Friday, July 22, 2011

Orissa Dalit MLA served food separately at official meeting

Orissa Dalit MLA served food separately at official meeting


Orissa Dalit MLA served food separately at official meeting

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:21 PM PDT

Alleging that he was denied food along with others at an official meeting due to "caste discrimination", the ruling BJD MLA Kashinath Mallik sought intervention of Orissa assembly speaker.


Cops in fix for bribing 2002 riot victims

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT

At least 10 policemen , who were supposed to protect 2002 riot victims and witnesses as per a Supreme Court order, faced action after their bosses found they never went on duty and were bribing the victims to keep them quiet.


20 firms depose before CBI in Jagan case

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Representatives of around 20 companies, which had invested in the various businesses owned by YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, have so far appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation.


President to push for civil nuclear cooperation with South Korea

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

President Pratibha Patil will push for civil nuclear cooperation with South Korea on her visit to the country next week.


Prez to push for civil nuclear cooperation with South Korea

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

President Pratibha Patil will push for civil nuclear cooperation with South Korea on her visit to the country next week.


Protests stop enforcement of SC order against illegal religious structures

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Protests from religious groups forced Maharashtra government from implementing the Supreme Court's fiat to remove illegal and unauthorised religious structures on public land.


'Personal control' slur on R&AW on Kao’s memoir

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:19 PM PDT

The country's premium spy agency appears to be caught at the centre of a mystery over the memoirs written by its first chief R N Kao.


Railways to submit safetty plan to PM soon

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Railways is likely to submit its detailed safety plan to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon.


Never availed Fai’s hospitality: Harish Khare

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Harish Khare, media adviser to the Prime Minister, has denied reports that he had availed the hospitality of Ghulam Nabi Fai, a Pakistani government front man arrested in the US early this week.


Pressure mounts on BJP brass to act against Yeddyurappa

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT

The B S Yeddyurappa headache is growing bigger for the BJP even as the party takes the line that it is awaiting release of Karnataka Lokayukta's report on illegal mining with a sizeable section of the party leadership worried that defending the chief minister is becoming untenable.


BJP seeks govt reply on Fai’s arrest

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:11 PM PDT

Opposition BJP on Friday sought the government's response on issues arising from the arrest of Kashmir American Council head Ghulam Nabi Fai in the US.


'Did PM, UPA benefit from ’08 trust vote scam?’

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:11 PM PDT

Opposition BJP on Friday asked the government to explain who was to benefit from the cash-for-vote scam in 2008 and cast doubts on the ongoing investigations into the case.


India, UK to hold counter-terrorism exercise from next week

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 03:10 PM PDT

India and the UK will hold a joint combat exercise to hone the counterterrorism skills of their soldiers at the high-tech Land Warfare Centre in Warminster, near Salisbury, from next week.


Syrian troupe to perform at Kullu Dussehra

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Giving the Kullu Dussehra an international flavor, a cultural troupe from Syria would participate in the festival by performing at the theatre later in the year, Sryian diplomat Riad Kamel Abbas disclosed here on Friday.


Kullu administration plans FIR against company

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT

The Kullu administration plans to register a FIR against Garg and Garg, the private construction company, which had deployed around 130 labourers at the site which was damaged by cloudburst, police sources said.


3 bodies of cloudburst victims recovered

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDT

A day after a massive cloudburst struck labourers' colony, where work was under way on Rohtang tunnel project near Manali, search operation teams are still looking for bodies of four missing labourers.


Skyscrapers in Shimla: Architect moves HC

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Dismayed over the decision of city planners to allow skyscrapers in Shimla, even in geologically sensitive and sinking areas, a local architect approached the high court that fixed the hearing on August 1.


Biker killed; 2 hurt in accidents

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT

A youth was killed and a couple of others were injured in three accidents in Kangra valley in last 24 hours, police said on Friday.


Extension to welfare officer challenged

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:21 PM PDT

A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday issued notices for November 11 to Punjab government and director, sainik welfare, on hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging two years' extension given by the government to Lt Col (retd) Manmohan Singh as district sainik welfare officer, Jalandhar


Tax meet exposes lack of coordination among officers

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Review meeting of excise and taxation department on Friday afternoon discussed lack of coordination among district excise and taxation collectors, due to which tax was not collected in an efficient manner from wheat procurement agencies of Ambala, Jagadhari, Karnal, Kaithal and Panchkula.


3-year-old molested by teen in Haryana

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT

A minor boy has been booked on the charges of molesting a three-and-a-half-year-old girl child in Gangholi village of Jind district. Shockingly, the family of the accused boy assaulted the victim's family on being informed about the incident.


Villagers clash with cops over possession of land

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Tempers ran high as nearly two dozen persons, including villagers, policemen and a station house officer (SHO) of Ladwa were hurt when villagers clashed with a demolition squad of the district, who had gone to restore possession of panchayat land in Badarpur village of Ladwa sub-division on Friday afternoon.


Haryana puts ongoing land acquisition process on hold

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:15 PM PDT

The Haryana government on Friday announced putting land acquisition proceedings on hold till the presentation of central legislation on the subject.


IIM Rohtak gets major revamp

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT

IIM Rothak has undergone a major expansion during the second year of its existence by increasing number of students' intake by nearly 150%, though shortage of faculty is plaguing the institute.


Karnataka mining scam: JD(U) to speak to BJP on `logical grounds’

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:12 PM PDT

NDA partner JD(U) on Friday said it would talk to its ally BJP on "logical grounds" following Karnataka Lokayukta indictment of chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in illegal mining cases.

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