Friday, June 1, 2012

BJP leader Jaswant Singh now bats for an NDA PM

BJP leader Jaswant Singh now bats for an NDA PM

BJP leader Jaswant Singh now bats for an NDA PM

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 08:05 PM PDT

Veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh has said the NDA's prime ministerial candidate for the next elections should be selected by all partners, and that the party has to shake off its sectarian and non-inclusive image.

Prosecution witnesses petitions in Virbhadra CD case dismissed

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT

The Himachal Pradesh high court Thursday dismissed two petitions filed by main prosecution witnesses -- Dr Kapil Mohan, managing director Mohan Mekin, and Prem Chand Jain -- in a corruption case involving former chief minister Virbhadra Singh.

HC overturns Jaiprakash Associates Ltd's claim to transportation tax exemption

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:58 PM PDT

The Himachal Pradesh high court on Thursday overturned the claim of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), fined Rs 100 crore for violating environment laws in setting up a cement plant, to transportation tax exemption from the unit to outside the state.

Judicial probe ordered into lawyer taking 'money for HC judge' allegation by litigant

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Justice Bhalla also directed the litigants and the lawyer to appear before the sessions judge (vigilance) in connection with the matter.

Punjab govt was informed about cases against DGP Saini, CBI tells HC

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:54 PM PDT

The agency also informed the bench that it has nothing to do in the impugned appointment of Saini as state DGP.

Kin send papers to get Kirpal Singh released from Pak jail

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:52 PM PDT

Finally, Kirpal Singh's relatives have sent a special power of attorney to Pakistan's prominent rights activist Awais Sheikh, authorizing him to take all possible legal actions, including meeting Kirpal Singh, filing mercy petition, etc., for his release from gallows.

Four-member team to interview inmates at shelter homes

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:47 PM PDT

Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday constituted a four-member team to visit more shelter homes across Haryana and gather details from the victims of torture and sexual abuse at the Rohtak shelter home run by Jaswanti Devi.

Cops to seek legal opinion on dog bite complaint

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:46 PM PDT

Police in Bathinda have decided to seek legal opinion whether to register a case or not in a case of dog bite.

Paddy season to increase power usage in Haryana, cuts likely

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT

Increase in demand of power supply to the agricultural sector on the account of paddy season is likely to widen the demand and supply gap, forcing residents across Haryana to sweat more, at least in June.

Police present challan against Shital Vij in court

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT

Police have presented a challan against industrialist Shital Vij, whose factory had collapsed on April 15 night, in which 23 workers were killed, in the court.

Heat wave continues unabated in Punjab and Haryana

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT

A blistering heat wave has been sweeping through the plains of Punjab and Haryana, with mercury rising to as high as 47 degrees Celsius at many places in the last few days.

MLA: Hooda implicated me to grab power

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Haryana MLA Ajay Chautala, facing trial in decade-old teachers' recruitment scam, has alleged in a Delhi court that chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had implicated him and his family members in the case to grab power in Haryana.

Haryana hikes license fee for colonization

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:36 PM PDT

After house tax, the Haryana cabinet has targeted real estate sector in the state by approving the proposal of town and country planning department to increase the license fee for residential plots, group housing and industrial colonies.

Property tax back in Haryana

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT

According to the new plan, a token amount of Re 1 per square yard will be levied on the residential properties up to 250 square yards.

Shimla temperature close to all-time high

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:29 PM PDT

There seems to be no respite from the sizzling weather even in the hills. Shimla, the queen of hills, is also facing the heat this summer as the mercury touched 31.9 degrees Celsius on Thursday.

India votes for independent probe in Houla massacre

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT

NEW DELHI: India on Friday voted in favour a UN Human Rights Council resolution to order an independent probe to hunt those guilty of the massacre in Syria's Houla's city.

DGCA officials 'misused' free travel facility

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:09 PM PDT

In yet another shocker from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), some senior officials are now under the scanner for allegedly misusing the facility of free travel in domestic airlines for safety checks and other official work.

41 women went missing from Rohtak shelter home in 3 years

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Forty one women, minor girls and newborn babies have disappeared from an NGO-run shelter home in Rohtak in the last three years, Haryana police said on Friday.

What austerity? Haryana MLAs to fly business class

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT

A day after Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee announced a series of austerity measures, the Congress-ruled Haryana cabinet on Friday approved proposal to allow MLAs to travel by air in business class in stead of economy class.

BJP's two grand old men's last gambit

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT

One is 82 and the other 84. And this may well be their last gambit against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. L K Advani is two years older than Keshubhai Patel and probably needs more fuel because his final frontier is still two years away — in 2014, when the next Lok Sabha elections are due.

CAG starts second audit into oil and gas blocks

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:58 PM PDT

Even as the Coalgate controversy rages, the UPA govt could be staring at another damaging report from its official auditor, the CAG, as it has started its second audit of four oil and gas blocks.

Voice test on Shanti Bhushan, Mulayam Singh Yadav in CD case

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:55 PM PDT

A trial court on Friday allowed the Delhi police to take voice samples of senior advocate Shanti Bhushan and politicians Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh for further investigation into the matter pertaining to a controversial CD.

No corruption in allocation of coal blocks: Sriprakash Jaiswal

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:50 PM PDT

Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Friday denied any corruption in allocation of coal blocks, but said whether the allocated companies misused the coal can only be ascertained after an inquiry.

ISI created Indian Mujahideen to spread terror in India: Anti-terrorism squad

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:46 PM PDT

The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has, for the first time, said that Indian Mujahideen (IM) is a creation of Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI). This was mentioned in the 13/7 triple blasts chargesheet.

Heads roll as Naveen Patnaik cracks down

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik dealt ruthlessly with the 'coup' plotters within a day of his return from the UK on Friday, sacking two of his ministers and suspending his one-time trusted aide Pyari Mohan Mohapatra.
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