Monday, October 29, 2012

Hope flows by north India's only islanders

Hope flows by north India's only islanders


Hope flows by north India's only islanders

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:00 PM PDT

Over the decades, Kuther's inhabitants have quietly collected their fish nets and parked their country boats on shorelines of the Maharana Pratap Sagar Dam, popularly known as Pong Dam.


Toxins found in hand pump water in Punjab village

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:55 PM PDT

Arsenic, a carcinogen, has been detected in water released from hand pumps in the Basant Nagar area of Phagwara.


Faridkot abduction: Girl found pregnant, rape charges slapped on accused

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Faridkot police on Monday slapped rape charges on Nishan Singh after it medical tests revealed that the minor girl he had kidnapped was four-week pregnant.


Govt faces all-round criticism for Jaipal Reddy’s removal

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:31 PM PDT

Jaipal Reddy's removal from the petroleum ministry fuelled further attacks on the government from the opposition parties and India Against Corruption.


Gadkari cancels Himachal poll campaign

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

BJP president Nitin Gadkari has cancelled his planned trip to poll-bound Himachal Pradesh for working out legal strategies regarding a "villification" campaign against him by a section of the media.


Easy Pak visas for Punjab, Haryana HC lawyers

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:48 PM PDT

Punjab and Haryana high court lawyers wishing to visit Pakistan can now get one-year multiple entry visas without any hassles.


Modi slams PM, calls him ‘maun-mohan’

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:42 PM PDT

Narendra Modi on Monday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, calling him "Maun-Mohan Singh".


Cong, CPM attack Mamata on Haldia port impasse

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:40 PM PDT

The Mamata Banerjee government came under joint attack from the Congress and the CPM on Monday, with both accused it of letting the Haldia port imbroglio slip out of hand.


Oz MP to table ‘Genocide plea’ in parliament

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:38 PM PDT

An Australian federal member of parliament has decided to make the Australian government acknowledge the violence in Punjab in 1984 as genocide against the Sikh community.


Nephews gun down SAD ex-MLA in Moga

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Former MLA of Shiromani Akali Dal Malkit Singh Keetu was shot dead allegedly by his two nephews outside his house in Bilaspur village of Moga district early Monday morning.


Ramdev to campaign against Cong in Gujarat

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said on Monday he would campaign against the Congress in poll-bound Gujarat.


Occult way of life in Assam village

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:31 PM PDT

Award-winning film critic-turned-filmmaker Utpal Borpujari says the myth of Mayong needs to be studied from a scientific point of view.


1 lakh complaints against ragging in a year

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:29 PM PDT

In July this year, the government's anti-ragging campaign underwent a few changes. The UGC appointed the Aman Satya Kachroo Trust to monitor the programme for a year.


Boeing bags $1bn IAF chopper deal

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:26 PM PDT

US defence major Boeing has won the deal to supply 15 heavy-lift helicopters to the Indian Air Force defeating its rival Russian Mi-26 in the tender expected to be worth around one billion dollars.


Man posing as Army officer held in Jammu

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT

A 26-year-old-man, who had been posing as an army officer and availed facilities at a Chandigarh army hospital, has been arrested from Jammu.


Whistleblower on Maharashtra dams in legal tangle

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:12 PM PDT

An RTI activist from the city who unearthed information on the long-pending dam projects in Maharashtra has been served a notice asking him to prove that he is the owner of the single piece of land that he owns.

Govt targets RTI activist over queries that bared dam mess

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:12 PM PDT

An RTI activist from the city who unearthed information on the long-pending dam projects in Maharashtra has been served a notice asking him to prove that he is the owner of the single piece of land that he owns.


IAC activists threatened in Farrukhabad

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:04 PM PDT

An unidentified group had allegedly threatened and abused a group of India Against Corruption (IAC) activists campaigning in Farrukhabad on Monday.


Rajiv Gandhi assassination video suppressed, claims book

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:52 PM PDT

A probe officer in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case K Ragothaman claims that the then IB chief, M K Narayanan, had "suppressed a vital piece of evidence".

Karnataka confirms bird flu outbreak

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:45 PM PDT

The Karnataka government on Monday said that tests had confirmed that the 206 chicken and 17 ducks that died at the Central Poultry Development Organization at Hesaraghatta near Bangalore were affected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus.


Bid to make India teleport hub to attract foreign investment

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:42 PM PDT

The government on Monday said it is working towards making the country a global teleport hub which will bring foreign investment.


Govt’s Naxalite outreach plan to rope in local communities

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:38 PM PDT

The Planning Commission has recommended an ambitious makeover for the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Maoist-hit districts, by suggesting that it be clubbed with the Backward Rural Grants Fund.


ONGC well leaking gas off Andhra coast

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:36 PM PDT

A possible environmental bomb is ticking in the Bay of Bengal off the Andhra coast. A well drilled through the ocean bed by state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for pumping natural gas has been leaking for the last two months, spewing methane into air.


80% consent must if land acquired for private projects

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:28 PM PDT

The land acquisition amendment bill may stipulate that 80% landowners should agree for government to acquire land for private projects.


No intention to regulate media: Manish Tewari

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari said his ministry's job was not to regulate the media, but to ensure a level-playing field for everyone.


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