Thursday, April 21, 2011

Couple poison son, themselves, after spat

Couple poison son, themselves, after spat

Couple poison son, themselves, after spat

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:32 PM PDT

Upset over a family rift, a young couple committed suicide after poisoning their 7-month son at their house in Rampura village, 20 km from here, on Wednesday morning. The couple, Himmat Singh, 24, and his wife Uma, 22, poisoned themselves after an argument.

Former prof comes out with book on Dalai

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:27 PM PDT

Two books by former professor of English literature at Himachal Pradesh University, and a prolific writer Som P Ranchan, who has quite a few titles to his credit, were released on Thursday before a select gathering.

Woman dies for want of air transport

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:25 PM PDT

Unable to get treatment, a 55-year-old woman in Tindi village of snow-covered Lahaul-Spiti died of a serious ailment in the wee hours on Wednesday.

First ever 30km race to test Punjab horses

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:23 PM PDT

In what is being seen as a revival of old times when horse riding was a passion in Punjab, horse lovers and breeders in the state have got together to organize, for the first time, a 30 km endurance race of indigenous and thoroughbred horses in Fatehpur village in Patiala district on Sunday.

Hooda ignored expert opinion to oppose bill on honour killings

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:23 PM PDT

When Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda opposed the Centre's proposals to add more teeth to laws to tackle the growing menace of honour killings, he overruled two opinions - that of the state law secretary and director general of police - that favoured the Union proposals.

4 criminals brought from Rajasthan flee from lockup

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:16 PM PDT

A day after Lambi police in Muktsar brought four dreaded criminals on production warrants from Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, all four escaped from police lockup on Thursday afternoon.

In Anna mode, RTI activists SMS their point home

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:11 PM PDT

Every time their cellphones beep, 29 officers said to be close to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal wonder if it's another text from RTI activists.

No witnesses needed for gun licence, passport in Punjab

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:09 PM PDT

The Punjab government has decided to waive the requirement of two witnesses while applying for gun license, passport or government services and said self-attested forms will now be sufficient.

Sarabjit Makkar not new to controversy

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:06 PM PDT

The political career of Shiromani Akali Dal MLA from Adampur, Sarabjit Makkar, has remained surrounded by several controversies.

Akali councillor kills hotelier's son

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 07:02 PM PDT

A Shiromani Akali Dal councillor allegedly shot dead a Jalandhar hotelier's 31-year-old son in the city's posh Model Town area on Wednesday night.

Those who let off guilty now being asked by MoEF for advice

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:55 PM PDT

Despite an environment ministry's inquiry report indicting senior officials and politicians of the Haryana government and the Supreme Court-appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) for letting the guilty off in the Haryana forest scam, enviornment minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the same CEC to consult the Haryana government and decide what action it should take in the case.

Hasan case: Govt agrees to SIT probe in apex court

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the government was alive to the problem and was collecting information about illicit money parked abroad on a continuous basis.

11 firms paid Sena 500cr for Jaitapur protests: Rane

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:32 PM PDT

The power politics surrounding the Jaitapur controversy took a dramatic turn on Thursday with state industries minister Narayan Rane accusing the Shiv Sena of opposing the 9,900MW nuclear power project at the behest of 11 corporate houses

HC rules maternity leave benefits for 3rd child

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:19 PM PDT

A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a woman can claim maternity leave benefits even on the birth of her third child.

J&K sees biggest decline in child sex ratio in country

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:15 PM PDT

The state, which is also home to Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, has seen the single largest decline in sex ratio in the country, according to provisional Census 2011 as compared to Census 2001.

Alagiri seeks discharge from assault case

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:10 PM PDT

Union minister M K Alagiri has filed a petition in the Madras high court's Madurai bench seeking to be discharged from a case of alleged attack on a tahsildar in the run-up to the assembly election.

Congress triumphs in Gandhinagar civic polls

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 06:08 PM PDT

The smallest and youngest municipal corporation of Gujarat elected the Congress to power after a close contest on Thursday in the state capital.

Rs 50cr bill pending for 'secret' OC-SMAM deal

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:34 PM PDT

The V K Shunglu committee, probing Games-related irregularities, has objected to a payment of Rs 82 crore - Rs 50 crore to be paid to SMAM and Rs 32 crore of tax liability - that the Organizing Committee has undertaken on behalf of the Australian firm.

HC orders chargesheet against Digvijay

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Economics Offences Wing (EOW) to file a chargesheet against former state chief minister Digvijay Singh and 11 others for flouting rules and allowing illegal construction of an Indore mall.

No state quota in new IITs

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:57 PM PDT

A human resource development ministry-appointed committee has rejected a key demand from different states to have domicile-based reservation in the 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) to be rolled out from next year.

Pondy oppn guns for LG, Cong jumps to his defence

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Puducherry's opposition parties and a host of organisations have decided to intensify their protest and seek immediate removal of lieutenant governor Iqbal Singh.

79% polling in J&K's 3rd phase panchayat polls

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:47 PM PDT

An impressive 79% polling was recorded in the third phase of panchayat polls in J&K on Thursday. The first leg of the 16-phase polls was held in eight blocks of the state on April 13. These elections are being held after a decade.

J&K interlocutors queer the pitch for peace

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT

On Wednesday, Hurriyat ex-chairman Maulana Abbas Ansari was expelled from the amalgam after the Central team of interlocutors in Kashmir told reporters that they held talks with him.

As Sai Baba's condition worsens, succession war hots up in Puttaparthi

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:18 PM PDT

The names of Sai Baba's nephew R J Ratnakar and his caregiver, Satyajit, are emerging as possible persons who may have a bigger say in the trust.

As Saibaba's condition worsens, succession war hots up in Puttaparthi

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 04:18 PM PDT

The names of Saibaba's nephew R J Ratnakar and his caregiver, Satyajit, are emerging as possible persons who may have a bigger say in the trust.
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