Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Silt keeps HP hydel plants shut for second day

Silt keeps HP hydel plants shut for second day

Silt keeps HP hydel plants shut for second day

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:11 PM PDT

With three major hydro power plants in Himachal Pradesh remaining closed for the second consecutive day due to high silt level in the Satluj and the Ravi, the region is heading for another power crisis.

No lessons learnt from Mahi's death; after Gurgaon, it could be Sonipat now

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:07 PM PDT

It seems that Sonipat district administration is waiting for a repeat of the Manesar tragedy, in which little Mahi lost his life, in the city.

Kullu's apple-growers use artificial ripening chemicals without expert advice

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:57 PM PDT

The increasing trend of spraying artificial "apple ripening chemicals" in Kullu is spreading like a disease among the apple growers.

Karnal Apna Ghar sexual exploitation case: 19 days on, police clueless

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:47 PM PDT

Meanwhile, the Fight for Justice Club, a body floated by the local lawyers has demanded that the proceedings should be initiated against Monika Das to declare her a proclaimed offender for eluding arrests.

In Hooda's home turf, students study under trees

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:46 PM PDT

The state government got the old school building pulled down and began work on a fresh structure in 2009, however, delays after delays led to much incontinence for the students.

Gopal Kumar Goyal's 'Kanda' mystery

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:45 PM PDT

Kanda's ancestors were traders, who weighed vegetables at a wholesale market in Sirsa.The trade gave the family the surname 'Kanda', which in local language refers to the iron weights used by traders.

Sirsa's new attraction: Kanda's palace

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:43 PM PDT

A bevy of cars, locally converted SUVs and some motorcylists halt outside a palatial fortress, in pink marble, standing on the Rania road in Sirsa.

On Facebook, Gopla Kanda is still a minister

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:41 PM PDT

Former Haryana home minister Gopal Kanda may have resigned from the state Cabinet after Geetika Sharma named him in her suicide note, but Kanda is still a minister - on Facebook.

Sachin Pilot launches video conferencing over landline in Kashmir

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Union MoS for communications and Information technology Sachin Pilot on Tuesday launched video conferencing facility over landline in Jammu & Kashmir.

Shaken Modi stirs Gujarat Housing Board

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:33 PM PDT

The Congress 'dream home' scheme has forced the Narendra Modi government to reactivate the defunct Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) which has not launched a single scheme for the urban poor in the last decade of Modi rule in Gujarat.

Bangladeshis behind Aug 11 Mumbai violence: Raj Thackeray

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday alleged that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were behind the August 11 violence.

Centre likely to increase target of awarding highway projects with government funding

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT

The highways ministry is considering the move because fears abound that the economic slowdown could derail the target on public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

Geetika suicide case: NCW chief slams police inaction

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:50 PM PDT

The National Commission for Women's (NCW) chief slammed the police for its inability to track down former Haryana minister Gopal Goyel Kanda.

India to revive Rajiv Gandhi’s global disarmament vision

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:48 PM PDT

Foreign minister S M Krishna said that India is prepared to negotiate a fissile material cut off treaty in the Conference on Disarmament.

Senior NIA officer’s email hacked

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:44 PM PDT

The email ID of a senior officer of India's premier anti-terror agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) was hacked by cyber miscreants on Tuesday.

Don’t want surgical separation of my daughters, mother of conjoined twins tells SC

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT

The mother of conjoined twins Saba and Farah has put an emotional spanner into the Supreme Court's efforts in seeking expert opinion on possible surgical separation to increase their chance of survival.

BJP to organize traders’ rally to protest FDI in retail

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Amid reports that the government is mulling notifying FDI in retail, opposition BJP on Tuesday said that it will organize a protest demonstration by traders from across the country here on Thursday to oppose the move.

Coalgate: Govt ignored law ministry advice in 2006

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:29 PM PDT

The law ministry had advised the government that amending the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act or rules under the law will place the process of competitive bidding for coal blocks at a higher legal footing.

Irregularities in CSD buys under scrutiny

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:22 PM PDT

CSD caters to the daily requirements of the armed forces personnel and their families and is expected to provide consumer goods of high quality to the troops at a price cheaper than the prevailing market rates.

Airlines’ federation challenges development levy by DIAL

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:20 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) on a petition filed by the Federation of Indian Airlines challenging the legality and validity of the levy of development fee.

IAF chief in Brazil to promote defence ties

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne left for a four-day visit to Brazil to bolster bilateral defence cooperation even as the first of the three Emb-145 jets ordered for $210 million is slated to touch down in India on Wednesday.

Kurien elected RS deputy chairman

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Congress member P J Kurien was unanimously elected deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. He replaces K Rahman Khan whose term ended in April.

Reach out to pro-talks Maoist leaders, says Naresh Chandra panel

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT

The Naresh Chandra panel has suggested that the government give up its pre-condition of cessation of violence for opening talks with Naxalites and, instead, reach out to the CPI (Maoist) brass who are favourably inclined to a constructive engagement.

Pune serial blasts a terror act: Govt

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:02 PM PDT

The government has for the first time officially called the August 1 Pune serial blasts a terror act.

SC to hear Centre’s auction time extension plea on Friday

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday will consider the Centre's request for second extension to the deadline for auction of 122 spectrum licences, which were cancelled on February 2 on the ground that they were allotted arbitrarily.
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