Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Plans to rope in PRP: MLAs to take on CM

Plans to rope in PRP: MLAs to take on CM

Plans to rope in PRP: MLAs to take on CM

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:23 PM PST

Chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is likely to face a tough time during his visit to the city on Thursday with MLAs and former legislators reportedly gearing up the cadres to oppose any alliance with Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) before the CM.

Proposed tribal varsity kicks up Telangana row

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:21 PM PST

While the Centre is mulling to set up the campus at Chintapalle in Visakhapatnam Agency, the Telangana protagonists claim Khammam is the ideal choice and threatened to launch a full-scale agitation if the varsity goes to Andhra region.

Tri-Valley gave its students a 20% cut to lure buddies: Report

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST

Students in Tri-Valley University apparently got a 20% cut from the sham varsity for every admission they facilitated.

High level Ethiopian team visits IMT Manesar

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:44 PM PST

A high level Ethiopian delegation led by Esayas Bahire Gebremeskel, president, Development Bank of Ethiopia visited Industrial Model Township Manesar Distt.

Top performing sub-agents honoured

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:43 PM PST

Airwings Services, a super agent of MoneyGram International, recently honoured its top performing sub-agents at a ceremony held at Cambridge International Girls School, Jalandhar.

Student found dead in shop, murder case registered

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:49 PM PST

A 23-year-old BCA student was found murdered in his shop on Wednesday morning. Police have registered a murder case against unknown persons on the complaint of the victim's father Ram Charan and are looking for the accused.

‘Lawyer’ creates ruckus at DTO office

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:47 PM PST

A person claiming to be a lawyer created uproar in the district transport office and damaged furniture and some electronic gadgets after he was refused special treatment by the office employee.

Manpreet visits PU, says can be trusted to bring change

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:45 PM PST

After campaigning across various districts of Punjab in the last three months, former finance minister Manpreet Badal visited Panjab University on Wednesday.

Let's celebrate a circus called India

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:34 PM PST

Cows sunbathing on expressways. Bare-bodied sadhus on cellphones. Chappal combats in Parliament. Spitting and urinating in public places. Chaos, golmaal, jugaad… all pieces of a vast multi-cultural mosaic called India.

Dirba farmer ends life

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:20 PM PST

A Dirba farmer, who was under depression for not getting complete payment of the land he had sold to a doctor, ended his life by consuming poison on Tuesday night.

Sentenced for doctoring cop’s defamatory photo

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:18 PM PST

Dr Gurvinder Singh Samra, a quack, was sentenced to two-and-a-half-year imprisonment for doctoring a photograph, which showing DIG Varinder Kumar dancing with girls in a mujra, to defame him.

Uranium content test must

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST

Considering the high levels of uranium and heavy metal in state's groundwater in some areas, Punjab's department of water supply and sanitation, has directed extra and mandatory checks for tube wells being dug in the state for providing potable water.

'Karmapa sect has assets worth $1.5bn’

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

Tai Situ Rinpoche, who anointed Ugyen Trinley Dorje as the 17th Karmapa, by producing a prediction letter of the 16th Karmapa, has a chequered past, said Himachal Pradesh director-general of police D S Minhas.

Chiru to join forces with Cong against Jagan in AP

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:09 PM PST

The Andhra Pradesh State Congress is scheduled to formally merge with Praja Rajyam Party led by filmstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi on Sunday.

CBI raids ex-babu’s house, finds 23 lakh in bedroom

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:54 PM PST

The CBI was in for a big surprise when it broke open the seal of the Thane residence of former deputy secretary of Maharashtra urban development department, P V Deshmukh, on Wednesday.

Hizb fundraiser for stone-pelters held

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:52 PM PST

A Hizbul Mujahideen overground worker, who allegedly raised and distributed Rs 70,000 among Kashmiri stone pelters, was arrested on Tuesday, a police statement said.

FBI seeks Mumbai court assistance in 26/11 investigation

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:32 PM PST

A Chicago court in the US has sent a Letter Rogatory to a Mumbai court, requesting assistance for the FBI's 26/11 attack investigations.

Never said CVC acquitted in palmolein case: PC

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST

Home minister P Chidambaram and leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday were locked in a war of words with the minister rejecting her claim that he had told the selection panel that CVC P J Thomas was "acquitted" of charges in a corruption case.

CAG: Kalmadi authorized payment for London event

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:30 PM PST

The net is drawing closer around Commonwealth Games chief organizer Suresh Kalmadi with the national auditor detecting his authorization for payments to UK-based firms AM Films and Cars which are under investigation in forgery and cheating cases.

‘Prasar Bharati brass ignored I&B concerns, colluded with UK firm’

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST

The V K Shunglu committee report pinned down Prasar Bharati top brass, including former CEO B S Lalli for deliberately ignoring the I&B ministry's concerns and colluding with private broadcast firm SIS Live ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Pilots die saving lives in crash

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:24 PM PST

Showing great presence of mind, two Army pilots steered their crashing helicopter towards open space to avoid civilian casualties on the ground in Nashik on Wednesday. The pilots succeeded in their mission but it was their last.

Chopper crashes, pilots avoid civilian deaths

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:24 PM PST

Showing great presence of mind, two Army pilots steered their crashing helicopter towards open space to avoid civilian casualties on the ground in Nashik on Wednesday. The pilots succeeded in their mission but it was their last.

Eavesdropping on pvt calls a serious problem: Govt

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

Mobile phone users, be they politicians, sensitive post holders or the moneyed, face a serious problem with latest technology allowing rivals and criminals to eavesdrop and record their private conversations, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Mobiles pose health risk, says govt panel

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:14 PM PST

Radiation from mobile phones and towers poses serious health risks, including loss of memory, lack of concentration, disturbance in the digestive system and sleep disturbances, according to an inter-ministerial committee report.

Centre must disclose action against telco for Amar phone tap: SC

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:13 PM PST

Illegal interception of Amar Singh's telephone five years ago came alive on Wednesday when the Supreme Court asked the Centre to disclose action taken against then service provider Reliance Infocomm for the unauthorized tab on the politician's phone.
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