Monday, January 31, 2011

Cop deployed to guard man molests his daughter

Cop deployed to guard man molests his daughter

Cop deployed to guard man molests his daughter

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:21 PM PST

A Haryana cop who was deployed in security of a witness in a murder case attempted to molest the nine-year-old daughter of the witness at his house in Madina village of Sonipat district.

Second AI flight with 280 Indians from Egypt reaches Mumbai

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:33 PM PST

280 Indians stranded in strife-torn Egypt landed in Mumbai early Tuesday on a special flight. This was second flight by AI to bring back Indians stuck in Egypt. 320 Indians were evacuated on Monday.

A Gandhian inspired by patriotic songs

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:42 PM PST

Dressed in a white dhoti with only a cotton cloth covering his bare chest on a winter morning, Sham Lal stands out in the crowd. An advocate of non-violent and corruption-free society, his thoughts are as different as his appearance.

Tibetans may be buying benami land,benami land, says report

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST

It is not the first time that Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the third highest spiritual leader of the Tibetan community, has courted controversy since his arrival in India in 2000.

RSS man seeks FIR against CBI, magazine over confession leak

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:22 PM PST

Devendra Gupta, an RSS functionary and also an accused in Ajmer blast case, on Monday moved a trial court seeking registration of an FIR against CBI and Tehelka magazine for making public the confessional statement of Swami Aseemanand.

Shot at life: All newborns to get hepatitis-B vaccine

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:20 PM PST

All children born in India will now get a vaccine shot against Hepatitis B - the cause of 80% of all liver cancer and about 1% of all adult deaths.

Defence estate dept’s vigilance chief under lens for land sale

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:17 PM PST

Call it a mere coincidence, or a sign of the deep rot. Role of the chief of vigilance of defence estates department is under the scanner in the controversial NOC given by military authorities for the sale of a plot to Kalpataru builders in Maharashtra.

Raja quizzed on change in auction norms for 2G

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:14 PM PST

Arrests in the 2G spectrum scam seem to be on the cards with the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioning former telecom minister A Raja about his role in changing acceptance dates for bids by private firms for the scarce airwaves.

'Ministers favouring tobacco firms on pictorial warnings’

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:06 PM PST

The Union Cabinet extended the period for rotation of pictorial warnings on tobacco packets from one year to two years because of recommendations of a GoM, some of whom had links to tobacco lobby, an NGO claimed before the Supreme Court on Monday.

‘Maoist’ nabbed from Trinamool relief camp

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:59 PM PST

Two suspected Maoists, one of whom is accused in the Silda EFR camp massacre, were arrested from a relief camp run by Trinamool Congress in Midnapore town on Monday afternoon.

Posco: Orissa to begin land acquisition soon

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:48 PM PST

Enthused by the Centre's nod to Korean steel giant Posco's mega-steel plant, the Orissa government on Monday said it would soon resume land acquisition at the project site.

HC firm on shutting down polluting Tirupur dyeing units

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:40 PM PST

The Madras High Court on Monday declined to alter its order directing closure of all dyeing and bleaching units in the hosiery town of Tirupur for causing pollution despite its earlier directives.

HRD min & state govts spar over site of Central varsities

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:36 PM PST

The location of Central universities in Bihar and Kerala has become a prestige issue between the HRD ministry and the state governments.

Rahul Gandhi supports foreign education bill

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi came out in full support of the Foreign Education Providers' Bill on Monday in the meeting of Parliament's Standing Committee on ministry of human resource development.

Govt set to shift stand on leak of Radia tapes

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST

The Centre on Monday appeared set to change its "we are not to be blamed" stand on leakage of Niira Radia tapes and tell the Supreme Court that the government was duty-bound to keep secret the intercepted telephone conversations between her and others, including industrialist Ratan Tata.

320 back from Cairo, 200 expected on next flight

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:28 PM PST

Cut off from the world for days and battling looters on Cairo streets since anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters captured the main city square, a planeload of 320 harried Indians were evacuated from the Egyptian capital on Monday and flown to Mumbai.

Panel names officials for lapses in 2G spectrum allocation

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:23 PM PST

The one-man panel instituted by telecom minister Kapil Sibal to examine procedures for allocation of 2G spectrum between 2001 and 2009 has identified officials responsible for lapses in allocation of licences.

Posco, India`s biggest FDI project, finally cleared by Jairam

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:21 PM PST

The environment ministry on Monday gave its clearance to the Rs 50,000-crore Posco integrated steel plant in Orissa on Monday, relenting on its tough insistence on absolute compliance with environment laws.

67 medical colleges gave norms the go-by

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST

The ministry of health and family welfare has allowed as many as 67 ayurveda, unani and siddha medical colleges to admit students, despite the central regulatory body finding them not meeting even a watered-down standard imposed last year.

Shunglu panel gives interim CWG report

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:08 PM PST

The V K Shunglu committee submitted an interim report to the Prime Minister's Office on bungling and swindles that marked the Delhi Commonwealth Games last year and the report will be placed on an official website on Tuesday evening.

Cong, DMK form panel on seat-sharing

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST

Congress and DMK will form a committee to discuss seat-sharing for assembly elections, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi said on Monday. The CM made the announcement after meeting Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for over half-an-hour to discuss the modalities of seat-sharing.

Speaker, Pranab to try and end stalemate

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:58 AM PST

Speaker Meira Kumar will meet political parties on February 7 and Congress troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee will again brainstorm with them the following day in stepped-up efforts to break the parliamentary deadlock ahead of the budget session.

Chill to spill over into the Budget session?

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:56 AM PST

Parliament's budget session will begin on February 21 and end on April 21, an official announcement said on Monday, even as indications emerge that it could be stormy.

Bill seeks to let 12-yr-olds have non-penetrative sex

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:26 AM PST

Twelve-year-old children will be legally permitted to have non-penetrative sex with children their age, according to a draft Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Bill, 2010, that has been sent to states by the ministry of women and child development for their views.

2 similar draft bills on child abuse lead to confusion

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:26 AM PST

The draft Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Bill, 2010 by the ministry of women and child development will introduce a gradation in the age of consensual non-penetrative sex.
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