Thursday, November 3, 2011

Anna Hazare ends 19-day-long 'maun vrat' at Rajghat

Anna Hazare ends 19-day-long 'maun vrat' at Rajghat

Anna Hazare ends 19-day-long 'maun vrat' at Rajghat

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:52 PM PDT

Social activist, Anna Hazare on Friday ended his 19-day-long 'maun vrat' at Rajghat in Delhi. Anna broke his vow of slience by uttering 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'.

Controversial ex-judge to probe violence at Golf Club

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:48 PM PDT

The Chandigarh Golf Club has appointed Justice Mehtab Singh Gill to probe the incident of violence that took place on October 16 in the club offices.

Lala Lajpat Rai's village set to rock with world cup match, political rally lined up

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:44 PM PDT

Dhudike, the birthplace of martyr Lala Lajpat Rai, is getting into political mode, especially after People's Party of Punjab announced its decision to launch its ''Izzat Sambal Yatra'' from here.

Illegal abortion clinics flourishing in Ambala

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:42 PM PDT

The Patiala health department has asked the neighbouring Ambala district administration of Haryana to take action against the mushrooming illegal abortion clinics there.

Released from Sharjah, 4 Punjabi youths to arrive today

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:40 PM PDT

Out of the eight Punjabi youths and two Pakistanis who escaped gallows after payment of blood money to the father of a deceased Pakistani youth in February this year, four would be returning to their homeland on Friday.

Badal blames Congress for dissuading PM from visiting Punjab

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Badal said, "It is unfortunate on the part of Congress high command Sonia Gandhi and PPCC president Captain Amarinder Singh to dissuade PM from coming to Punjab for the sake of cheap politics.".

Sops fail to satisfy employees, cabinet to meet again on Friday

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Punjab government's pre-poll sops to employees -- a package of Rs 800 crore -- which was meant to garner support from a strong voter base, has not entirely managed to please all.

Now, lyrics to liven up Punjab assembly poll scene

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Lyrics, they say, is powerful medium in attracting the fancy of masses, especially the rural folks.

Now, anti-corruption Baba Ramdev's yatra in Punjab

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:29 PM PDT

At a time when political season is heating up in Punjab and yatras are being undertaken by various political parties, yoga guru Ramdev too has pitched in with his own brand of Swabhiman yatra.

5 lakh taking teachers' test to face transport blues

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Around five lakh students set to appear in the Haryana teacher eligibility test (HTET) would face an uphill task in reaching their examination centres as they have been allotted centres hundreds of kilometres away from their home districts.

Ambala youth dies in ship mishap in Iran

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:24 PM PDT

A youth hailing from Bihata village of Ambala district died in a ship mishap near Iran.The youth, Jagtar Singh, who met his tragic end 13 days ago, was cremated in his village on Wednesday.

Family affair: HJC fields Renuka Bishnoi from Adampur

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:12 PM PDT

The family has been winning the seat for the past 43 years.Kuldeep's father Bhajan Lal, who used to run a cloth shop in Adampur in the early 60s, had won his first assembly election from this constituency in 1968.

In fresh protest, nun immolates self inside Tibet

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Self-immolation by monks and nuns inside Tibet in protest against China is continuing as a nun, Palden Choetso, immolated herself at a nunnery in Kham Tawu, eastern Tibet, at around 12 noon on Thursday.

Second batch of army troops to train in Red-hit Bastar

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:31 PM PDT

After a hiatus of two months, the Army has returned to Bastar to resume its training regime in jungle warfare.

Ensure Markandey Katju sticks to his brief, NBA urges PM

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:23 PM PDT

The controversial remarks of Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju has reached the Prime Minister's door.

Fuel price hike: Mamata Banerjee to mull future with UPA today

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Mamata has called an emergency meeting of the Trinamool Congress parliamentary party in Kolkata on Friday to decide its future course — whether to continue in the Congress-led UPA Cabinet.

India joins 16 nations to crack wheat genome in 3 years

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:06 PM PDT

The elusive wheat genome — the most important crop globally — will be cracked within the next three years.

Sonia Gandhi to unveil rail project at Uttarakhand on Nov 9

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:04 PM PDT

With an eye on the upcoming assembly polls in Uttarakhand, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will visit the hill state to lay the foundation stone of a new railway line — from Rishikesh to Karnprayag — on November 9.

Kapil Sibal meets MPs across party lines on education reforms

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Sibal and ministry officials briefed in detail about four bills that are pending in Parliament and the need for their speedy passage.

Satyam scam: Rajus too 'influential' to get bail, says CBI

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:53 PM PDT

The CBI on Thursday moved an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing bail pleas of Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju, key accused in the Rs 14,000 crore Satyam scam case.

Satyam scam: Ramalinga Rajus too 'influential' to get bail, says CBI

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:53 PM PDT

The CBI on Thursday moved an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing bail pleas of Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju, key accused in the Rs 14,000 crore Satyam scam case.

Ramalinga Raju sure to impede and influence trial if released on bail: CBI

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:53 PM PDT

The CBI on Thursday moved an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing bail pleas of Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju, key accused in the Rs 14,000 crore Satyam scam case.

Study exposes faulty milk boiling practices

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:45 PM PDT

"Boiling and re-boiling milk at high temperature for a long time affects the nutritional content of the milk, particularly the B group (B1, B2, B12) of vitamins," says Dr Pawan Gupta of IMA.

Arvind Kejriwal returns Rs 9.2 lakh to govt 'under protest'

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday returned over Rs 9 lakh in dues under protest, emphasizing that this should not be seen as an admission of a mistake.

MM Joshi denies he was against auction of spectrum

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Facing Congress attack over his December 2007 letter, senior BJP leader and PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday rejected the allegation that he was against auction of 2G spectrum.
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