Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Hanging of Ajmal Kasab will help ties: Pakistani analysts

Hanging of Ajmal Kasab will help ties: Pakistani analysts

Hanging of Ajmal Kasab will help ties: Pakistani analysts

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Pakistani analyst Aamir Ghauri called on the two countries to show courage and move on from the memory of this ghastly terrorist act.

'Evening courts might disrupt law and order'

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Lawyers in Punjab believe that evening courts can pose a law and order problem in a state known for its post-sunset love of the booze.

Jet flight makes emergency landing, but child dies

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:42 PM PDT

A three-year-old girl aboard the Milan-Delhi Jet Airways flight reportedly fell sick while on the plane forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing at the Amritsar airport on Wednesday morning.

Unsure about entry of Bangladeshi Muslims: BSF

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:40 PM PDT

BSF director general U K Bansal has said that though BSP was keeping a strict vigil on the border with Bangladesh, he could not say with confidence that there is zero entrance of Bangladeshis through the border.

Govt officers, sarpanch in dock for fund misuse in Haryana

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Government officers and a sarpanch are in soup over a financial scam being exposed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) in Gudhana village of Rohtak.

NIT Kurukshetera asks 800 students to vacate hostel

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:28 PM PDT

These students belong to B.Tech third year whose classes have also been suspended till further orders.They have been sitting on a dharna in the campus of the institute since Tuesday.

Living his dream, Rick cruises the Himalayas

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:27 PM PDT

A cheerful smile writ large on his face, Rick Brown, 70, an American citizen, stands next to his sparkling 1923 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost.

Municipal commissioner directed to file affidavit for delay in making Shimla tunnel functional

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT

The high court on Tuesday directed the commissioner, municipal corporation, Shimla to file an affidavit as to explain the delay for making the first deck of the city tunnel functional.

Himachal Pradesh: No-trust motion defeated, Congress stages another walkout

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:22 PM PDT

After its no-confidence motion was defeated in the assembly on Tuesday, opposition Congress tried to corner the ruling BJP on Wednesday again, for registering a case against Jaypee Industries.

Road project awarded to Chinese company cancelled in Himachal

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT

Following unending delay, Himachal Pradesh government has finally cancelled the much politicized Rs 228-crore Theog-Hatkoti-Rohru road project, which was awarded to a Chinese firm around four years ago.

Two rallies bring Shimla to a halt

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:18 PM PDT

Daily commuters and tourists were the worst affected as the administration failed to make timely arrangements to control traffic on the narrow city roads.

26/11 gunman Kasab not told of Supreme Court verdict

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:28 PM PDT

The country's most high-profile prisoner spent the day in Arthur Road jail oblivious of the death sentence meted out to him by the Supreme Court.

Maharashtra government has spent Rs 53 crore on Kasab so far

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Special public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam expressed displeasure over the expenditure row.

TNPCB gives fresh nod for Kudankulam N-project

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT

The state pollution control board, which drew flak from the Madras high court for its order granting approval to the Kudankulam nuclear power project, has issued a fresh consent order for operating the plant.

Not hangman, a cop will execute Pakistani terrorist Kasab

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:18 PM PDT

No hangman will be called in to execute Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, state prison officials say. Kasab will have the noose around his neck tightened by police personnel.

Sarabjit's family sends medicines for fellow prisoner's son

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:14 PM PDT

Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan's Kot Lakhpat Jail Sarabjit Singh's family has sent medicines for his fellow prisoner's son, who is suffering from bone ailment.

BJP, RSS clash over transfer of cop in Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT

RSS activists ransacked the Indore BJP office and burnt the effigy of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan late on Tuesday night after the government failed to re-instate a police officer probing a local malcontent who complained to cops that an RSS worker shot at him during a religious rally.

Land ceiling to stay: Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:07 PM PDT

In an attempt to position herself as the messiah of the rural poor, a majority of which switched loyalties post Singur and Nandigram, the chief minister announced on Wednesday that her government won't do away with land ceiling.

Assam bans bandhs to ease ethnic tension

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:04 PM PDT

The Assam government on Wednesday banned all types of bandhs for one month to ease the tension that has gripped the state following the outbreak of ethnic conflict in Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) areas on July 20.

National Commission for Women raps Haryana govt in Rohtak abuse case

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:02 PM PDT

The NCW on Wednesday decided to transfer inmates at Haryana's Rohtak based shelter home, Apna Ghar, who were sexually abused, to various institutes in the national capital after being dissatisfied with the Haryana government in its efforts to rehabilitate them.

ISD calls made from Punjab jail housing terrorists

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT

As many as 1,000 phone calls, including international, were made in the last three months from the "high security" jail in Nabha in Punjab's Patiala district, which lodges dreaded terrorists.

Supreme Court reserves verdict in 1993 blasts case

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT

The March 1993 serial blasts killed 257 people, injured 713 and damaged property worth Rs 123 crore.

Congress, BJP continue to trade barbs over coalgate

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Congress and BJP on Wednesday continue to slug it out over CAG's estimate that the 'coalgate' led to Rs 1.86 lakh crore in undue gains for private players who were awarded coal blocks without inviting competitive bids.

Supreme Court seeks status of pending probe based on Radia tapes

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:45 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file a status report on the pending investigations initiated on the basis of the Niira Radia tapes after it was informed that those telephone intercepts needed for ongoing investigations were intact with it.

NIA court orders issuance of warrant against Ganpathy

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:44 PM PDT

A NIA special court in Kolkata on Wednesday ordered a warrant to be issued against CPI(Maoist) chief Muppalla Lakshmana Rao alias Ganpathy and four other top leaders of the outlawed outfit.
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