Friday, April 8, 2011

Dip in migration to Punjab: Census

Dip in migration to Punjab: Census

Dip in migration to Punjab: Census

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:57 PM PDT

Machines replacing men in Punjab seems to have become a reality both in agriculture and industrial sectors with the state facing a shortage of labour.

2nd CBI chargesheet by Apr 24, bribery focus

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:33 PM PDT

The CBI told the Supreme Court that a supplementary chargesheet in the 2G scam against former telecom minister A Raja and other accused will be filed before April 24 and deal mainly with bribery.

Adarsh files stuck with CBI: Panel

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:29 PM PDT

The judicial commission investigating the controversy surrounding the Adarsh Society has asked the CBI to submit all 377 files pertaining to the case to the commission.

Govt, SC spar over choice of prosecutor in 2G trial

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:27 PM PDT

The Union government on Friday stood firm on its prerogative to appoint the special public prosecutor for the 2G spectrum scam trial.

Stitching up a case: Tailor in trouble over fatigues for Reds

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT

On Wednesday morning, a posse of Chhattisgarh policemen swooped down on this sleepy hamlet near Orissa border and seized 20 trousers, five full-sleeved shirts and 35 metres of olive green tericot cloth.

Language problem, court wants ex-CJI kin's papers translated

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:11 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday asked an advocate petitioner to file the official translation of documents relating to alleged disproportionate wealth of relatives of NHRC chairman and former CJI K G Balakrishnan.

What action taken on threat to black money petitioner, asks SC

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

The SC on Friday asked Delhi Police commissioner to detail action taken on IIT Delhi professor S K Dube's complaint about threats given to him for writing to the PM about alleged misconduct of ED chief Arun Mathur.

Ministry gets 4th CVC prod on NHAI scam

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:32 PM PDT

The Central Vigilance Commission sent its fourth reminder to road, transport and highways ministry, recommending action against errant officials who have been indicted in the NHAI appointment scam last year.

Yeddyurappa sees fresh rebel coup after bypolls

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:32 PM PDT

The unrelenting dissidents in BJP-ruled Karnataka are preparing to strike back at the B S Yeddyurappa government as soon as the three assembly bypolls in the state — Bangerpet, Jaglur and Channpatna that will be held tomorrow — are over.

Kashmir interlocutors to hold 2-day conference

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Centre's interlocutors on Kashmir, Dileep Padgoankar, Professor Radha Kumar and M M Ansari, have called a two-day round table conference on Kashmir in their effort for a sustained dialogue with all sections of the people.

J&K: Slain cleric dreamt of Islamic varsity in Valley

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:26 PM PDT

Showkat Ahmad Shah — Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadees chief in Kashmir — is the third cleric killed during the two-decade-old militancy in Jammu & Kashmir.

Blast kills J&K cleric who preached peace

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Militants on Friday silenced another moderate voice in Kashmir's separatist landscape. Maulana Showkat Shah was killed instantaneously when a bomb hidden in a bicycle parked near the entrance to his mosque in downtown Srinagar was detonated.

Aseemanand approver plea rejected

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT

A local court on Friday rejected the application of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in several terror cases, to turn an approver in the Ajmer Dargah blast after he claimed the plea was filed under the pressure from investigating agencies.

US help for India's superbug fight

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

The world's best-known institute for handling bad bugs — Atlanta-based Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — will help India strengthen its laboratory and manpower capacity to better detect pathogens like NDM-1 and virus outbreaks.

Andhra babus get 15-day jail for contempt

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:14 PM PDT

A two-member bench of the Andhra HC on Friday sentenced senior IAS officers Pushpa Subramanyam and Premchand of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development department to 15 days in prison.

Minister slaps aide in public for phone ring

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:11 PM PDT

The mercurial Andhra handlooms and textiles minister P Shankar Rao was at it again. He slapped his personal assistant in full public view for not picking up his cellphone ringing at a press conference here on Friday.

Ramdev hijacks graft stage for politics

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Anna Hazare's anti-corruption agitation dangerously skidded off track on its fourth day when Swami Ramdev politicized the campaign in a speech he delivered at Jantar Mantar where the 72-year old Hazare has located his fast unto death.

Why Hazare's protest is very harmful for India in long run

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:08 PM PDT

What Anna Hazare is trying to achieve with his protest is, in the long run, very harmful for the country.

'Bigger plot': SC tells CBI to probe Prajapati killing

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:03 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a CBI probe into the fake encounter killing of Tulsiram Prajapati and gave it the mandate to unravel the "bigger conspiracy" in the extra-judicial killing of Sohrabuddin.

2G scam: Police protection for 7 witnesses in Delhi, Mumbai

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT

With questions being raised over the untimely death of two persons with alleged links to the 2G scam, the Centre has asked Mumbai and Delhi Police to provide security to seven persons who have given "confessional" statements in the case.

Poor governance hitting poor: FM

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:11 PM PDT

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the GoM on corruption said issues related to deficit in governance and service delivery existed.

Aam admi in front, India Inc ready to back the movement

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:08 PM PDT

After the average man came forward to show solidarity towards social activist Anna Hazare's movement against corruption, it is now the turn of industrialists to back the cause.

Corruption denting India's image: Narayana Murthy

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:53 PM PDT

Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Friday said the India glowing story overseas was being dimmed by mushrooming scams and scandals.

Personal probity no comfort for PM

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:40 PM PDT

PM Manmohan Singh's image as an honest man who just happens to head a corrupt government does not seem to be cutting much ice with the 'aam aadmi' any more if banners at the fast are anything to go by.

Anybody can be CVC, but only if babus are willing

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:28 PM PDT

The department of personnel and training (DoPT) has opened the field to non-civil servants but has left it to babus to nominate those from outside the government for the country's top anti-corruption watchdog's job.
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