Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Fictional characters find way to poll mall

Fictional characters find way to poll mall


Fictional characters find way to poll mall

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:38 PM PST

In the wake of the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, political parties have apparently found ways to get around the strict advertisement norms in Chandigarh to score over rival political groups.


SAD rebellion in 3 seats in Fatehgarh Sahib

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST

In more trouble for ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the party's sitting MLA from Sirhind, Didar Singh Bhatti joined Manpreet-led People Party of Punjab (PPP) on Tuesday.


For Salima, it is like paying back the debt of motherland

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST

For Pakistani national Salima Mallik, it was like paying back the debt of motherland when she got her daughter Sidra Mallik engaged to Kamran Ahmad, a young boy from Qadian in Gurdaspur district.


Power projects guzzling up forest lands

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:31 PM PST

Data with the forest department since 1981-82 showed that a total of 10,245.5 hectares of forest lands had been diverted for non-forestry purposes by obtaining permissions under Forest Conservation Act.


Snow continues to elude ski enthusiasts in Shimla

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:30 PM PST

Around 1-2 inches snow was observed in the tourist spots of Narkanda, 65 km from here, and Kufri on Sunday, which has withered now and is visible in some shaded areas only.


Low voltage in Manali leaves people fretting in cold

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:26 PM PST

Staying inside rooms without a fire burning or a heater is hard at this time of the season when the temperature has plummeted.


Cement price: BJP govt puts the ball in PM's court

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:24 PM PST

Knowing that failure to curb cement price could prove dear in the assembly elections, which are due in the second half of this year, the state government has now asked the Centre to do the needful.


British pharma company's bid to patent ginger foiled

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:57 PM PST

India has foiled an attempt by a British pharmaceutical company to claim a patent on using ginger for the treatment of cold.


Ensure minority quota, PSUs told

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:56 PM PST

The government on Tuesday directed the public sector units (PSUs) to ensure that its decision to carve out 4.5% sub-quota for minorities out of 27% for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is implemented in all recruitments from January 1, this year.


Bumpy road ahead for Cong-TMC ties

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:53 PM PST

The ride got decidedly bumpy on Tuesday when allies Trinamool Congress and Congress ratcheted up the war of words, ostensibly over the renaming of a building earlier named after Indira Gandhi, but actually betraying a steady erosion of the political chemistry between the two partners.


Hazare not yet fit, to stay in hospital longer

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:50 PM PST

Doctors attending on activist Anna Hazare said on Tuesday that his discharge from the hospital, earlier slated for Friday, might be postponed for two more days as doctors think he is still not fully fit.


Minimum wage war: Centre forgoes safe stance in SC appeal

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:47 PM PST

Union rural development ministry has sought revision of the Karnataka high court order giving in to the finance ministry's pressure despite the fear that it would trigger criticism that the Centre was working against higher wages to poor labourers.


CBI questions Maderna in jail

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:44 PM PST

CBI on Tuesday quizzed sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna in a jail in Jodhpur in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said.


LeT training 21 women to hit India: Army

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:37 PM PST

The Lashkar-e-Taiba is raising a group of 21 female terrorists at its training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for carrying out sabotage activities in India, Army sources said on Tuesday.


High security licence plates hit many roadblocks nationwide

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:33 PM PST

While the Delhi govt defaulted on Supreme Court mandated deadlines for high-security registration plates, the story is no different in other states.


Cross-border diaries boost campus ties

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST

In its journey from Mumbai to Lahore and then Karachi, it did what should have been long done.


Cross-border diaries boost campus ties

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST

In its journey from Mumbai to Lahore and then Karachi, it did what should have been long done.

Mangalore crash: SC notice to AI, Centre on compensation

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and Air India on a plea seeking minimum Rs 75 lakh compensation for each of the 158 victims of the May 2010 Mangalore air crash.


CISF claims AFSPA cover

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:18 PM PST

CISF's preliminary report on Monday's incident at a North Kashmir power plant said on Tuesday that its men opened fire only when a mob


Inexcusable act: Omar

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST

Angry protesters on Tuesday confronted J&K CM Omar Abdullah as he visited the family of a youth killed in Central Industrial Security Force's firing on people protesting power shortage at Boniyar in North Kashmir's Baramulla district a day earlier.


MP goes tough on cow slaughter

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:43 PM PST

Madhya Pradesh has, with the enactment of the Cow Slaughter Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2010, joined states that have strong anti-cow slaughter laws and makes even carrying a small tin of luncheon beef or even serving veal an offence that could fetch a jail term.


MoD insists Gen Singh must retire on May 31

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST

The MoD, which is in a wait-and-watch mode, is ready for a legal battle to contest Gen Singh's claim of being born on May 10, 1951, which will give him an extended tenure of 10 months, if such an unprecedented situation does actually come to pass.


Letter forged to taint star witness

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:37 PM PST

The CBI had recently received a complaint through CVC against Aseervatham Achary, a key witness against former telecom minister A Raja in the 2G case, accusing Achary of amassing disproportionate assets.


Tainted IAS couple told to pay Rs 135cr tax

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:34 PM PST

The income tax department has asked corruption-tainted IAS couple Arvind and Tinu Joshi to cough up Rs 135 crores as tax, an amount that may dwarf taxes paid by some of India's top businessmen.


Rushdie to attend Jaipur Lit Fest 2012

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:32 PM PST

Salman Rushdie is headed to the country of his origin at the end of January to participate in the Jaipur Literary Festival.


No comments:

Post a Comment