Monday, February 27, 2012

Trade unions strike: Mixed response, banking, transport hit

Trade unions strike: Mixed response, banking, transport hit

Trade unions strike: Mixed response, banking, transport hit

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:25 PM PST

Normal life was disrupted on Tuesday due to the country-wide strike called by central trade unions to protest the "anti-labour" policies of the UPA government.

Trade unions strike: What's on, what's off

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:15 PM PST

Having rejected Centre's belated bid to persuade them to drop their plan for the 24-hour general strike on Tuesday, central trade unions commanding the allegiance of lakh of workers stepped up their efforts to turn the protest into a crippling nationwide shutdown.

Polling begins for sixth phase of UP elections

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:02 PM PST

Polling for the sixth phase of UP assembly elections covering 68 seats spread over 13 districts began today amidst tight security arrangements.

Mayawati lashes out at SP, Congress in Bareilly

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:01 PM PST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday sought support for her party's candidates Ram Gopal Mishra from Bareilly Cantonment, Dr Anees Beg from Bareilly, Saleem Ahmed from Aonla and Virendra Singh from Bithri Chainpur assembly constituencies

UP polls: A new assertion in western UP

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:58 PM PST

In western Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati's Jatav voters are neither invisible nor silent.

Kalyan factor returns to haunt BJP

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:08 PM PST

Kalyan factor is back to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party as it gears up for the next phase of polling in the western belt.

UP polls: Azharuddin ducks, Sanjay shies, Cong falters

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST

When Congress notched the unexpected tally of 21 MPs in UP in 2009, the party thought these worthies would lay the foundation for sound performance in the local elections.

UP polls: Mulayam baiter now enjoys bicycle ride

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:54 PM PST

Once a raging protester against Mulayam Singh Yadav's pet project, Dadri power plant, Raj Kumar Bhati is now contesting on Samajwadi Party ticket from Dadri assembly constituency, which goes to polls in the sixth phase on Tuesday.

UP polls: RLD is a jat party only for some in community

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:31 PM PST

Fatehpur Sikri is the acid test for Ajit Singh and his RLD to prove his grip over a community that still swears by his father Chaudhary Charan Singh's legacy.

UP polls: BJP hopes Hindu card will work here

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST

It is perhaps important to visit Hashimpura in Meerut city to understand why the industrial hub is also a communal hotbed. More than 40 Muslim youth were massacred by the Provincial Armed Constabulary in 1987 leading to another wave of riots in Meerut's already troubled communal past.

UP polls: Sixth phase to decide fate of Mayawati today

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

The sixth phase of UP elections covering 68 constituencies in Jat-land and Muslim-dominated areas will be decisive for the SP and the BSP besides testing the new-found Congress-RLD camaraderie and the BJP's ability to polarise votes in this casteist and communally sensitive belt.

Sixth phase to decide fate of Mayawati today

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

The sixth phase of UP elections covering 68 constituencies in Jat-land and Muslim-dominated areas will be decisive for the SP and the BSP besides testing the new-found Congress-RLD camaraderie and the BJP's ability to polarise votes in this casteist and communally sensitive belt.

Will the friendship pay? Plus for Mayawati if she holds ground

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

The sixth phase of UP elections covering 68 constituencies in Jat-land and Muslim-dominated areas will be decisive for the SP and the BSP besides testing the new-found Congress-RLD camaraderie and the BJP's ability to polarise votes in this casteist and communally sensitive belt.

Quack held for aborting female foetus

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:37 PM PST

The district authorities arretsed a quack aborting a female foetus on Monday.

Kajauli water works: Irrigation dept files reply in HC

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:36 PM PST

Haryana government filed its reply in a case of distribution of water from Kajauli water works in Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday.

Mahapanchayat forms panel

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:35 PM PST

Jat-dominated khap panchayats served a three-day ultimatum to the Haryana government on Monday, saying it should respond to their demands or be prepared to deal with more intense agitation.

Marking 101 years, Cottonians present Rs 1 cr to alma mater

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:33 PM PST

To mark 101 years of Old Cottonians Association, the alumni of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, presented their alma mater Rs 1 crore. A cheque for the same amount was offered to school headmaster Roy Christopher Robinson.

NRIs don’t have it easy in Punjab

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:32 PM PST

NRIs flock to their motherland because of their attachment to their roots.

Kapurthala jail violence: Poison in jail inmate’s viscera

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:31 PM PST

A poisonous substance has been found in the viscera of jail inmate Baldev Singh, whose death last year had led to large scale violence in Kapurthala modern jail on November 20, in which one person was killed in firing by jail staff.

Talks on for WTO regional centre in Chandigarh

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

Talks have been initiated for setting up a regional resource centre for consultation on World Trade Organization issues at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute for Public Administration of Punjab.

Haryana failed to give Rs 4,705cr utilization certificates

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:27 PM PST

In a setback to the Haryana government, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found that the Haryana government has not submitted utilization certificates for Rs 4,705.32 crore disbursed to various departments over the past several years.

Vehicle thefts: Six cops grilled

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:25 PM PST

Suspecting a cop connection to a robbers' gang, the Sirhind Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) grilled six policemen from Amritsar on Monday.

Karmapa may not attend first court hearing

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:24 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader, 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has written a letter to the Una deputy commissioner urging him to exclude his name from the chargesheet, but the state government is in no mood to oblige.

Seized papers reveal Rs 2.5 crore investment

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:23 PM PST

Probing irregularities in purchase of equipment by Border Roads Organization in Himachal Pradesh, the CBI has seized documents revealing investment worth over Rs 2.5 crore by former chief engineer Brigadier J K Narang.

Excise department turns a blind eye to anti-liquor resolutions in Punjab

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:21 PM PST

Members of more than 10 village panchayats were called to the excise and taxation department's state headquarters on Monday to list their grievances against liquor vends in their villages. But many returned dissatisfied.
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