Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Fire at Finance Ministry office destroys records in two rooms

Fire at Finance Ministry office destroys records in two rooms

Fire at Finance Ministry office destroys records in two rooms

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 08:29 PM PDT

A major fire broke out at room number 14 and 15 of the Finance Ministry's North Block office in New Delhi today. The fire broke out at around 5:45 am. Six fire tenders were immediately rushed to the s...

20 arrested in Andhra Pradesh's liquor raids

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 11:23 AM PDT

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested 20 people after raids across the state for irregularities in owning liquor outlets. They have registered 22 cases relating to fraud committed in ...

Petrol to be cheaper by Rs 1.19 in Andhra Pradesh

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 10:47 AM PDT

The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday decided to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2 per cent on petrol, bringing its price down by Rs 1.19 per litre, a move which has been approved by the Election...

Gujjar quota: Bainsla starts agitation, warns of escalation

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 10:03 AM PDT

Alleging that the Rajasthan Government was "ignoring" the issue of reservation for Gujjars and other castes, Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla on Wednesday began a 'Mahapadav' (sit-in) in Sawaimadhop...

Operation Bluestar anniversary: Controversial memorial, tributes

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:57 AM PDT

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought to distance himself and the state government from the construction of Operation Blue Star' memorial in Amritsar by radical Sikh groups. H...

Visits to gyms, spas, banquet halls to cost more in Delhi

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:44 AM PDT

Visiting a spa, exercising at a gymnasium and booking a banquet hall will get costly with Delhi Assembly on Wednesday clearing a Bill levying luxury tax on them.

Democracy in peril at Kudankulam

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:26 AM PDT

It's a report that endorses what journalists knew: human rights violations at Kudankulam over the last several months. An independent committee headed by Justice AP Shah, former Chief Justice of Madra...

Centre raises Kerala's Haj quota

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 09:13 AM PDT

The Centre has agreed to raise Kerala's Haj quota by 1031 this year, enabling a total of 7518 pilgrims from the state to fly to Mecca to perform the pilgrimage.

Will contest for party president next year if alive, says Karunanidhi

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 08:36 AM PDT

Caught in the midst of sibling rivalry involving his two sons to gain control of the party, octogenarian DMK chief M Karunanidhi said on Wednesday that he would contest for the top party post next yea...

Kerala gets widespread rains, more forecast for next two days

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:37 AM PDT

With the south-west monsoon hitting the Kerala coast, widespread rainfall occurred at most places in the state and Lakshadweep with the weathermen on Wednesday forecasting more rains in the next two d...

Jayalalithaa presents Rs 2 crore to Viswanathan Anand

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:15 AM PDT

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Chennai on Wednesday. The Chief Minister rewarded two crore rupees to the five time world chess champion.

First look at Mumbai international airport's Terminal 2

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 07:08 AM PDT

Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will soon have a new state-of-the-art terminal. Officials have released pictures of what Terminal 2 or T2, as it will be known, will look like once i...

Tobacco ads everywhere, why isolate Metro: DMRC

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Reacting to a letter by an anti-tobacco advocacy group on display of tobacco advertisements at various Metro stations in the capital, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has said that gutka and ci...

Operation Bluestar: Dal Khalsa releases directory

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT

Radical Sikh organisation Dal Khalsa on Tuesday released a directory of the people who died during the Indian Army's Operation Bluestar in the Golden Temple complex in the Sikh holy city in June 1984.

Kidnapped engineer rescued, seven held

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 03:18 AM PDT

An engineer abducted for ransom was rescued by police following arrest of seven persons, police said today.

Death toll due to heat rises to 48 in West Bengal

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 03:11 AM PDT

Heat wave conditions continued to prevail in the southern districts of West Bengal with 48 persons succumbing to the heat till today, official reports from the districts said.

Clouds mar Venus transit viewing in Karnataka

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:33 AM PDT

With the onset of southwest monsoon in coastal and southern Karnataka, rain-bearing clouds marred a clear view of the Venus transiting across the sun early on Wednesday, though thousands were able to ...

Has Mumbai rejected Anna?

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:12 AM PDT

Low turnout for anti-graft activist's rally at Parel, similar to the thin attendance at MMRDA grounds last December

In heat wave, Dalit beaten to death for using water pump

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:52 AM PDT

Police in north India said Wednesday they were hunting for a village strongman accused of beating to death an "untouchable" neighbour who broke strict caste-based rules by using a local hand pump.

Birthday bash was cover for sex trade racket

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:41 AM PDT

Cops raid restaurant in Oshiwara after receiving tip-off that girls attending a party were prostitutes; arrest organiser, his associate, restaurant owner and manager; 11 girls rescued

After Education Minister's kids fail exams, he wants academic chief to quit

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:39 AM PDT

The Education Minister of Jharkhand has a rather embarrassing problem -both his children have failed their Class 12 exams for the last two years.

Operation Bluestar memorial: Amrinder Singh says Punjab cannot afford structure

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a memorial to those killed in the Operation Bluestar inside the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar.

12-yr-old kidnapped and killed before ransom call

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:19 AM PDT

The boy was on his way to rent a movie when he was kidnapped; two days before making the ransom call, his captor killed him and dumped the body in a gutter

After engine failure, IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:11 AM PDT

A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight with 114 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Nagpur airport today due to some technical snag.
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