Thursday, June 28, 2012

16 Naxalites killed in encounter with CRPF

16 Naxalites killed in encounter with CRPF

16 Naxalites killed in encounter with CRPF

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:14 PM PDT

Sixteen naxalites were killed and six CRPF jawans injured after a fierce overnight encounter in the jungles of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh.

Pranab not fit to become President, says Jethmalani

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:37 PM PDT

On the day when the two main Presidential candidates filed their nominations, noted Supreme Court lawyer and BJP MP Ram Jethmalani said UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee was not qualified to contest for the job of President of India.

Gujarat HC: Bar on sale of farmland to outsiders discriminatory

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Terming a Gujarat government policy which prohibits farmers from other parts of the country from buying farms in the state discriminatory , the Gujarat high court recently said they would be considered agriculturists and can purchase land in the state.

With Pranab's exit, PM goes for restart button

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:07 PM PDT

Just days after lavishing praise on the president-in-waiting Pranab Mukherjee for his contributions to the UPA as a minister, the government seemed to be going for a clean break from his tenure as the finance minister.

Himachal: Court puts spanner in govt plans to regularize illegal constructions

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:42 PM PDT

With the Himachal govt having declared its intentions of coming up with a retention policy to regularize unauthorized or illegal constructions, the high court has asked the authorities about the provisions under law by which the govt was empowered to do so.

Pak releases 315 Indian fishermen

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Pakistan on Thursday released 315 Indian fishermen, including 14 minors, who were lodged in Karachi jail after they were caught in Pakistani territorial waters while fishing in the high seas.

Youngsters use cremation ground for sports, parents upset

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:39 PM PDT

Lack of space for discharge of sewage water has been troubling youngsters of Kasiana village for the last five years.

No political vendetta in Punjab: Badal

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:37 PM PDT

In the backdrop of opposition Congress' allegations of police excesses against its workers, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday assured that there there was no political victimisation in the state.

Manmohan’s Pondy visit may reinforce Aurobindo connect

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:37 PM PDT

This is not the first time Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Puducherry. But his first official visit to the city as PM may reinforce a relationship forged six years ago when he unveiled a statue of Sri Aurobindo at the Parliament House.

Ground water level declining, contamination rising in Punjab

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:35 PM PDT

If you are having to dig deeper every year for your water pump to get water, here's why. Punjab irrigation minister, J S Sekhon, admitted on the floor of the house in Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday that ground water is continuously declining in 85% areas of the state.

Armed men walk away with murder accused, injure 3 cops

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:31 PM PDT

Armed men assaulted a police team to free a murder accused, who had been brought to Panipat from Hisar jail to sit for an examination on Thursday.

Petrol price will rise after presidential poll: Mamata

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:17 PM PDT

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday she believed petrol prices were cut with the presidential poll in mind and would be increased again after July 19.

Uttrakhand police constitute special teams to hunt down three Roorkee priests' murderers

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:15 PM PDT

The Uttarakahand police on Thursday constituted six special teams to hunt down 10 unidentified people, who had barged into a Hanuman temple in Laksar near Roorkee in the state's Haridwar district and hacked three priests to death a day earlier.

Punjab MLA: Send stray dogs to north east, China

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Congress legislator Ajit Singh Mofar moved a resolution in the Punjab assembly on Thursday seeking to tackle stray dogs in the state by sending them to China, Mizoram or Nagaland, for "whatever they do to them".

UP seeks temporary IAS posts for PCS officers

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has stepped in to end the decade-old status quo on promotion of PCS officers to IAS cadre.

UP health scam: HC refuses interim relief to Pradeep Shukla

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:10 PM PDT

The Allahabad high court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to IAS officer and former director of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Pradeep Shukla in the multi-crore NRHM scam case.

Himachal to amend law to end bar on buying over 150 bigha land for religious institutions

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT

Religious institutions in Himachal Pradesh will soon be able to buy land over and above the limit fixed in the Himachal Pradesh Land Ceiling Act, 1972.

Farmers booked for opposing nuclear power plant in Haryana

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:03 PM PDT

The Haryana police have booked around 50 farmers for stopping officials from surveying the land for the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district.

Sadananda Gowda lives to fight another day

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:57 PM PDT

Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda has managed to get a reprieve for a couple of weeks thanks to the presidential election on July 19. But not before his planned visit to Delhi was scuttled at virtually the last minute.

Assam hit by worst floods in 8 years

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:54 PM PDT

The Assam government on Thursday declared the current floods in the state as the worst since 2004. So far 23 people have died in the calamity even as the army, IAF and the National Disaster Response Force of BSF have been pressed into service for rescue and relief operations.

Celebrations in Surjeet's village in Ferozepur

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT

Fiddae village in Ferozepur district burst into celebrations as Surjeet Singh arrived home to be with his family and friends after 31 years in jail in Pakistan.

Indian prisoners treated well in Pakistan: Surjeet Singh

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:51 PM PDT

Indian prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore are treated fairly well, said Surjeet Singh after spending more than 30 years there. "They are given good treatment and I never saw anyone being tortured or mistreated in the prison," Surjeet told reporters.

A tearful family reunion for Surjeet Singh

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT

It was an emotional homecoming for Surjeet Singh, arrested and jailed in Pakistan for 30 years on charges of spying, as he crossed the Wagah-Attari border for a tearful reunion with his family on Thursday.

Sonia told me I couldn't be spared for President: Pranab

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Speaking on coalitions, Mukherjee said coalitions are necessary, but it would be wrong to predict that the people of India will make coalition governments a necessity.

Indian democracy can absorb difficult situations: Pranab

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Speaking on coalitions, Mukherjee said coalitions are necessary, but it would be wrong to predict that the people of India will make coalition governments a necessity.
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