Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Bid to link UID with welfare schemes gathers steam

Bid to link UID with welfare schemes gathers steam

Bid to link UID with welfare schemes gathers steam

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:25 PM PDT

The Centre has fast-tracked the process to make Aadhaar numbers integral to the delivery of services under its social and welfare schemes.

Aamir Khan can take heart from conviction against sex selection

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:23 PM PDT

In 2011, 21 clinics and 22 doctors were convicted under the Pre-Conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, for carrying out sex selection of an unborn child.

Now, India to roll out vaccine against Rubella

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:22 PM PDT

India will for the first time introduce a vaccine against Rubella — a viral disease that infects pregnant women and leads to babies being born with cardiac, cerebral, ophthalmic and auditory defects.

Pak envoy meets home secretary ahead of talks

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:20 PM PDT

Pakistani high commissioner Shahid Malik on Tuesday met home secretary R K Singh and is learnt to have discussed various aspects of the forthcoming home secretary-level talks between the two countries which is scheduled to be held in Islamabad on May 24-25.

Ajit Singh draws flak for making policy statements outside House

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh came under scathing attack from opposition benches in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over his statements on policy outside Parliament, including privatization of the national carrier.

Strategic Karwar naval base set for major expansion

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:16 PM PDT

With the mammoth aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya slated to reach Indian shores early next year, the government is scrambling to launch the long-delayed expansion of the strategic Karwar naval base in coastal Karnataka at a cost of around Rs 13,000 crore.

SC sets up panel to look into proliferating home stays in Lakshadweep

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:15 PM PDT

Expressing concern over the alleged environmental imbalance caused by over exploitation of tourism potential in the tiny islands of Lakshadweep, the Supreme Court has set up a six-member committee headed by a retired apex court judge to examine the desirability of allowing "home stay" huts there.

600 arms supplied by Bulgarian, Italian arms found to be defective

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:13 PM PDT

Over 600 sophisticated weapons procured by the government for paramilitary forces have been found to be defective, the government said on Tuesday.

Doctors’ crunch ails ESIC-run hospitals

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Almost all states have huge vacancy of doctors at hospitals run by Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). Kerala tops the list with 160 vacancies. Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and West Bengal are all suffering doctors' crunch in ESIC facilities.

Govt likely to move Lokpal Bill afresh on May 21

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:09 PM PDT

The government may move the Lokpal bill afresh on May 21 after agreeing to incorporate amendments dropping a clause prescribing composition of state-level lokayuktas and reviewing the provisions dealing with removing the anti-corruption ombudsman.

Govt trying to repatriate stranded Indian workers from Angola

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:08 PM PDT

As over 1,200 Indian workers remain stranded in Angola, the government said in Parliament that it is taking steps to ensure their return.

MPs blame merger for Air India’s poor health

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:07 PM PDT

Parliamentarians slammed the decision to merge Indian Airlines and Air India for the national carrier's sorry state even as civil aviation minister Ajit Singh urged the striking pilots to return to work, warning that the just-approved Rs 30,000 crore bailout was the last chance for AI's survival.

Delhi high court: Distant kin can also be donors Organ Transplant

Posted: 15 May 2012 03:31 PM PDT

In a ruling that will reduce the wait of patients in need of organ transplants, the Delhi high court has said that a donor need not be a close relative of the patient.

Haryana admits to laxity in monitoring shelter homes

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:18 PM PDT

Woken up from deep slumber by the shocking revelations about sexual abuse, torture and exploitation of minor girls at an NGO-run shelter home in Rohtak, the state government has admitted to gross laxity in monitoring of shelter homes.

Death sentence by Pak court raises hackles of rights activists, kin of convicts

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:14 PM PDT

A Karachi-based anti-terrorism court's orders, awarding death sentence in a murder case, overlooking the moratorium on capital punishment, has triggered a wave of criticism in India and Pakistan.

No change of stand on Annandale ground issue: Prem Kumar Dhumal

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:10 PM PDT

Even the meeting of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen V K Singh with chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal failed to end the Annandale controversy.

No change of stand on Annandale ground issue: Dhumal

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:10 PM PDT

Even the meeting of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen V K Singh with chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal failed to end the Annandale controversy.

Diclofenac threat lingers, though vultures recover

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:08 PM PDT

The continuing misuse of diclofenac for treating ailing cattle has ensured that the threat to three of India's critically-endangered vulture species remains alive and kicking.

Cricket flu in Moga; Harmanpreet in new avtaar

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:07 PM PDT

The stands at the Gian Jyoti college playground near Moga turned ecstatic when Harmanpreet Kaur, newly-appointed vice-captain of the Indian women cricket team landed on Tuesday.

Rajoana now targets Bheora

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:03 PM PDT

Babbar Khalsa terrorist and a co-conspirator in killing former chief minister Beant Singh, Paramjjit Singh Bheora, is the latest from the pack to find himself at the receiving end of Balwant Singh Rajoana's jibes.

Malaysian authorities promise all help to CBI in Aircel-Maxis case

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Malaysian authorities have assured full cooperation to CBI in furnishing information related to the Aircel-Maxis deal case in which former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran is named as an accused.

CBI on trail of Rs 250 crore sent by Unitech to Isle of Man

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:42 PM PDT

Even as the CBI is probing the alleged bribe of Rs 200 crore paid to former telecom minister A Raja by Shahid Balwa of DB Realty group through Kalaignar TV, the agency is on the trail of another Rs 250 crore which was transferred to the tax haven of Isle of Man reportedly as quid pro quo by the Unitech group.

15 months of shame end amid fanfare for Raja

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:39 PM PDT

After spending 15 months in Tihar Jail, former telecom minister A Raja finally walked out of the jail complex amongst much fanfare. Granted bail by a Delhi court in the 2G spectrum case, a visibly happy Raja returned to jail from court at 4.40pm.

DMK succession war may pave way for Raja’s rehab

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:37 PM PDT

The question doing the rounds among DMK cadres and A Raja's anxious supporters is whether he will be politically rehabilitated by the party or pushed to the backstage.

Raja’s men paint town red & black

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Over 300 supporters of DMK — from Ariyalur, Coimbatore, Nilgiri and Perambalur districts in Tamil Nadu — reached here on Monday night to lend their support for ex-telecom minister A Raja on a day when the Special CBI court was due to pronounce its order on his bail plea.
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