Three remanded to judicial custody

Three remanded to judicial custody
Trade unions' strike paralyzes region
Dera 'conversion' row: School head suspended
NRI's plot to murder wife goes awry
Sikh jatha readies for 'Jora Ghar Sewa' in Pak gurdwaras
HC to hold marathon hearing of edu dept cases
Punjab to decide on Boparai's criminal liability in two weeks time
1984 riots victims move HC for rehabilitation grant
Schools with Sikh ethos are scheduled to open in UK
CBI arrests interior designer in Shehla case
NRI kids’ custody case: Norway court to take final call
Fishermen's killing: Out-of-court settlement likely to end India-Italy row
UP polls: Varun Gandhi eats his words
Arvind Kejriwal can't vote, draws flak
UP polls: Will Mayawati's sugar policy sweeten results?
UP polls: Jatavs' heartburn to test Mayawati’s hold
Now, Mormon church in US baptises Mahatma Gandhi
Banks, insurance firms worst hit by trade union strike
Syria makes earnest bid to attract Indian travellers
Our fight against polio finally paying off: Amitabh Bachchan
Golconda diamond up for auction
Tuticorin Port Trust flouts norms, shipping ministry tries to make amends
BJP accuses media of bias in highlighting Gujarat riots
Kudankulam activist sends defamation notice to PM
India biggest consumer of heroin in South Asia, reveals UN drug report

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:55 PM PST

A district court on Tuesday remanded a hospital co-owner and two more persons, including a patient, to the judicial custody.

Trade unions' strike paralyzes region

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:54 PM PST

The All India strike call given by the trade unions on Tuesday adversely affected the day-to-day chores.

Dera 'conversion' row: School head suspended

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:52 PM PST

A week after the ''conversion'' of a group of students at Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa on February 19, the school authorities suspended the woman principal who taken them there.

NRI's plot to murder wife goes awry

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:49 PM PST

A plot hatched by a Canadian NRI to eliminate his wife with the kelp of contract killers failed, when Harpreet Kaur, a government schoolteacher in Raunta, escaped the bid on her life on Monday afternoon.

Sikh jatha readies for 'Jora Ghar Sewa' in Pak gurdwaras

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:46 PM PST

Carrying with them boxes of shoe polish and brushes, members of Nankana Sahib Sikh Yatree Jatha are all ready to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan.

HC to hold marathon hearing of edu dept cases

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:42 PM PST

There is solution in sight for the heavy pendency of cases, across departments of Punjab government, where employees have dragged the government to Punjab and Haryana high court.

Punjab to decide on Boparai's criminal liability in two weeks time

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:35 PM PST

The counsel for Punjabi University told the court that the university is facing difficulties in making regular appointments due to paucity of funds since the Punjab government was not releasing grants.

1984 riots victims move HC for rehabilitation grant

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:29 PM PST

The court asked the Delhi government to ascertain the genuineness of victim's pleas within two months and also directed the Centre to grant the money for disbursement within a month thereafter.

Schools with Sikh ethos are scheduled to open in UK

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:25 PM PST

Free schools are part of the government's new policies which allow parents, charity organisations and faith groups, among others, to set them up.

CBI arrests interior designer in Shehla case

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:07 PM PST

Six months after it began probing the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said it has solved the case arresting two people, including an interior designer, Zahida Pervez.

NRI kids’ custody case: Norway court to take final call

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:03 PM PST

Norway's Child Welfare Service (CWS) on Tuesday said a proposed solution in the NRI kids' custody case will be presented to Stavanger district court that will take the final decision in the case.

Fishermen's killing: Out-of-court settlement likely to end India-Italy row

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST

While India seemed to allay Italy's anxiety to secure the release of its naval guards, a gulf continues to separate the nations on how the duo should be dealt with.

UP polls: Varun Gandhi eats his words

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:09 PM PST

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Tuesday clarified he had never said the SP would form the next government in UP.

Arvind Kejriwal can't vote, draws flak

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Angry protests forced Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal to postpone a scheduled trip to Goa and instead head back to an Indirapuram booth to vote. But when he reached the booth his name was missing from the electoral rolls.

UP polls: Will Mayawati's sugar policy sweeten results?

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST

Mayawati's sugarcane policy will be put to the test in the last phases of UP polls which is in the region where sugarcane is the major cash crop.

UP polls: Jatavs' heartburn to test Mayawati’s hold

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:46 PM PST

The verdict across western UP and Rohilkhand is that Mayawati's community jatav cornered political patronage ahead of other traditional BSP backers like the most backward castes (MBCs).

Now, Mormon church in US baptises Mahatma Gandhi

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:43 PM PST

Mahatma Gandhi has been baptised in proxy by a US church, drawing sharp reaction from his grandson and others.

Banks, insurance firms worst hit by trade union strike

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:32 PM PST

Touted as one of the largest post-Independence strike supported by all the major trade unions cutting across party lines, Tuesday's display of public anger against price rise lived up to its billing in some parts but failed to meet the expectations of the unionists in others.

Syria makes earnest bid to attract Indian travellers

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST

In its bid to attract Indian travellers, Syria's tourism office plans to introduce direct flights (that were stopped there years ago) twice a week to Delhi over the next three months.

Our fight against polio finally paying off: Amitabh Bachchan

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:21 PM PST

With half the world's population now living in urban areas, Unicef's State of the World's Children report 2012 focuses on millions of children who live in poverty and deprivation in our growing towns and cities. In the report, to be launched in India today, Amitabh Bachchan describes the challenge of immunizing slum children against polio.

Golconda diamond up for auction

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:34 PM PST

Beau Sancy, an important diamond from the world-renowned Golconda mines, will come under the gavel at Sotheby's auction, Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels, in Geneva on May 15.

Tuticorin Port Trust flouts norms, shipping ministry tries to make amends

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST

In 2008, the Cabinet had approved a composite project for deepening of the channel and basin to cater to the 12.8 meter draught vessels in the port at Rs 538 crore. But before the nod came, TPT had awarded the first work, which is being investigated by the CBI.

BJP accuses media of bias in highlighting Gujarat riots

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:55 PM PST

On the 10th anniversary of Gujarat riots, BJP on Tuesday alleged the media has ignored the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage in which convictions were "negligible" but continues to highlight the 2002 incident.

Kudankulam activist sends defamation notice to PM

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:52 PM PST

Anti-nuclear activist S P Udaykumar has sent a defamation notice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drawing a sharp response from MoS in PMO V Narayanasamy who asked the lobbyist to explain his links to foreign NGOs.