Sunday, April 1, 2012

Call to revive Gandhi's Tolstoy Farm in South Africa

Call to revive Gandhi's Tolstoy Farm in South Africa

Call to revive Gandhi's Tolstoy Farm in South Africa

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:44 PM PDT

Calls to revive the Tolstoy Farm, a desolate area which once was a thriving commune run by Mahatma Gandhi, renewed during the annual Gandhi Walk here.

No legal cover for journalists refusing to divulge source

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 05:14 PM PDT

The government's avowed resolve to take the "strongest action" against those responsible for the leakage of the Army chief's letter has thrown up a journalistic concern.

Mobiles ring more than toilets in Himachal

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:45 PM PDT

In Himachal Pradesh, connectivity through mobile phones came twice as fast than basic facilities like toilets and latrines.

Gandhi ashram fights for survival

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:43 PM PDT

The Kshetriya Shri Gandhi Ashram (KSGA), Amritsar zone, for which selling khadi was never a business but a tradition is fighting for its survival, courtesy internal feuds.

Roerich Trust: Union govt forms sub-group to resolve issue

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:41 PM PDT

The Russian ambassador and Himachal Pradesh government appear to be locked in a tug of war on the issue of controlling International Roerich Museum Trust (IRMT) at Naggar in Kullu district.

Ajay Devgan to celebrate his 43rd birthday in Patiala

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Having become a fan of this royal city of Punjab, Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan will celebrate his 43rd birthday in Patiala on Monday.

Cattle deaths expose truth behind tall claims of govt on vaccination

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT

The figures show animal population as 3,200, including sheep and pigs, but the veterinary staff vaccinated 4,600 animals in Sundana village of Rohtak district!

H1N1 patient's family tests negative

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:22 PM PDT

Alarmed by detection of H1N1 case from here, the health department on Sunday rushed teams to screen the persons who might have into contact with the 21-year-old patient, who is currently admitted in PGI, Chandigarh.

No professionalism, accountability in Haryana power discoms

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:20 PM PDT

Lack of professionalism and accountability has started taking toll on the Haryana power discoms.

Rail roko : Railways gear up, while agitators muster farmers' support

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Trouble is in store for rail passengers on Ambala-Ludhiana-New Delhi route with Bharatiya Kisan Morcha threatening to block tracks at Ambala Cantt, Panipat, Fatehabad, Faridabad and Bhiwani in Haryana and Ludhiana and Bathinda in Punjab, on Tuesday in support of their demands.

Protest against liquor vends in Yamunanagar, Karnal

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Demanding shifting of liquor vends, villagers on Sunday staged protests and blocked roads in two residential colonies of Yamunangar and one village of Karnal district.

IPL clash gets bigger as Bollywood enters the picture

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:39 PM PDT

A slew of exciting movies by prominent production houses, with an estimated Rs 175-200 crore riding on them, will be released between April 4 and May 27 when the IPL's fifth edition takes place.

Learning with the Times: Semi-colon shaped island among famous April Fool's Day pranks

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:37 PM PDT

Many ancient cultures observed days dedicated to the celebration of foolishness when people collectively decide to tolerate jokes and pranks.

Coal crisis hits power generation in UP

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:32 PM PDT

Two UP power plant units — Anpara C and Rosa — were shut down due to shortage of coal. Power shortfall on Sunday jumped to 2,000 MW in the state.

Nagaland police faked Rs 4 crore bills: CAG

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Nagaland Police allegedly used fictitious bills to withdraw Rs 4 crore for the procurement of 1,750 fire extinguishers, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said in its annual report tabled in the recently-concluded Nagaland budget session.

Chhattisgarh: Forces break into Naxal headquarters

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:26 PM PDT

A first-of-its-kind anti-Naxal operation has given a strategic entry for paramilitary forces in the Abujmaad forests in Chhattisgarh, considered the Maoist headquarters where there has been no presence of government for ages.

Tech check on track: Now, railway TTEs to get palmtops

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:20 PM PDT

For cash- strapped government behemoth Indian Railways, this is big news. The ticket-checkers on board all the Rajdhani Express trains would soon be seen carrying hand-held computers, instead of the archaic reservation chart enabling them to allot seats to short distance passengers.

DRDO gears up for modern warfare

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:15 PM PDT

Defence Research and Development Organization, with its 51 labs, of course, often makes tall claims only to consistently overshoot timelines and cost estimates.

UP PPS up in arms over new IPS exam

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:13 PM PDT

The officers of UP's provincial police service (PPS) have lined up against an amendment in the Indian Police Service rules which will throw open the IPS cadre through a limited competitive examination (LCE).

Zardari likely to visit Ajmer next week on private trip

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:03 PM PDT

The district administration in Ajmer is revving up for the visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is likely to offer prayers at the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti on April 8.

Eye on 2014 polls, govt may award 50% of highway construction projects to UP, Rajasthan

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 03:00 PM PDT

With an eye on 2014 general elections and key states like Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan could play at the hustings, the Centre plans to award almost 5,000 km highways projects in these two states during the current fiscal.

CBI's lookout notice against Rishi

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:56 PM PDT

Two days after naming him in an FIR on alleged irregularities in purchase of Tatra trucks for the Army, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday issued a lookout notice to prevent NRI businessman Ravi Rishi, owner of Britain-based Vectra group, from leaving the country.

Maharashtra secretly introduced 2 new RTI amendments

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Less than a week after a Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi told TOI that the RTI Act was going into a coma in Maharashtra, it emerges that the state surreptitiously introduced two new amendments to its own rules on RTI two months ago.

N-safety bill route to amend RTI irks CIC

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:51 PM PDT

A letter from the office of India's CIC to PM Manmohan Singh recently raises serious concerns over two proposals to amend the RTI Act through the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) Bill 2011, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha last September.

3 devotees die in Etawah police firing

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:49 PM PDT

Three people were killed and nine, including a cop, injured when police opened fire to control violence in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Police opened fire after violence broke out at a temple over hoisting of a flag.
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