Sunday, June 3, 2012

Centre should move more aggressively on Lokpal: Youth Congress

Centre should move more aggressively on Lokpal: Youth Congress

Centre should move more aggressively on Lokpal: Youth Congress

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:19 PM PDT

The Youth Congress has also sought sweeping changes in the laws related to corruption cases to ensure punishment to corrupt public servants.

Over 600 Amarnath pilgrims court arrest

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 05:54 PM PDT

At least 600 Amarnath-bound pilgrims, led by Vishva Hindu Parishad workers, today courted arrest after they were prevented from proceeding towards the hill shrine by the state administration.

Allahabad high court orders probe into lapses in Ayodhya case judges security

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 05:46 PM PDT

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ordered an inquiry into lapses in the security of three judges who delivered the verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case on September 30 2010.

Shame: Delhi still India’s rape capital

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT

Delhi continues to be the rape capital of the country, followed by Mumbai. Delhi registered 568 cases of rape, compared to 218 in Mumbai in 2011, National Crime Records Bureau stats showed.

Assam MLA’s 2nd marriage sparks row

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:27 PM PDT

In an episode similar to the Chand-Fiza love saga, a Congress MLA Rumi Nath has sparked controversy by entering into a second marriage after coverting to Islam without divorcing her first husband.

Pyarimohan Mohapatra tried to raise Rs 200 crore for coup: BJD MLA

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:23 PM PDT

BJD MLA Subarna Naik on Sunday claimed that Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra, suspended from the party last week, was raising Rs 200 crore through mineral traders to take the coup against chief minister Naveen Patnaik to its logical conclusion.

On way out, Gen VK Singh censured officer

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:19 PM PDT

In the same case, the former Army chief had issued a show cause notice to 3 Corps Commander Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag and Brig Abhey Krishna of the same formation for "lapses" on their part and "abdicating responsibility".

India makes dubious claims before UN on human rights

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT

India has made a series of dubious claims in a bid to downplay its failure to meet a lot of the commitments it had made before the UNHRC 4 years ago in Geneva.

India uproots most people for ‘progress’

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:47 PM PDT

Between 60 and 65 million people are estimated to have been displaced in India since Independence, the highest number of people uprooted for development projects in the world.

Won’t intervene on 2G auction decision: JPC

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Despite demands from some of its members, the JPC on telecom will not ask the government to put on hold any decision on Trai's recommendation on 2G spectrum auction till it forms an opinion on the issue.

Human trafficking: Court evidence against Punjabi singer

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Finding prima facie evidence against an IFS officer and a Punjabi singer, a Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against them for their alleged involvement in trafficking of nine persons to Germany in 2005.

‘Apna Ghar’ woman found begging

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT

On a day the Rohtak police got an advertisement released of 29 missing inmates of the now disgraced Apna Ghar, a 40-year-old woman was found begging outside the bus stand here.

Haryana: Another shelter home in a spot; inmate missing

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:29 PM PDT

A 14-year-old girl has been missing from the home since last week, less than a fortnight after macabre tales of torture and sexual abuse were reported in similar centres at Rohtak and Gurgaon.

Chander Mohan joins Haryana Janhit Congress

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan, who has been in near political wilderness following his controversial second marriage to Fiza Mohammed, on Sunday joined Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC).

Ramdev-Kejriwal spat clouds anti-graft show

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:25 PM PDT

Team Anna and Baba Ramdev's effort to stage a united front against graft was marred by bickering over whether Manmohan Singh should be attacked directly.

New panel soon to redress MPs’ complaints of protocol breach

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:22 PM PDT

Parliament will soon have a new committee to deal with administrative high-handedness or official misbehaviour with MPs, a move which reflects the spike in such complaints in recent months.

Virbhadra Singh refuses to work ‘under’ Anand Sharma

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:21 PM PDT

As Congress party in Himachal Pradesh is witnessing a clash of titans with two of its Union ministers on opposite ends, others in the party are worried about the party's winning prospects in the assembly elections due later this year.

Rs 1,338 crore infrastructure projects announced for Jind

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT

In a move to silence his opponents inside and outside the party, Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday launched infrastructure projects worth Rs 1,338 crore in Jind.

192 engineers to monitor safety on national highways

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:17 PM PDT

These engineers have been notified as highway administrators with statutory powers to regulate traffic and prevent any damage to the national highways.

Dasuya MLA dies of cardiac arrest

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:17 PM PDT

Amarjit Singh Sahi, a prominent Sikh leader from Bharatiya Janata Party, who won his second term as MLA from Dasuya in recent Punjab assembly elections, died on Sunday morning after a cardiac arrest. He was 50.

Sagging economy takes a toll on highway construction

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:14 PM PDT

Poor economic conditions and volatile markets are now taking a toll on the highway sector, which had so far been an outlier in an economy where activity had slowed down considerably over the last couple of years.

Ranvir Sena chief’s murder: Violence on

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:13 PM PDT

The Patna Police have initiated steps to identify the supporters of slain Ranvir Sena founder Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji, who held the city hostage for nearly three hours, attacked policemen and set ablaze police and other vehicles on Saturday when Singh's body was brought to Patna for cremation.

First satellite for armed forces to be ready in a month

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 02:43 PM PDT

The geo-stationary naval satellite has "already been shipped out" for its launch that will take place "within a month or so", government sources said.

Congress Working Committee meet today amid crises

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 02:37 PM PDT

The tale of two CWCs, separated by a year, sums up the grim mood in the ruling camp reeling under the crises of politics and governance.

Team Anna partial to BJP, says Congress

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 02:35 PM PDT

Congress on Sunday hinted at saffron support to Baba Ramdev and Team Anna, asking the anti-corruption crusaders why they had not named any BJP leader accused of corruption.
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