Thursday, June 7, 2012

Cabinet Committee on Security rejects PM’s line, won’t go soft on Siachen

Cabinet Committee on Security rejects PM’s line, won’t go soft on Siachen


Cabinet Committee on Security rejects PM’s line, won’t go soft on Siachen

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 08:36 PM PDT

The committee, chaired by PM, on Thursday cleared the 'brief' for 13th round of the defence secretary-level talks to be held with Pakistan in Islamabad on June 11-12.


Govt's old-age pension scheme: It’s a fruitless wait, but he won’t stop hoping

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 06:16 PM PDT

The govt says destitute senior citizens can survive on Rs 6.66 a day. TOI profiles Delhi's 70-year-old Ramkumar Gupta who sells fruits to make ends meet.


Govt's old-age pension scheme: Many tyres to fix before he can call it a day

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 06:03 PM PDT

The govt says destitute senior citizens can survive on Rs 6.66 a day. This explains why most are still forced to work in their sunset years. TOI profiles Lucknow's 76-year-old Irfan Khan who still works 12 hours a day to make ends meet.


Govt's old-age pension scheme: 'I can’t burden my son to fulfil my daily needs'

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Govt says destitute senior citizens can survive on Rs 6.66 a day. This explains why most are still forced to work in their sunset years. TOI profiles a Chennai couple who struggle to make ends meet in their twilight years.


At Rs 6.66 a day, old-age pension is a cruel joke

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:30 PM PDT

The govt says destitute senior citizens can survive on Rs 6.66 a day. This explains why most are still forced to work in their sunset years.


Rohtak shelter home case: Girls supplied for government officials’ parties, claim inmates

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Inmates of Rohtak shelter home have claimed that girls would be taken from the NGO-run facility to Chandigarh to attend birthday celebrations of government officials.


Student commits suicide over poor show in Haryana board exams

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:14 PM PDT

Depressed over his poor performance in Class 12 examination of the Haryana School Education Board (HSEB), an 18-year-old boy of Haryana Model School in Samalkha, committed suicide by jumping into a canal on Wednesday.


Karnal: Villagers allege police firing in clashes over land

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Several persons were injured as residents of four villages clashed with police in Lalupura village of Karnal district over vacating 100 acres of land from the possession of wrongful owners.


Patiala cops on their toes over missing loaded gun

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 05:02 PM PDT

An Indian small arms system (INSAS) gun loaded with 20 live cartridges, which was allegedly stolen, has the Patiala cops on their toes.


Haryana village youth scales Mount Everest

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Kapil Ruhil from Raichadwala village in Jind district realised his childhood dream when he reached the highest peak -- Mount Everest -- in the Himalayas on May 19.


Dera chief granted permission to visit Nepal

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:57 PM PDT

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted permission by a court to go to Nepal from June 16 to 22.


Underground all electric wires crossing international border fence: BSF

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT

The Border Security Force (BSF) has asked the electricity department to underground all the high tension overhead electric wires crossing the International Border fence, following electrocution of a BSF constable.


Himachal Pradesh approves probe report into benami land deals

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:51 PM PDT

Cabinet also adopted a policy for capacity enhancement and a levy for the same on projects seeking capacity enhancement over and above approved capacity.


Foreign secretary meets Dalai Lama

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:48 PM PDT

The foreign secretary of India, Ranjan Mathai, on Thursday met Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama at his home in exile in McLeodganj.


Swami Agnivesh seeks HC permission to visit abroad

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Swami Agnivesh is an accused in a case of hurting religious sentiments in Haryana and presently on bail from the high court.


SAD, Cong workers clash in Patiala panchayat polls

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:44 PM PDT

Ghanaur Nagar panchayat elections in Patiala witnessed ruling SAD and Congress workers clash with each other over booth capturing allegations, which left four persons injured, one of them seriously.


Kickboxer forced into prostitution, kin booked

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:40 PM PDT

The Haryana Police has booked the parents of a national kickboxing player for allegedly forcing her into prostitution.


Rohtak shelter home case: Foreigners filmed girls naked, allege inmates

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:32 PM PDT

The inmates told a four-member probe team, appointed by the Punjab and Haryana high court, on Wednesday that they were filmed by foreign nationals from Mumbai who lured them with good food and clothes.


2G scam: Court delays ruling on plea by accused

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:21 PM PDT

A trial court on Thursday kept its order pending for an "appropriate stage" on a plea by 2G spectrum case accused Rajiv Agarwal for obtaining specimen signatures of a CBI witness and Tata Teleservices Ltd official Anand Dalal.


At Rs 1.2L/sq ft, SoBo flat sale sets an India record

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:16 PM PDT

The property market may be down in the dumps, but Mumbai has once again recorded the most expensive apartment deal in the country.


Navy war room leak case: Abhishek Verma’s premises raided by CBI

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT

The CBI on Thursday registered a fresh case against naval war room leak case accused Abhishek Verma and raided several locations along with a team of Income Tax officers.


Chidambaram to face trial over Lok Sabha election

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 04:01 PM PDT

P Chidambaram will have to face trial to prove the validity of his election from Sivaganga parliamentary constituency with the Madras high court refusing to reject a petition challenging his victory by 3,354 votes in 2009.


India shares highest preterm birth burden

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Nearly 24%, or one in four children born prematurely across the globe in 2010 were from India.


UPA defers Pension Bill after Mamata's veto

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 03:50 PM PDT

The UPA on Thursday withdrew its enthusiastic move and deferred the Pension Bill after a resolute Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee put her foot down.


Road accidents killed 17 an hour in 2011

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Government's claims to curb road fatalities clearly don't bear out in the nationwide loss of 390 lives daily. While, 17 lives were lost in road accidents every hour last year, the corresponding figure was 15 for 2010.


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