Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Surjeet Singh released from Lahore jail after 30 years of captivity

Surjeet Singh released from Lahore jail after 30 years of captivity

Surjeet Singh released from Lahore jail after 30 years of captivity

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Pakistan today released Surjeet Singh from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after being in captivity for over three decades on spying charges.

Tatkal website can't keep up with demand, admit officials

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"We have seen a peak of 13,000 hits per minute during first 10-15 minutes from 8am. Our capacity is 1,500-2,000 successful transactions a minute," an official said.

Girls' parents booked for threatening newly married couple in Haryana

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT

A newly married girl, who tied the knot with a boy against the wishes of her family, has alleged that her parents were trying to pressure them to dissolve their marriage.

CBI starts probe in acid attack case in Rohtak

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:51 PM PDT

The CBI team has started investigation into the case of acid attack on three minor girls in Rohtak.

Farmers stop officials from surveying land for nuclear power plant

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:48 PM PDT

A team of government officials had to face a tough time on Wednesday as they reached Gorakhpur village of Fatehabad district to conduct a survey for the purposed nuclear power plant there.

Move smacks of pressure from anti-peace forces: Sarabjit's lawyer Sheikh

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Awais Sheikh, Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer, said on Wednesday that authorities changed the decision to release Sarabjit at the last moment under pressure from fundamentalist forces, which were against Indo-Pak bonding.

With sacred threads, Abu Jundal tried to colour 26/11 saffron

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal has confirmed that he and other 26/11 masterminds had plotted to make the attack appear as a handiwork of Hindu radicals upset with the slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare.

NREGA's non-existent impact on migrant labourers

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:50 PM PDT

Everyone agrees that the NREGA is causing a shortage of agricultural labour. Everyone, that is, except the workers themselves.

Presidential poll: Naveen Patnaik to accompany P A Sangma for filing nomination

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:47 PM PDT

In an apparent bid for a bigger role in national politics, chief minister Naveen Patnaik would accompany presidential aspirant P A Sangma when the latter files his nomination papers on Thursday.

Uttarakhand police register cases against sons of BSP MLA

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:45 PM PDT

The Uttarakhand police on Wednesday registered cases against two sons of BSP legislator from Manglore Sarvat Karim Ansari under section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentionally insulting to provoke in order to break public peace) of the IPC.

Several Air India pilots on hunger strike taken ill

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:43 PM PDT

Several pilots on indefinite hunger strike for the last three days fell ill as the Air India pilots' strike entered the 52nd day on Wednesday.

Sarabjit's family regrets Pak u-turn, Surjeet's kin rejoice

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT

As joy turned into sorrow at the house of Sarabjit Singh in Amritsar's Bhikhiwind village, celebrations began at Phidde village in Ferozepur district, home to another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh.

Sarabjit's family doesn't buy Pak mistake story

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Terming Pakistan's turnaround as a cruel joke, family members of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh said on Wednesday that it was highly unbelievable that a blunder like this could happen at such a high level.

Maoists kill cop, wound 13 in rail & road attacks in Jharkhand

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT

Maoists breached railway tracks in the outskirts of Dhanbad killing one policeman, and wounded 13 others at Topchanchi police station on Grand Trunk road.

Bharati Cements still a Jaganmohan Reddy company: CBI

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Raising doubts about the sale of Bharati Cements to a French firm by Kadapa MP Jaganmohan Reddy, the CBI on Wednesday told the AP high court that the investigating agency was investigating into a hawala angle in the sale.

Foodgrains shouldn't be kept in open spaces: HC

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:27 PM PDT

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the Centre and state governments to ensure that no foodgrains are kept in open spaces. If sufficient warehouses aren't available, the governments should make temporary arrangements for it, the bench said.

India's record on custodial torture dismal

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT

The Torture Convention was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1984 (resolution 39/46) and it came into force on 26 June 1987 after being ratified by 20 nations.

Two-day shutdown called against shrine fire in J&K

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Kashmir's Grand Muft Bashiruddin on Wednesday in Buchpora called for a two-day shutdown in the valley beginning tomorrow.

J&K: Four revenue officials booked for forgery

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:22 PM PDT

The Jammu and Kashmir police Crime Branch on Wednesday booked five persons including four revenue officials for alleged involvement in a land fraud case in Jammu.

Harayana panchayat passes resolution to save girl child

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT

A panchayat in Haryana's Mahendragarh district on Tuesday took a first of its kind initiative by passing a resolution to save the girl child. As per the resolution, the panchayat will put money in a fixed deposit worth Rs 5,000 in the name of a newly-born baby girl.

Uttarakhand: Vijay Bahuguna and Prakash Pant brace for polls

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:19 PM PDT

Uttarakhand's Sitarganj constituency is set for a face-off between Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and BJP candidate Prakash Pant in the July 8 byelection. The assembly seat considered to be traditionally a BJP stronghold accounts for about 95,000 votes.

Trackmen's stir likely to hit rail services today

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:17 PM PDT

Rail services are likely to be hit hard across the country on Thursday as lakhs of trackmen, who are responsible for maintenance of tracks, will go on a day's strike to push the authorities to meet their long-pending demand for better working conditions.

After Pak U-turn, India renews appeal for Sarabjit's release

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:15 PM PDT

Stung by Pakistan's farcical volte-face over the release of Sarabjit Singh, a more circumspect Indian government on Wednesday urged Pakistan to release the prisoner who is serving a death sentence and has been in its custody for over two decades.

S M Krishna urges Rahul Gandhi to join govt yet again

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Rahul Gandhi may have decided to lie low for a while after the Congress debacle in UP, but on Wednesday foreign minister S M Krishna implored the Gandhi scion to join the Cabinet to help UPA government solve the problems being faced by the country.

S M Krishna implores Rahul Gandhi to join govt

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Rahul Gandhi may have decided to lie low for a while after the Congress debacle in UP, but on Wednesday foreign minister S M Krishna implored the Gandhi scion to join the Cabinet to help UPA government solve the problems being faced by the country.
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