Thursday, August 23, 2012

Three vigilance officials booked for framing patwari in Patiala

Three vigilance officials booked for framing patwari in Patiala

Three vigilance officials booked for framing patwari in Patiala

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:20 PM PDT

This is the second case registered within a week against vigilance officials for falsely framing a government official.

Punjab and Haryana high court asks HPGCL to hold payments to supplier of 'faulty' equipment

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:17 PM PDT

A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice R K Jain passed these orders while hearing a PIL filed by a Hisar resident, M L Sehgal.

When boxer Vijender had gone 'missing' while returning home from Cuba

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:14 PM PDT

Haryana DGP, RS Dalal on Thursday revealed how the boxer faced tough times due to a conflict between Cuba and European countries, including France.

After 22 yrs of marriage, she has Indian husband, children, but not citizenship

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:13 PM PDT

Pakistani national Rukhsana Begum is resentful about the Indian babudom that, even 22 years after marrying a Haridwar resident, she is not an Indian national.

Supreme Court judgment on Subramanian Swamy’s 2G plea against Chidambaram today

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT

The court will deliver judgment on Subramanian Swamy's petition seeking investigation into Chidambaram's alleged role in handing over 2G spectrum below market price.

Centre admits giving inaccurate information to Rajya Sabha on auction advice

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:41 PM PDT

Inaccurate statements in Parliament are liable to be punished under the breach of privilege proceedings, although it can be staved off by correcting errors.

Protests in Kokrajhar as Bodo MLA held for riots

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:14 PM PDT

Following the arrest Kokrajhar erupted in protests, with Brahma's supporters blocking highways and rail routes, carrying banners saying 'Deport Bangladeshis'.

Northeast burning: ‘Illegal’ immigrants with valid papers

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT

If they are illegal immigrants, who gave them valid papers, where did they get them from and who are the signatories of what is clearly original data?

Funds from Hafiz group routed via Indian banks, IB alerts RBI

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT

Indian security agencies are once again in a tizzy over the acts of LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, but this time it is the banking system which is on their radar.

Broadcasters seek 3rd party audit of TV ratings system

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT

News broadcasters have sought the government's intervention to conduct a third party audit to evaluate the current ratings system and direct Television Audience Measurement (TAM) to suspend reporting data for the time being.

Mamata Banerjee derails UPA’s reforms plan

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Mamata Banerjee, who met finance minister P Chidambaram, said her party was opposed to any plans to allow foreign investment in multi-brand retail, insurance, aviation and pension sectors.

SP, AIADMK join hands with NDA on Coalgate stand-off

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Nearly all non-UPA parties kept away from a meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to end the faceoff that has paralyzed Parliament for three days.

Report action taken on unhygienic abattoirs: Supreme Court

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:22 PM PDT

A bench of Justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra took into account an action plan finalized by the ministry of environment and forests to make available hygienic meat to citizens across the country.

Now, 5-year jail for using manual scavengers

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT

The Union cabinet on Thursday cleared a new legislation to end manual scavenging, with stiff penalties against the dehumanizing practice.

PAC decides to take up CAG reports on Coalgate, others

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Thursday decided to bring the three latest CAG reports on coal allocations, GMR-run Delhi airport and Reliance Power, onto its agenda for the year.

NIA files charges against Maoist chief Ganpathy

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT

The NIA, which filed a charge sheet against five people in its first case against CPI (Maoist) in special NIA court on Thursday, has mentioned the party chief as a wanted accused along with three other top leaders.

Supreme Court shocked by ‘daredevilry’ of firms exporting seized iron ore

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:02 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed shock at the "daredevilry" of four firms in surreptitiously exporting 7.5 lakh tonnes of iron ore illegally mined in Karnataka despite it being seized by authorities.

Government shreds entire Radia tapes, tells Supreme Court it’s difficult to find who leaked excerpts to media

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:33 PM PDT

The trail of those who leaked the Niira Radia tapes could have been lost forever had not the Supreme Court decided to keep a copy with itself.

India builds cheapest nuclear reactors in the world: Govt

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT

The government told Parliament on Thursday that Indian reactors compares favourably with other reactors in the world and are the cheapest.

CAG is impartial, Salman Khurshid says

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:16 PM PDT

Khurshid said the government was fully satisfied with the CAG's professional conduct, irrespective of the government under which they got appointed.

Delhi-Jaipur double-decker train service starts today

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT

Railway minister Mukul Roy will flag off a double-decker, air-conditioned train on the Delhi-Jaipur route on Friday amid Rajasthan government's displeasure over the choice of the venue for the inaugural service.

Non-govt member of forest advisory panel quits

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:10 PM PDT

A controversial recent appointee on the statutory forest advisory committee, which recommends use of forest land for projects, KP Nyati, resigned on Thursday.

Election Commission working on new design of EVM

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT

Election Commission is working on a new design of electronic voting machines which will accommodate more than the present maximum limit of 64 candidates.

Fishing boats, dhows still a problem for new coastal radar network

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:02 PM PDT

India's long-awaited coastal eye will finally blink open on Saturday, but, without requisite associated structures.

Kejriwal and team plan to gherao houses of PM, Gadkari

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:59 PM PDT

India Against Corruption said that it will hold a protest rally at Jantar Mantar on Sunday and then proceed to gherao the residences of PM Manmohan Singh and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari.
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