Friday, December 30, 2011

Air India hostesses get younger

Air India hostesses get younger

Air India hostesses get younger

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:19 PM PST

Last week when 36 "flying models" of Kingfisher joined national carrier Air India - long notorious for its virtually senior citizen cabin crew - as air hostesses, the airline started a journey back in time to its glamorous old days.

Boy appears in exam in place of girl, caught

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:55 PM PST

A youth has been arrested in Kurukshetra University for appearing in exam by impersonating another person on Friday.

7 fall ill due to food poisoning

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:52 PM PST

Seven persons, including four children, fell ill after they consumed some poisonous food in Bhuna village of the district on Friday.

Medical officer arrested for attack on journalist

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:50 PM PST

Five days after protests by mediapersons, alleging inaction on the part of police, medical officer Dr Arun Dalal was arrested on Friday on charges of thrashing a journalist of a vernacular daily.

Village celebrates birth of girl child with feast

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:48 PM PST

The event came as a ray of hope for the future of girls here.The village has not seen a sex ratio of more than 589 girls per 1,000 boys, sources said.

SAD MLA from Anandpur Sahib resigns along with aides

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:47 PM PST

Annoyed at being ignored by high command, Shiromani Akali Dal MLA from Anandpur Sahib Sant Ajit Singh has announced his resignation from primary membership of the party.

Its tit for tat time for SAD candidates in Garhshankar, Adampur

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:44 PM PST

Sacking of Bains brothers in Ludhiana following their rebellions does not seem to have made any difference to those rebelling against Shiromani Akali Dal candidates from Adampur and Garhshankar.

ECI orders removal of CM's photographs in ads on state-owned buses

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:42 PM PST

Meanwhile, a case has been registered against miscreants who attacked election officials in Channu village in Bathinda district, when they went to verify a complaint about violation of model code of conduct.

SAD rebels mellow down at 3 seats, after Bains brothers' expulsion

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:40 PM PST

SAD general secretary Rajinder Kanjhla said, "The party top leadership has called us for talks on January 1, so we have decided to tone down our stand".

CPM: Govt orchestrated chaos in RS

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:54 PM PST

Still reeling under the midnight drama in the RS, CPM on Friday accused the government of "subterfuge and sabotage", and that the UPA orchestrated the events in the Upper House as it was facing certain defeat because of its lack of majority.

House records nail government lie

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:50 PM PST

Counter to the government's claims that it had offered to begin a debate on the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday itself, a record of the House proceedings shows that the relevant message of its passage in the Lok Sabha was received at 3.03pm.

It was clear match-fixing in RS: Team Anna

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:45 PM PST

Parliament fiasco over the Lokpal Bill gave some much-needed oxygen to a flagging Anna Hazare movement.

Precedence, SC order allow extension of House session

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:42 PM PST

There is precedence as well as a Supreme Court ruling that supports the discretion of a presiding officer to extend the sitting of a House and negate the arguments that led to the abrupt adjournment of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday midnight.

BJP blames PM for ‘midnight fraud’

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:39 PM PST

BJP squarely blamed the Lokpal fiasco in the Rajya Sabha on PM Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee as the party on Friday launched a bitter assault on the government accusing it of perpetrating the biggest fraud at the stroke of midnight.

Assembly polls could be critical to Lokpal fate

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST

With opposition BJP determined to drive home the advantage it gained by forcing the government to jettison its Rajya Sabha plans, the battle ahead is critical to the UPA lead player's fortunes.

Red rag in Lokayukta behind Mamata’s U-turn

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST

The mantra that all politics is local couldn't be truer in the case of Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee.

Cyclone Thane batters Puducherry, TN; 33 dead

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:28 PM PST

Cyclone Thane pummelled the Tamil Nadu coast and the Union territory of Puducherry on Friday morning, leaving in its wake 35 dead besides untold devastation.

Indian cities dominate 'sex' search online; Pak leads list but 7 Indian cities in top 10

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:25 PM PST

A Google data shows that seven Indian cities featured in the list of top 10 cities worldwide where the "sex" query was particularly popular in 2011.

Fear of OK to oppn bill made Cong retreat

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST

Hum is bill ka samarthan nahin kar sakte (We can't support this bill)," SP leader Ramgopal Yadav's blunt but frank assertion — along with BSP's opposition and Trinamool Congress's veto — convinced Congress that abandoning the Lokpal vote in Rajya Sabha was its best option.

Cong chalks out fresh plan to pass Lokpal Bill; hopes poll boost will check Didi

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:52 PM PST

Congress has crafted a fresh plan to pass the anti-graft legislation, Lokpal Bill, hoping elections to five states will boost its Rajya Sabha tally.

'Monster storm' hits Auroville

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:43 PM PST

Puducherry's famed French quarter, Auroville included, lay battered by what many locals are beginning to call the 'monster storm.'

Andhra Pradesh DGP says flimsy clothes provoke rape, PC fumes

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:19 PM PST

Andhra DGP earned home minister P Chidambaram's rebuke on Friday for his reported statement that "filmsy and fashionable clothing" was leading to a rise in rape.

AP DGP says flimsy clothes provoke rape, PC fumes

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:19 PM PST

Union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday strongly dismissed the remarks made by the Andhra Pradesh police chief, who attributed increase in rape cases to women provoking men by wearing "flimsy and fashionable" clothing.

BSP leader, son quit, joins SP

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST

Former Bahujan Samaj Party general secretary Naresh Agarwal and his son Nitin joined the Samajwadi Party on Friday.

Over a dozen fetuses found in Shimoga

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:57 PM PST

Nearly two dozen aborted fetuses, 4 to 20 weeks old, were found by the banks of the Tunga river here on Friday morning, sending shockwaves among citizens and raising questions about hospitals' waste-disposal management.
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