Friday, February 4, 2011

Fatehabad village tilts back gender ratio

Fatehabad village tilts back gender ratio

Fatehabad village tilts back gender ratio

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:45 PM PST

A nondescript village in Haryana, infamous for its skewed sex ratio, has shot into limelight by taking a lead in saving the girl child.

CM gives a quiet burial to YSR's pet Jalayagnam

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:06 PM PST

In what could signal the end of the YSR-era schemes, CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy has decided to cut the allocation for Jalayagnam project and divert its funds to finance other welfare schemes.

Kadapa bypolls: YSR clan members set to clash

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:00 PM PST

Former Kadapa MP Jagan, whose resignation from the Congress and Lok Sabha necessitated the byelection, and NRR are hectically touring the villages and meeting people on one pretext or the other.

GAD may come up with new name for APAT

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:59 PM PST

Governor E S L Narasimhan, who returned the file pertaining to the appointment of three persons to the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (APAT) to the government, is of the view that the five-year-term of information commissioner R Dilip Reddy, one of the trio, did not arm him with the requisite administrative experience to be a tribunal member, sources said.

Involving ASI for shrines' upkeep only: TTD

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:58 PM PST

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has got embroiled in a new controversy over the specified authority's move to include the famed Tirumala hill shrine and other temples of TTD under the purview of Archaeological Survey of India.

Police bust gang cheating banks

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:42 PM PST

Police busted a gang here on Friday involved in withdrawing huge amounts from banks by presenting forgery cheques. DCP M Ravindranath Babu said the gang was helped by a bank official in Ibrahimpatnam.

Student dragged by headmaster, suffers head injuries in Andhra

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:40 PM PST

A UKG student, who was allegedly dragged by his headmaster, fell and suffered head injury at his school in Bhupalpally in Warangal district on Friday.

Accused in rape case commits suicide

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:38 PM PST

An accused in the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl committed suicide on Friday fearing severe backlash from the girl's family.

TDP MLAs urge Congress to lead Telangana stir

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 02:36 PM PST

Three TDP MLAs from Adilabad district on Friday said the Telangana Congress legislators and public representatives should take the lead in taking the separate Telangana movement forward.

Omani held for 'spying'

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:57 PM PST

The district police claimed to have arrested an Oman national from near military stud farm area, near the DN Colony on Thursday night.

Cancer tamed, he’s back on job

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST

Hari Kishan, a former teacher, could teach a lesson or two in living life to the hilt. A strong-willed, feisty 71-year-old, he was viewed as a fringe figure in the world of cancer some 15 years ago. Not anymore. He claims to have conquered the ailment, and closed the scary chapter of his life once and for all.

One more protesting farmer dies in Fatehabad

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:54 PM PST

An incident which may fuel farmers' agitation, one more farmer protesting against land acquisition for the proposed Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited died on Thursday night.

MLAs' properties can be attached

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:53 PM PST

The Haryana Cabinet on Friday approved the proposal of attachment of properties of MLAs, ex-MLAs for the purpose of recovery of arrears outstanding against his or her name during the stint as MLAs.

HJC 'defectors' seek plea adjournment

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:52 PM PST

In what appears to be the first anticipated implication of cabinet expansion, lawyers representing five defector HJC MLAs on Friday urged the deputy speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha to adjourn the disqualification petitions till new speaker takes over.

Retired SC judge to probe 2002 HCS selections

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:52 PM PST

If all goes well, the alleged favouritism, corruption and nepotism in the selection of Haryana Civil Services officers made by the Haryana Public Service Commission in 2002 would now be investigated by retired Supreme Court judge justice BN Agrawal.

1 killed, 7 injured in accident

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:48 PM PST

The thick fog, returning to the region after many days, took its toll on Friday morning when a bus and truck collided head on between Salemgarh-Makrod villages.

Yamuna bridge reopens after four months

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:47 PM PST

After four months, the Yamuna river bridge, connecting Haryana and Uttar Pradesh was ultimately opened for traffic on Thursday.

Villagers defy cold, participate in rural Olympics in Punjab

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:47 PM PST

The dense fog or morning chill could not dampen the Punjabi spirit as villagers thronged the Kila Raipur open air stadium near Ludhiana on Friday.

Helpline to curb suicides in Lehragaga

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:42 PM PST

It is a different type of training, that schoolteacher Kuldeep Bassi is providing to farmers and activists of farmers' organizations.

Heroin worth Rs 40 lakh seized from Fatehabad

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:42 PM PST

A joint team of Sirsa anti-narcotic cell and Fatehabad police claimed to have recovered 380 gram of heroin worth Rs 40 lakh in international market, from four persons. The accused were arrested from Yalki village here on the Thursday night.

Rs 3.5 lakh looted from workshop owner in Sangrur

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:34 PM PST

Two persons decamped with Rs 3.5 lakh after injuring a tractor-trolley workshop owner and his helper.

Criminal booked for for faking court orders

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:33 PM PST

Forging the signatures of a judge and court stamp to gain access to a radio in barracks has proved costly for a hard-core criminal languishing in Ambala high security jail.

Case against lawyer, 5 others

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:32 PM PST

Six persons, including a lawyer, were booked for making a fake power of attorney on Friday following an inquiry ordered by Pathankot SDM. All six are on the run.

RPO to help deserted brides

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST

Taking a major initiative to provide remedy to crucial issue of deserted brides, Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar, has set up a mechanism for registering complaints and then using provisions of Passport Act, 1967 to nail the accused.

Literacy to go up: Census panel

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:27 PM PST

Estimates made by the Census Commission indicate that though literacy will go up, there is not going to be any good news on the front of sex ratio. Shortage of females in already deficient areas of Punjab and Haryana is still going to be acute.
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