Thursday, November 1, 2012

Isro's centre in Ahmedabad helped track Sandy

Isro's centre in Ahmedabad helped track Sandy

Isro's centre in Ahmedabad helped track Sandy

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 05:15 PM PDT

Isro's Oscat radio scatterometer on board its 960kg Oceansat-2 remote sensing satellite had tracked ocean surface winds of Sandy that wrought havoc in US.

India to ask Pak to act on pending Interpol notices

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:06 PM PDT

India will next week ask Pakistan to act on all pending Interpol Red Corner Notices (RCNs) that have been issued by the global police body against terrorists and other criminals, including the 26\11 terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and 1993 Mumbai blasts' kingpin Dawood Ibrahim, over the years.

SC rejects PIL seeking stricter norms for cell phone towers

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:01 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking stricter radiation norms for cell phone towers, saying the regulatory mechanism framed by the government two months ago must be given a chance to prove itself.

Congress using CBI for political gains: Mamata

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 03:43 PM PDT

As a firebrand opposition leader, Mamata Banerjee had demanded a CBI inquiry into almost every incident in which the erstwhile Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government was in a spot.

Govt weakening democratic institutions: Ex-Army chief Gen V K Singh

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Ex-Army chief Gen V K Singh on Thursday accused the Congress-led UPA government of weakening institutions while calling upon the people to elect honest leaders for true democracy'' at an opposition Indian National Lok Dal rally in Haryana's Rewari town.

LPG price hike a UPA 'gift' for women on Karva Chauth: Advani

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:42 PM PDT

Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday said that by increasing the price of non-subsidized LPG cylinders by a further Rs 26, the UPA government has given another "gift" to women ahead of Karva Chauth.

'Honouring Indira's assassins an anti-national act'

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:38 PM PDT

Yudhvir Rana Paying homage to the assassin of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has drawn flak from both Congress and BJP.

I-card to be must for train journey

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PDT

Railway passengers of all classes and categories will soon have to show their identity cards while undertaking a journey.

Woman doctor caught carrying out illegal abortion

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:32 PM PDT

Pardeep Rai | tnn A joint team of police and health department carried out a "sting operation" on Wednesday to nab a woman doctor for allegedly conducting an illegal abortion.

Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences doctors on strike due to non-payment of salaries

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:31 PM PDT

Health services were paralyzed at Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after doctors went on strike on Thursday due to non-payment of their salaries for the last four months.

Sultan of Oman to be chief guest at Republic Day

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:21 PM PDT

Sultan Qaboos Said bin Said, ruler of Oman, will be the chief guest at the next Republic Day, putting a seal on a bilateral relationship that is almost unique in the region.

India seeks info on chopper deal fixer from Italy

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:20 PM PDT

The AgustaWestland chopper deal is starting to kick up a storm with the foreign ministry summoning Italian envoy to India and asking him to ensure Rome shares more information about the identity of the alleged middlemen in the deal.

Congress calls mega meet to meet 2014 challenges

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Congress organizational and government managers will deliberate on three years of UPA-2 in a first-of-its-kind "dialogue meeting", an assessment exercise aimed at thrashing out a response to challenges ahead of the 2014 polls.

Cabinet withdraws amendments in RTI

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Following UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's intervention and civil society protests the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to withdraw draft amendments it had proposed to the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Netas try to escape RTI stick

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:15 PM PDT

In a hearing before the Central Information Commission some parties came up with several creative excuses to exempt themselves from coming under the ambit of the RTI Act.

Bibi Jagir Kaur gets bail in daughter abduction case

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:13 PM PDT

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday granted ruling SAD leader and former minister Bibi Jagir Kaur bail, six months after a special CBI court had sentenced her to five-year imprisonment for abducting and forcing her daughter to undergo abortion.

Ex-servicemen status for retd paramilitary troops

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:11 PM PDT

The Cabinet on Thursday passed a proposal moved by the home ministry to declare retired personnel from Central Armed Police Forces as "ex-central police personnel" and extend them several benefits that ex-servicemen from the armed forces get.

CRPF wants LPG at subsidized rate

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:10 PM PDT

The CRPF and other central armed police forces are demanding LPG cylinders at subsidized rate. The demand was part of the agenda of a CRPF senior officers' conference held here on Thursday.

‘Muslim men have no unrestricted power for talaq’

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:09 PM PDT

The Jammu and Kashmir high court has held that a Muslim man's power to divorce his wife is not "unrestricted or unqualified".

5 MPs stuck as flight delayed for 2 hours

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:06 PM PDT

A Kolkata-bound flight with over 100 passengers, including five MPs, on-board was delayed for almost two hours at Mumbai on Thursday, as the crew that was to fly them was unable to arrive in time from Goa.

1L face TV blackout in 3 metros from next week

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Kolkata residents, who are yet to switch to digital set top boxes, can expect blank screens after the weekend. The information and broadcasting ministry plans to begin phased blackout in Kolkata to ensure that viewers switch to digital TV over the next few days.

Kudankulam another Bhopal in waiting: Chomsky

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Throwing his weight behind the anti-nuclear plant activists, renowned cognitive scientist and professor of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky, said "Kudankulam could be another Bhopal disaster in waiting."

No mobiles for girls: Rajasthan panchayat

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:56 PM PDT

A community panchayat in Rajasthan has unanimously favoured prohibiting girls from using personal mobile phones in order to ensure that they do not get involved with boys.

Break hands, legs of rapists: Sharad Yadav

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:29 PM PDT

JD(U) president and MP Sharad Yadav on Thursday exhorted the khap panchayats to "break the hands and legs of persons who dare to rape and sexually exploit dalit girls."

Sharad Yadav asks khaps to maim rapists

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:29 PM PDT

JD(U) president and MP Sharad Yadav on Thursday exhorted the khap panchayats to "break the hands and legs of persons who dare to rape and sexually exploit dalit girls."
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