Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Police deport two Russian nationals

Police deport two Russian nationals

Police deport two Russian nationals

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST

The Kullu police have deported two Russian nationals for overstaying their visas. Both the foreigners had been convicted under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act for living in country without valid travel documents and after the simple imprisonment; they were deported to Russia on Tuesday.

HPU faculty demands probe into CoE posting

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:53 PM PST

The university teaching faculty has resented flouting of rules for a stage-managed appointment of controller of examination with HPU Teachers Association (HPUTA) demanding institution of an inquiry and plans to hold a general body meeting to chalk out a confrontation course.

Workshop on manuscripts starts in Shimla

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

The Queen of hills possesses a Sanskrit dictionary which dates back to 1600 AD, and can be valuable resource for research scholars, historians and language experts.

Police meet on intelligence held

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:50 PM PST

Alerting ex-servicemen to Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) plan to spread its network, senior police officers from six northern states took up issues like terrorism, security of national installations and crime when they met for a more coordinated intelligence sharing system.

Hostile witnesses nip charas trail

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:43 PM PST

Prosecutors have been able to nail many narcotic dealers in the charasrich Kullu Valley recently but quite a few cases are falling through in the court because of civilian witnesses turning hostile leading to acquittals.

In Kullu village, TV porn splits families

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:39 PM PST

In a Kullu village, families do not watch TV together. Most of the family members have purchased their personal television sets or those who cannot afford their own TV, consider it better not to watch any programme.

'Evidence of abominable crime against Sikhs'

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:37 PM PST

Hondh Chillar village was discovered by chance by Ludhianabased Manwinder Singh Giaspur, 35, exactly a month ago.

Makkar rejects Haryana probe, seeks inquiry

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:35 PM PST

SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar rejected Haryana government's action of ordering an inquiry by the divisional commissioner into the reported mass killings of Sikhs in Hond Chillar village of Rewari district in 1984 which was exposed by a Sikh body a few days ago.

Painful memories for Hondh-Chillar riot victims

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:33 PM PST

It was a painful moment for 10 surviving members of Sikh families when they paid a visit to their native place where their kith and kin were allegedly burnt alive and houses plundered by a mob in broad day light 27 years ago.

Punjab frames policy for RTI activists

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:32 PM PST

Punjab government on Tuesday informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the state government has finalized its policy for giving protection to RTI activists and it only awaits signature of the deputy chief minister.

INLD seeks disqualification of 3 ministers, 4 CPSs

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:30 PM PST

Deputy leader of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislative party in Haryana Vidhan Sabha Sher Singh Barshami on Tuesday filed a petition before acting speaker of Vidhan Sabha seeking disqualification of seven independent MLAs, who are all now ministers or chief parliamentary secretaries in the Congress government, "under the anti-defection law."

Robbers loot Rs 21 lakh from siblings

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:29 PM PST

Unidentified car borne men made good their escape after looting Rs 21 lakh and thrashing two brothers in broad daylight here on Tuesday afternoon.

Sexual harassment panel set up

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:27 PM PST

Haryana government has constituted a seven-member state-level sexual harassment complaints committee to deal with complaints of female employees.

BEd student abducted by husband

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:26 PM PST

Girl students and their kin blocked NH 10 when a B.Ed student was abducted by her estranged husband and two more persons from outside Adarsh B.Ed College here on Monday morning.

2 students, driver killed as truck collides

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:24 PM PST

Three persons, including two siblings studying in class III and UKG respectively and a driver were killed and seven others were injured, two of them seriously as the school bus collided head- on with a truck near Gosain Kherha village of Jind on Tuesday morning.

Surjewala, Hooda justify land acquisition

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:22 PM PST

The issue of acquisition of land in Rewari took a new turn when Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as well as industries minister Randeep Surjewala, indirectly targeted finance minister Ajay Singh Yadav, while justifying the acquisition process on the ground that a major portion of land is owned by private developers.

'Proposed amendment in Anand Marriage Act eyewash'

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:56 PM PST

Terming the Anand Marriage Act Amendment Bill, 2008 -- which has the consent of Sikh members in Parliament and also the nod of Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)-- as "merely an eyewash'', SGPC member from Mohali, Hardeep Singh, said on Tuesday that by accepting the amendment bill, Sikhs would only re-confirm the 'controversial' Article 25 (B) of the constitution which recognizes Sikhs to be a part of Hindu community.

A different team India to rid what ails the country

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:54 PM PST

A campaign that was born in cyberspace from London to free India of its ills, is exploring possibilities of taking roots in northwest India comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Ghaggar project second phase hangs fire

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:51 PM PST

Seven months after the seasonal rivulet Ghaggar caused devastating floods leading to losses worth more than Rs 200 crore, nothing much has been done to prevent its recurrence.

Punjabis have a preference for male child, says study

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST

The efforts of the Punjab government to improve it's skewed sex ratio doesn't seem to be having much of an impact, if one goes by the result of a study conducted by a senior doctor, who is also a well known anti-female foeticide crusader.

Man confesses killing youth

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:46 PM PST

The worst fears of the family of Aman Sethi, 21, who had gone missing on February 19 came true when the suspected accused reportedly confessed to having eliminated him during police interrogation here on Tuesday.

Some realpolitik at Majitha

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:44 PM PST

An official function organized for inauguration of a renovated bus stand here at a cost of Rs 2.8 crore on Tuesday provided an apt platform for both Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to publicly showcase their 'harmonious' relations, eulogize each other, criticize Congress party and prepare ground for the forthcoming assembly elections.

Accused in ex-Dera official murder case gets bail

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:43 PM PST

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed to release on bail, Indersen, a co-accused in the murder of a former manager of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda.

Illegal abortion: 2-year jail for docs

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:39 PM PST

In a one of its kind conviction for wrong sex determination and illegal termination of pregnancy in this part of Punjab, which is already infamous for its skewed sex ratio, a court in Faridkot on Tuesday sentenced two doctors of the town to two years of imprisonment for indulging in illegal abortion.

High-end cars to attract 8% motor vehicle tax

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:36 PM PST

Purchase of high-end cars will attract a higher tax as per the new policy of the Punjab government.
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