Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Ganga yatra: Uma Bharti protests Bengal's decision to ban meetings

Ganga yatra: Uma Bharti protests Bengal's decision to ban meetings


Ganga yatra: Uma Bharti protests Bengal's decision to ban meetings

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:11 PM PDT

BJP leader Uma Bharti has protested a decision of the West Bengal government banning speeches and public meetings during her proposed Ganga Samagra Yatra.


Man sets wife, kids on fire in Haryana

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:21 PM PDT

A 38-year-old property dealer set on fire his wife and two minor kids - a one-and-a-half-year old daughter and an eight-month old son - in Natar village of Sirsa district on Wednesday.


Himachal: Scrub typhus cases toll reaches 131

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:19 PM PDT

Three more scrub typhus deaths have been reported at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, on Tuesday.Within a month, eight people including seven women have died of scrub typhus in the state.


Geologist recalls 1962 Lahaul disaster

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:18 PM PDT

Fifty years ago, a group of geologists from Geological Survey of India had a narrow escape after a sudden snowstorm caught them unawares at Barashigri glacier in Lahaul-Spiti district on September 20, 1962.


Shimla: Locals resent green fee, warn legal recourse

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:17 PM PDT

After four days of implementing the green fee system at four barrier points by the Shimla municipal corporation (SMC), resentment against the move is growing in the city.


Changes in snowfall pattern worry scientists

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:13 PM PDT

Heavy snowfall in peak summers and no snow in extreme winters on Himalayan mountains have become a matter of serious concern for scientists and ecologists.


Nationwide bandh today; trains stopped at Patna, Allahabad

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT

Samajwadi Party workers on Thursday morning blocked rail traffic at Allahabad railway station. BJP Yuva Morcha activists stopped trains at Patna junction.


Haryana: 14 held for pressuring man to undergo 'agni pariksha'

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:02 PM PDT

Police have booked 14 persons of Khetawas village in Jhajjar for pressuring a man to undergo "agni pariksha" to prove his innocence in an alleged murder case of 2002.


Farmers' unions oppose Bt maize field trials

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:54 PM PDT

Farmers' unions and green activists have strongly opposed the ongoing field trials of genetically modified Bt maize in Haryana, demanding immediate suspension of such trials.


Haryana: Infant dies hours after immunization, 2 health officials booked

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:46 PM PDT

A one-and-a-half-month-old infant, Priyanshu, son of Sachin Kumar, died within hours of administering injections of immunization in a government dispensary in Adarsh Nagar locality of Sonipat town on Wednesday.


Snowfall in Himachal rings in early winters

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:40 PM PDT

Signalling onset of early winters, chilly waves swept across the Himachal hills after Rohtang pass and Kunzum pass experienced moderate snowfall for the last 48 hours.


JMM, JVM-P threaten to pull out support on FDI

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:53 PM PDT

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Jharkhand Vikas Morcha- Prajatantrik (JVM-P ) have threatened to go the Trinamool Congress way. Both parties have two MPs each in Parliament.


BSP's lifeline for Congress

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:50 PM PDT

The BSP on Wednesday threw a lifeline at a beleaguered Congress when it decided not to take part in the nationwide strike called by the NDA and non-UPA parties on Thursday to protest against the diesel price hike and allowing FDI in multi-brand retail.


It's raining, but worries linger

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT

With no sign of the monsoon withdrawing till at least September 24, the Met department is expecting a further improvement in total rainfall over the country.


India to seek review of N-regulatory process

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:21 PM PDT

India is planning to approach the global atomic watchdog IAEA for a review of its nuclear regulatory process which has come under severe criticism from the government auditor and activists.


Record monsoon rain turns desert lush green

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:17 PM PDT

In a dramatic late surge in the monsoon in Rajasthan, the threat of drought that loomed large over the region in mid-August has given way to gushing rivers and water bodies filled to the brim in Jaisalmer and Barmer districts.


Inflation claims one more life, 2nd in 48 hours in UP

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:14 PM PDT

In the second incident of its kind within 48 hours, a girl committed suicide in Moradabad on Wednesday reportedly because of her failure to get a job to support her family following her father's death a year ago and to relieve her mother of the household burden in the face of rising prices.


Vaiko and supporters blocked in MP

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT

MDMK general secretary A M K Vaiko and hundreds of his supporters in a convoy were stopped on Wednesday, minutes after they entered Bad Chicholi area of Pandhurna tehsil of this district in MP with a mission to show black flags to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpaksa.


UPA govt battles typhoon Mamata

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

A day after announcing Trinamool Congress would pull out of UPA-2, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday scotched speculation of a possible rapprochement with the Congress. Both parties accused the other of a "misinformation" campaign.

Mamata Banerjee accuses UPA of 'misinformation'

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

A day after announcing Trinamool Congress would pull out of UPA-2, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday scotched speculation of a possible rapprochement with the Congress. Both parties accused the other of a "misinformation" campaign.


By Mamata's reckoning, she is a winner either way

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT

Heads she wins, tails she doesn't lose. Mamata Banerjee's take-it-or-I-leave-UPA -II posturing appears to be based on calculated strategy that has more to do with West Bengal politics than national politics. Her apparent madness has a method.

Why Didi did what she did

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT

Heads she wins, tails she doesn't lose. Mamata Banerjee's take-it-or-I-leave-UPA -II posturing appears to be based on calculated strategy that has more to do with West Bengal politics than national politics. Her apparent madness has a method.


Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan to boost trade

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:22 PM PDT

India expressed hope that Pakistan would grant it the most favoured nation (MFN) status as commerce secretary, S R Rao, on Wednesday led a high level delegation to Islamabad for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Munir Qureshi.


Father commits suicide after dalit girl gangraped

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT

A dalit man committed suicide after his 16-year-old daughter was gangraped by a group of uppercaste youth on Tuesday in Dabra village of Haryana's Hisar district.


Agni-IV gives India missile reach of 4,000km

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:18 PM PDT

India took yet another step in bolstering its nuclear reach on Wednesday by successfully test-firing Agni-IV, a strategic missile with a strike range of around 4000km. The test was conducted at a range on Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.


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