Thursday, April 19, 2012

Security beefed for PM's Assam visit today

Security beefed for PM's Assam visit today

Security beefed for PM's Assam visit today

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:18 PM PDT

Security has been beefed up in Assam in view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's day-long visit on Friday with the ULFA's anti-talk faction calling a 12-hour Assam bandh in protest.

RTE Act can be a model for the world: Kapil Sibal

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:35 PM PDT

The RTE Act is an opportunity to break gender, caste, class and community barriers that threaten to damage the social fabric of our democracy and create fissures.

Jalandhar factory collapse: Shital Vij's men 'rescue' blankets, but no offer to clear debris

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:47 PM PDT

On Thursday, the men brought by Vij's son confined their work to "rescuing" blankets and did not offer any help in clearing the debris.

Shital Vij's men 'rescue' blankets, but no offer to clear debris

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:47 PM PDT

On Thursday, the men brought by Vij's son confined their work to "rescuing" blankets and did not offer any help in clearing the debris.

Jalandhar factory collapse: ESI Corporation serves notices to Shital Vij for violations

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:46 PM PDT

These notices have stated that Vij was not making ESI payment, had not insured his workers as mandated by the Act and in the past also he had failed to deposit the contributions from employees.

ESI Corporation serves notices to Vij for violations

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:46 PM PDT

These notices have stated that Vij was not making ESI payment, had not insured his workers as mandated by the Act and in the past also he had failed to deposit the contributions from employees.

Hockey players double up as farm labourers in Haryana

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:38 PM PDT

The girls - Dimple, Sonia, Ritu, Reena, Pooja, Sonia and Nisha - are key part of Himachal Pradesh's women hockey team and have played at the national level.

Hockey players double up as farm labourers

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:38 PM PDT

The girls - Dimple, Sonia, Ritu, Reena, Pooja, Sonia and Nisha - are key part of Himachal Pradesh's women hockey team and have played at the national level.

Jalandhar factory collapse toll rises to 18

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:37 PM PDT

Army and NDRF officials said their teams had searched large portions of the collapsed building and after finding no survivors, the teams are now concentrating on removing debris with big machines.

Haryana yet to get 2 key approvals for nuke plant

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:34 PM PDT

Documents available with TOI showed that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCL) has not taken mandatory consent from AERB for nuclear power plant in Haryana.

Cop wearing Anna cap suspended

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:33 PM PDT

A cop, who dared to follow Anna Hazare's advice to wear Anna cap as a form of protest while taking up the collective demand of entire police force was suspended by the Rohtak district police chief.

Punjab defence services department in contempt loop

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:30 PM PDT

Justice Surya Kant of the HC has passed these orders while hearing a contempt petition filed by H C Rathi.

Himalayan Expressway to cut travel time to Shimla

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:29 PM PDT

Shimla-bound tourists can now avoid congested Kalka and Pinjore towns and save at least an hour on their road trips with the opening of a 10-km express bypass from Zirakpur to Parwanoo on Thursday.

5 get life for killing girl's uncle for honour

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:28 PM PDT

Five men have been sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment in a case of honour killing.There was enmity between two families over an inter-caste marriage in 2010, and the accused had killed the girl's uncle.

44-year jail term in Pakistan refuses to end for Sirsa resident

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:26 PM PDT

His brother, Suraj Bhan approached a Panipat lawyer Momin Malik with a plea to get his elder brother Madan Lal back from Pakistani jail, where he might be languishing for the last 44 years.

Naveen joins Mamata, Jaya; flays Centre over CST compensation

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:23 PM PDT

Naveen, who meet Jayalalithaa during his five-day trip to Delhi, opposed the Centre's decision to pay CST compensation to states for 2010-11 after deducting revenue gains on account of increase in the floor rate of value added tax (VAT).

Six-laning of Panipat-Jalandhar highway: High court fixes Rs 50 cr fine for contractor in case of delay

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:23 PM PDT

The bench further directed Haryana and Punjab states to cooperate in clearing obstacles in completion of the project within the timeframe.

BJP attempts to clear out of Annandale controversy

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT

However, Nadda said that the lease for the ground expired in 1982 and since then, all successive governments have been consistent in their demand that the ground be returned to the state government, "to whom it belongs".

Badal offers land for disaster response team

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:21 PM PDT

This comes in the wake of reports that the state government had earlier missed a chance to set up a NDRF centre when it could not offer land for the force.

Jalandhar building collapse: 73-hour ordeal ends for labourer

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:21 PM PDT

With hopes of finding any more survivors fast receding, Kumar's extrication sent a wave of jubilation among those present. For rescue teams, the operation was gruelling.

First toll barrier fitted with radio frequency identification in India

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:19 PM PDT

Zirakpur (Chandigarh) The 14-lane toll plaza at Zirakpur became the first one in the country completely fitted with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

India’s first aero city project suffers due to Centre-Mamata spat

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:11 PM PDT

The Union government on Thursday threw a spanner in the works of the ongoing Rs 10,000 cr Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL), India's first aero city project, at Andal.

Pull up socks on NREGA, Jairam tells Karnataka

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:55 PM PDT

Karnataka, reeling under severe drought, has received a body blow: the Centre has withheld its next instalment of grant to a rural job scheme citing five shortcomings in its implementation in the state.

Kolkata’s big night: Rs 40,000 for 30 ml scotch

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:51 PM PDT

An ecstatic Kolkata team – basking in their win over Punjab team here on Wednesday – broke into a party which was reportedly served drinks, including a 30 ml of a fine 50-year-old scotch costing Rs 40,000.

House panel may turn down voting rights for NRIs

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:06 PM PDT

The government's proposal to give voting rights to non-resident Indians (NRIs) has run into a roadblock with the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs raising objections to the move.
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