Saturday, February 5, 2011

255 border outposts to come up along Bangladesh, Pakistan border

255 border outposts to come up along Bangladesh, Pakistan border

255 border outposts to come up along Bangladesh, Pakistan border

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:43 PM PST

Aimed at strengthening security along frontiers, government has finalised a blueprint to construct 255 outposts on the country's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Dev grant for Ropar, Morinda villages

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:58 PM PST

55 villages in Ropar block and 33 villages in Morinda block were given a grant of nearly Rs 4.10 crore and Rs 3.22 crore, respectively, under rural development fund for the execution of various developmental works on Saturday.

Anganwadi workers stage protest

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:55 PM PST

Tempers ran high when all anganwadi workers of Sirsa block raised anti-establishment slogans at the Bhagat Singh Park on Saturday evening.

'One-rank one-pension under consideration'

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:54 PM PST

The Chief of the Army Staff, General VK Singh, has informed that the demand of one rank for one pension for officers is under serious consideration.

For these bravehearts, it's no less than CWG

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:52 PM PST

For them, the rural sporting carnival in Kila Raipur is no less than Commonwealth Games, or even the real deal — the Olympics.

Russian arrested on charges of staying in Malana for 15 years

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:51 PM PST

A Russian national was arrested on the charges of staying in Malana for last 15 years without having any valid documents, including visa and passport. The Russian was staying in Malana with his Italian friend who was arrested in November 2, 2010 for overstaying his visa.

Now Chinese SIM cards recovered

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:48 PM PST

Investigations being conducted in the Karmapa monastery raid case, after the recovery of a huge haul of foreign currency totalling Rs 9 crore, has indicated towards a strong possibility of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyene Trinley Dorje, having a Beijing connection.

Marching ahead with zeal to serve the nation

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:47 PM PST

They hail from different backgrounds and have excelled in different national level events, but one common thing that they share is an urge to don olive green after finishing college.

Mittal, HPCL plan to sell 10% of their stake?

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:45 PM PST

Steel tycoon LN Mittal, who is a major stakeholder of Hindustan Petroleum Corp Limited in Rs 18,919-crore Guru Gobind Singh Oil Refinery at Phulokhair village of Bathinda, on Saturday visited the refinery.

4-month-old snatched from mother

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:44 PM PST

Three unidentified persons, including a woman, escaped in a car after snatching a four-month-old boy from his mother's arms in village Bhamme Kalan late on Friday evening.

Patiala SSP office delivers info

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:41 PM PST

Taking a u-turn on its earlier stand, the office of Patiala SSP has provided all the information about the police administrative set-up in the district after directions from the State Information Commission, while earlier the office had claimed that it did not have the information that was sought by applicant Kuldeep Singh.

'Dead' woman comes back as bride

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:38 PM PST

In an incident that shocked policemen as well as villagers, a 21-year-old 'murdered' woman, Saroj, whom they claimed to have cremated last month, walked into the police station of Kosli sub-division of Rewari district on Saturday afternoon.

New projects to beautify Amritsar

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:37 PM PST

State government has mooted two major projects for beautification of Amritsar. Talking about the projects BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu said the Circular Road encircling all 12 gates of the interior city would be widened.

Youth shot at by relative in Patiala

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:35 PM PST

A youngster, Sarvjit, suffered serious bullet injuries in his chest after he was shot at by the sister's brother-in-law late on Friday evening.

'Uncle judges' reason for transfers: Moily

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:25 PM PST

Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily on Saturday made it clear that 'uncle judges' was indeed one of the factors in the transfer of high court judges to other high courts and it was not true that only tainted judges were being transferred.

'Haryana Lokayukta Act needs more muscle'

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:18 PM PST

Haryana Lokayukta justice (retd) Pritam Pal said on Saturday that Haryana Lokayukta Act, 2002 is toothless and there is a need to amend it so that the Lokayukta has the power to punish the guilty officials and take suo-moto cognizance of offences committed by them.

Ombudsman asks Haryana govt for cops

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:16 PM PST

For the last three years all the posts in the investigation section of the Haryana Lokayukta have been lying vacant and all this while the state government did not consider appointing officials to assist the Lokayukta in conducting raids or making inquiries.

Women power World Bank project

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:15 PM PST

Women power has been credited with ushering in a revolution of sorts in the state's villages as Rs 1280.30 crore World Bank-assisted Punjab Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project has picked up pace with more and more panchayats becoming active partners in its execution.

Sarabjit's counsel to file plea for reopening case

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:14 PM PST

Following the arrest of Manjeet Singh Rattu by Panchkula police, counsel of Indian condemned prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan, Awais Sheikh, has announced to move Pakistan's supreme court and file petition for reopening of Sarabjit's case.

Differences come to fore in Patiala SAD unit

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:13 PM PST

Growing differences among senior leaders of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal came to fore, here, on Saturday, when the vice-president of SAD accused the District Planning Committee chairman of implicating his supporters in false cases.

Ashwani Kumar skirts queries on inflation

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:09 PM PST

Union minister of state for parliamentary affairs and planning Ashwani Kumar seemed to be a man in a hurry leaving mediapersons in a huff without answering queries regarding measures taken by the UPA government to control spiralling food inflation.

Meira Kumar to meet leaders on Feb 7

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:07 PM PST

Union minister of state for planning, science, technology and parliamentary affairs Ashwani Kumar who was in Amritsar on Saturday said that Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar would be holding meetings with senior party leaders on February 7 to explore the possibility of conducting the budget session smoothly and with minimal hitches.

Cong rally in Punjab focuses on vendetta, religion

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST

A volatile fusion of vendetta, politics and religion, is once again set to dominate political scene in Punjab with the assembly elections just a year away.

PM to inaugurate Commonwealth law meet today

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:51 PM PST

For four days from Sunday, the best of the legal brains from the Commonwealth nations will deliberate in Hyderabad on the new challenges being faced by our societies and possibly throw light on some quick and sustainable solutions.

CM's Nizamabad Rachchabanda passes off peacefully

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST

Amid Telangana protagonists' bandh call and tight security arrangements by the police, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's first Rachchabanda programme in north Telangana passed off peacefully at Lachan village of Madnoor mandal in Nizamabad district on Saturday.
Posted by Harshad at 9:25 PM

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