Friday, June 22, 2012

Fuel price hike: BJP leaders, workers court arrest in region

Fuel price hike: BJP leaders, workers court arrest in region

Fuel price hike: BJP leaders, workers court arrest in region

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:54 PM PDT

Thousands of BJP leaders and workers courted arrest in Punjab and Haryana on Friday to protest against the recent hike in fuel prices.

Dead farmers among 50 booked for clash in Patiala

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:53 PM PDT

On June 19 the Patiala administration had tried to take possession of hundreds of acres of common land in Balbera and Charson villages being cultivated by farmers for more than four decades.

Vigilance probe on against suspended Patiala DC, 5 others

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:51 PM PDT

On May 8, the state government had asked the vigilance bureau to finish the probe within a month, but the case file was received by the bureau on Thursday.

Short-circuiting cause of most fires in Himachal Pradesh

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:50 PM PDT

Electricity wires installed decades ago in homes in remote villages of Himachal have become the cause of rising number of fire incidents.

Punjab secretariat awash with 'fuel' for fire

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:47 PM PDT

Take a walk through the broken, dusty corridors of Punjab secretariat, the seat of power of the state government, and the sheer volume of "fuel" for fire, stacked on all floors, will stagger you.

Himachal Pradesh fire dept mulls personal hydrants in villages

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:46 PM PDT

Chansu village of Kinnaur district has already built such water tank on mountain near the village.

ATM fraudster took help of low-rank employees

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:44 PM PDT

Investigation of the case wherein a six-member gang, headed by an unsuccessful businessman of Ludhiana, Sumit Gupta, defrauded private banks; has revealed involvement of low-rank officials of a leading private bank.

After gram sabha, a chaupal for women in Haryana village

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:42 PM PDT

Breaking the age-old hegemony of men in 'chaupals' of Haryana, Bibipur village in Jind district, for the first time in the state, will have an exclusive 'chaupal for women'.

Cool days ahead as monsoon inches closer to Punjab and Haryana

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:41 PM PDT

If all goes as expected, monsoon would soon arrive in Punjab and Haryana as the wind direction has changed from west to east, suggesting development of rain clouds by the first week of July.

HC gives Himachal Pradesh University registrar directions on hostel admissions

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:39 PM PDT

The Himachal Pradesh high court on Friday directed the Himachal Pradesh University registrar to accommodate all 142 students who have applied for admission in the Shahid Bhagat Singh Boys Hostel.

MP seeks governor's intervention to save legendary banyan tree in Kurukshetra

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT

The area surrounding the tree has been covered with marble pavement making it difficult for the tree to draw nutrients for its growth.

Cash-for-cellphone: 4 Ambala jail wardens held

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:36 PM PDT

Ambala: Haryana police have arrested four wardens of Ambala central jail following recovery of a cellphone video which shows them accepting bribe from the inmates in return for smuggling mobile phones inside.

Clemency only for brutal criminals?

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:04 PM PDT

A passionate debate has been triggered online following TOI's report on June 22 about the President granting clemency to a record 35 convicts, with netizens arguing for and against capital punishment.

President Pratibha Patil gives life to dead man

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:55 PM PDT

It came to light on Friday that one of the convicts whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by President Patil died almost 5 years ago.

Vaishno Devi pilgrimage suspended due to forest fire

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:19 PM PDT

Pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near Jammu was suspended late Friday due to a forest fire which spread over and reached near mid-point of the 12km trek from base camp Katra.

Can MP Sachin Tendulkar hawk colas?

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:12 PM PDT

Now that he is a parliamentarian, can cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar continue to push products he has been endorsing?

Govt clears procurement worth 20,000 crore for forces

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:09 PM PDT

Drawing flak over delays in military acquisitions, Centre on Friday cleared proposals worth over Rs 20,000 crore for the procurement of air defence missile systems for the Army and other equipment.

Forest fire triggers mine explosions along LoC

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:07 PM PDT

A heavy forest fire which has erupted several kilometers along the Indo-Pak border has triggered mine explosions in the area and damaged some communication lines in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

National Conference demands pre-1953 status for Kashmir

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT

The ruling National Conference in J&K has demanded that the Centre restore the pre-1953 position to the state to fulfil the "broken promises".

Calcutta high court junks Mamata Banerjee’s law to take back Tata’s Singur land

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT

The Calcutta high court on Friday struck down an act Mamata Banerjee's government introduced to wrest control of the land that the Left Front had acquired for the Tatas for its Singur Nano project.

Team Anna renews probe call against Pranab Mukherjee

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:34 PM PDT

Team Anna on Friday countered finance minister and UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee reiterating their demand for an independent probe.

Rail board empathizes with overworked locomotive drivers

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Railways has finally woken up to the miseries of locomotive pilots, who are being subjected to long night shifts and inhuman duty hours, but stopped short of taking concrete steps in making amendment in rulebook.

JD(U) takes on BJP, backs Pranab Mukherjee on fiscal scene

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:28 PM PDT

BJP and JD(U), who disagreed over supporting Congress's nominee Pranab Mukherjee as President, continued to drift apart, with the latter defending the finance minister against the charge of mismanagement of the economy.

Unchecked SIM, memory cards of Pakistan-bound passengers pose security threats

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:08 PM PDT

The lack of check on SIM cards, micro chips and laptops of passengers going to Pakistan by train from Atari, Munabao and other border stations of the country have posed a serious question on the security of the country.

Free medicines for all from October

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT

India's ambitious policy to provide free medicines to all patients attending a government health facility across the country will be rolled out from October.
Posted by Harshad at 9:31 PM

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