Sunday, May 1, 2011

Wanted: More visas to Pakistan's heart

Wanted: More visas to Pakistan's heart

Wanted: More visas to Pakistan's heart

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:37 PM PDT

An Indian Sikh journeys to Pakistan on a special visa facilitated by President Zardari. He returns with a glowing account. How many visas do we need to build a rock solid constituency for peace?

RPF jawans abduct Chinese woman tourist near Amritsar

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:31 PM PDT

Railway Police Force jawans attempted to abduct two Chinese girls in Amritsar, but one of them managed to escape from their clutches on late Sunday evening.

12 injured as protest over vend turns ugly; police vehicle torched

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Police resorted to firing in the air when an agitated crowd pelted them with stones and bricks following a scuffle between villagers and liquor vend employees in Selverah village of Bathinda on Sunday.

Santaan bhava to replace putravati bhava

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:28 PM PDT

Symbolic some might say, but the traditional blessing of putravati bhava (be blessed with a son) for newly wed women, in particular, is going to give way to santaan bhava (be blessed with a child) in a state, which has brought upon itself shame for a skewed sex ratio.

Three top Maoists netted include Kobad's successor

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:17 PM PDT

A terse message by a Maoist spokesperson on Sunday confirmed that the three men arrested in Bihar are senior Maoists with one of them filling in for Kobad Ghandy as incharge of the rebels international cell.

Fresh showers cool Himachal hills

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:15 PM PDT

A late afternoon thundershower cooled the state capital, which had otherwise begun to heat up, bringing about much relief to tourists, though farmlands at some places suffered damages because of accompanying hail.

Tourism master plan on the drawing board

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Aiming to enhance tourism's contribution in the state's economy, a 20-year master plan, coupled with a multi-pronged strategy for employment and income generation, is being drawn up, officials here disclosed.

International art college at Naggar to be reality

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:12 PM PDT

The foundation stone of the Roerich International College of Fine Arts was laid by Russian ambassador to India and vice-president of Roerich Trust Alexander M Kadakin at Naggar in Kullu on Sunday.

Three-day annual festival begin at IGMC

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:09 PM PDT

Cultural advisor of the festival and associate professor at IGMC Dr Rajesh Kashyap said, "the festival is being organized since 1986 and has been a regular feature since then and involves a combination of different cultural and sports activities.

A 'Temple of Martyrs' for brave sons of Himachal

Posted: 01 May 2011 06:07 PM PDT

About two centuries back, about three kms off the bifurcation at Jamata, on the Nahan-Rajban road, atop a hill at Jaithak, stood a huge fort, sprawling across three-and-a-half kms area, belonging to the erstwhile Sirmaur estate.

Action replay: Bollywood grooves to retro classics

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:11 PM PDT

In 2011, retro has taken a musical twist. Saucy remixed versions of 1970s and 1980s superhits are wowing the audience and rocking the charts.

Citizens call for Jaitapur rethink

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

More than 75 prominent citizens have opposed the government's decision to go ahead with the Jaitapur nuclear plant "disregarding the overwhelming opposition to the project by 40,000 local people and the larger public".

Antibiotics passe, time for new superbug killers

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT

When Alexander Fleming discovered pencillin in 1928 he could hardly have imagined that one day the world would be battling drug resistant superbugs with genes like New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, which can render the most intensive antibiotic treatments ineffective.

Emerging India leaves women out of loop

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT

India is a frontrunner in the race for rapid growth among the emerging economies collectively known as BRICS, but it lags well behind the others when it comes to taking women along in its progress.

2.5cr SIM files lost in fire, govt gets tough on scanning

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT

The central security agencies have taken serious note of nearly 1.2 crore SIM cards belonging to Idea Cellular being lost in a fire, terming it as a "security lapse", and worked out fresh guidelines for telecom operators for maintaining records.

ED to attach property of tainted IAS couple in MP

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT

ED has decided to provisionally attach the properties of suspended IAS couple, Arvind and Tinu Joshi, who had allegedly amassed assets worth Rs 350 crore unlawfully, Enforcement Directorate officials said.

Now showing: Tagore's snipped beard in England

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT

A lock of salt-and-pepper hair said to have been clipped from the flowing beard of Rabindranath Tagore after his death in 1941 is on exhibition to observe the 150th birth anniversary of the first non-white and the only Indian Nobel laureate for literature.

Isro cites national security to deny info on Devas

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:31 PM PDT

The Indian Space Research Organization has refused to make public the minutes of meetings of the Space Commission where the controversial Antrix-Devas deal was discussed.

Pak MPs: Link MFN status to Kashmir

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:28 PM PDT

A group of Pakistani parliamentarians has moved a resolution that says the settlement of the Kashmir issue should be "a pre-condition" for giving the most favoured nation status to India.

PMO behind Air India mess, says BJP's Rudy

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:19 PM PDT

Opposition BJP jumped into the Air India pilot strike debate on Sunday, saying that the pilots were not at fault.

DGCA meet today to rein in fares

Posted: 01 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation called for a meeting of CEOs of all private airlines on Monday to keep air-ticket prices within reasonable, affordable limits.

Royal wedding a big hit with Indian viewers

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

When Katherine Middleton stepped out in that ivory lace Emma Burton gown, 42.1 million viewers in India held their breath at the sheer elegance of the visual.

Infants do wake up taller, finds study

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp in the Oscar-nominated film 'Finding Neverland' had said, "Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older."

DGH warns of further slide in RIL gas output

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

Output from Reliance Industries Ltd's D1 and D3 showcase gas fields off the Andhra coast is expected to drop further in 2012-13, the government's regulatory arm for exploration activities has said.

Use NSA sparingly, Centre tells UP govt

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:09 PM PDT

The communication comes on the heels of complaints about the state government's liberal use of the stringent Act.
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