Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The kill pills: 7% of drugs tested by the Tamil Nadu's lab were found to be substandard

The kill pills: 7% of drugs tested by the Tamil Nadu's lab were found to be substandard

The kill pills: 7% of drugs tested by the Tamil Nadu's lab were found to be substandard

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:58 PM PDT

Every time, Parvathy Chandrasekar doles out antibiotics to tuberculosis patients under the government's DOTS programme, she opens the capsules and closes them.

Rivals challenge Kanda on his home ground

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:55 PM PDT

It seems the detractors of Gopal Kanda, accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, have finally got an opportunity to regroup and restock in his own hometown, Sirsa.

Haryana women commission fails to take note of Geetika suicide case

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT

Even after 17 days of Geetika Sharma's suicide and a police case against tainted former minister Gopal Kanda, Haryana State Women's Commission (HSWC) is yet take cognizance of the incident.

Punjab, Haryana officials face penalty for power overdrawal

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:45 PM PDT

Taking a serious view about overdrawing of electricity, resulting in grid failure, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered action against officials of seven states, including Haryana and Punjab.

'Faulty' building designs adding to power crisis: IIA

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:45 PM PDT

"The prevailing designs are completely detached from the local context and climate and are violating even basic tenets of good architecture.

Islamabad taking steps for security of Hindus: Pakistani parliamentarians delegation

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:41 PM PDT

The delegation is here for discussions with their Indian counterparts on various trade-related matters and the issue of the alleged persecution of Hindus in Pakistan.

Online support pours in for Geetika

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT

'Remember, ... my dear friends ... Kanda ke kand samne aa jayange' (Kanda's wrongs are bound to surface).

UP Ambulance Sewa for expectant mothers gets launched statewide

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:35 PM PDT

After facing much criticism in planning and executing the health schemes and programs, the Akhilesh government has come up with new move of providing ambulance services exclusively for expectant mothers and newborns.

Groundwater levels depleting fast in Haryana

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:23 PM PDT

Groundwater levels in Haryana are depleting very fast, threatening the future of agricultural productivity in one of the largest farming states of the country.

Naxal front outfits staged protests supporting Maruti workers: Govt

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:54 PM PDT

Government on Wednesday said that a number of front organizations of Maoists and their sympathizers had organized demonstrations after the last month's Manesar incident supporting the Maruti workers.

UPA fears en masse resignation by BJP MPs, readies strategy

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:37 PM PDT

UPA coordination committee felt that BJP may crank up the pressure by getting its Lok Sabha members quit en bloc to deepen instability.

JPC showdown: No kangaroo court for PM, says Cong; BJP walks out

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:33 PM PDT

The BJP-Congress showdown over 'Coalgate' escalated sharply on Wednesday with BJP MPs storming out of a meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G scam.

Panel tells govt to raise women intake in armed forces

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT

A parliamentary committee has asked the defence ministry to ensure women are inducted in greater numbers into the armed forces.

BJD, JD(U) against disrupting Parliament on Coalgate, prefer debate

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT

There are some cracks in the opposition with BJD declaring that it is not in favour of supporting BJP's tactics of blocking Parliament.

Jaiswal blames non-Cong states for blocking coal block auction

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT

Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Wednesday said the government could not auction coal blocks because of strong opposition from five coal-rich states that were ruled by non-Congress parties.

Cash-for-vote accused taken into custody, released

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:15 PM PDT

Sohail Hindustani, who was facing a non-bailable warrant for not attending the last hearing in the cash-for-vote case, on Wednesday appeared before a Delhi court which ordered his arrest but released him after an hour.

Coalgate: CBI quizzes Manmohan’s coal secretaries

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT

The investigating team has finalized the names of companies, which allegedly fraudulently made gains, and has sent the file for approval from top CBI officials.

Lt Gen Tejinder Singh quizzed for third time in bribery case

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT

The CBI on Wednesday questioned Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh for the third time in connection with allegations leveled by former Army chief V K Singh.

Close to 7,000 Bangladeshis arrested while trying to enter India in 5 years

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:04 PM PDT

The government on Wednesday said security forces had arrested 6,867 people trying to enter India from Bangladesh in the last five years

ED books Ramdev aide under money laundering Act

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:01 PM PDT

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has booked Balkrishna, close aide of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and has started investigating some of his foreign transactions.

Cabinet to discuss setting of second central varsity in Bihar

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT

The Union Cabinet on Thursday would take up matter of setting up of a second Central university at Motihari in Bihar.

Section in BJP seeks to pullout from all House panels

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:54 PM PDT

Opposition BJP plans to escalate the pressure on the government over the CAG report on Coalgate, with a section in the party pushing for pullout from all parliamentary committees.

Mayawati wants statute change to help dalits

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:50 PM PDT

BSP wants the Constitution to embed "backwardness" in the very definition of SCs and STs, a step that would preempt the need to prove them backward for availing reservation in promotion.

$10bn Rafale deal not final yet: German leader

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:42 PM PDT

Germany is still trying to negotiate with India for the over $10 billion medium-range multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) deal.

Centre asks IIT, IIM faculty, staff to file property returns

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT

The ministry has made it clear that those who fail to file property returns would not be given vigilance clearance in addition to action under conduct rules.
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