Friday, July 29, 2011

DMK MLA held on land grabbing charges

DMK MLA held on land grabbing charges


DMK MLA held on land grabbing charges

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Anbazhagan, representing Chepauk constituency in the city, was arrested by a Tirupur police team from his house here, police said.


Khapland gives khap movie a go-by

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT

The new Bollywood movie 'Khap-A story of honour killing' was not released in the khapland of Haryana on Friday as cinema owners did not want to antagonize khap panchayats, who had warned against its screening.


Death row: Families wait for return of their sons

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Family members and relatives of the Punjabi and Haryanvi youth, who were awarded capital punishment in Sharjah, are finally feeling relaxed after on Wednesday the blood money was deposited in a court there.


Illegal fish trade goes unchecked

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:17 PM PDT

Two fishing contractors got one of their accomplices released from guards of Harike wildlife sanctuary by sandwiching department's vehicle between their two vehicles on Thursday evening.


Disgraced DPI sent to two-day police remand

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:17 PM PDT

The disgraced Punjab director public instructions (DPI), elementary schools, Sandhu Singh Randhawa was sent to two-day police remand by a local court on Friday.


Teen girl dies, 5 injured as houses collapse

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT

A teenaged girl died while five others sustained injuries after two old buildings came crashing down due to heavy rain at Katra Ahluwalia in the walled city on Friday.


Judges in 4 division benches opt out of Ruchika PIL

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:47 PM PDT

The Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, which dragged on for about 19 years before former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore was convicted and sent to jail, seems to have stuck ag-ain in a procedural logjam.


Govt won't fall if you don't attend Parliament session: HC to Kalmadi

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:41 PM PDT

"There is no such important issue going to take place in Parliament that if you (Kalmadi) do not attend the session then the government will fall," Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw observed


The end of the Dagar giants

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Each time Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar was asked for his opinion on any form of music, the silver-haired Ustad's prompt reply would be, "Does it uplift or entertain?"


Karnataka: Gowda, Acharya frontrunners for CM's post

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:50 PM PDT

D V Sadanand Gowda and V S Acharya seem to be emerging as front runners to succeed B S Yeddyurappa after a rollercoaster of a day of maneuvers of the outgoing chief minister and the counter-measures of the BJP leadership.


Anna Hazare now will have to also take NOC from NDMC

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:47 PM PDT

Delhi Police killed the hopes of Anna Hazare to sit at Jantar for an indefinite strike on Lokpal issue from August 16th, asking him to look for an alternate site in Delhi if he wants to go on fast for more than one day.


Muslim Sanskrit academic bags harmony award

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:45 PM PDT

Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Friday presented the 'National Communal Harmony Award' to Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri.


Narendra Modi destroying evidence, says Bhatt; SC issues notice

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:43 PM PDT

IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt said, "Narendra Modi, in a systematic and planned manner, is misusing the official machinery at his disposal to destroy incriminating evidence."


Admiral Verma takes over as tri-service panel chief

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma took over as the new chairman of the chiefs of staff committee (CoSC) from outgoing IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik on Friday.


Congress justifies curbs on Anna Hazare's fast

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Congress on Friday boasted about the government's move to place the Lokpal bill in Parliament, saying it was the only party capable of making concrete efforts in the war against corruption.

Congress fails to convince Telangana MPs

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

With just two days to go for the monsoon session, Congress failed to persuade the party MPs from the Telangana region to withdraw their resignations from both the Houses of Parliament.

Congress opens talks with RLD ahead of UP polls

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:31 PM PDT

With assembly elections due in Uttar Pradesh next year, Congress has started negotiations with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal aiming to strengthen its position in the western parts of the politically crucial state.

Congress seeks criminal proceedings against Yeddyurappa

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Congress on Friday alleged that Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was removing papers and arranging his affairs before quitting the post after being indicted by the state Lokayukta for illegal mining.

Finally, Justice Dinakaran resigns

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT

Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran on Friday submitted his resignation to the President and rendered infructuous a two-year-old motion for his removal on charges of corruption pending in Rajya Sabha.


New NSG rules restrain N-tech transfer to India

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:21 PM PDT

The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has published new guidelines tightening rules for transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology to countries that have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

'Pak using FICN to fund terror on Indian soil'

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT

India will in October approach a global inter-governmental body — Financial Action Task Force (FATF) -- asking it to treat the issue of 'fake currency notes' as an instrument of 'terror funding'.

$2.4bn deal inked with French firms for Mirage upgrade

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:17 PM PDT

India on Friday inked the $2.4-billion (Rs 10,900 crore) deal with French armament majors Thales and Dassault Aviation for the upgrade of 51 Mirage-2000 multi-role fighters in IAF's combat fleet.


ED moves to attach KTV properties

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Enforcement Directorate has initiated attachment proceedings against Kalaignar TV to recover alleged pay-off of Rs 214 crore that had come to the TV firm from Shahid Balwa promoted DB Realty.


Another 2G spectrum scam accused wants Tata role probed

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Three 2G scam accused have sought to draw the court's attention to CBI's 'pick-and-choose' policy, while demanding that Tatas should be probed and charged.


Kasab moves SC against death penalty

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab has challenged his conviction and death sentence in the Supreme Court, which has asked for trial court records.

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