Friday, May 4, 2012

Mullaperiyar dam is safe, says Supreme Court panel

Mullaperiyar dam is safe, says Supreme Court panel

Mullaperiyar dam is safe, says Supreme Court panel

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:53 PM PDT

The empowered committee appointed by the Supreme Court to examine the safety the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam has concluded that it is hydrologically, structurally and seismically safe.

Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh sweep top slots in civil services examination

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:35 PM PDT

It has been a windfall for the northern region in the Civil Services Examination this year, with the top three slots going to Haryana, Punjab and their capital - Chandigarh.

Five days on, motive of French national Frank's death a mystery

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:33 PM PDT

According to the FIR, Frank was assaulted on board the train in Karnal and abandoned in an unconscious state along the tracks near platform number 2 of the Karnal railway station on Sunday afternoon.

Liquor shop in Samana nagar council building

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:30 PM PDT

The nagar council (NC) authorities of Samana have allowed the opening of a liquor shop in the building of their own office invoking a sharp reaction from residents of the area.

Congress leader to stage dharna against Anna, Ramdev in Delhi

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:28 PM PDT

Krishan Murti Hooda has announced to stage a one-day dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in protest against alleged "double standards" of the anti-corruption crusaders -- Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev.

Thieves involved in stealing laptop from Harbhajan's car arrested

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Police on Friday busted the gang involved in stealing the laptop and other important documents, including passport, from the car of cricketer Harbhajan Singh.

Girl converts to Islam for love marriage, faces threats

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:25 PM PDT

A newly wed couple is facing threats after the girl converted to Islam from Hinduism to marry a Muslim. Police has sent the couple to a protection home.

Kashmiri cleric's remarks upsets Ahmadiyyas

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Kashmir's grand cleric Mufti Muhammad Bashir-ud-din's demand for declaring the Ahmadiyya sect of Kashmiri Muslims as non-Muslims has not only created uproar in the Ahmadiyya headquarters in India at Qadian but also gripped Pakistani brides with fear.

Undertrial shot dead in court complex in Sirsa

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:22 PM PDT

An undertrial facing murder charges was shot dead by a youth, apparently to take revenge of his uncle's murder, inside the court complex in Sirsa on Friday.

Security enhanced at Bathinda refinery following terror alert

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT

The HMEL refinery in Bathinda, which was recently dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is on terror threat from terrorist group al-Qaida.

Factory collapse, Gurdaspur firing probes shifted to Patiala

Posted: 04 May 2012 04:19 PM PDT

The Punjab government has entrusted two high profile inquiries - one pertaining to collapse of a factory in Jalandhar and the other regarding police firing in Gurdaspur leading to Sikh youth's death - to Patiala division commissioner S R Ladhar.

'Stop calling Dorje 17th Karmapa'

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:59 PM PDT

The Centre says it doesn't recognize Dharamshala-based monk Ogyen Trinley Dorje as the reincarnation of the 17th Karmapa Lama and has asked the Himachal Pradesh government not to extend any such recognition to him.

I want to work at grassroots level: Civil services exam topper

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:56 PM PDT

Shena Aggarwal, the AIIMS doctor who topped the civil services exam this year, comes from Haryana's Yamunanagar, which has the country's second-worst sex ratio.

Sachan ended life: CBI to say in closure report

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT

The CBI is likely to file a closure report in the death of former deputy CMO Y S Sachan in Lucknow jail last year with investigations "more or less" concluding that Sachan committed suicide as he was under "immense pressure".

Mining scam: Yeddyurappa gets a week's rest

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:16 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would pronounce its order next week on environmental panel Central Empowered Committee's recommendation for a CBI probe into former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's alleged involvement in the mining scam.

SC verdict next week on CEC's report for CBI probe against Yeddyurappa

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:16 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would pronounce its order next week on environmental panel Central Empowered Committee's recommendation for a CBI probe into former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's alleged involvement in the mining scam.

Congress betraying promise on Telangana: BJP

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:14 PM PDT

Batting for statehood to Telangana, opposition BJP on Friday slammed the Congress for "betraying" the people of the region by backtracking from its promise.

Nitish, like Mamata, plays state card ahead of Presidential poll

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:10 PM PDT

As the upcoming presidential election test the nerve of the ruling Congress, it is becoming increasingly clear that the regional satraps will use the election to extract their pound of flesh from the Centre.

Singhvi granted leave from House till end of session

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Citing "family, wedding and family commitments", former Congress spokesperson and MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi sought leave from Rajya Sabha for the ongoing post-recess budget session.

SC wants list of private individuals given security at state's cost

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:05 PM PDT

The SC on Friday began the exercise to rid the roads of red beacon light cars carrying private citizens enjoying high security cover and asked the Centre to provide a list of such individuals enjoying police protection at the cost of public exchequer.

No secret deal with Maoists: Raman Singh

Posted: 04 May 2012 03:01 PM PDT

A day after Maoists released Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Friday said no hardcore insurgents would be released and rubbished suggestions of a clandestine deal.

Population growth rate dips to 17%

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Population has started to swell in Delhi's suburbs. Gurgaon and Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) are among the top five places in India that recorded the highest decadal growth rate in population.

17.6% rise in population in last decade

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Population has started to swell in Delhi's suburbs. Gurgaon and Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) are among the top five places in India that recorded the highest decadal growth rate in population.

NCP lukewarm to Sangma's Presidential ambitions

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:55 PM PDT

NCP leader P A Sangma pushed himself in the Presidential ring, saying that only tribal community had not graced the Rashtrapati Bhavan since Independence.

Annual plan for Odisha finalized

Posted: 04 May 2012 02:54 PM PDT

The Planning Commission on Friday cleared Rs 17,250 crore plan outlay for 2012-13 for Odisha, which is 13.4% higher than the previous fiscal.
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