Thursday, June 21, 2012

Soon, all-in-one pet care centre in Gurgaon

Soon, all-in-one pet care centre in Gurgaon


Soon, all-in-one pet care centre in Gurgaon

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:58 PM PDT

Millennium City Gurgaon is all set to get a state-of-the-art multi-specialty pet hospital.


Shimla toy train to run on solar power

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:57 PM PDT

The Kalka-Shimla toy train - Himalayan Queen - has become the first in the country to have coaches operating on solar-based power system.


Electronic cards to keep check on pregnant women

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:56 PM PDT

The district administration has decided to honour the anganwadi workers in the villages of the district that showed improvement in the sex ratio.


US deputy secretary Thomas R Nides to travel to Mumbai this week

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:55 PM PDT

During his Mumbai visit from June 22 to 24, the deputy secretary of states Thomas R Nides will focus on bilateral and regional economic cooperation.


Heat conditions persist despite dip in temperature

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:54 PM PDT

After a sharp rise of six to seven degrees in temperature on Wednesday, Thursday saw a dip of one to two degree temperature in most districts of Punjab and Haryana.


New turn in Bhagana case, FIR against dalit leader

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:53 PM PDT

Police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against dalit leader Virender Bagoriya and 20 associates for allegedly obstructing duty by government officials.


Charason land acquisition: Farmers demand suspension of ASP, panchayat officer

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Patiala administration had tried to take possession of hundreds of acres of common land, being cultivated by farmers for more than four decades, in Balbera and Charson villages on Tuesday.


Golden Temple ber trees wilt under worship

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:48 PM PDT

The immense religious and historical significance of the three ber trees in Golden Temple, which are over four centuries old, is choking their existence.


Human trafficker managed to get Punjab security guards

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:46 PM PDT

Nishan, whose real name was Inderjit Singh, was connected with the Malta boat tragedy where about 300 Asians, mostly Indians, had died.


Nawanshahr deputy commissioner bans mining in river Satluj

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:44 PM PDT

The deputy commissioner has banned sand mining in river Satluj after an inquiry by district revenue officer (DRO) confirmed that demarcation of designated sites has not remained clear, leading to illegal mining.


Prabhdeep Kaur Batra first Gursikh pilot with Indian Coast Guard

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:42 PM PDT

Prabhdeep said she was one of the nine pilots at the 78th Helicopter Conversion Course (HCC) and only two women pilots including her and Rupal Kaur Lamba from Delhi were awarded the assistant commandant rank in ICG.


Prabhdeep becomes first Gursikh pilot with Indian Coast Guard

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:42 PM PDT

Prabhdeep said she was one of the nine pilots at the 78th Helicopter Conversion Course (HCC) and only two women pilots including her and Rupal Kaur Lamba from Delhi were awarded the assistant commandant rank in ICG.


Charason land acquisition: Farmers demand suspension of Patiala district officials

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:40 PM PDT

Patiala administration had tried to take possession of hundreds of acres of common land, being cultivated by farmers for more than four decades, in Balbera and Charson villages on Tuesday.


Punjab assembly adjourned twice over Bluestar memorial, honouring Rajoana

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Congress legislators, led by leader of opposition, Sunil Jakhar, forced speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal to adjourn the proceedings initially for 45 minutes and later on for the day.


One out of four cervical cancer patients is an Indian

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:36 PM PDT

A joint team of American and Singapore scientists announced recently that they had found the origin of cervical cancer, raising hopes of its early detection and treatment.


President Pratibha Patil goes on mercy overdrive

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:25 PM PDT

Ahead of demitting office, President Pratibha Patil has scored a new record. She has commuted the death sentence of as many as 35 convicts to life.


Mantralaya fire: Politician climbs down pipe from 6th floor

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:16 PM PDT

With help from the fire department taking time to arrive, some of those trapped in the building resorted to extreme measures.


Abhishek Verma, wife remanded to judicial custody till July 4

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:13 PM PDT

Businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian wife, arrested for allegedly receiving money from a Swiss arms on promise that it will not be blacklisted by the Indian government, were on Thursday remanded to judicial custody till July 4 by a trial court after the CBI said the probe is still on.


Himalayan Queen coaches get solar power

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:11 PM PDT

The Kalka-Shimla toy train - Himalayan Queen - has become the first in the country whose coaches have been converted to solar-based power system.


Court given copies of Kudankulam treaties

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Copies of two bilateral treaties India had signed with the erstwhile USSR and Russia in 1988 and 1988, respectively, for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant were furnished to the Madras high court by the Centre in a sealed cover on Thursday.


Senior ministers monitored fire rescue operation

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Ajit Pawar, who was set to preside over a meeting in his chamber, was informed about the fire and escorted out of his sixth floor office. He too climbed down the stairs, as the lifts were shut down.


Navy flies across its choppers

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:57 PM PDT

Indian Navy's Westland Sea King and Chetak helicopters were recalled around 6pm after being pressed into service at 4.50pm to rescue those stuck in Thursday's Mantralaya fire.


Navy flies across its choppers

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:57 PM PDT

Indian Navy's Westland Sea King and Chetak helicopters were recalled around 6pm after being pressed into service at 4.50pm to rescue those stuck in Thursday's Mantralaya fire.


Panel suggests VRS for 17% of Air India staff

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:57 PM PDT

Employees of erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines are all set to lose the unlimited free air tickets they and their extended families — going right upto inlaws — have enjoyed for ages.


Fire-fighting equipment was not working, no fire drills in five years, says a bureaucrat

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT

The bureaucrat admitted that in the last five years, the fire-fighting equipment installed throughout Mantralaya was never tested nor was any mock fire drill conducted.


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