Saturday, April 21, 2012

Vij's men stop PPCB men from inspecting units

Vij's men stop PPCB men from inspecting units

Vij's men stop PPCB men from inspecting units

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:41 PM PDT

Industrialist Shital Vij may be in police custody but his men prevented teams from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) from entering two of his units in the industrial area here on Friday.

Agitation by teachers, lecturers may delay board results

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:41 PM PDT

Master grade teachers who were deputed for evaluating 10th class exam papers of the board had also stayed away from evaluation.

Ask India to abolish death penalty, UK Sikh body tells British PM

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Legal director, United Sikhs, Mejindarpal Kaur told TOI on Saturday that the Sikh body had sent a letter to this effect to Cameroon on Baisakhi reception held at his official residence at No.10 Downing Street.

20 kg heroin seized from smugglers

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:39 PM PDT

According to the preliminary investigation both of them were active in Gurdaspur and Amritsar areas.

Toll reaches 21, contractor arrested

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:38 PM PDT

As many as 21 bodies have been recovered from the debris of the factory that collapsed on Sunday night in the Industrial Focal Point here.

Work on Operation Bluestar memorial to begin soon

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:35 PM PDT

Work on the memorial to Operation Bluestar could start before what Sikhs call the "Genocide Day", observed every year on June 6 to mark the Army operation at Golden Temple.

Vij's units flouted building norms

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Industrialist Shital Vij, who was arrested on Monday after his factory building collapsed on Sunday night killing 20, may be in for more trouble with most of his units found not to be adhering to building by-laws.

HC quashes order for acquisition of fertile land

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:32 PM PDT

In a relief for residents of Jeunpura village, the Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the notification, issued by the Fatehgarh Sahib administration, for the acquisition of fertile land.

Losses pile up in operating Himachal roadway buses

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:31 PM PDT

Loss for running the 2093 vehicles, including 1996 buses in 2010-11 was Rs 23.07 crore, the HRTC annual account statement showed.

Ace women's hockey goalkeeper denied govt job

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:29 PM PDT

Haryana government's 'Medal lao naukri pao' slogan reeks of rhetoric.It was meant to acknowledge the contribution of outstanding sportspersons in the state by giving them jobs.

Illegal dumping of debris poses threat to vegetation in rural areas

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:28 PM PDT

Tall trees and flush green vegetation in rural areas in Kangra, adjacent to borders of Hamirpur district, are facing threat from dumping of debris by local builders as well as state public works department.

1984 riots: CBI recalls witness' statement identifying Sajjan

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:27 PM PDT

The CBI on Friday recalled in a Delhi court the statement of a woman witness who had identified senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as the person addressing a mob and instigating it to kill Sikhs during the 1984 riots.

Virbhadra, Vidya Stokes share stage at Solan rally

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Joining of hands by Virbhadra Singh and Vidya Stokes is being seen as a step towards strengthening the claim of Virbhadra Singh for the chief ministerial post.

Dhumal, Shanta hold closed-door meet to cover chinks

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who was on a foundation laying spree in the Sulah constituency on Saturday, had met BJP vice president Shanta Kumar at his residence over breakfast and held a closed-door meet.

Green fee likely to be implemented from May in Shimla

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Fresh bids have been invited this time with simplified conditions and we are hopeful of getting in bidders this time and this would be soon implemented, probably in May." .

Benami land deals: No coordination between different govt departments, says probe report

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:24 PM PDT

Chairman of the commission Justice (retired) D P Sood made these remarks in the report on the basis of a case where thick forest was found standing on the land purchased by a builder in Solan district.

Haryana's whistle-blower IFS officer faces fresh police probe

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Haryana's whistleblower IFS officer, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, is facing a fresh police probe in a two-and-a-half-year-old abetment to suicide case when a forest range officer, Sanjeev Tomar, died on December 14, 2009.

Committed to protect honest babus: Manmohan

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:20 PM PDT

With senior bureaucrats having a central role in ensuring policy imperatives roll out smoothly by ensuring that ministers process Cabinet papers and decisions are implemented, the PM pledged reforms that will encourage civil servants to be decisive.

Green ministry backs villagers facing eviction in Tamil Nadu elephant corridor

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:56 PM PDT

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has sprung to the aid of villagers caught in a battle between hotel industry and wildlife groups, who are fighting for securing the Sigur elephant corridor that cradles between several wildlife sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu.

Axe additional solicitor general for ship case faux pas: Chandy

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT

An indignant Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday said that the state government has asked the Centre to remove additional solicitor general Harin Raval for adopting a position contrary to Kerala's legal stand in the Enrica Lexie incident.

Sheer number reason for more Andhra victims

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:24 PM PDT

Of the 1.1 lakh Indian students chasing the education-in-US dream, an estimated 45% are from Andhra Pradesh, followed by Gujarat and Punjab.

Centre moves SC in ship sinking case

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:22 PM PDT

The Union government on Saturday sought the Supreme Court's urgent intervention to stay a Bombay high court order that permitted a Cyprus merchant vessel MV Nordlake, which allegedly rammed and sank INS Vindhyagiri, a Rs 1,058-crore Indian Navy ship, to leave Indian shores after furnishing a bank guarantee of Rs 46.87 crore.

Abhishek Singhvi lashes out at social media

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:20 PM PDT

Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi lashed out at social media for violating the court ban against dissemination of a "distorted CD", calling it the handiwork of an organized gang.

Plea for in-camera trial of Lt Gen Bikram Singh's case

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:18 PM PDT

Ahead of Monday's hearing in the Supreme Court on a PIL seeking stay of the Centre's decision to appoint Lt Gen Bikram Singh as the next Chief of Army Staff (COAS), petitioners former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas, ex-Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy and others have requested for an in-camera hearing.

Govt curbed Bhopal tragedy research

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 03:08 PM PDT

The Centre had barred the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) from publishing the Bhopal gas tragedy-related research work for nine years, information under the RTI Act has revealed. It was not immediately clear why the ban was imposed.
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