Monday, May 30, 2011

Bad weather forces flight cancellation

Bad weather forces flight cancellation

Bad weather forces flight cancellation

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Passengers of a Delhi-bound flight from Guwahati spent a harrowing time at Jaipur airport on Sunday night after the aircraft was diverted there due to bad weather in Delhi. The flight was later cancelled.

2002 Gujarat riots judge resigns after transfer

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:06 PM PDT

The judgment in a key case related to the 2002 Gujarat communal riots may take some time due to the transfer of an Anand district judge a few days before she was to pronounce the verdict last month, a lawyer said Monday.

Appointment of 16 HCS officers upheld

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:57 PM PDT

In a setback to the ruling Haryana government, a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday dismissed the appeal filed by state government against the orders of single bench which had upheld the appointments of 16 HCS (Executive) officers, nominated during the regime of Om Prakash Chautala.

Girl’s kin attack runaway couple

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Having eloped to marry against the wishes of their families, a newly-wed couple were thrashed by the kin of the bride, before they could reached the district courts on Monday afternoon

Loot and murder of pump salesman: No breakthrough

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:54 PM PDT

In a daring act of loot and murder, a petrol pump salesman was shot dead by a group of armed youths at the pump on the outskirts of Jhajjar town on Rohtak road on Sunday night.

Accused of seeking dowry, man found dead

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:53 PM PDT

Having gone missing from his house since Sunday, following dowry harassment complaint by his estranged wife, a 30-year-old man was found dead near Dhabi Kalan village on Monday afternoon.

Sikh boy's hair cut, cops await report

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT

Call it yet another posture to avoid action, the district police on Monday expressed helplessness in arresting three students of Class XII, who allegedly snipped the hair of a Sikh boy following a spat at school last week.

SAD as a party seeks clemency for Bhullar

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT

A statement issued by the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party, on Sunday, quoted the CM and deputy CM in their capacity as patron and party president respectively, seeking PM's intervention in the matter.

SGPC to hire SC lawyers to file review plea

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT

Following directions from Akal Takht, Sikh's single largest representative body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has constituted a five-member sub-committee to hire a five-member panel of Supreme Court lawyers and file a review petition to save Devender Pal Singh Bhullar.

Shanta gives clean chit to Tikshan Sood

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:48 PM PDT

BJP national vice-president and inchrage of party affairs in Punjab, Shanta Kumar, on Monday gave a clean chit to local bodies minister Tikshan Sood against whom a forest official had leveled allegations of corruption.

3 senior officers suspended for role in ETT paper leak

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT

In a decision which is likely to raise some stink, the Punjab government has suspended three senior officers after finding them guilty of having a role in the leakage of papers of elementary teachers training exam held on May 12.

Chamar Sabha stir from June 1 for equal rights

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT

Members of Chamar Mahan Sabha will launch an agitation from June 1 demanding equal rights.

'SHO thrashed me, removed my turban’

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:45 PM PDT

An Amritsar resident, who works as a security guard at the local toll plaza, has complained to Akal Takht that SHO of Amritsar (rural) police thrashed him and also removed his turban.

AVM demands reduction of VAT on air turbine fuel

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:44 PM PDT

Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM) on Monday demanded VAT reduction on air turbine fuel (ATF) from 22% to 4%.

Govt seeks intervention of French embassy

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT

Punjab government has asked the Union government to raise the issue of the recent killings of two Punjabi youths at a village near Paris on Saturday night.

Chabbewal is GOC of Kharga Corps

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT

Lt General Amarjeet Singh Chabbewal becomes the new general officer commanding (GOC) of Ambala-based elite Kharga corps, which is the strike command of the Indian Army.

Damdami Taksal to counter AGPC propaganda on calender

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT

While demanding summoning of Sikh leaders opposing Akal Takht approved Nankshahi Calendar at Akal Takht, Sikh's prominent seminary Damdami Taksal has announced to counter American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's propaganda against amended version of Nanakshshi Calendar through its Gurdwara's in America.

Farmers using untreated water for irrigation

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:38 PM PDT

There is not a single water treatment plant in Ferozepur district. The issue had been raised in Punjab assembly but nothing has been done.

Rejection of mercy petition condemned

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Demanding review of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar's mercy petition, movement against state repression (MASR) and Punjab human rights organization (PHRO) have condemned the rejection of petition by the President.

Army to probe ‘illegal’ sale of Kandivli plot

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

The Indian Army has set up a Court of Inquiry (CoI) to probe what it calls the "illegal sale and transfer" of one acre of prime land in Kandivli, which was being rented by the army from the Maharashtra government for the past three decades.

SC to hear plea against gutka & pan masala cos

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:16 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea against gutka and pan masala manufacturing companies for allegedly using plastic material in sachets in violation of its order banning use of such materials.

Tutorials steal IIT toppers’ success

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT

For the painfully shy Prudhvitej Immadi, cracking the competitive IIT entrance test has had one downside.

Ahmedabad policemen do a Chulbul Pandey, nab fraudster

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:08 PM PDT

The only police officer who can do Bollywood jhatkas and still look good is Chulbul Pandey, a la Dabangg. But looking good was the last thing on the minds of Navrangpura police station officers as they sang and danced with revellers at a wedding on SG Road recently. And the effort paid off as it helped them nab a fraudster.

Vilasrao challenges Pawar on cricket turf

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Embattled former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Congress will take on his arch political rival, NCP president and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, on the cricket turf.

Dalai lama cede his political role to new PM

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT

The Dalai Lama on Sunday formally ceded his political role in favour of the new prime minister Lobsang Sangay by accepting the amendments finalised by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile.
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