Saturday, March 26, 2011

Now, politicians join protest against biomedical treatment plant

Now, politicians join protest against biomedical treatment plant

Now, politicians join protest against biomedical treatment plant

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Three days after the farmers and residents of Lehra Mohabbat area of Bathinda district started an indefinite dharna against a biomedical treatment plant, the protest is now drawing support from politicians for obvious reasons.

WC match may rekindle peoples’ contact

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:22 PM PDT

The invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Pakistan's president and prime minister to watch ICC World Cup semi-final scheduled to be played at Mohali on March 30 has rekindled hopes of improved people-topeople contact, which had suffered a massive blow after 26/11 attack in Mumbai.

Cricketing ties pull Pakistanis here

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:21 PM PDT

"For majority of Pakistani cricket fans, it is finals and not the semi-final match," these views were expressed by Pakistan Cricket Board marketing head Tariq Hakim, who arrived India via Attari land border on Saturday to hold meetings with his Indian counterparts at Mohali.

Farmer throws daughter in drain in Punjab

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Serving a blow to 'save the girl child' campaign, a farmer killed one of his three daughters by throwing her in a drain. He tried to pass it off as an accident but confessed to the crime on Saturday after he was arrested.

Ex-IAS officer among 4 booked

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Former IAS officer Dr Swaran Singh, who was commissioner Jalandhar division and chairman of Punjab Arts Council has been booked along with three others for embezzlement of over Rs 1.42 crore while organizing function to mark birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in 2008 at his ancestral Khatkar Kalan village.

Former FM blames Sukhbir for trying to sabotage rally

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:09 PM PDT

Naming his estranged cousin, deputy CM and state home minister, Sukhbir Badal, as the person responsible for creating impediments to his Khatkar Kalan rally on Sunday, rebel Akali leader Manpreet Badal alleged that the government was threatening the transporters against providing buses for the rally.

Excerpts from Manpreet’s resignation letter

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PDT

For a man who promises to break away from the old mould and tread a new path to usher in a new kind of politics in Punjab, Manpreet Badal, poured out his emotions in a four-page resignation letter that he submitted to Punjab assembly speaker on Saturday.

Congress seeks more time to respond to US court summons

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:05 PM PDT

Sikhs For Justice, a US based voluntary group pursuing justice for 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims, has declared that it would oppose the request made by Congress seeking additional time to respond to summons sent by a US court in connection with the November '84 riots.

Choking drains make House take notice

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:04 PM PDT

The last day of the Punjab Assembly finally saw some people-related work conducted after at least three House committees were formed to tackle the problem of stray dogs, overflowing plastic waste in the state and the government decided to change the date of PMT exams.

Legislators denounce Hondh Chillar incident

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:03 PM PDT

The ghost of Hondh Chillar came to haunt the Punjab assembly once again, on the last day of the budget session, as four members of the legislative assembly moved resolutions denouncing the tragic incidents that occurred in two villages of Haryana - Hondh Chillar and Pataudi - in November 1984.

System to contain school dropout fails

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT

It was launched to contain school dropout rate of Punjab, but the seeming indifference of the authorities may lead to failure of the child tracking system (CTS) in the state.

MLA exposes Punjab govt’s false plea

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:59 PM PDT

The sham of Punjab government of taking the plea that funds are not available to facilitate people in the state, was exposed by Congress MLA Sunil Jakhar, who produced papers in the Punjab assembly that indicated that government did not implement schemes though central grants were available.

30k power theft cases in 2 months

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:57 PM PDT

Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has detected 30,359 cases of power thefts in over two months of this year as a part of its ongoing drive to curb electricity pilferage. A UHBVN spokesman said the cases of pilferage have been detected up to March 15.

Nearly 31,000 kids illiterate: Survey

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:55 PM PDT

As SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab cries itself hoarse over mega development in the state and improving quality of life, there are a staggering number, nearly 31,000 children below 14 years of age, who have never been to a school, owned books or known what it is like to read or write.

MLA gets life threat; probe begins

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:52 PM PDT

Police have registered a case and started investigations to look into the threats to life faced by Haryana excise minister Kiran Choudhary and her daughter Shruti Choudhary, who is an MP.

Haryana announces OBC panel

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:50 PM PDT

After two decades, Haryana will witness setting up of another backward classes commission for inclusion of more castes in the list of OBCs (other backward classes) for reservation in government services and educational institutions.

Six killed, 33 injured in Himahcal road accident

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:45 PM PDT

Six persons were killed and 33 others injured, three of them seriously, when the Mazda Canter truck carrying a group of about 45 pilgrims turned turtle at Tanoh village on the Una-Hamirpur road in Una district on Saturday morning.

PDP stages walkout

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Ruckus was witnessed in J&K assembly when Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party legislators staged a walk-out from the ongoing Budget session over relocation of of Rs 30 crore centre funds and 'discrimination' against the Jammu region.

Kashmiri traders selling replica of Kullu shawls

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Concerned about the increasing number of migrant Kashmiri shopkeepers, who have been selling factory-made cheap shawls in the name of hand-woven Kullu shawls, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and local shopkeepers have asked Central government and district administration to check the authenticity of their products and registration with police stations concerned.

Exploring Kashmiri Shaivism

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PDT

A scholar of Austrian origin giving commentary on hardcore Hindu philosophy, arts and aesthetics and Kashmir Shaivism would make many sit up and notice.

In flight path, Vasant Kunj flats a full floor over norms

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Some 1,900 flats built by the Delhi Development Authority at Vasant Kunj violate height clearances by as much as four metres - almost an entire floor - despite being in the landing path of aircraft using the third runway of the city airport at Palam.

Top DGCA man among 4 held in fake pilots case

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 01:39 PM PDT

The Delhi police on Saturday claimed to have busted the fake pilots scam after four more arrests - including that of a senior DGCA official - between Wednesday and Friday.

Once a leader, South now lags in GDP growth

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 01:34 PM PDT

The southern states, which led in economic growth for many years, are now beginning to lag. In the past five years, all the four major southern states saw real GDP growth rates below the national average, according to a study done by consultancy firm McKinsey & Co for CII.

Elections biggest source of corruption: CEC

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 01:30 PM PDT

According to chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, one of the new missions for the Election Commission is to fight against money power in polls.

Austerity pays: 100% decline in ministers’ travel expenses

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 01:21 PM PDT

The austerity drive of the UPA government, which was initiated during the downturn of 2009, seems to have paid off. There has been a 100% decline in the expenditure on travel and tours of Union council of ministers in 2009-10. The actual expenditure has come down to Rs 81 crore as against a budgetary provision of Rs 160 crore.
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