Monday, February 21, 2011

Mirchpur case: Shift to Delhi, Dalits urged

Mirchpur case: Shift to Delhi, Dalits urged

Mirchpur case: Shift to Delhi, Dalits urged

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:04 PM PST

A team of NGO members from Delhi working for the welfare of Dalits, on Monday asked Balmiki families, including witnesses in the Mirchpur violence case, to shift to Delhi to ensure their safety and security during the ongoing trial.

48 IIM students get selected

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

With top-notch firms offering students of IIM, Rohtak, paid internship programmes, the summer placement of the first batch of the youngest management institute here has turned out to be a hit.

Rakhi back in school, Manjeet to follow

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:57 PM PST

Barred for marrying the person of her choice, Rakhi on Monday finally joined her classmates after she was readmitted by the new in charge of Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Baldev Nagar.

Ineligible pensioners to be penalized

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:56 PM PST

Haryana social justice and empowerment minister Geeta Bhukkal on Monday issued strict instructions to deal with irregularities in disbursing pensions, especially old-age pension.

Romanized Sindhi script to keep it alive

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:55 PM PST

Launching of Romanized Sindhi script is likely to bring new hope for the revival of Sindhi language and script among the globally scattered Sindhi community since there are minimal facilities to teach Sindhi across the world.

Action sought against cylinder misuse

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

Fed up of the pressure mounted by the civil administration of the districts over the issue of back log, the LPG distributors across the region have asked the government to opt for measures and keep a check over the diversion of domestic cylinders to commercial or other uses.

Bishnoi demands probe in land deals

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:52 PM PST

Haryana Janhit Congress supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi on Monday asked the residents of Panchkula district to reciprocate the contributions made by his father and former chief minister Bhajan Lal during his tenure.

After skiing & sledging, tourists take wings

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST

The urge to fly over the snow-covered Deodar trees has resulted in a beeline of adventure lovers to picturesque Solang Valley near Manali for paragliding.

Want raise, build toilet at home, says Chamba order

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST

A word of caution from the Himachal Pradesh government for its employees. They can lose their annual increment, face penalty and be charge-sheeted if they do not have a toilet at their homes.

Una police question Karmapa's staff about source of foreign currency

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:47 PM PST

Staff of the Karmapa was questioned again by the Una police again on Sunday pertaining to seizure of huge haul of foreign currency, including Chinese yuan to the tune of about Rs 9 crore, from the Gyuto monastery at Sidhbari about eight kilometres from here.

Shimla attracts regional film producers

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:46 PM PST

Queen of hills, Shimla, has been captured on the celluloid in umpteen Bollywood flicks, but this time different spots of Shimla are being captured in a regional Punjabi film, Pata Nahi Rab Kaira Ranga Vich Rajji.

Probe into firm's, police, admn nexus

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:44 PM PST

The arrest of Ramesh Valegha, a businessman from Kullu on Saturday, by vigilance sleuths, has opened up a can of worms.

Teachers go on leave in protest

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:24 PM PST

Teachers from various colleges in Kaithal and Kurukshetra districts on Monday took mass casual leave to protest against assault on Santosh Dubey, a lecturer of DAV College, Pundri, by four unidentified persons on Sunday evening.

Train bogie derails on Delhi-Ambala route

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST

Passengers on the Bandra-Delhi Jammu Swaraj Express train had a miraculous escape as one of its bogies derailed near Panipat on the Delhi-Ambala rail section on Monday morning.

Police claim to solve triple murder mystery

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST

The Tarn Taran police claims to have solved a murder mystery following the arrest of six persons including the brother of the deceased.

'Quote Punjabi as mother tongue'

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST

Jalandhar, a place which was the epicentre of "anti-Punjabi" language propaganda during the 1951 census, has now become the rallying point for a diametrically opposite slogan.

Punjabi, Hindi are sisters born out of Sanskrit

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:16 PM PST

While the census haunts Punjabis for apparent attempts to divide them on the lines of Hindi and Punjabi speaking since the 1951 head count, Punjabis have shown that they embraced Farsi, Urdu, Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit and even Hindi over thousands of years.

Fresh non-bailable warrants sought for Samjhauta blasts suspects

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:15 PM PST

This is the third time that the NIA court has issued non-bailable warrants. Earlier, on January 21 and February 7, court had issued the warrants. On both the occasions' the investigative agency failed to arrest the suspects.

Sodomy case: 2 sent to juvenile home

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:14 PM PST

Consistent efforts of the parents of an alleged sodomy victim, a student of class II in Saint Joseph Convent School, finally compelled the police to produce the two accused before the court on Saturday. The third is still on the run.

Toxicity victims await promised RO systems in villages

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:09 PM PST

The fate of residents of Teja Rohela and Dona Nanka villages in Fazilka subdivision of Ferozepur district, hit by health problems, as a result of multiple environmental toxicity, has not changed even as the local administration had promised better health facilities and installation of RO systems for supply of clean potable water.

'Wrong' riot victims: HC notice to administration

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:06 PM PST

In their petition filed before division bench of high court comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice AG Masih, the committee asserted that Ludhiana district administration had wrongly identified some 1984 riot victims for rehabilitation.

Wheat rotting in govt stores

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:05 PM PST

A huge stock of wheat of the Punjab Warehouse Corporation, Food Corporation of India and Markfed, Punjab, was lying uncovered in Bathinda and Talwandi Sabo on Sunday in the district when the rain started.

PSREC to hold last hearing in Bathinda

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:04 PM PST

As part of process to revise the annual tariff of electricity in the state, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission is going to hold last public hearing on Friday in Bathinda.

Nursery blaze: Accused in judicial remand

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:02 PM PST

A local court on Monday rejected the request for police remand of the arrested three accused in Rajindra incubator fire tragedy two years ago.

Makkar visits ’84 riots victims at Hondh

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:01 PM PST

The SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar visited Bathinda on Monday to speak to some of the affected families who had shifted from Haryana to Bathinda after the carnage.
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