Monday, August 27, 2012

Congress, BJP squabble over corruption on day one

Congress, BJP squabble over corruption on day one

Congress, BJP squabble over corruption on day one

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT

Congress legislators picked up from where they had left during the budget session of the state assembly as on day one of the monsoon session on Monday they tried to corner the BJP government over corruption.

HC refuses relief to ex-minister in forgery case

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:06 PM PDT

Himachal Pradesh high court on Monday refused to stay investigation of a cheating and forgery case registered against ex-minister Kuldeep Kumar.

Women commission gets teeth after 12 years

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:06 PM PDT

Chandigarh; With the Haryana assembly passing the Haryana State Commission for Women Bill, 2012, to constitute Haryana State Commission for Women, the 12-year-old watchdog body in the state finally got some teeth.

Drive for inclusion of Sikhism in US school curriculum

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:05 PM PDT

Sikh NGO, United Sikhs, has begun a drive for inclusion of Sikhism in school curriculum in California, USA.

Sarabjit's kin to take signature campaign to Pakistan

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:04 PM PDT

The family had earlier decided to give the cloth and paper bundles to Sarabjit's counsel Awais Sheikh, who is currently on visit to India."Now we are hopeful of getting visa to visit Pakistan in September.

Coalgate: No trust vote, debate it out, Congress tells BJP

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Congress spokesman Manish Tewari took a dig at BJP saying if it was impatient at being out of power, it could bring a no-confidence motion against the government.

Of Indian minorities & illegal migrants

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:26 PM PDT

The violence in Assam is clearly cause for grave concern, and no one will deny that our minorities need solace, understanding and protection from aggression.

Man dies as drunk cop fires during Mary Kom's reception

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT

A rousing reception organized on Sunday for Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom at Churachandpur town in Manipur was marred by the killing of a 64-year-old man by a cop.

Dalit woman beaten up for opposing eve-teaser in Haryana

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:16 PM PDT

A dalit woman was allegedly beaten up in Mohamadpur Rohi village of Haryana's Fatehabad district after she stopped a youth from eve-teasing her daughter.

India has 11th most domestic refugees

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:13 PM PDT

India, dubbed 'the melting pot of cultural diversity', is also home to the world's 11th largest population of 'Internally Displaced People' (IDP).

Firing in Kokrajhar on a day Bajrang Dal calls for bandh

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT

Armed miscreants on Monday night hurled three grenades and set fire to several houses in Pakharital area under Fakiragram police station in the trouble-torn Kokrajhar district.

Court extends hearing date in Ramdev aide cheating case

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT

A CBI special court on Monday fixed November 7 as the next date of hearing in a cheating case involving Balkrishna, a close aide of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, on an appeal made by Balkrishna's advocate that more time was needed to finish paperwork.

Militant hideout busted near Jammu

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Security forces on Sunday busted a militant hideout in Jammu & Kashmir's Ramban district and found a huge cache of arms and ammunition.

No trust vote, no calling off session, says govt

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:04 PM PDT

Congress spokesman Manish Tewari took a dig at BJP saying if it was impatient at being out of power, it could bring a no-confidence motion against the government.

SC admits plea for rehab of youth wrongly arrested in blast cases

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:02 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a PIL seeking rehabilitation of Muslim youth, wrongly arrested and coerced to give confessional statements in the bomb blast cases of Mecca Masjid, Malegaon, Samjhauta Express and Ajmer Sharief.

SC admits petition for rehab of Muslim youth wrongly arrested in blast cases

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:02 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a PIL seeking rehabilitation of Muslim youth, wrongly arrested and coerced to give confessional statements in the bomb blast cases of Mecca Masjid, Malegaon, Samjhauta Express and Ajmer Sharief.

43 Indians in custody of Somali pirates: Govt

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Shipping minister G K Vasan on Monday informed Lok Sabha that 43 Indian citizens were in the custody of Somali pirates.

Vice-Admiral Shekhar Sinha to head Western Naval Command

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:59 PM PDT

The government on Tuesday announced that Vice-Admiral Shekhar Sinha, who was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the naval executive branch in June 1974, will be the new chief of the Western Naval Command in Mumbai.

Ex-Team Anna rift widens as Kiran Bedi continues to back BJP

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Amid signs of a deepening rift former Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Monday continued her public support of BJP accentuating the differences with her colleagues, Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan.

Saudi govt kept Jundal's arrest secret for 16 days, Centre tells SC

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:53 PM PDT

Saudi Arabian authorities did not inform India about the arrest of Mumbai attacks handler Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal for 16 days, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday.

Retirement age for HC judges to be raised to 65 years

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:50 PM PDT

The government on Monday reiterated that it is serious about increasing the retirement age of High Court judges from 62 to 65 years.

No coal block allocated during my tenure: Jaiswal

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:49 PM PDT

Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said no new coal block was given away during his tenure and only allotment letters stuck over the poll code were issued for mines that were decided by the screening committee before he took charge.

No new block, only poll-stuck letters were issued: Jaiswal

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:49 PM PDT

Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said no new coal block was given away during his tenure and only allotment letters stuck over the poll code were issued for mines that were decided by the screening committee before he took charge.

NTRO was missing from govt's initial bid to block inflammatory web content

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT

In a bizarre twist to the government's response earlier this month to contain India's first real cyber challenge, the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) was completely absent from the operation in the initial phase, sources told TOI.

Two killed in Belgaum group clash, curb orders are on

Posted: 27 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Two persons died and over a dozen others injured in a group clash that broke out in Belgaum late on Sunday night. Police have clamped prohibitory orders on the border town.
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