Thursday, May 24, 2012

'BJP misusing official machinery for municipal polls'

'BJP misusing official machinery for municipal polls'

'BJP misusing official machinery for municipal polls'

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:53 PM PDT

Soon after arriving from Delhi, Virbhadra accused BJP of misusing official machinery for the municipal polls."We have lost trust in the state election commission as our complaints before are not being addressed, he said.

'Proclamation of Independence' of 1913 by 13th Dalai Lama released

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:50 PM PDT

The scroll was unveiled by Tibet's second longest-serving political prisoner, who was born in the time of the 13th Dalai Lama's government Ven.Palden Gyatso.

Videography of local bodies' polls allowed

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:49 PM PDT

Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday allowed videography of polling booths in the upcoming local bodies' polls in Punjab.

Make J&K’s special status permanent: Interlocutors

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:03 PM PDT

In a move that drew political fire, interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir have placed fresh emphasis on Article 370, saying its "erosion" should be checked by replacing the word "temporary" in its title with "special" so as to reaffirm the state's "dual character".

RSS, BJP give in to Modi in poll year

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:55 PM PDT

Anxious to ensure a smooth second innings for Gadkari, RSS and party leaders on Wednesday finally gave in to unrelenting pressure from the Gujarat CM, who enjoys a huge pull among the rank and file and whose belligerence threatened to overshadow the inauguration of Nitin Gadkari's second term as party chief.

Gadkari to stay chief, but Modi shows he’s the boss

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi threatened that all members of the national executive from Gujarat would quit if Sanjay Joshi was not evicted from the key post.

Petrol bomb a problem of govt’s own making

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:26 PM PDT

The backlash against Wednesday's increase in petrol price is government's own making, even as heads of state-run fuel retailers on Thursday tried to mollify sentiments by hinting at a reduction by month-end.

Cong-ruled Kerala cuts petrol price, demands rollback

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Protests erupted nationwide on Thursday against Wednesday's petrol price hike, with mobs burning effigies and taking to the streets demanding a roll-back.

Part rollback of petrol hike likely by end-May

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:02 PM PDT

Government-run oil companies on Thursday indicated that they could reduce the price by the month-end if the rupee and international oil prices held steady.

NDA, Left stir on May 31

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:56 PM PDT

Reacting to the countrywide protests that have already begun against the petrol price hike, the BJP-led NDA on Thursday announced an all-India strike on May 31. It was also joined by the Left parties which announced a strike on the same day.

Govt fields oil honchos to defend steep hike

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:54 PM PDT

Faced with popular anger, the government on Thursday fielded heads of its oil marketing companies who blamed Wednesday's steep hike in petrol price on the rupee's fall and attempted to mollify consumers by hinting at a reduction by month-end.

MoD unhappy with General

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT

The defence ministry is seething with anger at the way Army chief General V K Singh has acted in "a motivated and arbitrary'' manner to slap a show-cause censure notice on Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, in an all too obvious bid to scuttle the succession line in the 1.13-million strong force.

Anti-aircraft Akash test-fired successfully

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:38 PM PDT

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday successfully conducted the maiden trial of the surface-to-air Akash missile from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha's Balasore district.

Disciplinary action can be taken against Gen: HC

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT

The Delhi high court on Thursday ruled that the Centre cannot be asked to withdraw a press release issued by the Army against a retired lieutenant general, but disciplinary action "can be taken" against the Army chief and four others who "exceeded their jurisdiction and defamed" the officer.

Indian set to be freed from Pak jail after 30 years

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:12 PM PDT

After languishing for 30 years in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in Pakistan, Indian national Surjeet Singh is set to return home to Ferozepur in Punjab in a week's time.

Gen hands over jawan in botched operation to police

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT

The Army on Thursday flatly denied reports that Gen V K Singh had acted in contravention of the defence establishment's long-standing position on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) by ordering a havildar to be handed over to the civil police despite objections from the 3 Corps headquarters.

Judge, doctors to get Tiwari’s sample: SC

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:54 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh governor N D Tiwari's 'harm-to-reputation' argument and ordered him to give blood samples for DNA profiling to test the authenticity of Rohit Shekhar's paternity claim.

AI pilots to go into huddle for deciding future course

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:51 PM PDT

Aviation minister Ajit Singh's offer to take back the 101 sacked pilots of Air India on a case-to-case basis has triggered the Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG), which has been on strike since May 7, to rethink their decisions.

Centre sets up new panel to identify poor

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:42 PM PDT

After the public outcry over the controversial Rs 28 a day poverty formulation, the Planning Commission has put the poverty debate in a deep freeze with the government setting up yet another expert group to take a relook at the existing methodology to determine the number of poor in the country.

J&K interlocutors: Nothing but a sleight of hand

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:34 PM PDT

Almost a year after Dileep Padgaonkar, M M Ansari and Radha Kumar submitted their report to the Union home ministry, a report that the Cabinet committee on security didn't think was worth its while, has made its way to the MHA website.

Report: Give state say in governor’s selection

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Though the Centre's interlocutors — journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, academic Radha Kumar and former information commissioner M M Ansari — said J&K was a "constituent unit of the Indian Union", BJP promptly rejected the recommendations on Article 370 and central laws as a dilution of J&K's accession to India.

‘Futile exercise that ignores Kashmiri aspirations’

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Kashmir's separatist leaders on Thursday rejected the report submitted by the Centre-appointed interlocutors calling it a futile exercise. While Mehbooba Mufti's PDP welcomed some of the recommendations of the report, chief minister Omar Abdullah said he would discuss the report with his party colleagues and then react.

Uttar Pradesh govt to set up special court to handle NRHM scam cases

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:21 PM PDT

The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to constitute a special court for speedy trial in the Rs 5,700 crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam cases.

BJP trashes J&K report, Cong treads with caution

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:07 PM PDT

BJP on Thursday rejected the proposals made by the Centre's interlocutors on J&K, saying it would not accept any dilution of the fact that the state's accession with India was complete and total.

Justice delayed, Punjab village sets up its own ‘high court’

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:01 PM PDT

Pulha village elders claim the "court", comprising 35 "jury" members, has settled over 250 cases primarily related to land disputes piled up over last three years in as many months.
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