Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Chhattisgarh hostage crisis: Maoists to release abducted Sukma collector today

Chhattisgarh hostage crisis: Maoists to release abducted Sukma collector today


Chhattisgarh hostage crisis: Maoists to release abducted Sukma collector today

Posted: 02 May 2012 08:35 PM PDT

A Chhattisgarh government chopper on Thursday morning left Raipur for Tarmetla, where Maoist guerillas are expected to release kidnapped Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, state govermment sources said.


Govt's anti-tobacco fiat goes up in smoke

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Now, Bollywood movies won't have to run a scroll with anti-tobacco messages each time a smoking scene is shown.


Rare Lotus Sutra opens to public

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT

The Gilgit Lotus Sutra Manuscripts, discovered by cattle grazers in Gilgit in a Buddhist stupa in 1931, are set to be released in a facsimile edition in New Delhi on Thursday.


Railways not too keen on giving locos to Pakistan

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:16 PM PDT

The railways is reluctant to accede to Pakistan's request for sale or lease of 100 diesel locos due to its own shortage of engines.

Railways not too keen on giving locos to Pak

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:16 PM PDT

The railways is reluctant to accede to Pakistan's request for sale or lease of 100 diesel locos due to its own shortage of engines.


Stricter AC norms to save Rs 1,000cr in 2 years

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Stricter energy efficiency norms for air-conditioners unveiled on Wednesday would further reduce your power bills and save up to Rs 1,000 crore by December, 2013, by way of putting lesser load on the supply network.


Punjab, Haryana face problem of plenty

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Even as PM Manmohan Singh was likely to meet agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi soon to discuss the problem of wheat storage, Punjab and Haryana continued to struggle for space to store wheat.

'Congress failed to highlight graft in campaign'

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:11 PM PDT

Congress unit of Punjab failed to highlight the corruption issues against the Badal government in the poll campaign earlier this year, the Antony panel found on Wednesday.

Mamata ups debt-relief decibel before Delhi visit

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:10 PM PDT

The Centre is also partly responsible for Bengal's financial mess and cannot shirk its responsibility, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday before leaving for Delhi.


Punjabi pride at Queen's diamond jubilee

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:10 PM PDT

Col Sarpratap Singh and Jaswinder Singh are set to be the flagbearers of Sikh pride in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations 2012, marking the 60 years of reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Pension issue: High court seeks reply from S P S Rathore

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:09 PM PDT

The disgraced cop has been asked to file his reply on the petition by July 3, when the matter would come up for further hearing.The petition against the CAT orders has been filed by the ministry of home affairs (MHA).

Man held for torching judge's car during Jat stir

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:06 PM PDT

Sumit Kumar, 22, was arrested on Wednesday following a case registered at the Narnaund police station and was remanded to judicial custody.

Anti-Sikh riots case: US court to hear arguments on May 9

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT

Judge Robert W Sweet of the US federal court is presiding the case in which the Congress party through its attorney had strongly opposed entry of default judgment.

Vested interest in storing wheat in the open: Sunil Jakhar

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT

The opposition Congress in Punjab has cried foul against the SAD-BJP government, for refusing to take blame for failure to save foodgrains from rotting and blame the Centre instead.

Wheat arrivals pick up, storage problem persists

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:04 PM PDT

Despite prolonged winters and untimely rains, markets all over Punjab have been flooded with heavy wheat arrivals.

Procurement hit as officials seek clearer norms

Posted: 02 May 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Wheat procurement was hit in the region as officials of state agencies stopped purchases, demanding clearer guidelines about the future course of action as grains were damaged.

Centre's 'support' to Barelvis sparks furore

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:59 PM PDT

The Kashmir-based Karvan-e-Islam chairman Maulvi Ghulam Rasool Hami on Wednesday asked the Centre and the state government to remove the confusion created by media reports that state agencies were supporting the Barelvi group of Kashmiri Muslims financially.


Norway-like child custody row in Sweden

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:52 PM PDT

Close on the heels of the Norway child custody row, a similar case has come to light in Sweden where an NRI woman has claimed that her son is being held in foster care on charges of neglect and sought help from In-dian authorities


Mamata betters Left on quota for Muslims

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT

The Mamata Banerjee government on Wednesday outdid its Left Front predecessor by bettering the latter's September 24, 2010 notification granting reservations to Muslims under the OBC category.


Tamil Nadu IPS officer held in Delhi for Paazee scam

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:34 PM PDT

The CBI on Wednesday arrested a top IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Pramod Kumar, from Delhi's Panchsheel Enclave for allegedly conspiring to get a bribe of Rs 10 crore from a private firm accused of duping the public of over Rs 800 crore.


UK court orders extradition of Dawood Ibrahim aide Tiger Hanif to India

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:32 PM PDT

Tiger Hanif, an alleged terrorist wanted by Gujarat police for a bomb attack on a train in 1993, and absconding in Britain, was on Wednesday ordered by the Westminster magistrates' court in London to be extradited to India.


Ramdev didn't mean all MPs are criminals, clarifies Anna Hazare

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:32 PM PDT

Social crusader Anna Hazare on Wednesday defended yoga guru Baba Ramdev's statement about criminals getting elected as members of parliament (MPs) but said Ramdev didn't mean that all MPs were "murderers" and "robbers".


Rapes in Bengal twice India's average, reveals National Commission for Women report

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:30 PM PDT

The NCW had constituted a three-member inquiry committee to look into the recent incidents of crime against women in the state and it had visited Bengal in the first week of April.


Akhilesh Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday resigned from Lok Sabha.Akhilesh, who became chief minister in March, was recently elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council.


Antony report to blame poor organization, motormouth ministers for assembly defeats

Posted: 02 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT

The Antony committee is learnt to have listed known reasons for the Congress's recent assembly debacle, blaming the defeat in UP, Punjab and Goa on the usual suspects of disjointed organization, poor selection of candidates and rash statements by senior leaders.


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