Monday, December 10, 2012

All politicians aren't criminals: Sukhbir Badal

All politicians aren't criminals: Sukhbir Badal

All politicians aren't criminals: Sukhbir Badal

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, who on Monday visited the house of ASI Ravinderpal Singh, who was shot dead by an Akali leader, said all politicians are not criminals.

Central Tibetan Administration invites China teams to prove allegations

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:12 PM PST

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has openly challenged China and has invited Chinese authorities to its headquarters while contradicting allegations leveled by Beijing authorities that Tibetan government-in-exile incites self-immolations in Tibet.

'World governments must respond to Tibet immolations'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:10 PM PST

"World governments cannot simply hope that self-immolations in Tibet will stop of its own," said Gelek Jamyang, president of National Democratic Party of Tibet.

Delhi cops want lie detector test on Zee chief

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:09 PM PST

During the hearing, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police told the court that a lie detector test of Chandra was required to bring the truth on record.

SC refers Zakia Jafri's plea to larger bench

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:48 PM PST

A Supreme Court bench on Monday referred to a larger bench the plea of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri's widow seeking documents on the probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Gulberg Housing Society riot case in Ahmedabad in 2002.

SC to look into hiring in army based on caste, religion

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:46 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea asking it to order the abolishing of the Army's recruitment criteria for its duty soldiers, allegedly based on caste, region and religion.

Raja did not consult me on 2G letter to PM: Ex-official

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:44 PM PST

A former senior official of the department of telecom (DoT) on Monday told a special CBI court that erstwhile telecom minister A Raja had "not consulted" him during preparation of the letter sent to the Prime Minister on December 26, 2007.

Accused SAD leader's nephews booked

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:42 PM PST

Four days after a SAD politician killed a Punjab police cop in Amritsar for stopping him from molesting his daughter, two close relatives of another Akali leader have been booked by the police for firing shots in air at a public place here on Monday.

Despite NCW rap, Bhiwani college remains adamant

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:39 PM PST

Adarsh Mahila College in Bhiwani ruled out any change to its dress code even as the national commission for Women (NCW) lashed out at it on Monday for penalizing girls for wearing jeans.

Bijnore DM withdraws order barring girls from wearing black clothes, jeans

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:37 PM PST

Bijnore DM Sarika Mohan was forced to withdraw her order barring girls from wearing black clothes, including burqas, or tops and jeans to a function attended by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in Rampur on Monday following widespread protest.

Yeddyurappa loyalists could be thrown out

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:32 PM PST

Ruling BJP's 14 MLAs and six MLCs, who shared the dais with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa during the launch of his Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) on Sunday, could be suspended from the party.

Swami Poornanand begins his indefinite fast

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:29 PM PST

Swami Poornanand Sarswati began an indefinite fast in Haridwar to protest against resumption of quarrying and stone crushing in ecologically sensitive areas close to the Ganga in violation of ministry of environment's norms.

Ramachandra Guha takes a dig at Farooq Abdullah

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:27 PM PST

Historian Ramachandra Guha on Monday faulted the Indian political class for lacking sensitivity on ecological sustainability issues.

Manual scavenging: I apologize, PM must do the same, says Jairam

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:17 PM PST

Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh apologised to the nation on the issue of manual scavenging and added that the Prime Minister must too do the same.

Protesters lay siege to Kudankulam N-plant

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:14 PM PST

Fishermen laid siege to the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant from the sea on Monday as they revived their protests against the project.

Rahul Gandhi for more power to local bodies

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:11 PM PST

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday called for delegating power to local bodies, while stating that the UPA government is moving ahead with the implementation of its direct cash transfer scheme for the intended beneficiaries.

After failed rape bid, youth sets minor on fire

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:09 PM PST

In a bizarre crime, a youth attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl inside her house in the presence of her two sisters and grandfather in Alwar's Govindgarh area.

SAD leader booked for beating man to death

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:06 PM PST

Ajnala police in Amritsar booked block general secretary of SAD's Youth Akali Dal (YAD) for abducting and mercilessly beating a young man, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, who died in a hospital on Monday.

Black buck case: Jodhpur court summons Salman, Saif, 3 others

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:53 PM PST

A local court on Monday summoned Bollywood star Salman Khan and four other actors to appear before it on February 4 for the framing of charges in the black buck poaching case.

Over 18 lakh UP employees boycott work

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:51 PM PST

Eighteen lakh Uttar Pradesh government employees boycotted work on Monday in protest against the Centre's attempt to push through the reservation in promotions Bill in Parliament.

Is SC right in shutting our legal rights, asks 2G scam accused

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:18 PM PST

A 2G scam accused on Monday questioned the Supreme Court's strict monitoring of the CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation in 2008 under then telecom minister A Raja.

Smuggling fake currency from Pakistan to India is a terror act: NIA

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:15 PM PST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday told the Supreme Court that bail should not be granted to persons engaged in circulating high value fake Indian currency notes printed in Pakistan as it amounted to an act of terror intended to destabilize India's economy.

Shinde keen to hold all-party meet on Telangana on Dec 28

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:12 PM PST

Shinde told reporters here on Monday that Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress would be among the parties to be invited to the all-party meeting on the Telangana issue.

States fail to spend Rs 30,000 crore allocated for rural schemes

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:10 PM PST

Even as the government promised to dole out Rs 99,000 crore for such schemes in the current fiscal, the states have failed to utilize nearly Rs 30,000 crore meant for various flagship programmes like MGNREGA.

Judges to reveal all on foreign trips

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:08 PM PST

Judges of the Supreme Court and high courts will now have to inform the government about their foreign visits, including the purpose, duration and source of funding.
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