Wednesday, October 31, 2012

‘Reports’ that looked suspiciously like promo for upcoming TV show

‘Reports’ that looked suspiciously like promo for upcoming TV show

‘Reports’ that looked suspiciously like promo for upcoming TV show

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:20 PM PDT

According to the report in Indian Express, Gauri, an NRI girl from London, went missing on October 15 on her way to board a train for Malda, West Bengal, from Old Delhi railway station.

Centre told to act against ‘favoured’ contractors

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Taking up a petition alleging illegal sanction of money in favour of contractors employed for carrying out work under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Rural Mission (JNNURM) in Ludhiana, Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed the Union government to take action in the matter within two months.

Haldia Bulk Terminals walks out, Bengal loses out in Haldia mess

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:51 PM PDT

After a month-long impasse, riddled with complaints of violence, cargo handling firm Haldia Bulk Terminals on Wednesday announced it was quitting Haldia port because of unsafe work conditions.

Deepa Das Munshi turns heat on infra projects in Bengal

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:36 PM PDT

The Trinamool Congress-run state government could land in further mess with the Centre deciding to put on hold the release of Rs 600 crore for infrastructure development in Bengal under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission projects.

Pakistan applies brake on Bhagat Singh chowk in Lahore

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT

District administration chief Noorul Amin Mengal, who made the decision to rename the roundabout, came down hard on officials of his department for not placing a board inscribed with "Bhagat Singh Chowk" at the spot.

Govt sets up tribunals but forgets to allot houses: SC

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Two benches of the Supreme Court are dealing with one issue – the laxity on the part of the Centre to provide accommodation and office space to chairpersons of tribunals, including the National Green Tribunal and the inter-state river water dispute tribunal.

BJP taunts 'love guru’ Tharoor

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT

With Shashi Tharoor suggesting that Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, who described the junior HRD minister's wife Sunanda Pushkar as "50 crore girlfriend'', may be incapable of loving somebody, the BJP said on Wednesday that the Kerala MP should be made minister for love affairs.

Selja to focus on new schemes for weaker sections

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Union social justice minister Selja said her focus would be on new initiatives for weaker sections to strengthen UPA's leadership for the next election.

Secularism is part of our ethos: Gulzar

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:46 PM PDT

Noted lyricist Gulzar said he inherited secular values from his father who lived the devastation of partition but stayed true to humanist values.

Breast cancer becoming common among 30-year-old Indian women: Study

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:44 PM PDT

In the most definitive evidence confirming how breast cancer is being diagnosed among younger women, a 12-year-long analysis by the premiere AIIMS has found that nearly one in 10 women, who visited the hospital between 2000 and 2011 afflicted with the disease, was younger than 35 years.

Breast cancer becoming common among 30-year-old Indian women: Study

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:44 PM PDT

In the most definitive evidence confirming how breast cancer is being diagnosed among younger women, a 12-year-long analysis by the premiere AIIMS has found that nearly one in 10 women, who visited the hospital between 2000 and 2011 afflicted with the disease, was younger than 35 years.

At Rs 2.53L cr, Maharashtra most debt-ridden state

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:21 PM PDT

Once an exemplar of financial soundness, Maharashtra now has the dubious distinction of being the most debt-ridden state in the country.

Man who blew lid off Maharashtra irrigation scam seeks VRS

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:19 PM PDT

Vijay Pandhare, the Nashik-based irrigation department whistle-blower, is believed to have sought voluntary retirement on Wednesday.

Himachal polls: My father brought computers, we brought FDI, Rahul says

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Fearing backlash in HP polls on his government's FDI policy that has received widespread criticism from the Opposition parties, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi batted for the new reform while craftily comparing it to "the IT revolution his father had introduced in the late 80s".

Pastors seek to squeeze Good Friday in gazetted holiday list

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:40 PM PDT

Christian community, which takes credit for making Shimla a renowned town and setting up convent schools in the township, is looking for some space in the state official gazette. It wants Good Friday holiday.

SC relief for BJP leader in Rajasthan in fake encounter

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT

BJP legislator and the party's chief whip in Rajasthan assembly Rajendra Singh Rathore got interim reprieve from being arrested in the six-year-old Dara Singh fake encounter case as the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the high court order quashing his discharge.

Outrage on Twitter over businessman’s arrest

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:21 PM PDT

The arrest of a Pondicherry-based businessman on Tuesday for posting "offensive" tweets against Karti Chidambaram, son of Union finance minister P Chidambaram, has again stoked the free speech and Internet governance debate.

Industrialist arrested for tweet that ‘offended’ Chidambaram’s son

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:17 PM PDT

An industrialist was arrested on Tuesday on charges of posting "offensive remarks" on Union finance minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram on micro-blogging site Twitter.

TV digitization deadline ends, Chennai gets relief

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:16 PM PDT

The deadline set by the government for switchover to digital TV in four metro cities ended on Wednesday making a blackout imminent for those who have not installed set top boxes (STBs).

SGPC pays homage to Indira’s killer

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Wednesday paid homage to Beant Singh, one of the killers of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.

New world record for planting trees in Leh

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The high altitude cold desert was the site of a huge plantation drive, massive enough to set a new world record.

New world record for planting trees in Leh

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The high altitude cold desert was the site of a huge plantation drive, massive enough to set a new world record.

‘Why nuclear liability waiver for Russian company’

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Attorney general G E Vahanvati has reservations over the ministry of external affairs' backing for grant of a nuclear liability law waiver to the Russian manufacturer for Units 3 and 4 of Kudankulam nuclear power plant on the ground that while this could be legal under a 2008 inter-governmental agreement, it might not be prudent.

Amarnath yatra cultural invasion, Geelani says

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT

Syed Ali Shah Geelani termed the Amarnath Yatra as a "cultural invasion" and blamed the government of India for using the holy pilgrimage as a means to extend its cultural invasion and impose its ideology on Kashmiris.

Lt Gen set to move Army court on Suhag elevation

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:03 PM PDT

The deep fissures within Army's top brass continue to fester with a lieutenant general planning to move the Armed Forces Tribunal against the decision to appoint Lt Gen Dalbir Suhag as the Eastern Army Commander.
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