Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Arrest persons responsible for Una school wall collapse: CPM

Arrest persons responsible for Una school wall collapse: CPM

Arrest persons responsible for Una school wall collapse: CPM

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:29 PM PST

A day after the collapse of school wall in Una district that left four children dead, Communist Party of India (Marxists) have demanded holding accountable the authorities responsible for the collapse of boundary wall of a primary school.

Solar power project for Gurdaspur district

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:24 PM PST

If all goes well 17 villages in this border district will soon have enough solar power to fulfill their energy requirements as a project is on the anvil under the National Solar Mission.

Yuva Seva Sangh turns Feb 14 into Parents Day

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:23 PM PST

There is no difference between Valentine's Day and Parents Day if one goes by the logic offered by an Ambala organization. Taking a wider view of love, Yuva Seva Sangh, had exhorted youngsters to celebrate Valentine's Day – an occasion when lovers express their feelings for each other – as Parents Day.

40-day Holi fest begins in Kullu

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:17 PM PST

As the whole country is going to celebrate Holi festival on March 19, Kullu has started celebration in advance.

Looking for a full house in Patiala

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:14 PM PST

After the box office success of 'Singh is King', Akshay Kumar's director and producers are once again all set to showcase him in a Sikh family setting in about-to-be-released 'Patiala House.'

Holdout Baruah may derail Centre-Ulfa peace process

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:56 PM PST

Banned insurgent outfit Ulfa and the Centre are giving peace another chance. Ulfa has existed for three decades, it is one of the biggest insurgent groups in the country and this will be the third time that the Centre will attempt to talk peace with them.

Alagiri, Dayanidhi in DMK poll panel

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:27 PM PST

The other members of the committee, announced last week, include deputy chief minister MK Stalin and state ministers Arcot Veerasamy, Duraimurugan and K Ponmudi and Lok Sabha MP TR Baalu.

Another UP dalit girl attacked for resisting rape

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST

A fellow villager allegedly slashed a 16-year-old dalit girl's face after she resisted his attempt to rape her at Kansapurwa in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district late on Monday night.

Cong courting SP, BSP for support on JPC?

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Congress managers were open to a JPC probe, but had to switch gears because of reported resistance from the PMO and other senior government functionaries who were wary of JPC summons.

BSNL gave away valuable spectrum to 'shell companies'

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

State-run telecom firm BSNL bestowed favours on "shell companies" by allotting them WiMAX franchises; they, in turn, were more interested in selling their stake to "potential buyers" than in rolling out broadband network services.

Baijal common to irregularities spanning NDA and UPA terms

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

A telephone conversation between former telecom regulator Pradeep Baijal and a top department of telecom official paved the way for the first-come first-served policy being exploited by successive regimes since 2003, when BJP-led NDA was in office, according to the Shivraj Patil panel.

PM presiding over empire of corruption, alleges BJP

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST

Attacking the government over the S-band spectrum allocation, opposition BJP on Tuesday accused PM Manmohan Singh of presiding over "an empire of corruption" and sought his clarification on nine questions regarding the award of the precious resource.

Antrix responsible for marketing ISRO tech

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST

Antrix Corporation was incorporated as a private limited company owned by the Indian government in September 1992. It got the 'Miniratna' status by the government in 2008.

Spectrum scarce, so panel to decide who gets how much

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST

Amid charges of favouring corporate entities on allocation of scarce natural resources such as telecom spectrum, the government has set up a high-powered committee headed by former finance secretary Ashok Chawla to suggest a formula for efficient and transparent distribution of these resources.

'Respect for each other's laws must'

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Responding to the "rejection" of the Indian request to send a commission to Pakistan to look into the 26/11 investigations, India on Tuesday said such exercises needed to be governed by the principle of legal reciprocity.

There's intent to restart talks: Nirupama Rao

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:49 PM PST

While reiterating that Pakistan had not done enough to bring the 26/11 guilty to book, a cautious India said on Tuesday that the dialogue process could be back on track.

Hills clash kills 2, Army to be sent

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:47 PM PST

The Army was being deployed in violence-hit areas of Darjeeling district after 2 persons were killed on Tuesday when the police opened fire to stop GJM supporters from taking out a march in adjacent Jalpaiguri district defying prohibitory orders.

SP MLA held in Delhi for bomb attack on UP minister

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:44 PM PST

The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested absconding Samajwadi Party MLA Vijay Mishra in Delhi in connection with the bomb attack on UP Cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi' in July 2010, in which two people including a journalist were killed.

Punjab villages say no to booze, will move HC

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:38 PM PST

Hundreds of villages in Punjab's Sangrur and Patiala districts are bracing for a legal battle with the state's excise department over proliferating booze vends that bring the exchequer mighty moolah.

Midday meal scheme to get paltry hike of Rs 6cr this year

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:16 PM PST

The Midday Meal scheme catering to 12 crore children — all set to increase manifold with the implementation of the Right to Education Act — is likely to get a paltry increase of Rs 6 crore in the 2011-12 general budget. Last year, Rs 10,380 crore was allocated for the scheme.

Govt unlikely to budget for new aam admi schemes

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will have his hands full drafting the Union Budget, what with different constituents already moving to place their demands.

Dubai loophole helps learn unborn's sex

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:49 PM PST

Sonal (name changed), a city resident, surprised her gynaecologist when he refused to tell her the sex of her unborn child during a recent ultrasonography scan. She told him sex determination was as easy as flying to Dubai.

Cong not amused by cop cleaning Maya's shoes

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:40 PM PST

Congress is not amused by a senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh cleaning mud off chief minister Mayawati's shoes claiming that the `servile' act has tarnished the image of the corps.

Maya PSO, a gallantry medal winner, stoops to clean her sandals

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:35 PM PST

A President's gallantry medal winner, posted on Mayawati's security detail, was captured on camera stooping to wipe the dust off her sandals. The opposition tried to make an issue out of this but the state cabinet secretary said the officer was only performing his duty.

Naxals set to release 5 abducted cops in Chhattisgarh on Feb 11

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:29 PM PST

A delegation of civil society activists is expected to travel to Chhattisgarh on Thursday to secure the release of five policemen held hostage by Maoists since January 25.
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