12 NCP MLAs, Sangma join new party, Pawar dissolves Meghalaya unit

12 NCP MLAs, Sangma join new party, Pawar dissolves Meghalaya unit
Punjab resident charged for killing French national
Duped by agents, Punjab and Gujarat families fear for boys abroad
Punjab teachers to keep watch at school gates for molesters
Kin meet President, seek help for Sarabjit's release
CBI moves high court to press for murder charges against Jagir Kaur
Punjab bridge awaits inauguration by CM, residents fume
Bhajji becomes ambassador for Gravesham town of UK
Punjab censor board not sweet music to Centre's ears
Professional tax: Punjab may allow commercial activities from residential houses
Punjab govt restores old timings
Kingfisher grounds pilot who took woman into cockpit
BJP now targets Chidambaram for his remarks on Coalgate
Immunization side-effects claimed 133 children’s lives in 2011
Over 12 crore railway bookings on IRCTC website failed, govt says
Raja & Co snubbed objections to to first-come-first-served policy: Supreme Court
Rail minister asks general managers to eliminate unmanned crossings
If coal is not mined, where is the loss? Chidambaram asks
Government hopes to break House logjam on Monday
Govt hopes to break House logjam on Monday
Four detained in Beed on suspicion of helping Jundal
Manmohan, Zardari to meet on sidelines of NAM summit
Keshubhai’s party may miss EC registration before state polls
Infertility on the rise among Indian men
States seek changes in GST council’s powers

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:52 PM PDT

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday dissolved the party's Meghalaya unit after his 12 legislators in the state joined the National People's Party, a party official said.

Punjab resident charged for killing French national

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:14 PM PDT

Police officers investigating the murder said Charanjeet told them that he and others attacked Frank when the latter kicked his wife.

Duped by agents, Punjab and Gujarat families fear for boys abroad

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:13 PM PDT

According to reports, the youths who have been killed in America belonged to Punjab and Gujarat.However, there has still not been any official confirmation of the deaths from the Central American country.

Punjab teachers to keep watch at school gates for molesters

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:11 PM PDT

To check harassment on girls, teachers and headmasters will have to keep vigil at the school gates when the last class bell rings and girl students will be allowed to leave 15 minutes before boys.

Kin meet President, seek help for Sarabjit's release

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:10 PM PDT

Dalbir Kaur and Swapandeep Kaur, sister and daughter of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, met President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday and sought his help in freeing Singh.

CBI moves high court to press for murder charges against Jagir Kaur

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:08 PM PDT

The agency's application states that the trial court in Patiala has failed to take into account that Harpreet's death was homicidal.

Punjab bridge awaits inauguration by CM, residents fume

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:06 PM PDT

Though completed a few months back, the much needed and awaited bridge connecting remote areas of Ferozepur and Jalandhar districts across Satluj river near Gidarpindi village is not being opened for public use.

Bhajji becomes ambassador for Gravesham town of UK

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT

Spinner Harbhajan Singh has agreed to be the honorary ambassador of Gravesham town in UK.

Punjab censor board not sweet music to Centre's ears

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:04 PM PDT

The Punjab government's decision to set up an independent censor board to screen music videos for obscenity -- the first-of-its-kind in any state -- has not come as sweet music to the Centre's ears.

Professional tax: Punjab may allow commercial activities from residential houses

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:02 PM PDT

To take the sting out of professional tax, which is expected to get the Cabinet nod on August 28, the SAD-BJP alliance government is contemplating allowing use of residential houses for commercial activities.

Punjab govt restores old timings

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:01 PM PDT

The Punjab government has restored the old office timings - 9am to 5pm - from August 27 in all government offices, offices of boards and corporations.

Kingfisher grounds pilot who took woman into cockpit

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:44 PM PDT

The DGCA will launch its own probe into the episode and sources said the pilot's flying licence would be suspended for some months if the complaint against him is found true.

BJP now targets Chidambaram for his remarks on Coalgate

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:42 PM PDT

Latching on to Chidambaram's claim that coal was not extracted yet, Jaitley claimed the allottees were hoarding the stock and were causing greater loss to the exchequer.

Immunization side-effects claimed 133 children’s lives in 2011

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Minister of state for health Sudip Bandhopadhyay admitted on Friday said that six of those deaths occurred due to programme errors, while four others died of vaccine reaction.

Over 12 crore railway bookings on IRCTC website failed, govt says

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT

Over 12 crore railway tickets purchased online through the IRCTC website from April 2011 to June this year could not be booked despite making of payments due to network failure.

Raja & Co snubbed objections to to first-come-first-served policy: Supreme Court

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:24 PM PDT

The court virtually began from where it left on February 2, when it cancelled 122 licences allotted arbitrarily and illegally under the FCFS policy followed by Raja and ordered their auction.

Rail minister asks general managers to eliminate unmanned crossings

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:23 PM PDT

Accidents at unmanned level crossings remained a major concern for the railways, rail minister Mukul Roy has admitted.

If coal is not mined, where is the loss? Chidambaram asks

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:19 PM PDT

The govt on Friday rejected the CAG's estimate of presumptive loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore in allocation of 57 coal blocks, with Chidambaram asserting there was no question of a loss when mining had started in only one block.

Government hopes to break House logjam on Monday

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:15 PM PDT

However, without innovative solution, breakthrough unlikely as the BJP shows no signs of backing off.

Govt hopes to break House logjam on Monday

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:15 PM PDT

However, without innovative solution, breakthrough unlikely as the BJP shows no signs of backing off.

Four detained in Beed on suspicion of helping Jundal

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Investigations against 26/11 accused and LeT operative Abu Jundal took a fresh turn on Thursday, with NIA detaining four people in Maharashtra's Beed district.

Manmohan, Zardari to meet on sidelines of NAM summit

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:54 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran next week.

Keshubhai’s party may miss EC registration before state polls

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:51 PM PDT

BJP renegade Keshubhai Patel may have floated his political outfit, Gujarat Parivartan Party, with much fanfare but it may be a tad too late to have it registered as an unrecognized state party before the assembly poll process gets underway.