Monday, July 30, 2012

Tamil Nadu Express fire: It takes Mukul Roy 12 hours to head for Andhra

Tamil Nadu Express fire: It takes Mukul Roy 12 hours to head for Andhra

Tamil Nadu Express fire: It takes Mukul Roy 12 hours to head for Andhra

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:59 PM PDT

Railway officials believe railway minister Mukul Roy's absence from Delhi is affecting performance of the huge rail operation.

India quietly gate crashes into submarine-launched ballistic missiles club?

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:54 PM PDT

Now, if DRDO is to be believed, India has quietly gate-crashed into an even more exclusive club of nuclear-tipped submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

Iran, world’s primary sponsor of state terrorism: Israel

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:51 PM PDT

The Delhi Police report holding Iran's Revolutionary Guards responsible for the February attack comes at an uncomfortable time. In a few weeks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to travel to Iran for the NAM summit on August 30-31.

Cong blames BJP for moral policing

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:49 PM PDT

Congress blamed BJP for "moral policing" that led to an assault on 13 students in Mangalore.

IAS officer gets SC stay on contempt of court order

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Senior Haryana IAS officer and director general, town & country planning department, T C Gupta, who was held guilty for contempt of court last Monday for defying high court orders, has got stay against the orders from the Supreme Court.

On Udham Singh martyrdom day, promises remain unkept

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:40 PM PDT

Promises take the centre stage on every martyrdom day of legendary Udham Singh on July 31, but these always remain unfulfilled.

Phagwara MC has its priorities mixed up

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Some months back, MC laid sewerage system in Hadiabad locality with grant received from the Union government under National River Conservation Plan.

New born's death: Callous tag on hospital staff

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:37 PM PDT

The five-member panel, constituted by principal secretary health Vinny Mahajan on CM's orders, probing the death of a newborn girl in a Bathinda hospital has held the hospital staff guilty of callousness.

Insects are their rakhi brothers

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:32 PM PDT

This Raksha Bandhan, a group of women from Nindana and Lalitkhera villages in Jind district will tie rakhis on photographs of insects as part of their campaign against use of pesticides in agriculture fields.

29 pilgrims killed in Bhiwani smash-up

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Twenty-nine pilgrims, including 10 women and three children, were killed when the mini truck in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck on Rajgarh-Hisar road near Sainiwas village, around 60km from here, on Monday.

Chidambaram calls for swift rehab of Assam riot-hit

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:17 PM PDT

Union home minister P Chidambaram on Monday visited riot-hit Kokrajhar and ordered security for all the affected villages that would help return of lakhs of people from relief camps to their homes. This, he said, was the top priority.

Army orders probe into Bandipora man’s killing

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:14 PM PDT

The Army on Monday ordered a probe into the killing of a man in Bandipora in north Kashmir, which had triggered protests in the Valley.

NIA finishes Samjhauta blast probe, to book trio by Aug 14

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:11 PM PDT

The CBI, probing the 2003 Sadiq Jamal encounter case in Gujarat, has come to know during investigations that Jamal was never in the official custody of Gujarat or Maharashtra police and that both the state police departments allegedly kept him under illegal detention for almost one-and-a-half month.

Court rejects Ramdev aide’s bail plea

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:10 PM PDT

A CBI special court on Monday rejected the bail application of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, in a fake documents case for obtaining a passport, and remanded him in 14-day judicial custody.

NCW sought to withdraw from survey on Vrindavan widows’ plight

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:48 PM PDT

The National Commission for Women, mandated by law to protect and promote the interests of women, caused a flutter on Monday when the high-level committee constituted by the Supreme Court said the body wanted to withdraw from the exercise to recommend steps to ameliorate the condition of hapless widows in Vrindavan.

No watchdog to check graft in DGCA

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:46 PM PDT

The ministry of civil aviation has not felt the need to create such a post and monitor DGCA officials despite the civil aviation regulator being plagued by a host of scams including fake pilot licences and officials breaking the law to favour their spouses and children.

NTRO scam: Sub-contracts, services terminated

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:45 PM PDT

The Supreme Court's monitoring of the alleged Rs 450-crore scam in the purchase of spyware by National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) appears to have yielded results as the government on Monday said it has cancelled several sub-contracts and terminated services of some officials alleged to have a role in the irregularities.

Blackout expands NDMA’s scope

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:43 PM PDT

Collapse of northern power grid on Monday presented a new dimension of disaster which has, so far, skipped policymakers' attention.

10% of Adarsh flat-buyers financed by BJP MP’s firm

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:34 PM PDT

Of the 103 flats of the scam-hit Adarsh cooperative housing society, the San Finance Corporation with Rajya Sabha member Ajay Sancheti as a partner, has financed nearly one-tenth of the flat buyers.

JD(U) lauds 27% OBC quota in petrol pumps

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav, who is also convener of the opposition NDA grouping, has praised oil minister S Jaipal Reddy for implementing a quota system for Other Backward Castes candidates in allotment of new petrol pump dealerships.

SC rejects Centre’s stand to hold gratuity for ex-CLB member

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT

Former acting chairman of Company Law Board R Vasudevan, arrested by the CBI in November, 2009, and facing charges for allegedly accepting Rs 7 lakh for passing favourable orders, will get his gratuity for the period of service he rendered as a government employee prior to his appointment to CLB.

Gujarat may repair riot-hit shrines

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:53 PM PDT

The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it was contemplating framing a scheme for repair of such structures harmed during breakdown of law and order.

Ajmer dargah to get Zardari’s $1m donation: Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:50 PM PDT

The Pakistani high commission on Monday said that arrangements were in place to make the contribution as announced by him to the shrine in April.

Governor defies Modi, OKs prosecution of minister

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:47 PM PDT

In a setback to Narendra Modi government, Gujarat governor Kamla Beniwal has sanctioned prosecution of minister of state for fisheries Purshottam Solanki for alleged corruption, overruling a cabinet decision.

Congress warns Team Anna of police action if it breaches law

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Congress warned that police may intervene if protests by Team Anna breached the law, indicating ruling camp's unwillingness to engage with the anti-graft campaigner.
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