Sunday, September 2, 2012

BJP relents a bit, but truce unlikely

BJP relents a bit, but truce unlikely

BJP relents a bit, but truce unlikely

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:19 PM PDT

Advani said on Sunday, "The NDA has offered to resolve the deadlock if all allotments made are cancelled and the process whereby the screening committee has decided these allocations is subjected to a judicial probe.

Ex-DGP of Gujarat blames cops for Naroda Patia carnage

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT

Former Gujarat police chief P G J Nampoothiri on Sunday said it would have been better if "police action" in the Naroda Patia massacre case of 2002 had also been investigated.

Narendra Modi slams Centre for sluggish growth

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress-led UPA government and "dynastic rule" for the tardy pace of development in the country.

Getting cellphones, drugs easy in Punjab jails

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT

The inmates of Punjab jails seem to enjoy easy access to anything they want, be it cellphones, SIM cards or drugs.

Bansal rules out cancellation of coal block allocations

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:17 PM PDT

Union parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Bansal on Sunday categorically denied that the government would cancel allocation of coal blocks in the wake of the Coalgate scam.

Abolish present criteria of Army recruitment: Badal

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT

Punjab government has urged the Centre to abolish the existing criteria of Army recruitment on the basis of 'recruitable male population' and instead recruit on the basis of capability and merit.

Alagiri son's 'role' gives political twist to scam

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT

The multi-crore granite quarrying scam has acquired a political tinge now that Union minister M K Alagiri's son, Dayanidhi Alagiri, has been named as one among a dozen people wanted in connection with it.

Unmukt got away but would a non-cricketer have been as lucky?

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Sports has been anathema for poor, middle-class and semi-affluent parents who would rather have their children do well in academics, get a job and settle down in life.

Hizb chief echos Geelani’s stand on Amarnath yatra

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT

A day after Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani alleged that the Union government was trying to change the demography of the Valley by promoting the Amarnath pilgrimage, he was joined by Hizbul Mujahideen supreme commander Syed Salahuddin, bringing them on the same page on any issue for the first time.

DSP probing Gujarat police encounters resigns from STF

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:56 PM PDT

Deputy superintendent of police Usha Rada has resigned from the Special Task Force (STF) formed by the Supreme Court to probe the 16 police encounters in Gujarat that took place between 2003 and 2006. Retired Justice H S Bedi heads the STF.

US firm sued in India over pictures of Buddha on shoes

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Haryana police has registered a case against a US-based shoe manufacturing company for hurting the religious sentiments of Buddhists by promoting a range of shoes with Lord Buddha's images.

Case against US firm for Buddha images on shoes

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Haryana police has registered a case against a US-based shoe manufacturing company for hurting the religious sentiments of Buddhists by promoting a range of shoes with Lord Buddha's images.

CBI may question Mayawati aide Shashank Shekhar in NRHM scam

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:32 PM PDT

BSP chief Mayawati's close aide Shashank Shekhar might be in trouble as the CBI has found that the "decision making" in appointment of 100 additional chief medical officers, especially for implementation of the NRHM scheme, involved him and the file went to him for approval when he was cabinet secretary.

Coalgate: Cong, BJP workers clash outside Jaiswal's house

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:29 PM PDT

Several Congress and BJP workers were injured after police resorted to lathi charge outside Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's house here on Sunday when they clashed over the issue of cancellation of coal blocks allotted by UPA government between 2005 and 2009.

Coalgate: Washout looms over monsoon session

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Parliament with no sign of compromise between the government and BJP over Coalgate.

Coalgate: Many private firms not capable of mining, says ex-coal secretary had told CAG

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

The government has defended the delay by some private companies in starting mining in blocks allotted to them by blaming lack of various statutory clearances.

India's largest open cast mine in land row

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

While parliament remains stalled over the CAG report on coal block allocations, a land acquisition row threatens to disrupt production at India's largest open cast coal mine.

Coalgate: India's largest open cast mine in land row

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT

While parliament remains stalled over the CAG report on coal block allocations, a land acquisition row threatens to disrupt production at India's largest open cast coal mine.

22 towns on govt map for infra boost

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT

The central government plans to undertake utility mapping of at least 22 such towns identified by state governments where population growth has been more than average in recent years.

In 8 years, electric vehicles need Rs 12,000 crore subsidy

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:11 PM PDT

The government will need to provide Rs 10,000-Rs 12,000 crore as subsidy to promote use of electricity-powered vehicles in the next eight years, a group of ministers on electric vehicle mobility has said.

No outsider has a role in Afghanistan: Pakistan

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Ahead of the India-Pakistan foreign ministers' dialogue this week, addressing the issue of India' s concerns over the situation in Afghanistan post-2014, Pakistan' s envoy to India Salman Bashir said no outsider had a role in preserving the unity of the war-torn country.

Jayalalithaa suspends official for Sri Lanka soccer match

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

At a time when chief minister J Jayalalithaa is leading a political chorus in Tamil Nadu against India giving military training to Sri Lankan officers, a football team from the island nation played a match in a state government facility, resulting in the suspension of an officer who permitted the event.

Hubli became terror hotbed in last decade

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Terror and Hubli go hand in hand. The arrests of five people on Wednesday with suspected links to Lashkar-e-Taiba and HuJI, indicate how deep-rooted the terror menace is in the commercial capital of North Karnataka.

Karnataka terror plot: 13th suspect held in Hubli terror cells case

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

Investigations into the recently busted two terror muddles in the state received a fillip with Bangalore police arresting the 13th suspect late on Saturday.

Pak control room set up 3 days before 26/11

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal has told investigators that the Karachi control room, from where handlers guided 26/11 terrorists, was set up three days before the attack and was equipped with various gadgets, including laptops and satellite phones.
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