Monday, October 1, 2012

TOI Social Impact Awards: Celebrate the changemakers

TOI Social Impact Awards: Celebrate the changemakers

TOI Social Impact Awards: Celebrate the changemakers

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:55 PM PDT

The second edition of 'The Times of India Social Impact Awards', in partnership with J P Morgan, for the movers & shakers of the voluntary sector kicks off.

NCW team meets Hisar gang rape victim, family

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:47 PM PDT

Three members of National Commission for Women (NCW) -- Shamina Shafi, Hemlata Kheria and advocate Kuwarjeet Singh -- visited Dabra village on Monday and met the family of gang rape victim.

Jind gang rape victim's family vacates rented house

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:44 PM PDT

The family of gang rape victim in Pillu Khera town of Jind district vacated the rented accommodation on Monday, after the railway issued strict directions to its employees not to rent out the official premises to outsiders.

Death of 2 schoolgirls: Shimla Police register suicide abetment case

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Working on some leads gained from the inquest proceedings, Shimla police has now registered a suicide abetment case against the authorities of Convent of Jesus and Mary school, whose two girl students were found dead under mysterious circumstances hours after their class teacher had punished them.

Cop inaction in kidnapping case fuels unrest in Faridkot

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:30 PM PDT

Mukesh Tandon The failure of police to trace a minor girl, abducted a week ago, is fuelling unrest among villagers here.

'Save girl child' campaign dons folk flavour in Shimla

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Giving a fresh momentum to save the girl child campaign, over 2,000 girls, gathered here on a single platform from different parts of India and neighbouring Bangladesh, on Monday.

Briton arrested for funding to create terror cells

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:20 PM PDT

Jalandhar Commissionerate police has arrested a 60 years old British citizen, Jaswant Singh Azad, on the basis of "credible information" claiming that he was working to create sleeper cells.

TOI Social Impact Awards: It’s time to salute India’s silent heroes once again

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:23 PM PDT

TOI proposes to invite online nominations through a dedicated website. The website, which goes online today, is an interactive forum with space for debate on various developmental issues.

RTI activist blunts Narendra Modi’s Sonia jibe

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:17 PM PDT

Modi had egg on his face when activist Ramesh Verma said he had not procured any information on Sonia's foreign tours through RTI.

Trinamool MP KD Singh leaves his stamp on Mamata rally

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Rajya Sabha MP K D Singh who was a little known face of the party so far turned into a "neta" (leader) on Monday after a successfully organizing a fairly good crowd for party chief Mamata Banerjee's protest rally.

Trinamool MP KD Singh leaves his stamp on Mamata rally

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Rajya Sabha MP K D Singh who was a little known face of the party so far turned into a "neta" (leader) on Monday after a successfully organizing a fairly good crowd for party chief Mamata Banerjee's protest rally.

Anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project activists to observe Kudankulam Day today

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Anti-Kudankulam nuclear plant activists will observe this year's Gandhi Jayanti as Kudankulam Day, and hold a rally at Shanghumugham and form a human chain on the beach.

JVM-P snaps ties with UPA at Centre

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:08 PM PDT

The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) on Monday announced the withdrawal of its support to the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.

J&K govt denies issuing orders to block YouTube, Facebook; blames snag

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Internet users in Kashmir have been unable to access YouTube for the last four days while popular social networking site Facebook has been accessible intermittently.

More J&K panchayat chiefs resign

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT

The panchayat chiefs in the Valley continue to issue advertisements announcing their resignation from the post through advertisements in local newspapers.

Five terrorists killed in J&K

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:58 PM PDT

Security forces claimed to have killed five Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in an encounter at Wanghat in Jammu & Kashmir Ganderbal district on Monday.

Gadkari files defamation case against Digvijaya Singh

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:55 PM PDT

BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint before a trial court against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for accusing him of having business links with his party MP Ajay Sancheti.

Dalit woman sarpanch assaulted in Haryana

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:52 PM PDT

A 37-year-old dalit woman sarpanch was assaulted on Sunday when she was presiding over a meeting to broker peace between two groups fighting over distribution of land for poor families at Aambwalan village in Haryana's Yamunanagar district.

Brar assailants had 'long beards': Scotland Yard

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:48 PM PDT

According to Brar, a mobile phone had been recovered from the scene, which may help lead the police to the assailants.

Bapu and his three plain vanilla portraits

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Visitors to government offices greeted by the ubiquitous portraits of Gandhi might wonder why the many fascinating flavours of the Mahatma have been distilled into just three plain vanilla pictures.

CAG not a ‘munimji’ of govt’s balance sheet: SC

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:42 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Monday snubbed an attempt to restrain the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) from commenting on the merits of government's policy decisions, asserting that the top federal auditor was not supposed to be the traditional Munimji.

Operation Blue Star hero Lt Gen Brar survives attack in London

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:27 PM PDT

The assailants tried to slit his throat with kirpans but he fought back until his wife raised alarm and people rushed to help.

Bangladesh pledges to curb fake currency notes racket

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT

Dhaka has promised to New Delhi that it will take some comprehensive steps, including arming its border forces with ultra-violet money scanners to detect fake Indian currency notes.

Govt may make it mandatory for drug companies to furnish periodic production reports

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:18 PM PDT

The department of pharmaceuticals (DoP) may soon make it mandatory for drug companies to reveal their periodic production reports to prove they aren't cutting down on volume of essential drugs.

JPC meet on telecom put off over BJP walkouts

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 03:15 PM PDT

The meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on telecom scheduled for Wednesday has been put off with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar expected to discuss repeated walkouts by BJP with the party leaders.
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