Sunday, February 19, 2012

Effigies of 5 'vulgar' singers burnt

Effigies of 5 'vulgar' singers burnt

Effigies of 5 'vulgar' singers burnt

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:29 PM PST

Keeping up the momentum of their campaign against the ''vulgar and sleazy'' songs churned out by a number of Punjabi singers, a women's group burnt their effigies in Barnala on Sunday.

'Punjabi Lassi helps dogs win medals'

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:17 PM PST

Punjabi lassi and curd are not only helping Punjabi sportspersons win medals in sports, but it is helping animals as well.

Moga sex scandal: Charges framed against ex-minister's son, 4 cops

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:11 PM PST

Five years after the Moga sex scandal rocked the state, Patiala CBI court on Saturday framed charges against nine persons, including the son of a former Shiromani Akali Dal minister, and four senior Punjab police officers.

Mulayam doing a me-too on quota: Rahul Gandhi

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:53 PM PST

A cautious Rahul Gandhi on Sunday sought to ensure that he stayed within the limits set by the EC even as he insisted that the original author of the quota-for-Muslims pledge was the Congress.

Will implement Sachar report: Sonia to Muslims

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:46 PM PST

Soliciting Muslim votes, the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said the Sachar panel was formed to understand how the community could be helped.

Of trade volume and infrastructure

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:45 PM PST

India and Bangladesh are the members of World Trade Organization (WTO) and following the policy of open economy and free trade.

Why didn’t Sonia cry for slain Batla cop? asks Gadkari

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:41 PM PST

Looking to pitch his appeal to Brahmin voters in the fiercely contested UP election, BJP president Nitin Gadkari accused Sonia Gandhi of having no tears to spare for a decorated inspector — slain in the Batla House encounter — as he was "pandit Mohan Chand Sharma".

Ideal trade partners

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:28 PM PST

Now that the western economies appear to have entered into a prolonged phase of economic downturn, India, along with her neighbours, should get together to investigate avenues for transferring the world's growth centre to the east

No map on maritime zones of coastal countries

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:39 PM PST

The first step to make laws of the sea that were globally accepted was the 1958 Geneva conference of the UN.

Posting of armed guards needs fine tuning: Shipping secretary

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 03:35 PM PST

India will ask the global shipping community to 'fine-tune' practices adopted while deploying armed guards on merchant vessels in the backdrop of the Enrica Lexie case.

CPM plotted Jnaneswari: Mamata

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 02:07 PM PST

Months after accusing the Maoists of triggering the 2010 Jnaneswari Express train derailment which killed 149 people, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday did a volte-face and blamed the Marxists for the tragedy.

5 kids buried alive under sand mound

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 02:05 PM PST

Five children, including four girls, were buried alive under a sand mound near the coastal village of Agatariya, 9 km away from Mahuva town in Bhavnagar district.

More CMs join anti-NCTC chorus

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 02:02 PM PST

Chief ministers of Tripura and Uttarakhand on Sunday joined the anti-NCTC chorus, taking to 12 the number of opposing states, even as their Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi accused the UPA of "attacking" the country's federal structure.

CWG lawn bowls case: CBI sends LRs to Hong Kong, UK

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:59 PM PST

The contract for laying synthetic turf was given to Jubilee Sports Private Limited for Rs 9.88 crore while the actual cost of the project was Rs 6 crore. During investigations, CBI found that the cost of the project was escalated intentionally.

JNNURM, farmers’ loan waiver scheme under CAG lens

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:48 PM PST

The CAG is giving final touches to two reports where it has pointed out anomalies in allocation of funds under the centrally-run JNNURM scheme and UPA government's debt waiver to farmers in 2008.

Italians arrested, charged with murder for killing fishermen

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:35 PM PST

Italian officials took the view that the incident had happened in international waters and took recourse to the UN law of the seas to make the case that Italy should do the prosecution.

New political alliance rising on east coast?

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:06 PM PST

Mamata Banerjee's repeated showdowns with Cong are in sync with an ambitious "east coast" coalition in states accounting for 128 Lok Sabha seats.

Chhattisgarh wants rail corridor in forest

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 01:01 PM PST

CM Raman Singh has hailed the corridor as a step towards development of SC and ST-dominated areas of the state though the primary purpose of the project is to ferry coal out of the forest zone.

Deadliest spot for road accidents is in Aligarh

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:56 PM PST

Kayampur More in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, is the deadliest spot in the country as far as road accidents are concerned, claiming 169 lives in 2011.

Backed with court order, India to seek extradition of Headley, Rana

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:15 PM PST

The NIA is sending letter rogatory to Morocco for recording the statement of Headley's estranged Moroccan wife Faiza Outalha for evidence against him.

8 killed in Junagadh temple stampede

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:49 AM PST

At least eight devotees, including three women and a one-and-a-half-year-old kid, were killed and 12 injured in a stampede on the eve of Mahashivaratri mela at Pagnala near Damdodar Kund.

Mulayam will bring back 'gunda raj': Mayawati

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Saturday said here that "gunda and mafia raj" would return to the state if the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party came to power in the assembly polls.

Mulayam will bring back 'gunda raj' in UP: Mayawati

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Saturday said here that "gunda and mafia raj" would return to the state if the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party came to power in the assembly polls.

Stones pelted at Salman Khurshid's wife Louis Khurshid

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 07:45 AM PST

Some youths today allegedly pelted stones at Louis Khurshid, Congress nominee and wife of Union law minister Salman Khurshid, following a dispute over entry of voters at a polling booth.

Rahul attacks Mulayam, reaches out to Muslims

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 07:04 AM PST

In a scathing attack on Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that Samajwadi Party supremo who claims to be a leader of Muslims should tell them what he has done for the community during his three stints as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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