Monday, September 24, 2012

Bailout, but no reform, for indebted power distributors

Bailout, but no reform, for indebted power distributors


Bailout, but no reform, for indebted power distributors

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:56 AM PDT

India is set to offer a bailout to its cash-strapped power distributors that would help restructure more than $35 billion in debt but do little to reform a sector whose dysfunction has exacerbated the...


No contract was given to dispose of Bhopal toxic waste: German firm

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:30 AM PDT

A German firm has claimed that it withdrew its offer to dispose of 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas disaster site because it did not receive any contract to do the job from the Indian or ...


Foodgrain output projected to decline by 10 per cent: Pawar

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 02:18 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjee does an Anna Hazare; invites people on Facebook for Delhi rally on Oct 1

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:09 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjee, newly in the opposition, will lead a rally of her Trinamool Congress in Delhi on Monday next to protest against the decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand r...


Woman arrested for posing as ISRO scientist in Bangalore

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 01:08 AM PDT

A woman in Bangalore has been arrested after she was found carrying a fake ID card that allowed her to enter the headquarters of the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) in Bangalore. The ID ...


High-scoring students in Tamil Nadu get help from Supreme Court

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:57 AM PDT

The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of general category students in Tamil Nadu and asked the state to create additional seats in educational institutions, particularly those in medicine.


J&K: Sarpanch gunned down by suspected militants

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:39 AM PDT

No roaming charges from next year, says government

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:27 AM PDT

India-bound Samjhauta Express' engine catches fire in Pakistan

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:24 PM PDT

Agree with diesel price hike but was misquoted on FDI, says Arun Shourie

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:49 PM PDT

After kicking up a minor political storm for supporting the prime minister's decision to hike diesel prices and allow foreign investment in retail, senior BJP leader Arun Shourie said on Monday that h...


Nine dead in stampede at religious function in Jharkhand

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:12 PM PDT

Naveen Patnaik denies meeting Congress leaders in Delhi

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Refuting allegation of his meeting Congress leaders in Delhi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday promised to take 'proper' steps against companies if any corruption by them is detected in ...


Cabinet meets today; may cut sugar subsidy, hike dearness allowance for Government employees

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 08:22 PM PDT

Landslides, heavy rains claim 27 lives in Sikkim, Assam

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 07:26 PM PDT

Landslides triggered by heavy rains claimed 27 lives, including those of ITBP and BRO personnel in Sikkim, even as flood situation in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh deteriorated with vast areas reeling u...


Angry teachers show slippers to Nitish Kumar

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 07:11 PM PDT

Three Rajdhani trains stopped for hours by BJP leader in Jharkhand

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 07:05 PM PDT

For four hours today, three Rajdhani trains from Delhi were stranded in different places in Jharkhand because a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and his supporters sat on railway tracks, holding them hostag...


Katju appeals to Pakistan for Sarabjit's release

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju today appealed to the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan to release Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row for over two decades there...


Father kills himself after Dalit daughter's gang-rape, MMS

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT

Claiming breakthrough in the alleged gangrape of a teenage Dalit girl in Hisar, which prompted her father to commit suicide, police said it has arrested one accused who revealed there were 11 others i...


Two arrested for allegedly raping two Delhi University students

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Two Delhi University students were allegedly raped by three men after being offered drinks laced with sedatives at a get-together in Bawana area in Delhi.


Teacher arrested for sexually assaulting students in Odisha

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 09:21 AM PDT

A government schoolteacher was arrested on Sunday for allegedly having unnatural sex and showing obscene visuals to students from Internet sites in Odisha's Nayagarh district, official sources said.


I have unfinished business in Maharashtra: Prithviraj Chavan to NDTV

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 07:52 AM PDT

Amid speculation of a cabinet reshuffle, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told NDTV that he has unfinished business in Maharashtra and that portfolios back with the congress will go to oth...


Army jawan killed in a blast in Kapurthala

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 07:41 AM PDT

An Army jawan was killed and two others were seriously injured today in an accidental blast that took place in a barrack in the cantonment area in Punjab's Kapurthala, about 56 kms from state capital ...


FDI in retail: LK Advani slams Prime Minister for laying 'red carpet' for Walmart

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 06:21 AM PDT

Slamming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, BJP leader LK Advani today said the red carpet was being rolled out for Walmart when it faced protests even...


Anna Hazare rejects Arvind Kejriwal's offer to return erstwhile Team Anna's funds

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 05:59 AM PDT

Anna Hazare will be back with us in three-four months, says Arvind Kejriwal

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 05:06 AM PDT

For the first time after splitting from Anna Hazare, anti-graft activist Arvind Kejriwal today led a protest against hike in power tariffs, alleging that the Delhi government and private discoms were ...


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