Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Goods trains collide in Orissa, casualties feared

Goods trains collide in Orissa, casualties feared

Goods trains collide in Orissa, casualties feared

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:43 PM PDT

Two goods trains collided head-on in Orissa's Keonjhar district early Wednesday. An official said there could be some casualties.

Alcoholic sells daughter for Rs 5,000

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:32 PM PDT

An alcoholic father allegedly sold off his 25-day-old daughter to an issueless couple of from Meham for a meager sum of Rs 5,000 on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

IIM-Rohtak building stuck on foundation stone

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:30 PM PDT

After 11 months of the laying of foundation stone of its building, the institute has still not got ownership of land in Garnawathi village of Rohtak district from Haryana government.

Living Gurmukhi dreams at Nankana

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:24 PM PDT

Saiqa Kaur, a Pakistani Sikh woman has a dream - to translate her country's rich Punjabi culture from Shahmukhi to Gurmukhi. She already has the infrastructure at Nankana Sahib, to showcase her work to visitors.

Sikh Marriage Act: Punjab sore over Centre's decision to drop proposal

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:23 PM PDT

The Union government's decision to drop the proposal for a separate Sikh Marriage Act has come under severe criticism from various political as well as religious quarters in Punjab.

Rajiv Gandhi killers fight death with 'delay plea'

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, who is representing death row convict Murugan in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, told the Madras high court on Tuesday that the 11-year delay in executing the death penalty was itself in violation of fundamental rights, hence unconstitutional.

Karnataka HC refuses to stay trial against Kumaraswamy

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

It was double trouble for former CM HD Kumaraswamy and his MLA wife Anita on Tuesday.

DGCA probe blames pilot for Kochi mishap

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:53 PM PDT

Ruling out bad weather as the cause of Monday's mishap involving a Gulf Air A320 aircraft at Cochin airport, a preliminary inquiry by the Directorate general of civil aviation has blamed pilot error for the plane landing off the runway.

Nuclear enrichment tech to take giant leap

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman S Banerjee on Tuesday said that India's nuclear enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR) is set to take a giant leap. So far, reprocessing was done on a pilot scale.

RK Sinha to be new ITBP chief

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Ranjit Sinha, a Bihar cadre IPS officer of the 1974 batch will be the next director-general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, a paramilitary force that guards the borders with China.

Govt agencies probing irregularities in IPL, franchisees

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the government is probing allegations of financial irregularities and "criminal activities" against some of the franchisees in IPL.

ED attaches properties of 5 firms involved in 2G case

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:13 PM PDT

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday ordered freezing of bank accounts and attachment of immoveable properties of five companies in connection with the alleged bribe of Rs 200 crore paid to Kalaignar TV in 2G spectrum allocation scam.

New cell to check terror funding

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT

The Union home ministry has formed a new cell which will focus on effectively dealing with funding of terrorist activities in the country.

HC rejects Kalmadi plea to attend House

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Jailed MP Suresh Kalmadi suffered another setback on Tuesday, with the Delhi High Court upholding its earlier order refusing him permission to attend House.

Madras HC grants 8-week stay to Rajiv Gandhi murder convicts

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:41 PM PDT

The Madras high court granted an eight-week stay on the execution of the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case even as the Tamil Nadu assembly passed a unanimous resolution calling for commutation of their death sentence.

Spat brews as BJP opposes Speaker on LS official’s term

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Objecting to the one-year extension given to Lok Sabha secretary general T K Vishwanathan, leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj said he was "not fit" for the post.

Sushma Swaraj objects to extension for Lok Sabha secy general

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Objecting to the one-year extension given to Lok Sabha secretary general T K Vishwanathan, leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj said he was "not fit" for the post.

Bid to bar entry of 25-yr-old ships to Indian coasts

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:33 PM PDT

The shipping ministry is planning to put restrictions on the entry of over 25-year-old ships to Indian coasts to avoid the recent RAK Carrier-like incident that occurred in Mumbai.

Highway construction route to counter Mayawati in UP polls?

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:30 PM PDT

The highways ministry is planning to counter BSP supremo Mayawati in next year's UP polls. The ministry will take up construction of 540-km of two-lane national highways in the state on new norms of cash contract that envisages completion of the work on time.

Railways plans separate cadre for its sportspersons

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Upbeat with its staff's sterling performance in the sports arena, railways is thinking of creating a separate cadre for sportspersons to give a boost to sports in the country.

Mukherjee disappointed at slow pace of legislative business in Parliament

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed disappointment that only 7-8 bills could be approved so far during the current session of Parliament because of loss of time due to repeated disruptions.

How much power supplied for hoardings and to unauthorised colonies, SC asks

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:20 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked power distribution companies to detail the electricity consumed by advertisement hoardings and unauthorised colonies to test the Delhi government's claim that it had 165 MW surplus power in July.

Quota champions keen to ensure role in Lokpal

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:18 PM PDT

Quota votaries on the parliamentary standing committee examining the Lokpal bill are set to press for provisions that will ensure representation to dalits, tribals, minorities and backward castes in both the selection process as well as the proposed anti-corruption ombudsman itself.

Is intelligence body trying to cover up scam?

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:39 PM PDT

From a potential nerve centre for all intelligence agencies to an embarrassment for the government, the woes of the National Technical Research Organisation seem far from over.

Decision on privilege notices may take time

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Parliament is looking to cool tempers arising out of actor Om Puri and former police officer Kiran Bedi's comments about MPs, with privilege notices given against them likely to take time for decision.
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