Sunday, May 6, 2012

India-Bangladesh hold first meeting of consultative body

India-Bangladesh hold first meeting of consultative body


India-Bangladesh hold first meeting of consultative body

Posted: 06 May 2012 08:30 PM PDT

India and Bangladesh will sit down for the first meeting of a joint consultative committee which will oversee all issues of bilateral relations.


17 devotees killed in road accident in Moga, Punjab

Posted: 06 May 2012 07:56 PM PDT

At least 17 people, including five women and five children, were killed early on Monday in a head-on collision between a jeep and a truck near Punjab's Moga town.


At night, Youth Congress office turns into a ‘baraat ghar’

Posted: 06 May 2012 07:24 PM PDT

Politics can wait; the 'lagan time' can't . So a group of enterprising Congressmen hit upon a novel plan and clandestinely converted the deserted Youth Congress office into a 'barat ghar' by night.


17 people killed in road accident in Punjab

Posted: 06 May 2012 07:20 PM PDT

At least 17 people have been killed in an accident in Moga district of Punjab, according to Times Now.


Convicted Punjab minister Tota Singh yet to resign

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Punjab minister Tota Singh, who was convicted by a Mohali court on Saturday for misuse of his official position, did not resign till late Sunday evening, hoping for a reprieve from higher courts.


Police raid social worker's party, book hotel owner in Himachal

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:13 PM PDT

A fundraiser hosted by Jodie Underhill, a social worker better known as 'garbage girl' for her cleanliness campaigns in Dharamshala town in Himachal, was gate-crashed by cops on Saturday night.


40 water samples fail quality test under Ferozepur railway division

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:11 PM PDT

In laboratory tests conducted on 200 water samples collected by the railway health department from the different railway stations falling under the Ferozepur railway division, almost 20% of water samples were found to be impure.


Railway authorities try to disown injured, citing lack of evidence

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:07 PM PDT

Though there were no causalities in the Punjab Mail derailment near Rohtak on the Rohtak-Delhi rail section, which left around 28 passengers injured, the railway authorities tried to disown some of the injured patients, who had reached the hospital on their own.


Buddha's 2600 years of enlightenment not an event for many Indian states

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:04 PM PDT

While most Asian countries are planning to exploit the occasion of 2,600 years of enlightenment of Buddha, seven Indian states having Buddhist heritage have not spent anything substantial to tap tourists from Buddhist-majority Asian tiger economies.


Bank error makes farmer a billionaire, but for 40 minutes

Posted: 06 May 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Imagine the state of mind of a person, who wakes up to find that he has become a multi-billionaire with an amount of Rs 964.64 crore credit in his savings bank account.


'Guerrilla zone' in south India ready

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:40 PM PDT

Maoists are getting ready to declare a guerrilla zone in south India. It includes the tribal areas in the Western Ghats in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.


Non-Himachal Pradesh vehicles banned on Manali-Rohtang national highway

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:33 PM PDT

If you are planning to drive your vehicle beyond Manali in Himachal Pradesh this summer, then don't forget to take permission from the local transport department.


Panel against charging toll on less than four-lane highways

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Should people pay toll when they pay fuel cess on every litre of petrol/diesel? Raising this issue, a prime minister-appointed committee has favoured "no tolling" on roads that are less than four lanes.


Govt snaps 28k phones for making pesky calls

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Almost 28,000 telephones have been disconnected and over 44,000 notices issued to unregistered telemarketers till April 24 for sending pesky calls and messages, according to the government.


UP governor clears ordinance quashing promotion quota

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:21 PM PDT

Uttar Pradesh governor BL Joshi on Sunday gave his nod to a draft ordinance quashing dalit quota in promotions of government employees.


No decision on presidential candidate: MoS Narayanasamy

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:17 PM PDT

While behind-the-scene activity has picked up to find a candidate acceptable to all its allies, the Congress is yet to officially make an announcement.


Learning with the Times: UP MLAs hold sway in presidential polls

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:14 PM PDT

The president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of Parliament and of the state legislative assemblies.


Teesta water-sharing pact may be on agenda at Hillary-Mamata meeting

Posted: 06 May 2012 03:10 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touched down in Kolkata on Sunday afternoon with a large entourage of officials and security personnel.


16 trains cancelled after Rohtak rail accident

Posted: 06 May 2012 02:53 PM PDT

Railways authorities on Sunday ordered a probe into the Rohtak accident by R K Kardam, commissioner, railway safety (northern circle) after eight coaches of the Ferozpur-Mumbai Mail derailed.


Hillary likely to ask India to plug oil flow from Iran

Posted: 06 May 2012 02:34 PM PDT

It may be an informal swing through India but US secretary of state will not hesitate to raise uncomfortable issues when she meets the Indian leadership.


Gujarat Inc defies Narendra Modi fundraiser

Posted: 06 May 2012 02:14 PM PDT

Chief minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Dhansangrah' scheme to raise Rs 500 crore for BJP to fight the assembly polls later this year has bombed miserably as Gujarati businessmen refused to pay up.


Govt set to clear Rs 2,900 crore deal for trainer jets

Posted: 06 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT

The government is finally set to clear the long delayed Rs 2,900 crore deal for acquisition of 75 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft (BTA) to initiate rookie pilots into the inherently-dangerous art of combat flying.

CCS likely to clear basic trainer deal for rookie IAF pilots this week

Posted: 06 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT

The government is finally set to clear the long delayed Rs 2,900 crore deal for acquisition of 75 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft (BTA) to initiate rookie pilots into the inherently-dangerous art of combat flying.


Parliament to mark 60th year of first sitting on May 13

Posted: 06 May 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Parliament will celebrate its 60th year on May 13 with special sittings of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, followed by a joint session in Central Hall.


Plan panel suggests bringing NGOs under RTI Act

Posted: 06 May 2012 01:19 PM PDT

The Planning Commission has suggested that the voluntary sector be brought under the umbrella of Right to Information Act, along with developing a code of conduct to ensure "greater transparency and accountability".


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