Monday, August 20, 2012

Sectarian clash in Patiala village after youths tease girls

Sectarian clash in Patiala village after youths tease girls

Sectarian clash in Patiala village after youths tease girls

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT

Tension gripped Kahangarh Bhutna village after nine persons were injured in a clash between Ramgharia Sikhs and Jatt Sikhs over eve-teasing in front of a gurdwara on Sunday night.

EC makes it easy for first-time transgenders to vote

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:46 PM PDT

First-time transgender voters henceforth need not bother looking for a sponsor or beg their parents to sign the new registration form.

Cong builds house of dreams on Narendra Modi’s turf

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:41 PM PDT

Thousands of poor voters of Gujarat surged towards Congress camps for distributing forms for dirt-cheap urban housing — a promise the Congress has made only to women in a determined bid to prevent chief minister Narendra Modi from winning his third successive state election.

Rain disrupts rail, road and air traffic in Himachal Pradesh

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Hundreds of people, including a large number of foreign tourists, were stranded near Kaza in Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh as heavy rain triggered a landslide and breached a road on Saturday night, reports reaching here said on Monday.

Notice to actor Harbhajan Mann in cheating case

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:37 PM PDT

The district court here has issued a notice to Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann in an alleged case of cheating and fraud.

Army seek information on land around Annandale ground

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Before the next hearing in Annandale ground arbitration case, Army authorities want to measure land around the ground in totality, for which they have approached the administration informally.

Haryana opposition demands action against Sirsa SP, IG for shielding Kanda

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:34 PM PDT

HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi said Hisar range (IG) A S Chawla and Sirsa SP Devender Yadav should be suspended for "letting Kanda hide" in an area under their jurisdiction.

Kanda spent11 days shuttling between Sirsa, Jaipur and Gurgaon

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:33 PM PDT

Disgraced former Haryana home minister Gopal Kanda spent 11 days shuttling between Sirsa, Jaipur and Gurgaon before surrendering on August 18.

Fake arms license racket busted in Sonipat

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:30 PM PDT

A special investigating team (SIT) of Sonipat police claim to have busted a gang involved in issuing fake arms licenses with the arrest of a resident of Kasandi village here.

Revenue officials, 10 others booked for forgery

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:28 PM PDT

Sonipat police have registered a case against a Naib Tehsildar Deepak Raj, girdawar Chet Ram, revenue clerk Vinay Kumar, nambardar Surender Singh and 10 others for registration of land in the name of a firm on the basis of fake documents, on the complaint of a farmer of Pritampura village on Sunday.

Rising silt hits 3 hydel plants

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT

High silt level in the rivers of Himachal Pradesh has forced the closure of the 1,500MW Nathpa Jhakri, the 1,000MW Karcham-Wangtoo and the 300MW Chamera-II hydro-power projects since Monday morning resulting in the stoppage of around 3,000MW to the northern grid.

Northeast Indians exodus: BJP attacks PM for singling out Karnataka

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:46 PM PDT

Opposition BJP on Monday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh questioning why he "singled" out Karnataka over the issue of exodus of people from the northeast even when violent incidents took place in Mumbai and Hyderabad, alleging this could have been politically motivated.

CBI gets govt nod to access information of arms dealer Abhishek Verma’s front companies

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:42 PM PDT

CBI's judicial request to get details of financial transactions of a Swiss defence firm and Ganton, who are suspected to be front companies of alleged arms dealer Abhishek Verma, has been cleared by the government.

Inter-ministerial central team to visit lower Assam today

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT

A team of seven senior central government officials from different ministries will visit Assam on Tuesday to assist the state government in the rehabilitation of people affected by recent violence.

Assam Rifles’ DG shunted out on fake bill?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Lt Gen Roy may not have spent official money on his wife's hair do. The particular bill that led to Roy's transfer was for a total of Rs 23,000.

Govt wants EPFO pension raised to Rs 1,000 a month

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT

The labour ministry has written to the finance ministry recommending that the minimum monthly pension for members of the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) be raised to Rs 1,000 per month.

Corrupt PSU babus too may get ‘sanction shield’

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT

The protective cover of government's permission to charge-sheet a public servant for corruption could be extended to those on deputation to PSUs.

Govt on warpath with plan panel

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:01 PM PDT

The idea of a single National Health Mission to address the health challenges of the country's rural and urban population, as envisaged by the Planning Commission, is in the eye of a storm.

Sore BSF men move court against home ministry

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:56 PM PDT

More than 100 BSF officers have petitioned the Delhi high court against those who frame policies for them — the Union Home Ministry and the IPS officers, who constitute the top brass of the border guarding force.

Finance ministry to move Cabinet to push infrastructure projects

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:54 PM PDT

In a bid to remove bottlenecks for implementation of several large infrastructure projects to boost investment, the finance ministry has decided to approach the Cabinet for removal of environmental and funding hurdles.

Govt to study sexual harassment men face at workplace

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:43 PM PDT

Minister for women and child development plans to conduct a study to find out what kind of harassment of males is prevalent and to what extent at workplaces.

Nearly 10k non-resident Malayalis line up to vote back home

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:16 PM PDT

Non-resident Malayalis have emerged as the most enthusiastic group about elections in India, with close to 10,000 registering themselves with the Election Commission after the government decided to give voting rights to NRIs.

PMO paved way for opaque allotments of coal blocks

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:14 PM PDT

Despite prodding a recalcitrant coal ministry to introduce auctions of coal blocks, the PMO might have itself set the clock back and paved the way for opaque allotments by favouring an amendment of the Mines and Minerals Act.

Govt finds itself boxed in on promotion quota row

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT

The Centre fears it may be compelled to accept a "legally vulnerable" constitutional amendment to restore reservation in promotion for SCs/STs.

Opposition to ask PM to resign over Coalgate

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:52 PM PDT

The opposition is gearing to take on the government over adverse CAG reports – focusing on allocations of coal blocks that the federal auditor says benefitted private operators by Rs 1.86 lakh crore.
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