Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Flight with UP governor delayed due to drunk flyer

Flight with UP governor delayed due to drunk flyer


Flight with UP governor delayed due to drunk flyer

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 06:11 PM PDT

A Lucknow-bound Jet Airways flight from Delhi, with 70 passengers including Uttar Pradesh governor BL Joshi on board, was delayed by nearly an hour after a man allegedly misbehaved with a crew on Tuesday.


Anti-Sikhs riots a blot on secular face of India: Geelani

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:11 PM PDT

The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has called the 1984 massacre of Sikhs as a " blot on the face of so-called secular face of India."


Disability assistance discontinued in Punjab in more than 12% cases

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:05 PM PDT

A survey done to assess effectiveness of government schemes in Punjab has discovered that assistance was stopped in case of 12.5% of those surveyed in rural areas due to 'some bureaucratic reasons".


8 out of 11 Bathinda MLAs make it to guest of honour list

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:04 PM PDT

In an apparent setback to sportspersons of the region, organisers of the World Kabaddi Cup, have decided to confer the status of 'guests of honour' on political figures.


Pak team's location under wraps

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Faced with a protest by Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the location of the Pakistan kabaddi team, was kept under wraps by officials on Tuesday.


Akon magic: Chammak Challo floors foreign kabaddi players

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:02 PM PDT

"It's unbelievable that Akon sang in impeccable Hindi.He's sung so fluently.That shows how Bollywood too is becoming an intercultural industry now," an American kabbdi said.


Pak CJ seeks details of Indian prisoners who have completed terms

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Chief justice of Lahore High Court has sought details of all Indian prisoners in Pak jails who have completed their jail terms.


Amarinder invokes Panth before blowing poll bugle

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:54 PM PDT

With little over three months to go for assembly elections in Punjab, the Congress sounded poll bugle by kickstarting its election campaign through the Punjab Bachao Yatra on new Punjab Day.


INLD bids to deepen rift among Congmen

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:52 PM PDT

Trying to make the most from the disarray in the state Congress party, INLD secretary general Ajay Chautala has got busy sowing seeds of distrust among them.


Man set afire in Jind village, 5 booked

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PDT

A man was set afire after being doused in kerosene by a group of five assailants in Ramkali village of Jind district on Monday night.


Police foil bid to pilfer oil from pipeline

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Prompt action by police after receiving a tip-off that some persons were trying to siphon off thousands of litres of oil from a pipeline, foiled the bid near Ganjbir village on late Monday night.


Farmers SEZ dream shatters in Haryana

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PDT

As the Reliance SEZ project has failed to take off even after over five years, the farmers are now feeling cheated.


Air India defers training to avert stir

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PDT

In a bid to avert yet another strike, Air India has deferred pilot training for Boeing 787 Dreamliner by about a month.


1921 Malabar fatwa against British found

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Exactly 90 years ago, a Malabar musaliyar (cleric) issued a fatwa against British rule, exhorting Muslims in the region to rebel against the Raj.


Nabam Tuki new Arunachal CM

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Nabam Tuki was sworn in as the seventh chief minister of the state on Tuesday, bringing to an end a political crisis that has lasted four months.


Editors' Guild slams Katju's comments

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Editors' Guild on Tuesday issued a press statement in response to remarks by Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju.


On state day, Kerala commutes Congress (B) leader's sentence

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:09 PM PDT

The Congress-led United Democratic Front government on Tuesday released Kerala Congress (B) leader R Balakrishna Pillai from jail.


IMA joins issue with health ministry on short-term medical course

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:57 PM PDT

A day after TOI reported on the Union health ministry's plans to roll out the 3.5-year medical degree, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) asked the Medical Council of India (MCI) not to compromise on patients' safety.


Govt to disclose names of tax evaders during prosecution: FM

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the government will disclose names of tax evaders once it initiates prosecution proceedings against them.


India on verge of eliminating syphilis

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:54 PM PDT

India is on the verge of eliminating syphilis, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the country.


Lead author of CAG's 2G report had questioned pricing model of spectrum

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:52 PM PDT

n a draft report on the 2G telecom scam prepared under his supervision, former Comptroller and Auditor General official R P Singh noted that loss of revenue due to not auctioning spectrum had not been quantified.


Several drafts made to arrive at 2G loss figure in CAG report

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Lead 2G auditor R P Singh did not include a revenue loss implication in his draft report, but he did calculate that the government could have suffered a loss of Rs 48,374 crore.

Loss figures in 2G scam underwent several changes

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Lead 2G auditor R P Singh did not include a revenue loss implication in his draft report, but he did calculate that the government could have suffered a loss of Rs 48,374 crore.


4% of govt purchases will have to be from dalit, tribal-run firms

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:38 PM PDT

The Cong-led Centre has made it mandatory for all central bodies to make at least 4% of their purchases from small scale industries owned by dalits and tribals.


Opposition blames PMO for controversial 2G note

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Opposition parties on Tuesday alleged that the controversial 2G note, issued on March 25, could not have been generated without the Prime Minister's Office asking for it.


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