Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Delhi HC bars Kalmadi from Olympics opening

Delhi HC bars Kalmadi from Olympics opening

Delhi HC bars Kalmadi from Olympics opening

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 03:56 PM PDT

The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed sacked Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi to travel to London but restrained him from attending the July 27 Olympics opening ceremony.

Allies get bigger say as Congress buys peace

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 03:52 PM PDT

The Congress leadership on Wednesday patched up with Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar by conceding his demand to give UPA partners a bigger say in governance through a coordination committee at the Centre and reviving the panel in Maharashtra — a resolution that triggered fears of policy jousts among the allies with serious repercussions for decision making.

Fixing time limit for speedy trial will prove harmful: SC

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:50 PM PDT

The Supreme Court may have declared in numerous judgments that speedy trial was intrinsic to right to life of an accused, but on Wednesday the court said it was apprehensive about fixing a time limit for completion of a criminal trial as it could be misused by intelligent criminals.

Tension in Valley after ‘terrorist’ gunned down

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT

A 21-year-old youth's killing at Aloosa in north Kashmir's Bandipora district triggered angry protests on Wednesday with the Army insisting that the slain was a militant and killed in an encounter with the 27 Rashtriya Rifles soldiers a day earlier.

TN grassroots activist wins Magsaysay

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:44 PM PDT

An Indian grassroot activist whose pioneering initiatives in Tamil Nadu empowered thousands of rural women to form micro enterprises and break the poverty spiral, is among this year's six winners of the prestigious Magsaysay award.

Andhra excise minister gets 2-month jail for Fera violation

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:41 PM PDT

An economic offences court in Hyderabad on Wednesday sentenced Andhra Pradesh excise and secondary education minister K Parthasarathy to two months' simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him apart from slapping a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on his firm KPR Tele Products for conducting certain monetary transactions in 1997 that went against the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.

Centre asks SC to allow use of toxic endosulfan

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:25 PM PDT

The Centre has requested the Supreme Court to permit exhausting of available stock of banned pesticide endosulfan by allowing its agricultural use in all states except Kerala and Karnataka on the ground that incineration cost of the stored pesticide could cost the exchequer over Rs 210 crore.

India in midst of WW IV: President

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 02:18 PM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee took over as the 13th President of the country at a ceremony in Parliament on Wednesday. Mukherjee, who replaced Pratibha Patil in the high office, was administered the oath of office by chief justice of India S H Kapadia.

Non-IAS officer made President secretary

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:51 PM PDT

Omita Paul, 63, a close aide of Pranab Mukherjee and a retired IIS official, has been elevated to the rank of secretary to the President in a break from the tradition, where the post was held by IAS officials.

BJP distances itself from Sangma

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Opposition BJP may have voted against Pranab Mukherjee and supported P A Sangma for the Presidential office, but since Mukherjee won the elections and was elected as the President, the party has decided to welcome him as the first citizen.

Film director Ishara dies at 77

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:42 PM PDT

Writer-director B R Ishara, who brought sex on the menu in Hindi cinema, questioned middle-class hypocrisy and annoyed both moralists and the Censor Board in the 1970s, passed away late Tuesday night. He was 77.

8 FDIs from Singapore under I-T lens

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:36 PM PDT

At least eight cases of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in some obscure real estate companies — each worth more than $100 million — from Singapore have come under the scanner, with the income tax's overseas unit (ITOU) having investigated them for alleged round-tripping.

Team Anna attacks Pranab, PM

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Team Anna got off to a low key but aggressive start to their indefinite fast on Wednesday, alleging that President Pranab Mukherjee would have been in jail rather than Rashtrapati Bhavan were it not for the immunity enjoyed by his new position.

2,000 doctors sacked by Maya govt reinstated

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT

The UP government on Wednesday reinstated 2,000 ayurvedic, unani and homeopathy (Ayush) doctors whose services had been terminated by the Mayawati government.

Fate of 255 IPS aspirants depends on limited competitive examination

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT

The UPSC, which conducted limited competitive examination (LCE) to recruit IPS officers from among the pool of state police, paramilitary and armed forces in May, on Wednesday declared the result of the written test.

13 years on, Kargil panel report still ignored

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT

The Naresh Chandra task force on national security pointed out that the "issues relating to chief of defence staff, integration between the ministry of defence (MoD) and Service HQs were partially accepted, though measures such as creation of an Integrated Defence Staff or a tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command were implemented".

Chandra panel favours national security doctrine

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT

The Naresh Chandra task force on national security pointed out that the "issues relating to chief of defence staff, integration between the ministry of defence (MoD) and Service HQs were partially accepted, though measures such as creation of an Integrated Defence Staff or a tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command were implemented".

Tamil Nadu fisherman killed by US Navy buried in native village

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT

A Tamil Nadu fishermen who was shot dead by the US Navy off the Dubai coast was brought to his native village near here and buried on Wednesday.

IIM-Kozhikode congratulates Mukherjee

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT

IIM-Kozhikode has welcomed elevation of Pranab Mukherjee to the highest office and hoped he would reach out to every section of the society, the poor and the destitute to end their sufferings.

Two AI pilots grounded pending probe

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Two pilots of Air India's Delhi-Shanghai flight, which hit air turbulence on July 5 injuring three persons, have been grounded pending enquiry against them by the civil aviation regulator.

Yeddyurappa gets anticipatory bail in land denotification case

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 08:58 AM PDT

Karnataka high court today granted anticipatory bail to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in a case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of government land in 2009.

Indian among 6 winners of Magsaysay award

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 08:39 AM PDT

An Indian grassroot activist whose pioneering community initiatives in Tamil Nadu empowered thousands of rural women to form micro enterprises and break the poverty spiral, is among this year's six winners of the prestigious Magsaysay award.

Angry Mamata slams Centre on fuel prices, threatens confrontation

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 08:27 AM PDT

''I fail to understand the way govt is running. We will be forced to take to the streets and choose the path of confrontation if such things take place,'' Mamata said.

Auto fuel prices dip in Karnataka after state specific revision in prices

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT

Truckers in this coastal city heading for Kerala in general and across the state heading for neighbouring states in particular have a lot to rejoice.

I hadn't sought permission to attend opening ceremony: Kalmadin

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 08:09 AM PDT

Delhi HC today barred Suresh Kalmadi from attending the opening ceremony of London Olympics, while Kalmadi claims he never sought permission for it.
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