Sunday, July 31, 2011

Trivedi assures action against erring railwaymen

Trivedi assures action against erring railwaymen

Trivedi assures action against erring railwaymen

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said "accountability and responsibility" will be fixed for today's accident involving two trains in West Bengal and no one found responsible "will be spared".

Jairam: Land acquisition bill will be modified

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:58 PM PDT

The latest draft of the land acquisition bill will be modified as there was need for more clarity on some issues, union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday.

2G noting being misconstrued: PMO

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:54 PM PDT

The government appears to be gearing up for a stormy monsoon session, going by the timing of a PMO statement, defending Manmohan Singh on the charge that he allowed former DMK minister A Raja a free hand on 2G spectrum allocation due to "coalition compulsions".

Community mobilization on RTE planned

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Faced with lack of awareness about the provisions of Right to Education Act, a massive 100-day campaign involving community mobilization will be launched from November 11, the national Education Day.

Bengal train mishap could have been worse, says Didi

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:44 PM PDT

The train collision that left at least three people dead in West Bengal happened around 7pm. According to sources, first the Guwahati-Bangalore Express derailed. The engine and two front coaches went off the tracks and landed on the down line.

Team Anna goes online for Lokpal bill support

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:41 PM PDT

With the August 16 protest deadline drawing closer, the Anna Hazare team has taken its referendum on the Lokpal bill online to mobilize support and create awareness.

'SpeakAsia fraud may be over 8k cr'

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:27 PM PDT

The Singapore-registered company SpeakAsia allegedly committed fraud that could touch Rs 8,000 crore, said angry investors, including Navneet Khosla, who had registered a complaint against the company with the Mumbai police. He has accused SpeakAsia of cheating him of Rs 2.4 lakh.

Another ship runs aground in Mumbai

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT

Less than a month after a cargo vessel was towed away from Juhu beach, a Panama flagged mercant tanker MT Pavit has been grounded off Versova beach after it was abandoned by its Dubai based owners off Oman Coast on June 29.

Panel mulls 50 research parks in 3 categories

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:21 PM PDT

The blueprint for establishing 50 research parks in academic and research institutions in the country proposes to have three kinds of facilities based on different kinds of financial model.

PDP chief under house arrest after protest over death

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:19 PM PDT

A youth's death in police custody in north Kashmir's Sopore, about 50km from Srinagar, triggered protests on Sunday. Chief minister Omar Abdullah promised "swift and exemplary action" on Twitter.

TN plans to give mothers cash for vaccines

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:48 PM PDT

The Tamil Nadu government will soon pay mothers who get their newborns vaccinated as per the immunization schedule.

Corporate honcho may head NHAI

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:45 PM PDT

In a first-of-its-kind move to allow corporate honchos to apply for a top government post for a fixed period of five years, the highways ministry is seeking Cabinet approval to allow technocrats, bureaucrats from additional secretaries onwards besides corporate bosses for the NHAI chairman's post.

Healing touch: Indian, Pak docs join hands on key issues

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Opening a new avenue for synergy, Aman Ki Asha (AKA) — a joint peace initiative between the Times of India and the Jang group of Pakistan — moved to a higher level of cooperation with a one-day meeting in which health committees of doctors, ministry officials and representatives of pharmaceutical companies resolved to collaborate on certain core issues facing the two countries.

Healing touch: Indian, Pak docs join hands on key issues

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Opening a new avenue for synergy, Aman Ki Asha (AKA) — a joint peace initiative between the Times of India and the Jang group of Pakistan — moved to a higher level of cooperation with a one-day meeting in which health committees of doctors, ministry officials and representatives of pharmaceutical companies resolved to collaborate on certain core issues facing the two countries.

K'taka CM race between Shettar & Gowda

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

With B S Yeddyurappa finally resigning as Karnataka CM on Sunday, a successor may be announced on Wednesday. The choice has narrowed to either Sadanand Gowda or senior state leader Jagdish Shettar.

MP farmer has reproductive organs of woman

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:26 PM PDT

Remember action-hero Arnold Schwazennegger in the 1994 comedy movie, 'Junior'? He played Dr Alex Hesse, a gynecologist who gets pregnant through a scientific experiment. Far away from Hollywood, in a village in Betul district lives a farmer who could have been the real life pregnant man.

Yeddyurappa's exit may erode party's Lingayat base

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Can BJP in Karnataka win elections without B S Yeddyurappa at the helm? Can the party sustain the support of the influential Lingayat community after having shown him the door? Party leaders are positive, but questions linger.

Ambitious sons led to BSY's downfall

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Ambitious sons brought B S Yeddyurappa to grief, his 38-month tenure ending on Sunday in ignominy, after their dubious land deals were exposed by Lokayukta Justice Santosh N Hegde.

Govt keen to decontrol diesel, LPG prices: FM

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the government was keen to free prices of diesel and cooking gas (LPG) in a bid to keep its finances under control. However, he said price of kerosene, which is used by the poor, may remain subsidised.

DMK agitation against Jaya crackdown on leaders today

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:47 PM PDT

The DMK made elaborate plans to mobilize cadres for agitation on Monday to protest against the Jayalalithaa government's crackdown on land grabbers. On the eve of the agitation, the state threatened more preventive arrests.

Browne new IAF chief, will push for modernization

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne's task is well cut-out. From bolstering IAF's combat potential and strategic reach to infusing some much-needed "synergy" with Army and Navy, he will have to ensure his force can establish the primacy of "aerospace power" in "shaping" battlefields of the future.

LS braces for stormy monsoon session

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:39 PM PDT

The monsoon session of Parliament beginning on Monday is expected to be stormy with the opposition raring to have a go at the government on a host of issues ranging from corruption and price rise to Telangana and terrorism.

'Harassed', ED officer probing 2G wants to quit case

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:33 PM PDT

An Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, against whom 50-odd complaints have stacked up in the last few weeks, wants to pull out of the ongoing probe into the 2G spectrum scam.

Delhi Police find Amar-Saxena link

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Delhi Police have claimed that they have found evidence against former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh which proved that Sanjeev Saxena, an accused in the cash-for-vote scam, was close to him.

Five allege radiation exposure at Guj plant

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Five daily wage workers, hired for cleaning and colouring a tunnel at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS), about 75km from the city, have alleged that they were exposed to radiation there on May 30, 2011.
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