Monday, April 16, 2012

Centre relieved as Mamata skips security meet

Centre relieved as Mamata skips security meet

Centre relieved as Mamata skips security meet

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:03 PM PDT

On the issue of NCTC, Mamata knew she would have to voice her opinion alongside CMs from opposition parties and therefore tactically decided to skip the meeting.

Azhar Mahmood draws parallel between India, Pak

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:14 PM PDT

At 37 and a few months, former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood with his ripped warrior-like broad chest looks no different from any other Punjabi from India.

300 persons marked attendance for night shift, says worker

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:13 PM PDT

The number of those trapped under the rubble of four-storeyed Shital Fibres remained a mystery till Monday evening, when rescuers and police were still at work.

At CM meet, Sukhbir seeks funds to fight Naxalism, narcotics

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:12 PM PDT

New Delhi/ Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal on Monday sought a "special security package" for Punjab to "overcome the challenges posed by inimical forces and to combat narco-terrorism effectively".

57 rescued; no police case registered

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:10 PM PDT

Rescue operations to save those trapped under the rubble of collapsed four-storey factory building in Jalandhar continued till late on Monday evening.

India to join project to build largest telescope

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:02 PM PDT

In a giant leap for astronomy, India will help build the world's largest and most advanced telescope.

Antony asks armed forces to be on alert after Kabul attacks

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 06:01 PM PDT

Defence minister A K Antony on Monday asked the armed forces to be vigilant in light of the bomb attacks in Kabul on Sunday.

5 killed, 57 hurt in Jalandhar factory collapse

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Five people were killed and 57 injured after a four-storeyed building, housing a blanket manufacturing unit, collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar on Sunday midnight. About 100 workers are feared trapped in the rubble.

HC restrains media house from airing Singhvi CD

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:47 PM PDT

The Delhi high Court has restrained a media house from publishing, telecasting and broadcasting the contents of a CD pertaining to Congress leader and a leading advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

Fourth front an evergreen mirage: Congress

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Congress seemed unperturbed with the rallying of non-Congress chief ministers on the anti-federal plank, including NCTC issue, with the ruling party calling the talks of a fourth front "an evergreen mirage of national politics".

Indian Mujahideen chief got passport in Shah Rukh Khan’s name

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:28 PM PDT

Riyaz Bhatkal, founder of the terror group Indian Mujahideen (IM), allegedly obtained a passport under the name of Shah Rukh Khan from Ranchi on January 21, 2010, intelligence sources said.

CID wants Facebook to delete anti-Didi posts

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:26 PM PDT

The state CID has written to Facebook to delete certain morphed images of CM Mamata Banerjee after a Trinamool Congress supporter lodged a complaint, citing specific posts and "objectionable comments" flooding social networking sites.

Centre, state to fight terror together: PM

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Faced with strong opposition from non-Congress states on the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Centre on Monday took a moderate line stressing on coordination with states to tackle the challenges of internal security.

Govt cash doles for health workers

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT

In a major step to boost better spacing of children among Indian women, the health ministry has decided to reward its 8.61 lakh strong community of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), if they manage to get women delay child birth after marriage.

Pentavalent vaccine in six more states

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:53 PM PDT

The government on Monday passed a decision on Monday to roll out the five in one pentavalent vaccine in six new states. Children in Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana,Goa, J&K and Pondicherry will soon be protected by the pentavalent vaccine.

Lanka denies moving IAEA on N-plant in Kudankulam

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:49 PM PDT

Sri Lanka has refuted reports that it was approaching the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against the Kudankulam nuclear plant.

Return ground, probe Army officials: CM

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal raised the controversy over Annandale ground at the CM's conference on internal security in Delhi on Monday.

'5% discretionary quota on govt houses can stay'

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a proposal to scrap allotment of government accommodation to persons other than those in legislature, executive and judiciary would not be desirable as the SC itself had formulated guidelines permitting 5% discretionary quota to non-public servants.

SC to take final call on big cats' MP shift

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Should India implant the Namibian cheetah in Madhya Pradesh or the 'Gujarati' lion?

PM’s Haj delegation must go: SC

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:29 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed reservation against an annual jumbo PM's goodwill Haj delegation to Mecca saying the over 40-year-old exercise had outlived its utility and must be discontinued at the earliest to save unnecessary expenses at the exchequer's cost.

CBI seeks Interpol help to probe Tatra scam links

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:17 PM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the Tatra scam spread across four countries including a tax haven, has approached Interpol to get details of companies related to Vectra chief Ravinder Rishi from these four countries. Agency sources said they had moved Interpol to avoid the delay of replies through Letter Rogatories (LRs).

Himachal chief minister Dhumal moves PM, Antony alerts Gen VK Singh

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:41 PM PDT

With Himachal Pradesh chief minister P K Dhumal taking up the issue of control over Shimla's Annadale grounds with PM Manmohan Singh on Monday, defence minister A K Antony asked Army chief General V K Singh to quickly resolve the controversy with the state government.

Will Akhilesh Yadav bail out Sonia Gandhi's projects?

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Will Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav oblige after Mayawati persistently stalled key projects in Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli?

Activists accuse J&K cops of racial profiling

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT

The J&K police conducting door-to-door surveys to monitor presence of migrants have come in for criticism from human rights activists who have accused them of political and racial profiling

LeT to Valley sarpanchs: Quit job or face music

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Posters, purportedly put up by the Lashkar-e-Taiba, on Monday asked panchs and sarpanchs in villages of south Kashmir's Pulwama district to resign from their post within a week's time.
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