Thursday, May 31, 2012

UPA-ruled states join petrol bandh

UPA-ruled states join petrol bandh

UPA-ruled states join petrol bandh

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Thursday's Bharat bandh against the hike in petrol prices saw widespread protests in opposition-ruled states that had called the bandh, but UPA-led states did not remain untouched by the people's fury.

India snubs US sanctions on Tehran

Posted: 31 May 2012 05:37 PM PDT

India on Thursday reiterated that Iran remained its key energy supplier and that any unilateral sanction imposed by the US would not be allowed to impact "legitimate trade interests" between the two nations.

Exodus begins, 2 more Congress MLAs join Jaganmohan Reddy camp; TDP too jittery

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Days after Congress MLAs Alla Nani and RVSK Ranga Rao defied party bosses by hobnobbing with Jaganmohan Reddy, more cracks developed in the ruling Congress and opposition TDP with three sitting legislators deciding to join hands with Jagan.

HC directs Haryana to pay Rs 5L each to acid attack victims

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:33 PM PDT

Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday directed the Haryana government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to three girls injured in an acid attack in Rohtak in 2011.

Panchkula: 'City of Generals' gets 2 more after 'farewell to arms'

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:31 PM PDT

Panchkula, the satellite town of Chandigarh, seems to be fast becoming the "City of Generals" as one more war veteran has made it his post-retirement home.

Bandh, protests all over Punjab

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT

A complete bandh was observed in Punjab on Thursday though day-to-day activities were only partially affected in Haryana.

'Cops pressurizing my son not to fight municipal poll'

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:25 PM PDT

President of BJP's Patiala district unit Arun Gupta has accused police of conducting raids at his house at the instance of SAD leaders to mount pressure on his son to withdraw his nomination papers as an independent candidate from ward no 26.

Bandh in Himachal troubles tourists

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:22 PM PDT

While the local people and tourists preferred staying indoors, BJP workers, under the leadership of MLA Govind Singh Thakur, took out rallies in Manali and Kullu.

Army chief General Bikram Singh's ancestral village is ecstatic

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT

There is excitement and euphoria among residents, especially youth, of Kaler Ghuman, the ancestral village of General Bikram Singh, who assumed charge as India's 25th Army chief on Thursday.

Army chief General Bikram Singh's ancestral village is ecstatic

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT

There is excitement and euphoria among residents, especially youth, of Kaler Ghuman, the ancestral village of General Bikram Singh, who assumed charge as India's 25th Army chief on Thursday.

Woman liquor smuggler caught in her web

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Jalandhar police commissionerate has cracked open a three-week-old case of alleged attempt on the life of woman liquor smuggler Jassi Pardhan.

China keen to learn agri conservation tech from Punjab

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT

Though Chinese goods have thronged Indian market like anything and it is obviously not possible to match their production pace, but agriculture is one field where this neighbouring country is looking up to Punjab.

Haryana chalks policy to protect whistleblowers/RTI activists

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:17 PM PDT

According to chief secretary, Haryana, P K Chaudhary, "It has been decided that district level committees, under the chairmanship of district magistrates, with SPs and district attorneys as members, will be constituted.

Class X topper girl in Sirsa eyes IAS

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:16 PM PDT

With a dream to become an IAS officer, a 16 year-old girl, Sandhya Sharma, has secured first position in the district in class 10 exams of Haryana School Education Board, Bhiwani.

Police remain clueless in Haryanvi singer's murder case

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Binu, 29, was shot dead at point blank range on the Haridwar-Dehradun highway on Tuesday night.

Rohtak shelter home girl found 6-months pregnant

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Medical examination of a deaf and dumb girl, who had been staying at the Rohtak shelter home for the last two years, has virtually confirmed the charges of sexual abuse of girls at the shelter home.

New property tax likely to hurt Haryana residents

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:11 PM PDT

With the finance department and legal remembrance giving their go ahead, Haryana is likely to clear the proposal on property tax in the cabinet meeting on Friday.

RIL got fair hearing in KG report: CAG

Posted: 31 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has offered a strong rebuttal of Reliance Industries Limited's criticism that the auditor excluded its responses in the KG basin report, asserting the firm got a fair hearing and that the production contract was correctly interpreted.

Anti-cyclonic winds delay monsoon's arrival by four days

Posted: 31 May 2012 03:36 PM PDT

Anti-cyclonic winds prevailing over the Arabian Sea have stalled the southwest monsoon's progress over Kerala and delayed its normal June 1 arrival by four to five days.

Doon Express derails as Mamata Banerjee jumps the gun, sees sabotage

Posted: 31 May 2012 03:08 PM PDT

In the second major train accident within 10 days, at least five passengers were killed and more than 15 injured when five sleeper coaches of 1309 Howrah-Dehradoon (Doon Express) derailed between Khetasarai and Mehravan stations in Jaunpur district on Thursday.

National youth policy to target transgenders, gays and lesbians

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:47 PM PDT

For the first time, the government is trying to focus on problems of transgenders, gays and lesbians with the draft national youth policy 2012 placing the social group in the targeted category that needs suitable policy interventions to deal with social or moral stigma.

Baba Ramdev's trust asked to pay Rs 4.94 crore in service tax for yoga camps

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:46 PM PDT

Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust is in more trouble. This time for service tax evasion of Rs 4.94 crore payable on the income generated from "yoga shivirs (camps)" organized across the country.

Cabinet okays 7-year jail for human safaris in Andamans

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:41 PM PDT

After a video showing scantily clad Jarawa tribal women had kicked up a huge storm, the government on Thursday approved promulgation of a legislation that provides for imprisonment up to seven years for such crimes.

Coalgate: Team Anna firm on CBI probe, govt tells them to take legal action

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:39 PM PDT

Team Anna remained steadfast on its demand for an independent probe against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on charges of corruption leveled in the draft CAG report while dismissing CBI as a compromised agency.

Congress takes Abhishek Singhvi off its list of TV panelists

Posted: 31 May 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Congress on Thursday issued a fresh list of spokespersons who can participate in television debates, dropping Abhishek Singhvi after he appeared in a television debate despite being informally nudged to keep away.
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