Sunday, April 24, 2011

Tibetans take out rally on Kriti monastery issue

Tibetans take out rally on Kriti monastery issue


Tibetans take out rally on Kriti monastery issue

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:42 PM PDT

Thousands of Tibetans, including monks, nuns and students from Tibetan Children Village (TCV) took out a rally from Buddhist temple, Mcleodganj to main chowk at Dharamshala.


410 units of blood donated

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:40 PM PDT

Over 410 volunteers donated blood at the Sant Nirankari Mission sponsored blood donation camp at the Ridge on Sunday.


Sunny Deol keen to set up film city in Manali

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:38 PM PDT

Prime ministers, actors, artists, writers and several others have been bitten by scenic beauty of Kullu-Manali with some eventually settling down in the valley while others drawing solace to returning year after year to its environs.


Classical maestro concerned over lack of music education

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:37 PM PDT

First woman to play Hindustani classical music on Hawaiian guitar and inventor of 'Shankar-guitar', Dr Kamala Shankar Janardan expressed concern over the lack of music education in the hill state.


AGRISNET to empower farmers

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:36 PM PDT

To keep the farming community abreast with latest developments, AGRISNET -- a comprehensive web portal is helping to converge and disseminate information related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and fishery at one place, a government spokesman said.


Tourists take advantage of hotels’ competition

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:34 PM PDT

With the beginning of summer season, hotels and tour operators in Manali have started many attractive packages to woo tourists.


Gaiety’s history through rare photos

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Gaiety, which is one of the landmark heritage theatre building of the queen of hills and acclaimed as the hub for all cultural activities in Shimla, has added some old and very rare photographs to its restoration gallery which is becoming a historical tour for visitors.


2 killed in accident

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:31 PM PDT

An accident claimed two lives, including that of an 8-year-old near Sikandarpur area of Sirsa district on Sunday morning.


‘Spirited’ cops create ruckus at Kurukshetra hospital

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:29 PM PDT

Two cops created a ruckus after having drinks with undertrials at the Civil Hospital in Kurukshetra on Friday night.


Murder accused demands Rs 5L ransom from doc

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:28 PM PDT

Police have arrestede a murder accused who demanded Rs 5 lakh from a doctor, who runs a private hospital at Tohana in Fatehabad district.


Khaps to lobby with MPs against bill

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:24 PM PDT

Even as chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is opposing the proposed bill against honour killings, 84 khaps of Haryana on Sunday jointly declared to counter efforts being made for the enactment of a law in this regard in Parliament by lobbying with members of Parliament in various states.


Endurance race rides desi horse power, betters national record

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:22 PM PDT

To gauge the real horse power of our locally-bred horses, Fatehpur village of Patiala district was the place to be this Sunday.


Sarabjit’s sister withdraws petition to reopen case

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:21 PM PDT

The sister of Sarabjit Singh who has been awarded dead sentence in Pakistan, has withdrawn the petition filed in a court there seeking reopening of Sarabjit's case following the arrest of Manjit Singh Rattu by Panchkula police in December last year.


Turban issue: Sikh body meets minister

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Union minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur in a meeting with members of Culture and Heritage Conservation Initiative (CHCI) on Sunday promised to take up the turban issue with concerned parties.


Child rights' panel finds inmates condition pathetic

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:19 PM PDT

From the outside, all seems to be well at the juvenile observation home, which has been set up by the department of social security, Punjab, under Juvenile Justice (Care And Protection of Children) Act.


Rs 11.5 lakh fake currency seized

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:18 PM PDT

Police on Sunday nabbed five persons and seized fake Indian currency worth Rs 9.54 lakh from their possession.


‘Missing’ NRI found, booked

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:17 PM PDT

Three days after a fake judge and an NRI went missing from near Rajpura, the police have found the whereabouts of both the persons and registered a case for staging fake kidnapping.


Boycott accused’s family: Protesters

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Thousands of people, on Sunday, came out on the streets to take part in a candle light march to support family of Gurkirat Singh Sekhon, who was shot dead last week.


Next, blocking Sanghia flow

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Villagers, panchayat members, volunteers, religious leaders and politicians led by environmentalist Baba Seechewal on Sunday announced to block the flow of dirty water into Kala Sanghia drain on May 18 after the administration failed to take an initiative to clean up the drain despite having been handed over an ultimatum last week.


Growing pile of 'evidence' swamps vigilance sleuths

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:09 PM PDT

The pile of clothes in the custody of Haryana vigilance department is getting bigger by the day and officials are in a tizzy over how to manage the 'evidence' seized against bribe-taking government staff.


Panchayats oppose Dalit boy's marriage to Brahmin girl

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:07 PM PDT

Panchayats of two villages of Rohtak district on Sunday issued a diktat to a Brahmin girl married to a Dalit boy asking them not to stay together in their village.


Corruption in rural areas shows decline: Study

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:03 PM PDT

A corruption survey by Centre for Media Studies has revealed that since 2005, overall percentage of rural households which paid bribe for any public service during the last one year preceding the survey had come down from 56% to 28%.


Who is right, who is wrong? Let the facts decide

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 05:51 PM PDT

Facts are not as elusive as truth, provided the right to freedom of speech and expression is given its fullest play, of course without breaching the restrictions imposed by the Constitution.


Outpouring of grief across party lines

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 05:48 PM PDT

As news about the death of Sathya Sai Baba trickled in early on Sunday morning, the outpouring of grief blurring party lines underlined the base that the Puttaparthi Baba had among the political class.


Protection of rail property RPF's job, Haryana to tell SC

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 05:47 PM PDT

After being pulled up by the Supreme Court for failing to stop rail and road blockades during the Jat agitation, Haryana government is likely to submit before the court on Monday that there cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach to deal with such problems.


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