Sunday, January 29, 2012

Voting begins in Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts

Voting begins in Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts


Voting begins in Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:21 PM PST

Voting for the 11 and 4 assembly seats of Amrisar and Tarn Taran district began at 8AM.


Accusations of tempering with machines, 11 put out of use at Budhlada

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:59 PM PST

With stakes high, tempers ran high in the chilly winter midnight, just ahead of start of polling, on the suspicions of tampering with voting machines at Budhlada assembly constituency in Mansa district.


Polling begins in Punjab and Uttarakhand

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:32 PM PST

Casting of votes started across 19,841 polling stations in Punjab's 117 assembly seats and 9,806 polling booths in Uttarakhand's 70 assembly constituencies at 8 a.m. Monday, Election Commission (EC) officials said here.


Ultrasound centre faces closure for not keeping proper records

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:31 PM PST

A diagnostic centre here is facing permanent closure since the health department has refused to renew its licence for failing to maintain records of expectant mothers who have undergone ultrasound tests.


China-made string kills 15-yr-old birthday boy

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:30 PM PST

A 15-year-old schoolboy died on the spot of a head injury he sustained from a fall from the scooter when he got entangled in a China-made string.


Adampur couple dies in suicide pact

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:29 PM PST

Having failed to tie the nuptial knot, a lovelorn couple apparently decided on a suicide pact and died after consuming poison in Balsamand village of Bishnoi-dominated Adampur subdivision on Sunday.


Life convict drives bulletproof BMW to bride's village

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 05:27 PM PST

A large number of policemen remained on security detail in the village, who gave minute to minute details of the function to their seniors on phone.


35 cities to get radiation alarms

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:59 PM PST

Fear of exposure to radiation from scrap or medical waste may soon be a thing of the past.


Dalit's hands, legs severed in MP village

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:58 PM PST

In a shocking incident, three persons allegedly chopped off both hands and legs of a 27-year-old dalit youth at Pagari Bangla village under Malawar police station limits in MP's Rajgarh district, apparently over a petty issue, police said on Sunday.


EC asks govt to bar babus from poll fray

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:55 PM PST

Election Commission has raised concern over a number of "senior civil servants" jumping into the electoral fray and asked the government to bring in a "cooling off period" clause between leaving the government job and joining a political outfit government officials.


TN MLAs to get laptops

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:52 PM PST

The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday sanctioned the purchase of personal computers with internet connection for all MLAs from their constituency development fund.


Maya, Sonia on UP campaign trail from February 1

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:49 PM PST

fter giving her rivals enough chance to vent their ire, BSP chief Mayawati will finally start her campaign in UP on February 1.


No doctors in hospitals, but no netas raise voice

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:47 PM PST

Last September, Jai Prakash Kimothi's wife went into labour, leading to the most horrifying eight hours in the young couple's life.


Badals brought Punjab under 72,000cr debt, says Amarinder Singh

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:38 PM PST

Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh, who Rahul Gandhi announced would be CM if Congress is elected speaks to Khushwant Singh


Rudrapur and Rampur: A study in contrast

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST

Pan shops are conspicuous by their absence in Rudrapur. Their business, locals pan vendors explain, began being elbowed out when the agri-city took the industrial route to growth.


Rebels hold the key in Uttarakhand polls

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST

As Uttarakhand goes to polls for the third time since its formation a decade ago, a sense of disillusionment and indifference grips the voters.


Ireland looks to cash in on India connect

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:40 PM PST

Did you know that an Irish company is behind India's biggest identity card programme — Aadhaar?


We're 125th in environment index

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:36 PM PST

India ranks a low 125 in the environment performance report of the Yale University.


India's 2011 rights record dismal: Global watchdog

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST

India's human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a leading global rights group for its "failure" to protect vulnerable communities and rapped the government for custodial killings, police abuses, including torture.


Raped, set ablaze, minor succumbs to burns

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:27 PM PST

A minor girl, who had been raped and set ablaze at Salakhedi village in Khargone district, succumbed to burns during treatment at a hospital in Indore on Sunday, the police said.


Four farmers from Vidarbha commit suicide in 72 hours

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:14 PM PST

Four cotton growers in Vidarbha committed suicide in the last three days as the local administration has stopped distribution of relief aid to crisis-ridden farmers because of the code of conduct in place for coming local bodies elections.


Lift ban on 4 scientists: Nair to PMO

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:09 PM PST

Former Isro chairman Madhavan Nair late on Sunday said he has forwarded a representation to the PMO seeking revocation of the order banning four scientists from working for the Union government.


In Uttarakhand, Cong, BJP battle internal demons

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 03:01 PM PST

For political observers, the excitement around Uttarakhand assembly election might seem disproportionate to its size and political influence but it is the only state out of five going to polls where BJP and Congress are in a direct duel.


Gandhi family to go all out in UP

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST

It will be 'Camp UP' for the Gandhi family next month, with the Congress leadership set to hit the key poll turf after the elections in Uttarakhand and Punjab.


Too close to call, Congress holds slight edge in Punjab

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 02:49 PM PST

What has made Punjab elections very interesting, despite Congress looking like it has an edge, is that many seats are witnessing multi-cornered contests with Manpreet Badal's PPP-led Sanjha Morcha.


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