Sunday, September 30, 2012

Tamil Nadu granite scam: Scam points to collusion by officials

Tamil Nadu granite scam: Scam points to collusion by officials

Tamil Nadu granite scam: Scam points to collusion by officials

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:41 PM PDT

The sound of explosions in granite quarries and the unending clatter inside cutting and polishing units in rural Madurai has stopped.

Tamil Nadu wakes up to granite plunder

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:36 PM PDT

Aflock of wild grey pigeons flutters against the white bedrock of the hill and the emerald green pool of water. But nature's beauty is deceptive. The water pond, now a few hundred feet deep, is a granite quarry.

No truth in Punjab's charge on drought package, says Jairam Ramesh

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:47 PM PDT

The Centre on Sunday rejected Punjab's charge that it was "deliberately denying" the state drought package in the wake of deficient monsoon rains.

Dalits break caste barrier, enter 120-year-old Tamil Nadu temple

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:45 PM PDT

More than 1,500 dalits and an equal number of CPM activists gathered at Kalapatti Bazaar and took out a huge procession before entering the temple premises.

Dalits break caste barrier, enter 120-yr-old temple

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:45 PM PDT

It was a defining moment for Coimbatore's dalits when several of them entered the 120-year-old Mariamman temple at Kalapatti for the first time on Sunday with the support of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) and CPM activists.

Punjab govt to start paddy procurement from today

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:41 PM PDT

Though wheat from the previous season has not been lifted from mandis, the state government is promising that paddy would be lifted within 72 hours of purchase.

GRP cops on 'kick the bottle' mission in Patiala

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:36 PM PDT

'Patiala peg' has landed 58 Government Railway Police personnel in a tough camp at Patiala's Railway Police Lines.

Lahore chowk named after Bhagat Singh

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:33 PM PDT

Pakistan govt has finally renamed Shadman Chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk in Lahore as a mark of respect to the martyr and an acknowledgement of his role in the struggle against British rule.

Khap panchayat bars couple from village

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:31 PM PDT

A social panchayat of Yadav community representing 21 villages of Rewari district, has imposed lifetime ban on a couple's entry to the village and also boycotted their respective families.

Upgrade tech to intercept GenNext websites: IB to telecom companies

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT

The IB has requested the DoT to instruct all telecom companies to upgrade their software to intercept websites using web 2.0 technology like Facebook.

Special drive to boost minorities’ strength in paramilitary

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:29 PM PDT

The Centre has decided to launch a special drive to ensure adequate representation of minority communities in paramilitary forces. Besides, the government is also going to strengthen the number of women in the security forces.

Water project along India-China frontier resumed

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:25 PM PDT

After being stalled due to threats from the Chinese side of Line of Actual Control, work on an irrigation project along the Indus river in the border town of Nyoma in north of Jammu and Kashmir has resumed with additional security cover provided by Indian forces.

Coast Guard’s tender for 11 choppers scrapped

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Coast Guard's plan to boost its maritime surveillance capabilities will have to wait as the Defence Ministry has scrapped its tender to procure 16 light helicopters.

Mobiles to blame for BSF suicides: Officer

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:06 PM PDT

Mobile phones are to blame for rising suicides in the Border Security Force as it lets the troopers know about problems in their families, at times causing intense depression, an officer said on Sunday.

Shinde to visit forward areas along India-Pakistan border in Punjab, J&K

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will visit Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir next week to review security situation in forward areas along the India-Pak border.

Dalits see smallest rise in wages

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT

When it comes to actual wages, dalit remained the second worst paid after herdsmen, who were the only category earning less than Rs 100 a day till March.

Sharad Yadav's no to no-trust motion against UPA govt

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:19 PM PDT

JD (U) national president Sharad Yadav has said Congress president Sonia Gandhi should take disciplinary action against some of her party ministers and MPs whose names have figured in coalgate scam.

All Jharkhand ministers, officials corrupt: Inder Singh Namdhari

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Former Jharkhand speaker and Chatra MP Inder Singh Namdhari, lamenting the state of probity in public life here, said no minister or official can say that he does not take bribe.

President Pranab Mukherjee prefers 'Sri' to 'his excellency'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT

The presidential secretariat has amended the contents of the invitation card for the 4th convocation of Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU) to be addressed by President Pranab Mukherjee on October 3.

Progress claims contrived,distorted: Purnia BJP MP

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:55 PM PDT

On Sunday, even as chief minister Nitish Kumar was addressing a well-attended 'Adhikar sammelan' at Kishanganj, barely 50km away at Purnia, BJP MP Uday Singh launched a broadside against the state government at a mammoth turnout of people at the much-hyped but controversial 'Vedana Pradarshan' at the local Rangbhoomi Maidan.

India accounts for just 3.5% of global research output

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT

At a time when India is being looked at as the next big knowledge superpower, this could come as a shocker. Just 3.5% of global research output in 2010 was from India.

Congress weeklies to update leaders on policy, politics

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT

A newsletter, prepared by Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, would seek to inform partymen every week on global policy issues with brief capsules.

Chronic diseases haunt Indians over 50

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:10 PM PDT

A prevalence of risk factors study by the WHO conducted this year among males and females aged 50 or older across six countries, including India, has some worrying findings for Indians.

India to pip China in centenarians’ count, UN report says

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT

A report, brought out jointly by United Nations Population Fund and Help Age International, says India will beat China hands down in the number of centenarians.

Study finds poor access to pain-relieving cancer drugs in India

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT

A global survey has revealed that several countries, including India, have failed to ensure adequate access to pain-relieving drugs to cancer patients.
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