Friday, June 24, 2011

Costly plums keep Kullu fruit growers happy

Costly plums keep Kullu fruit growers happy

Costly plums keep Kullu fruit growers happy

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Plum growers of Kullu and Mandi districts are doing a brisk business this year. Compared to 2010, the rates of the delicious stone fruit have almost doubled.

Mirchpur turns into fortress

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:10 PM PDT

To ensure safety and protection of Mirchpur cast violence victims and witnesses, police here have provided large security at their places of stay.

Farmers want more water in Kali Bein

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:08 PM PDT

With farmers along the entire stretch of Kali Bein pumping out water from the polluted rivulet for paddy transplantation, they want an increase in the quantum of water being released into the Bein.

HIV virus can exist in blood, semen: Study

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT

The clever HIV virus could be present in drastically different variants in the bodily fluids — blood and semen — of the same individual.

I-T officials quiz Raja's wife, brother

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Summoned by the I-T officials for an enquiry, Raja's wife M A Parameswari flew down from New Delhi and came to the I-T office on Williams Road around 10.30am accompanied by Raja's elder brother A Ramachandran and two other relatives.

Jogi Jr loses eye in mob attack, flown to Delhi

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT

A special plane airlifted Amit Jogi, son of Congress leader Ajit Jogi, on Friday from Jabalpur to New Delhi after he sustained serious injuries in a mob attack in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday night, family sources said.

China making border row an emotive issue?

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:59 PM PDT

For the first time in Sino-Indian discourse, a Chinese foreign ministry advisor has acknowledged the existence of "emotional" content to the border row.

CMO Sachan cremated, kin seek CBI probe

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Deputy chief medical officer Y S Sachan, who died under mysterious circumstances inside a Lucknow jail two days ago, was cremated on Friday.

Jilted lover kills girl, mob lynches him

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:41 PM PDT

A 13-year-old girl was stabbed to death by a 22-year-old youth for rejecting his proposal of marriage at Kashimpur in West Bengal's Malda district on Friday. Angry villagers caught hold of the youth and lynched him.

Kalka-Shimla railway to go green

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

The Northern Railway is planning to turn the Kalka-Shimla railway, a Unesco heritage site, into India's first green rail project.

Villagers to block arrest of honour killing suspects

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

The residents of Karnal's Gagsina village have decided to take the police head-on by not allowing them to arrest even a single accused of the 23 against whom the police have registered an FIR for a suspected honour killing of a 15-year-old girl.

Truth of 70:30 acquisition plan: Tribal farmers get Rs 2L, rich Rs 17L

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:35 PM PDT

When all failed, a police lathicharge did the trick. Farmers of Akaltara village were protesting against land acquisition for a month, but only after the police beat them up and arrested 78 men on a cold January evening, that things heated up.

India's rating outlook improves

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Observations from rating agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's haven't been most welcome in the past. But in this season of bad news, positive news from even small agencies are providing cheer, not just to the finance ministry but also to the markets.

Trinamool set to retain railway ministry

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee may have to reverse her decision with the Congress making it plain that a crucial portfolio like railways needed a Cabinet rank minister at the helm.

Govt to pay 60% of PB staff salaries, infrastructure cost for 5 years

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:51 PM PDT

The group of ministers on Prasar Bharati has decided that the government will pay for the capital expenditure, infrastructure and salaries of employees amounting to about 60% of the organisation's expenditure for a five-year period.

Row over HRD notice on NCTE supersession

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:46 PM PDT

A major row has erupted in the National Council of Teacher Education on the issue of its supersession with the well-entrenched group led by chairman MA Siddiqui circulating his own reply to the notice from the HRD ministry.

Pak warship violated safety norms, damaged Indian frigate: Navy chief

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:38 PM PDT

Speaking for the first time after last week's diplomatic war of words between India and Pakistan, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Friday said the crew of INS Godavari, in contrast, had conducted itself "very professionally".

Mukesh Ambani meets PM on CAG draft

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani of Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid accusations of his company increasing capital expenditure and violating terms of contracts with the government.

India seeks details of MiG-29K crash from Russia

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT

India is awaiting Russia's technical report about the crash of a MiG-29K in Astrakhan region on Thursday, which killed two pilots, before it takes a call on whether to ground its naval fighters as well.

Team Anna meets Advani, Bardhan to canvass support

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:03 PM PDT

India Against Corruption members including Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia had a brief meeting with Advani regarding their version of the Lokpal Bill.

Our Lokpal draft real, Team Anna's just a dissent note: Moily

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:45 PM PDT

This assertion from law minister Veerappa Moily is a clear indication that as and when Lokpal Bill is taken up either at the Cabinet or the all-party meeting next month, the government version will take precedence.

Kashmir most peaceful this year in last 20 years

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:42 PM PDT

The first five months of this year has been the most peaceful time in Kashmir, compared to corresponding periods of the past two decades, assessments by the security establishment has shown.

Kalmadi seeks permission to attend Parliament

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:39 PM PDT

Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar seeking permission to attend the monsoon session of Parliament starting from August 1.

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen helped Osama bin Laden during Pak stay

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen exemplifies the story of Pakistan-backed terrorism — fighting Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 80s, Indian troops in Kashmir in the 90s and now backing al-Qaida's global jihad.

EPFO moves to protect contract workers

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:12 PM PDT

The Employees Provident Fund Organisation's central board of trustees approved major changes to the law governing statutory savings which would arm it with powers to ensure that even government contractors are brought under the PF umbrella.
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