, MLA from Purnia, on the spur of the moment. It appears to be a pre-meditated murder, sources said.

'New vision needed for Urdu'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:13 PM PST

Higher education textbooks across 69 disciplines are being translated in Urdu as well as 21 other Indian languages.

Recession behind high turnout for Pravasi fest?

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:10 PM PST

The global economic crisis and loss of opportunities abroad has translated in overseas Indians making a beeline for India.

NRI woman fights for right to see kids

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:07 PM PST

More often than not, it's children who are caught between warring couples and one such battle is being fought in the US and India.

SC to Centre: Why not restore enemy property?

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:05 PM PST

The Centre has to do something very soon on the enemy property front. For, the SC on Wednesday wanted to examine why properties of the Raja of Mahmoodabad, ordered to be restored to him by the apex court in 2005, be not handed over to him after the lapse of the Ordinance.

'Why not DNA profiles of unidentified bodies?'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:59 PM PST

Every year, the police terms nearly 37,000 bodies as "unidentified" and disposes them of.

Unruly flyers can get 1-year jail term, Rs 5L fine: DGCA

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST

The DGCA has notified two new rules to regulate bad behaviour of passengers, who abuse the crew or rush to open the luggage cabins on-board, both on domestic flights and on international flights destined for India.

Unruly flyers can get 1-year jail term, fined 5L: DGCA

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST

The DGCA has notified two new rules to regulate bad behaviour of passengers, who abuse the crew or rush to open the luggage cabins on-board, both on domestic flights and on international flights destined for India.

At 7.4 degree celsius, Chandigarh colder than Shimla and Srinagar

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:38 PM PST

An unprecedented cold wave has gripped entire north and central India disrupting road, rail and air traffic. Chandigarh recorded its coldest day on Wednesday, making it worse than Srinagar and Shimla.

Soon, spy drones along Gujarat coast

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:33 PM PST

India is now deploying naval spy drones on the Gujarat coast to detect terror and conventional threats emanating from sea from across the border in real-time.

Now, terrorists can't get out of Maharashtra jails soon

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST

As part of its effort to crack down on terrorism, the Maharashtra government has made it harder for people convicted of terrorist and extremist activities to get out of jail early.

CWG: OC boss Kalmadi calm as CBI quizzes him for 9 hrs

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:28 PM PST

Armed with several documents, a vegetarian lunch and loads of confidence, Commonwealth Games OC chief Suresh Kalmadi reached the CBI office on Wednesday morning to be subjected to hours of questioning on allegations surrounding Commonwealth Games contracts.

'It is a blatant travesty of justice'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:24 PM PST

Activist-doctor Binayak Sen's wife Ilina Sen in a conversation with Srijana Mitra Das talks of the injustice done to her husband, his growing up days & his ideology. A rights campaigner, policy-maker and teacher rolled into one, Ilina describes Binayak Sen as a crusader against injustice.

'Growth biggest threat to forests'

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:21 PM PST

Unfazed by the criticism from some of his ministerial colleagues for delaying the green nod for projects in ecologically sensitive areas, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said the "single biggest threat" to the forests in the country is the 'developmental threat'.

SC bench member recuses from hearing Vedanta varsity case

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:19 PM PST

The Supreme Court hearing on appeals filed by the Orissa government and the Anil Agarwal Foundation to save the proposed Rs 15,000-crore Vedanta University project at Puri got deferred on Wednesday with a member of the bench, Justice A K Patnaik, recusing himself.

Dronacharya's act was shameful, says SC

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST

Dronacharya, Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas in the epic Mahabharata, came in for some harsh contemporary scrutiny in the Supreme Court, with the apex court terming as shameful his action in seeking the right thumb of tribal Eklavya to clear the way for his favourite, Arjun, to emerge as the best archer of the times.

VIPs not under threat likely to lose 'extra' security cover

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST

Under its constant rationalization of the VIP security system, the Union home ministry has decided to cut down/remove the cover of 29 more protectees including MPs, ex-MPs and retired bureaucrats - most of whom getting 'positional' security without having any actual threat.
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