Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Peaceful start to Maharashtra civic corporation polls

Peaceful start to Maharashtra civic corporation polls

Peaceful start to Maharashtra civic corporation polls

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:24 PM PST

Polling started on a peaceful note here and nine other municipal corporations around the state on Thursday.

NSG denied not to visit terror-hit car

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:33 PM PST

The National Security Guard, elite counter-terror force, has expressed surprise over the Centre's decision to refuse its team to gather vital data from the recent Israeli embassy car blast site in New Delhi.

Pollaveri Di: Goa politicians find party song

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:14 PM PST

Kolaveri Di is now a party song, the poll way. Goan imitations of the hit Tamil-English number are propping up party messages.

Earthquake measuring 5.1 hits Nicobar Islands

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted India's Nicobar Islands on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Post-Samjhauta bombing, Kamal Chouhan was saving cows

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:58 PM PST

RSS man Kamal Chouhan, who is alleged to have bombed the Samjhauta Express killing 68 people, was busy saving cows till last year, say people who knew him in his village near here.

Custodial death row: Police post incharge shifted, magisterial probe on

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:56 PM PST

Having been left red-faced over allegations of custodial death of two youths, police on Wednesday shifted out the incharge of Gandhi Nagar police post to lines, while initiating a magisterial probe into the incident.

Man's hand chopped off for drinking water in other's field

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:54 PM PST

In a gory incident, a man's hand was chopped-off by a person after finding that he was drinking water in field here in Saniyana village on Wednesday evening.

Vigilance bureau arrests Tosham SDM on graft charges

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:52 PM PST

Haryana civil services (HCS) official Satvir Singh Jangu was arrested on corruption charges by the state vigilance bureau on Wednesday, from his official residence in Tosham town of Bhiwani.

To escape challan, van driver speeds away with 26 students on board

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:46 PM PST

To save himself from challan, a school van driver risked the lives of 26 schoolchildren in Ratia town on Wednesday.

Vigilance bureau books 2 partners for Rs 1.42cr embezzlement

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:32 PM PST

Two partners of an entertainment firm have been booked by the Vigilance Bureau in a case of embezzlement of over Rs 1.42 crore.

Currency haul case: Summons for Karmapa to appear in court on March 6

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:27 PM PST

Confirming the development, additional director general (law and order) S R Mardi said that the case would be heard in the court on March 6.

UN therapy at Bathinda hospital to help addicts

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:24 PM PST

The UNODC had selected Kapurthala and Bathinda in Punjab to start the treatment, which helps injection users to reduce or stop drug intake.

Rural surge, but urban voters let EC down

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Three Maoist-affected districts that vote in Phase 3 — Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and Chandauli — recorded over an estimated 60% voting on Wednesday.

Yes, no... Mulayam swings on 'ally' Congress

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:18 PM PST

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday swung between calling Congress an ally in Uttar Pradesh to ruling out the possibility of a tie-up.

Advani snubs BSY at Acharya’s funeral

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST

Ex-Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa's efforts to have himself rehabilitated seem to have gone awry. BJP patriarch LK Advani totally ignored him at the funeral of VS Acharya.

ND Tiwari row: Sharma not Sekhar’s dad

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:08 PM PST

A DNA report, placed before the Delhi high court on Wednesday, said that Rohit Sekhar, who claimed to be veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari's biological son, was not fathered by the man whom his mother had married.

Hand-reared tigress gives birth in wild

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:06 PM PST

A five year-old tigress, tagged T-4, has become the world's first feline reared in captivity and shifted to the wild to spawn two cubs at Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR).

‘Saffron army’ thwarting Hindu-Muslim deals

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:01 PM PST

Saffron brigade is using Ram Dhuns and Ram Darbars to thwart all deals in town where Muslims are buying properties in Hindu-dominated areas.

Centre seeks MP report on illegal drug trials

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:59 PM PST

aking note of the TOI coverage on the way drug trials have been conducted on mentally ill patients in Indore, the Union health ministry has directed the state mental health authority (SMHA) in Indore to probe the incident and send a report to it.

Govt’s reply sought on ‘fake encounter’ allegedly involving Lt-Gen Bikram Singh

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:55 PM PST

The defence ministry now has four weeks to file objections to the petition filed by Zaituna, who has claimed that her son was killed in a fake encounter in March 2001 in Anantnag district and later branded a foreign militant.

Anil attended meet on Swan funds: Witness

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:52 PM PST

Deposing as a prosecution witness, Seth also said that from September to October 2006, Anil Ambani was among the authorized signatories of Tiger Traders (P) Ltd, Zebra Consultants (P) Ltd, Swan Consultants (P) Ltd and ADAE Ventures (P) Ltd.

India asks Norway to expedite return of Kolkata kids

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:45 PM PST

India summoned the Norwegian ambassador Ann Ollestad to ask Norway to expedite the repatriation of the two Indian children to their family in Kolkata.

Abu Salem may escape MCOCA net

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:38 PM PST

The order on whether MCOCA charges would be dropped against underworld don Abu Salem is expected shortly as the Delhi Police agreed to withdraw them.

How did CBI arrive at $500bn black money figure?

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:31 PM PST

Sources say that the CBI has arrived at the black money figure following cross-checking several sources, reports and a rough estimation.

Young voters rise and shine for better UP

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:29 PM PST

They cared not for their breakfast, they did not wait for their parents to accompany them, they did not listen to anyone but their conscious while pressing the button that would ensure them of a new dawn in UP.
Posted by Harshad at 9:20 PM

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