Saturday, April 23, 2011

Radiating fear, 25 years later

Radiating fear, 25 years later

Radiating fear, 25 years later

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:41 PM PDT

Twenty-five years on, the name is all but generic for nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986, a series of explosions rocked reactor number four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant near the city of Pripyat in present-day Ukraine.

Conf lict zone: Civil society, uncivil wars

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:41 PM PDT

Jantar Mantar is a junction. The road turning to the right merges into the outer circle of Connaught Place, the national capital's iconic market.

Addict thrashes mother

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:53 PM PDT

A drug addict allegedly set his house on fire after thrashing his mother late on Friday night in Faggo village of Sirsa.

Jaundice threat looms in Sirsa, 24 cases in a week

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:51 PM PDT

As many as 24 cases of confirmed jaundice have been reported in Sirsa district over the past one week, prompting fears of an epidemic due to water contamination in some pockets of the district.

Patiala set for some horsing around with 30km endurance tourney today

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:49 PM PDT

Racing horses along with their proud owners from different parts of the state started arriving on Saturday at Fatehpur village, which is the venue for the first ever 30km endurance tournament to be held on Sunday.

Conman dupes 3 dealers

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:47 PM PDT

A conman duped three dealers here by 'buying' various products using fake bank cheques issued in favour of the dealers.

3 held for unruly behaviour on train

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:46 PM PDT

Making passes at female co-travellers on board a local train turned out to be a costly affair for 3 youths who were returning after attending a military recruitment rally.

Catches Centre’s attention

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:43 PM PDT

The residents of Kamla Nehru Colony in Bathinda have put their faith in Anna Hazare than the local administration to save a public park in their locality.

We want social audit of funds

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:42 PM PDT

As Union minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced to keep a hawk's eye on spending of the central funds for cleaning the rivers in Punjab, environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal reacted by stating that social audit of all these projects should be started not only to prevent siphoning of funds by corrupt officials but also to ensure that targets were achieved.

Charming poppy gains ground in charas heartland

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:36 PM PDT

Famous for quality charas, Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh is now poised for another milestone in production of opium, brown sugar and heroin by cultivating poppy plants in hundreds of bigha land.

Four accused remanded to police custody

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Four accused including SAD MLA Sarabjit Makkar's nephew Ram Simran Singh Makkar were remanded to police custody for five days in the case of killing of Gurkirat Singh Sekhon alias Gikki.

Murdered man's kin seek visa to bring body

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:32 PM PDT

The family of a youth, who was allegedly murdered in Melbourne on Thursday night has appealed to the external affairs ministry to help them procure a visa so that they could go there and get his body.

We'll get Kali Bein cleaned up: Ramesh

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Those despairing about the continuing neglect of historic Kali Bein, which has immense religious value for the Sikh community, can take heart from the declaration made by Union environment and forest minister, Jairam Ramesh on Saturday.

Bathinda on mind, Centre to focus on 'green' health

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:29 PM PDT

With cancer-ridden belt of Malwa, particularly Bathinda on its mind, the ministry of environment and forests, is going in for a unique initiative to create the concept of 'environment health' to deal with the impact of environment on public health.

Aseemanand questions CJM's jurisdiction

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT

The main accused in the dargah blast case Swami Aseemanand on Saturday challenged the jurisdiction of chief judicial magistrate of Ajmer on deciding the extension of chargesheet filed against him.

India's to have envoy in Iraq after gap of 6 years

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Government officials confirmed that MEA joint secretary Suresh K Reddy, who looks after India's multilateral economic relations with ASEAN countries, will take over as India's ambassador in Iraq next month.

NHAI's ex-vigilance chief claims officer under probe harassing him

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

A few days after an NHAI official alleged that the government was going slow against its former vigilance chief, the ex-chief vigilance officer, R Mukundan, has written to the CVC mentioning that the official had resorted to writing threatening letters against the vigilance wing ever since he was put under investigation.

India allows more duty free garments imports from Bangladesh

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:08 PM PDT

In an attempt to deepen its trade ties with Bangladesh, India on decided to increase duty free import quota for garments by 25% to 10 million pieces from eight million earlier, and also dispensed with countervailing duties on import of all jute products.

Green concerns make Bangladesh wary of entering JVs with Indian companies

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Green concerns in India seem to be making Bangladesh reluctant about entering into new joint venture agreements involving Indian companies, Bangladesh commerce minister Muhammad Faruk Khan said on Saturday.

Citizens plea to panel: Focus on drafting anti-graft law

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:03 PM PDT

A group of Delhi citizens has appealed that the movement against corruption launched by Gandhian Anna Hazare should not get derailed by accusations and counter-charges when the institution of Lokpal is urgently required.

Cargo agents oppose rules on registration, compensation

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Efforts are being made to derail the pathbreaking rules notified recently to regulate unorganized cargo firms and common carriers with different sections of transport agents opposing its implementation.

Bengal law & order situation grave: PM

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Launching a frontal attack on the ruling Left Front government, PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the law and order situation in West Bengal was a matter of "grave concern" and called for a change to give a fresh lease of life to the state.

Hegde to stay on in Lokpal panel

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hedge was prevailed upon to continue in the joint drafting committee as a member after high-voltage drama spread over two days and included Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee's conciliatory statement and consultations with fellow members Anna Hazare and others.

Cong leader offers to quit over son’s DB links

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:23 PM PDT

Faced with allegations of his kin having links with questionable players, especially DB Realty, Kripashankar Singh has "offered" to quit as the chief of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee.

ED wants Kalmadi's travel, bank details

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought travel details and bank transactions of sacked Commonwealth Games chief organizer Suresh Kalmadi during his tenure in the Organizing Committee.
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