Thursday, June 9, 2011

Naxals blow up anti-landmine vehicle, 10 security men dead

Naxals blow up anti-landmine vehicle, 10 security men dead

Naxals blow up anti-landmine vehicle, 10 security men dead

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:38 PM PDT

In the second brazen attack in as many days, Naxals today blew up an anti-landmine vehicle, killing 10 security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.

Aruanchal sex MMS victims to get relief

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT

Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women has asked the government to pay Rs 5 lakh each to two minor victims, a boy and a girl, of an MMS case involving Daporijo police station.

Ordinance to return Singur land passed

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT

The Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday passed an ordinance to reclaim 400 acres of the 997.11 acres land in the deserted Tata Motors site in Singur to return it to unwilling farmers.

NHRC makes former CJI's assets public

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT

The National Human Rights Commission has made public skeletal details of assets owned by its chairman K G Balakrishnan showing there was no change in the moveable and immovable properties owned by him.

CBI opposes Shahid Balwa plea to visit Mumbai

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:58 PM PDT

CBI on Thursday opposed the plea of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa, accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, seeking permission to visit Mumbai to attend an extraordinary general body meeting of Etisalat DB.

BJP's stir on graft to start from June 23

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:56 PM PDT

After holding a day-long protest on the issues of corruption and bringing back black money stashed in tax havens abroad, the BJP on Thursday announced to hold a four-day nationwide stir on similar lines from June 23.

CPM panel meets today, no heads to roll

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:52 PM PDT

The crucial Central Committee (CC) meeting of CPM that begins in Hyderabad on Friday is going to announce a series of measures that the party would have to take in West Bengal to regain the lost ground.

'I never said free Kasab for Sarabjit'

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:45 PM PDT

Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh languishing in a Pakistan jail, on Thursday denied reports in the Pakistan media that she has proposed 26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab be freed while seeking her brother's release.

HC judges on Indian Mujahideen hitlist, says ATS

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:42 PM PDT

Two of the three judges of the Allahabad HC who gave the September 2010 verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit are on the hitlist of radical and terrorist Muslim outfits, said the MP ATS chief in Bhopal.

Govt docs examine Baba, say condition 'unsatisfactory'

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

A three-member team of senior doctors on Thursday examined Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishan, as their fast-unto-death entered the sixth day, at Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust.

'Our trusts are transparent, anyone can see our accounts'

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday claimed that different trusts under his control were totally transparent in their financial dealings and there was nothing adverse in their transactions.

DMK wary as Jayalalithaa plans trip to Delhi

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

As the DMK top brass meet in Chennai on Friday to decide on ties at the Centre amid Kanimozhi continuing incarceration and the Maran probe, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa has proposed a trip to Delhi on June 13.

Widen whistleblowers bill ambit: House panel

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT

With corruption and oversight emerging issues with public resonance and egging on agitations by civil society, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the ambit of the whistleblowers' protection bill should include ministers and judiciary.

House panel wants whistleblowers bill to include ministers, judiciary and army

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT

With corruption and oversight emerging issues with public resonance and egging on agitations by civil society, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the ambit of the whistleblowers' protection bill should include ministers and judiciary.

Indo-Pak foreign secretary-level talks by month-end

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:28 PM PDT

India's initiative to re-engage Pakistan will gain momentum by the end of this month when foreign secretary Nirupama Rao meets her counterpart Salman Bashir for the second time this year.

Now, Congress mouthpiece frowns at govt's airport diplomacy with Ramdev

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:24 PM PDT

The Congress mouthpiece has questioned the wisdom of four Cabinet ministers going to the airport to meet Baba Ramdev, once again bringing out the unease in the party over the high protocol accorded to the yoga guru.

Plan panel on spending spree to be real think tank

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:22 PM PDT

The Planning Commission has decided to allow each member to spend Rs 1 crore every year for work it considers necessary to restructue the panel to a 'real' think tank.

Pune-made Meningitis A vaccine works wonders in 3 West African nations

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Three of Africa's biggest nations have recorded a dramatic fall in the number of Meningitis A cases ever recorded, thanks to a made-in-India vaccine.

'Political class failed Husain'

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Maqbool Fida Husain, the best chronicler of contemporary India, always had a tale or two about the bylanes and underbelly of various cities he lived in the country.

Congress eyes DMK's next move

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Congress is nervously tracking CBI's investigation into the allegation of misuse of office by Dayanidhi Maran, fearing that prosecution of the former telecom minister may breach DMK's pain threshold.

Party lines blur in rich tribute to Husain

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:04 PM PDT

President Pratibha Patil and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi led the nation in mourning the demise of celebrated painter Maqbool Fida Husain in London.

Uttarakhand to verify Ramdev aide's claim on birthplace

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:56 PM PDT

The Centre will ask the Uttarakhand government to verify the birthplace claim made by Baba Ramdev's close aide Acharya Balkrishna as his citizenship status depends on where he was actually born.

Baba aide Balkrishan owns 99.9% of Aastha channel

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Baba Ramdev's world is not just a popular yoga empire but a clutch of hugely profitable businesses, ranging from successful ayurveda products to a popular TV channel.

Pension age limit for BPL lowered to 60

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:53 PM PDT

More people living the below poverty line can now avail of old age pension with the Union cabinet on Thursday lowering the age limit for the purpose from 65 to 60 years.

M F Husain and his muses

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:06 PM PDT

M F Husain began his artistic life as a film hoarding painter. His propensity for falling in love with actresses is well known. He would watch their films umpteen times and paint them endlessly.
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