Thursday, April 7, 2011

Yuvraj arrives late, turned back from guru's door

Yuvraj arrives late, turned back from guru's door

Yuvraj arrives late, turned back from guru's door

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:39 PM PDT

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh was unable to meet his religious mentor – Hansaliwale Sant Ajit Singh on Wednesday night as the latter retires to his room at 11pm.

No trace of 5.7L pregnancy cases in Punjab

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:33 PM PDT

Despite tall claims of Punjab health department of having improved skewed sex ratio in the state, there is one mystery it would find had to explain – that of the missing 5.78 lakh pregnancies from March 2005 to 2010.

CMO murder: Mayawati govt shows door to two ministers

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Rattled by the murder of CMO, family welfare, Dr B P Singh, the Mayawati government on Thursday swung into a damage-control exercise by showing the door to two ministers — Anant Kumar Mishra and Babu Singh Kushwaha.

Govt plans to curb overuse of antibiotics

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:23 PM PDT

The govt is getting serious about curbing irrational use of antibiotics. The Union health ministry has formalized a National Policy for Containment of Antibiotic Resistance which is awaiting health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's approval.

Dilution of Article 370 behind Jammu and Kashmir's ills?

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Many political parties in Srinagar blame the dilution of the autonomy promised in Article 370 as the root cause of troubles in Kashmir.

Census shows rapid urbanisation in Gujarat

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:13 PM PDT

Diamond city Surat's population grew from 28.12 lakh in 2001 to 44.62 lakh in 2011 — a phenomenal rise of 58.68 per cent.

Construction company paid Rs 15L for Maharashtra Congress chief son's wedding

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Construction company HDIL paid Rs 15.5 lakh towards the wedding reception expenses of MLA Kripashankar Singh's son, Narendra Mohan.

Son seeks release of Win Chadha's documents

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Bofors payoff scam accused Win Chadha's son on Thursday moved a trial court seeking release of his father's documents and articles seized in May 1997 by CBI during the investigation in the case.

J&K: Teen stone-pelter set free by HC

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:58 PM PDT

J&K high court on Thursday ordered a 15-year-old boy's release after quashing his detention under the Public Safety Act. Tawseef Hussain Bhat was booked under PSA for alleged stone-throwing.

Indian envoy to be evacuated from Ivory coast

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Shama Jain, India's ambassador to Ivory Coast, will be evacuated by French forces from Abidjan by Friday after her house was damaged in fierce fighting, sources said.

IAF officer faces court-martial for taking 'bribe'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:53 PM PDT

IAF is likely to court-martial Wing Commander A K Thakur, a transport aircraft pilot who was allegedly caught while demanding a Rs 20,000 bribe from officials of a French aviation company at the Aero-India show in Bangalore in February.

'Another Indian in Pak jail for the past 30 years'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari had recently announced amnesty for Indian national Gopal Das, languishing in a prison for 27 years, to reciprocate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cricket diplomacy initiative.

Jairam rules out no-go area review for coal mining

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:41 PM PDT

"The Go/No-go issue will be decided on a case-by-case basis," steel minister Beni Prasad Verma said after the ministerial panel's second meeting.

1-year internship may become mandatory for dental students

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:36 PM PDT

It could once again become mandatory for all undergraduate dental students to undergo a one-year-internship before getting their BDS degree.

CBI to file FIR in CWG flyover project scam

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:34 PM PDT

The CBI will soon register an FIR in connection with irregularities in the Barapullah Nullah flyover project worth Rs 620 crore for the Commonwealth Games, highly placed sources said.

Two days after ban, govt U-turn on food from Japan

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Two days after announcing a ban on food imports from Japan for at least three months, the government did a U-turn and said that it would only restrict itself to conducting tests for the moment.

HC switches from 'my lord' to 'your honour'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:26 PM PDT

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association on Thursday passed a resolution asking its members not to address judges as 'my lord' or 'your lordship.'

India objects to 'smuggling' superbug samples out to UK

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Dubbing it illegal, India has objected to "swabs of seepage and tap water" being taken out on the sly by UK scientists to test for the presence of the Delhi superbug.

Raja nephew, 30, suddenly dies of heart attack

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:18 PM PDT

A nephew of former telecom minister A Raja died while working out at a gym in Chennai, police said on Thursday.

Eye on China, Navy boosts Eastern Command

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:44 PM PDT

With an eye on China as well as in keeping with India's "Look East" policy, the Navy is slowly but surely bolstering force levels on the eastern coast with new warships, aircraft and spy drones as well as forward-operating bases (FOBs).

BJP latches on to Hazare's campaign

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Opposition BJP sees an opportunity in social activist Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption and has been quick to join the issue and support Hazare.

Indian online fraudster gets 42 months in prison in US

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:41 PM PDT

An Indian man who cheated unsuspecting women he met on Internet dating sites and fleeced them of thousands of dollars has on Thursday sentenced to 42 months in prison by a court in Philadelphia.

Hazare's fan club grows by leaps and bounds on Facebook, Twitter

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Like a chain reaction Anna Hazare's campaign is engulfing the entire nation and people have taken to the streets to express their solidarity for the veteran social activist.

Anna Hazare gives govt a poll fright

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:29 PM PDT

As veteran social activist Anna Hazare's indefinite fast entered the third day, the Gandhian has almost sounded the poll bugle even though parliamentary elections are a good three years away.

Passing the test: In Karnataka, Lokayukta the real opposition

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:27 PM PDT

The Lokayukta is the one institution that Karnataka babus and netas fear the most. In fact, the ruling BJP considers it the real opposition to it and not Congress or JD(S).
Posted by Harshad at 9:08 PM

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