Thursday, March 3, 2011

CWG scam: CBI raids houses, offices of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO

CWG scam: CBI raids houses, offices of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO

CWG scam: CBI raids houses, offices of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:21 PM PST

CBI raided the offices and residences of B S Lalli and Waseem Ahmed Dehlvi of Zoom Communications in connection with the CWG broadcasting scam.

Of lucky numbers and others the FM can’t see

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:33 PM PST

The Italian phrase "lascia il tempo que trova" (it leaves the air it finds) does a better job of describing Pranab Mukherjee's budget than India's corporate media would ever dare to do.

'Safety is crucial for construction of hydro-electric power projects’

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PST

Himachal labour minister Kishan Kapoor said on Thursday that the aspect of safety was crucial in the construction of hydro-electric power projects, where workers were working in the most difficult of conditions.

Himachal: Walkout in evening session too

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PST

Not one to be cowed down, an aggressive opposition staged a walkout in the evening session also on Thursday as they were irked by a ruling from the chair to expunge an allegation levelled against a minister by Rakesh Kalia, a Congress MLA from Chintpurni in Una district.

Punjabi song being shot at Gaiety

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:11 PM PST

The historic Gaiety Theatre in the queen of hills is nowadays is echoing to sounds of Punjabi film song, Na bahut fashion karaya kar, as the shooting for a regional Punjabi film Pata nahin rab kaire rang vich rajii is going on.

Snow to generate good hydel power in Himachal

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:50 PM PST

Tourists aren't the only ones delighted at the bountiful snow in the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh. It has also excited power officials who now expect sufficient water in rivers that feed hydel electricity units.

Cong protests NRHM fund use

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:49 PM PST

Terming the walkout as rather unfortunate, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that seeing the pitiable condition of the Congress both at the Centre and the state, the party leaders were resorting to such walkouts.

Cong leaders project Amarinder as future CM

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:48 PM PST

Senior Congress leaders, in presence of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, have started projecting Captain Amarinder Singh as the future chief minister in case the Congress comes to power, while exhorting people to work to bring him to power.

Ranike gheraoed in Amritsar

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PST

Representatives and members of a conglomerate of 17 farmer and labour organizations gheraoed the residence of cabinet minister, Gulzar Singh Ranike, on Thursday.

Punjab: Power bill waiver sought

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:45 PM PST

Angry with the state government for not taking initiatives to waive power bills of farm labourers and not issuing notification for waiving tubewell bills, activists of 17 farmer and farm labourer organizations held dharnas at the residences of ministers and MLAs across the state on Thursday.

Red Cross starts drive for cancer patients

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:44 PM PST

Concerned over rising cancer incidence in Malwa region of Punjab, Barnala district Red Cross Society has started a first-of-its-kind campaign to help out cancer patients through community help.

Police 'lathicharge' protesting linemen

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:43 PM PST

Muktsar police "resorted to lathicharge" to disperse over 100 unemployed linemen, who have been sitting on dharna in front of mini-secretariat, here, for over a month and had blocked traffic on Thursday.

Amritsar DC had Rs 40k in 1940: SBI files

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST

Rare ledgers and records dating back to the pre-independence years are on display for public viewing at a Heritage gallery set up in the State Bank of India's Town Hall branch in the city.

Black bucks thrive in Abohar sanctuary

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:34 PM PST

It is the Bishnoi community that deserves all the credit for an increase in the number of black bucks in Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary, Asia's largest open sanctuary.

DCC chief files plaint, wants case against Majithia

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:18 PM PST

District Congress Committee (rural) president Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli Majithia on Thursday filed a complaint against Majitha MLA Bikram Singh Majithia seeking registration of FIR against the SAD leader for "uttering objectionable and derogatory remarks against Congress leaders".

Now, edu dept says no to PPSC

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:16 PM PST

After Punjab health department, now the education department has decided to conduct recruitment of college teaching staff on their own committees while earlier the job was done by Punjab Public Service Commission.

Village of crorepatis to get piped natural gas

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST

Rathdhana, known as village of crorepatis, located in Sonipat district of Haryana, is set to become the first village in the country to get piped gas connections in houses.

Ex-FM postpones Khatkar Kalan rally

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:13 PM PST

As the two main political parties of Punjab, SAD and Congress, jumped on to the bandwagon of claiming martyr Bhagat Singh's legacy, the 'original' claimant, Manpreet Badal, in a surprising and dramatic move, announced to postpone his Khatkar Kalan rally of March 23 to March 27.

Manpreet delays party launch to avoid bypoll

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:11 PM PST

Four months after his ouster from Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), former finance minister-turned rebel Akali leader, Manpreet Singh Badal, is scheduled to announce his political party on March 27 at Shaheed Bhagat Singh's ancestral village, Khatkar Kalan, near Banga in Nawanshahar district.

43 killed in 2 accidents in Himachal

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PST

Forty-three people were killed and seven seriously injured in two separate accidents in Chamba district late on Wednesday night due to heavy rains compounded by human error.

IAF joins effort to bring back Indians in Libya

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:28 PM PST

While an IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft of IAF left for Cairo from Delhi on Thursday afternoon to supplement the ongoing evacuation of stranded Indians in violence-hit Libya, another such plane is likely follow suit soon.

Rein in Rangers, Pakistan told

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:24 PM PST

The BSF has asked its Pakistani counterpart not to allow its soldiers to make hostile or intimidating gestures during the ceremonial retreat.

Verdict not an indictment of Thomas in palm oil case: SC

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:23 PM PST

The selection to a sensitive post like CVC can't be made on the basis of a bare bio-data, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, while defining the CVC loftily as the "Integrity Commission of India", to which only a person without a blemish should be appointed.

Shock for Kerala Cong, fresh ammo for VS

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

The Kerala assembly polls are less than 45 days away and the Supreme Court's quashing of P J Thomas's appointment as CVC has come as a rude shock to the state Congress.

States can't hold back info on babus, says Centre

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:20 PM PST

A new order by the Centre seeks to make state governments and individual officers responsible for their official records.
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