Monday, June 27, 2011

Train derails after colliding with a bus in UP, one injured

Train derails after colliding with a bus in UP, one injured

Train derails after colliding with a bus in UP, one injured

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:49 PM PDT

According to TV reports, Gorakhdham Express collided with a bus in Greater Noida leading to the derailment.

Man fakes dad's death for insurance

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:49 PM PDT

Love for moolah can drive one to invent bizarre ways to acquire it. A Delhi resident was arrested on Sunday for faking the death of his NRI father to claim Rs 50 lakh insurance money.

No review of chargesheet quashing: Centre to Haryana

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:47 PM PDT

Snubbing the Haryana government, Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has rejected the state's demand to review quashing of chargesheet against whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.

Jhambo drain overflows, 5,000 acres land crop damaged

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:44 PM PDT

Rains in the last two days have damaged crops in over 5,000 acres of land in Samana. And the overflowing of water from seasonal rivulet Jhambo choe seems to have confirmed the misappropriation of funds meant for cleaning drains in this district.

Chargesheeted cops continue to occupy public dealing posts

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:41 PM PDT

In Punjab, over 100 Punjab Police Service (PPS) officers, including 15 SP-rank officials, are facing departmental probes for alleged involvement in criminal cases or for committing procedural lapses, etc.

Sikh bodies to approach UNHRC

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:39 PM PDT

"Violation of any human right guaranteed by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights can be examined under '1503 Petition,' by the UNHRC, which we are going to file," said SJF's US-based legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannu.

Tourists block Rohtang highway

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Upset with Himachal government's decision to ban plying of non-Himachali vehicles on the Manali-Rohtang highway, tourists held a protest at Kothi where they were stopped by traffic police on Monday morning.

PRTC proposes another bus fare hike

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:34 PM PDT

As if the recent hike in diesel rates was not enough, the Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) has recommended an increase in bus fares.

NRI panel too little, too late: Khangura

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Congress MLA from Qila Raipur, Jassi Khangura, said on Monday that the formation of four-member NRI Commission in the state was a case of "too little, too late" .

UP has lowest rape rate among all states: NCRB

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

The National Crime Records Bureau's publication Crime in India 2009 — the latest edition of that annual report — shows that with 1,759 rape victims in 2009, UP had 0.9 rape victims per lakh population.

Mayawati regime doing better on law and order than Mulayam's?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

When Mayawati rode to power in UP in 2007, it was largely on the promise of an improved law and order situation. And to a very large measure she has delivered on her promise.

Did we ever ask Kipling to put in a good Indian, asks Ghosh

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT

It's the most awaited book of the year. 'River of Smoke', the second part of Amitav Ghosh's Ibis trilogy, is out on the stands and promises to be every bit as popular and critically acclaimed as the first, 'Sea of Poppies'.

MP BJP chief seeks mercy killing to protest inflation

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:49 PM PDT

Madhya Pradesh BJP chief and Rajya Sabha member Prabhat Jha has in a letter to President Pratibha Patil pleaded for mercy killing as a protest against growing inflation in the country.

Price hike result of corruption, UPA's faulty policies: BJP

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Opposition BJP on Monday alleged that though the oil companies were making profits, the government had increased the prices of diesel, cooking gas and kerosene to keep in check its fiscal deficit.

Kanimozhi breaks down on seeing brother Stalin in Tihar

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Stalin met his sister in jail number 6 at 4pm. Kanimozhi, who has so far put up a brave front despite being in jail for over a month now, reportedly broke down on seeing her brother.

Diamond mine reopens in Panna after a year

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:17 PM PDT

A little less than a year after it was closed down for the third time in five years because of pending environment clearances, Majhgawan diamond mines in Panna was reopened on June 17.

Anything can happen before 2014: Jayalalithaa

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:14 PM PDT

In an exclusive interview to Times Now, the first after becoming chief minister, Jayalalithaa said the November 2010 offer to Congress was a one-time offer and there was no question of working with the party at present

MP govt told to probe sex change of girls

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked the Madhya Pradesh government to conduct a probe into allegations that baby girls were being subjected to sex change surgeries.

Ex-servicemen to return as paramilitary personnel?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Defence minister A K Antony on Monday said the government was "seriously" looking at the option of providing employment to ex-servicemen in central paramilitary forces.

Mayawati introduces zonal model to stem crime rate

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Under attack for deteriorating law and order situation in the state, chief minister Mayawati on Monday decided to divide crime-prone UP into three zones.

Sachan family to move SC for CBI probe

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Family members of deputy CMO YS Sachan said here on Monday that they were preparing a petition to move the Supreme Court for a CBI inquiry into the mystery behind his death in jail.

CJM seeks details of post-mortem report of Sachan

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Chief judicial magistrate Rajesh Upadhyay, on Monday, directed Lucknow DIG to produce the post-mortem report of deputy CMO Dr Yogendra Singh Sachan, along with its video recording in court, by June 30.

Sukna case: Court martial against Lt-Gen Rath to be reconvened

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:14 PM PDT

The Army is going to reconvene the general court martial (GCM) against Lt-Gen P K Rath in what is being seen as a further tightening of screws on the accused in the infamous Sukna land scam case.

International effort needed to tackle piracy, says Antony

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:10 PM PDT

With pirates continuing to operate with sheer impunity off the Somalia coast and beyond, India has called for much greater cooperation among different navies to tackle the menace.

India warns NSG against unilateral decision

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT

A wary government said on Monday that any "unilateral" decision by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) cannot supersede the clean waiver granted to India by the group in 2008 for carrying out nuclear commerce.
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