Thursday, March 31, 2011

CBI probe into spiritual sect sought in Haryana

CBI probe into spiritual sect sought in Haryana


CBI probe into spiritual sect sought in Haryana

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PDT

A senior IAS officer from Haryana has levelled serious allegations against some 'associates' of spiritual sect, Brahma Kumaris, for their 'criminal' activities.


Rohtak farmers court arrest

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Stepping up the antiland acquisition agitation in Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's home district - Rohtak, famers have started courting arrest to protest against the government's move to acquire their land for extension of Industrial Modern Township in Rohtak.


Rohtak farmers court arrest

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Stepping up the antiland acquisition agitation in Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's home district - Rohtak, famers have started courting arrest to protest against the government's move to acquire their land for extension of Industrial Modern Township (IMT) in Rohtak.


Take out march against nuclear plant

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Hundred of farmers on Thursday took out a march against a nuclear power plant proposed at Gorakhpur village of Fatehabad, seeking the project be scrapped.


‘Withdraw land notification’

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Not ready to part with their land even for a power project, hundreds of farmers of five Budhlada villages are on a continuous protest call. The sit-in entered the third day on Thursday.


Manpreet’s party to provide aid to protesters

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:58 PM PDT

The slapping on of stringent non-bailable sections of IPC against three activists of Unemployed Physical Training Instructors Union for merely raising anti-government slogans in a function of SAD MP Harsimrat Badal - Nanhi Chhaan on Monday has provided a handle to the opposition groups and Manpreet Badal's newly formed party has announced to provide legal help to these youths.


Woman held for strangulating girl

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Police on Thursday arrested a woman from Bohar village of Rohtak division for strangulating her 11-year-old daughter on Wednesday night.


Honing legislators’ English-speaking skills

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Famous for their rustic and at times rude behaviour, especially during the proceedings of the Haryana assembly, the state legislators will now have to undergo an orientation course to better command over their language and hone other behavioural skills.


Eases tension between neighbours, brings in poetic flavour

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:52 PM PDT

If the two PMs had been chatting occasionally, sitting side by side during the match, the dinner saw sometime lighthearted, sometimes emotional sher-o-shayari by guests and hosts.


Match blurs political lines

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Not only the border, but political lines within India got blurred during the cricketing event of the century as birds of different political feathers flocked together in VIP boxes, enjoying an unusual bonhomie on Wednesday at PCA stadium, Mohali.


One list MP is not proud to top

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PDT

This is one list Madhya Pradesh will be ashamed to top. Data released by Union health ministry's National Health Profile 2010 - a document yet to be made public - says the state had the highest number of recorded cases of both female feticide and infanticide in 2009.


Sense Of Census: Save The Girl Child

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT

India's child sex ratio continues to plummet, indicating that female feticide and infanticide remain rampant. Provisional data released by the census office for 2011 shows that the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has further declined to 914 girls for every 1,000 boys as compared to 927 in 2001.


Sense Of Census: Save The Girl Child

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT

India's child sex ratio continues to plummet, indicating that female feticide and infanticide remain rampant. Provisional data released by the census office for 2011 shows that the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has further declined to 914 girls for every 1,000 boys as compared to 927 in 2001.


Some projections way off the mark

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:17 PM PDT

The provisional population data from census 2011 might not contain any dramatic surprises as the figures are more or less in sync with perceived notions.


Word’s out: Literacy rate up but well short of plan panel target

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:10 PM PDT

India's literacy rate has touched 74%, according to the provisional results of the 2001 Census, up from 65% in 2001 and just 52% in 1991. But this is well short of the target set by the Planning Commission to achieve a literacy rate of over 85% by 2011-12.


Welcome slowdown: Foot off the population accelerator

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:08 PM PDT

For the first time since Independence, India added fewer people to its population in the decade just ended than in the previous one.


NIA to probe Ajmer dargah blast case

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:57 PM PDT

The National Investigation Agency will now probe the Ajmer blast case, an official said on Thursday.


Aseem to be charged in Ajmer case

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:51 PM PDT

The Rajasthan ATS today said it will file on April 8 a chargesheet in the Ajmer Dargah blast case against Hindu right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand, who has moved a court seeking to withdraw his application to turn a witness in it.


Final census figures to be released in ’12

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:48 PM PDT

Census 2011's provisional data, released on Thursday, puts the country's headcount at 1.21 billion.


'Don’t underplay safety to make roads viable’

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PDT

Are the highways ministry and NHAI compromising with safety aspect while reducing the cost of projects to make them viable for developers?


Karnataka ex-min chargesheeted in rape case

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:41 PM PDT

A chargesheet was filed on Thursday in a local court against former Karnataka minister Harathalu Halappa over charges of rape by the state CID.


Santokben Jadeja alias Godmother dead

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:35 PM PDT

'Godmother' Santokben Jadeja died late on Thursday evening. She died of cardiac arrest at her ancestral house in Porbandar. According to sources close to the family, her last rites will be performed in Porbandar on Friday.


Centre mulls steps to avoid repeat of ’10 summer in Valley

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:28 PM PDT

The Centre is taking several measures to ensure that the coming summer in Kashmir won't be bloody, but inputs warn of a repeat of street protests like recent years.


Panel seeks CBI probe into OC Swiss deals

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:24 PM PDT

The V K Shunglu panel examining CWG irregularities has called for a CBI probe into contracts for technical advice entered into by the Suresh Kalmadi-led OC with Swiss firm Events Knowledge Services.


Pawar flew with Balwa to Dubai: Maha opposition

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:22 PM PDT

The leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, Eknath Khadse, alleged on Thursday that agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar travelled with DB Realty's Shahid Balwa to Dubai on a plane owned by the latter's company on February 8, 2010.


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