Saturday, April 9, 2011

Crusader for better education standards

Crusader for better education standards

Crusader for better education standards

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 06:47 PM PDT

As the Anna Hazare tsunami threatens to sweep the nation, TOI travels across the northern region to find men and women who tried their best to fight corruption.

No girl for over 3 lakh boys in Haryana

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 06:46 PM PDT

The growing army of bachelors in Haryana is bound to increase further as there are no girls for over three lakh boys in the age group of 0-6 years.

Shimla siblings create history in sea diving

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 06:45 PM PDT

Two local boys Pranav Sardana, 10 and his brother Ayush, 8, both students of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, have created history by qualifying for the junior open water diver course and bubblemaker course respectively.

No more Indian postcards for posterity

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 06:15 PM PDT

One recent balmy evening had Delhi's high society gathered at Teen Murti Bhavan, watching the Prime Minister launch what may be one of the last of its kind — a book of collected letters.

Silly point: Fans turn gentleman's game into war

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:03 PM PDT

According to social theorist Ashis Nandy, the newfangled cricket fan is a product of sport running as a business of nationalism.

J&K shuts down to mourn cleric's killing

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Saturday to protest the assassination of a leading moderate cleric on Friday in Srinagar.

Now, J&K lawyers need 'muscle' to fight cases

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:54 PM PDT

The government insists that a lawyer must have a policeman's physique -- a minimum height of 5 feet 6 inches and a chest width of 32.5 inches which when expanded must measure 33.5 inches -- if he wants to be a prosecutor in the J&K Police.

41 CRPF men get gallantry awards

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:44 PM PDT

Gurudas Kamat, minister of state for home, gave away gallantry medals to 41 CRPF officers and personnel for their bravery shown in different theatres of action.

CBI to quiz Narayan Rane's son for 'murder'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:38 PM PDT

The CBI will question Nitesh Rane, son of Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane, in connection with the charge of attempt to murder made by Chintu Shaikh, a former member of Nitesh's NGO 'Swabhiman Sanghatna'.

New board to arrest skewed sex ratio

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:35 PM PDT

The Union health minister has reconstituted an all-new central supervisory board (CSB) to ensure a stringent implementation of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (PC & PNDT Act) that bans female feticide.

'Adarsh can be demolished if court orders'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:32 PM PDT

The Maharashtra government on Saturday made it clear in the assembly that the tainted 31-storey Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society would be demolished if the court directed.

New MCI rule bars 6000 doctors from teaching

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:30 PM PDT

A Union health ministry notification has deprived India of the services of around 6,000 doctors as teaching faculty in medical colleges — hamstrung as it is by an acute shortage of doctors and teaching professionals.

It took Anna's resolve to rebuild Ralegan from barren village to a green belt

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:17 PM PDT

From an obscure, barren and water scarcity-hit village to a green belt, Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district, about 110km from Pune, stands as a shining example for sustainable development based on Gandhian principles.

Files go missing when palms aren't greased: Infy director

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT

On Saturday, director (HR), Infosys Technologies, T V Mohandas Pai made candid admission on how the country's top IT firm had to make its way through corrupt officials, when it came to getting land approval for setting up its offices.

Lokpal Bill: Hedge ready to be member of panel

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde on Saturday said he was prepared to be a member of the joint committee to draft a stronger anti-graft Lokpal Bill.

Village waits for Anna to celebrate new year

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Gudi Padwa went without celebrations in Ralegan Siddhi. The village's 2,500-odd residents had decided not to celebrate it till their man, who had launched a crusade against corruption, returned with some good news from Delhi.

Lokpal Bill: Key issues the panel will have to thrash out

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:09 PM PDT

If the joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill were to meet its June 30 deadline, the ministers and civil society representatives would have to thrash out a range of contentious issues.

'Fast unto death out of place in today's India'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:53 PM PDT

Sacrifice is not a term in modern India's lexicon. It is this idea of "going without" that gave Hazare's form of protest its edginess, say observers.

Law ministry advice brings quick fix

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:47 PM PDT

The deadlock between the government and civil society activists over a notification on a joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill was broken with law ministry advising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that such a course of action is feasible.

Anna Hazare's fight against corruption: Battle won, war on

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Having humbled a government and captured the imagination of a nation, Anna Hazare on Saturday broke his fast by first offering sips of water to women who had fasted with him. He then had a glass of juice.

Anna Hazare's fight against corruption: Battle won, war on

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Having humbled a government and captured the imagination of a nation, Anna Hazare on Saturday broke his fast by first offering sips of water to women who had fasted with him. He then had a glass of juice.

Maharashtra schools pray the most, Karnataka schools have longest breaks: Study

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:11 PM PDT

An observation team which covered close to 1 lakh students in around 500 schools for the HRD ministry has come up with interesting findings.

Forex cases against Swan, Loop & S Tel

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:20 PM PDT

The Enforcement Directorate has filed cases against five companies including Swan Telecom, Loop Telecom and Loop Mobile and S Tel for alleged foreign exchange violations.

One Kaiga N-unit shut after fire alarm

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT

A unit of the Kaiga nuclear power station was shut down on Saturday after smoke detection alarms went off.

EU team to track Binayak Sen's SC hearing

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:08 PM PDT

A European Union delegation intends to keep a watch on Supreme Court's proceedings on Monday when it hears the bail plea of Binayak Sen, paediatrician and vice-president of People's Union for Civil Liberties.
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