Saturday, September 22, 2012

Muslim caretaker for Karachi's Hindu crematorium

Muslim caretaker for Karachi's Hindu crematorium

Muslim caretaker for Karachi's Hindu crematorium

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

For the past 30 years, a Muslim has been giving company to the bereaved who come to cremate their dead at Karachi's Hindu Shamshan Ghat.

India, Pak heading for new era of trade relations

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT

A new era of business activities is being promised to be ushered in, between India and Pakistan, after the latter has promised to totally dismantle the "negative list of commodities" by the end of October.

'Cash-for-judge' case adjourned for Oct 22

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT

A special CBI court on Saturday adjourned the hearing in cash-for-judge scam case, which had rocked the city in August 2008, for October 22. Arguments would be heard over framing of charges against the accused during the next hearing date.

Himachal Pradesh high court asks CBI to complete probe into fake colleges in HP

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Himachal Pradesh high court has directed the CBI to probe how many private educational institutes have got recognition and no objection certificates (NOC) by submitting fake documents in the state.

Green fee: HC issues notice to civic body, NHAI

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:57 PM PDT

The Himachal Pradesh high court has issued a notice to the Shimla municipal corporation and the NHAI on the issue of charging of green fee from vehicles coming from outside the state by setting up barriers without following the set norms.

SC rejects plea against Deo’s ST status

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:55 PM PDT

This could be the last attempt to question tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo's status as a Scheduled Tribe.

Mamata’s walkout puts railway projects off track

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:52 PM PDT

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banejee may have scored a political point by walking out of the UPA coalition but experts say her action has put in jeopardy several projects planned by the railways and could also have serious implications on efforts to restore the health of the state's finances.

Cong, TMC part ways over sandesh

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Six Congress ministers in the Mamata Banerjee's cabinet in West Bengal submitted their resignation letters Saturday evening in Kolkata.

C P Joshi gets additional charge of railways

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Senior Congress minister C P Joshi is the new railways minister.

Telangana-talks on in Delhi: Kiran

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Even as chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy confirmed on Saturday that talks are being held at the highest level in New Delhi to sort out the Telangana issue, Seemandhra Congress ministers and legislators vowed to oppose the division of the state in any form tooth and nail.

PM meets President amid Cabinet rejig buzz

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday met President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday to discuss the current political situation. This was the first meeting after Trinamool Congress withdrew support from the UPA.

How Shukla saved Rao govt in 1992

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT

The nonchalance stems from the way its Narasimha Rao-led government lasted its full term from 1991-1996 despite being short of majority at the beginning of its tenure.

34 Dera members get 3 years’ jail

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT

District and sessions court here on Saturday sentenced 34 members of Dera Sacha Sauda, a religious sect which has a huge following in Haryana and Punjab, to three years of imprisonment for arson and damaging public property in 2010.

Only CPI reveals info about major donors to party fund

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said all national political parties save CPI have declined to give the information about their major donors under the RTI Act.

CPM rules out Third Front

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT

The CPM on Saturday scotched speculation of renewed efforts to form a Third Front with non-Congress, non-BJP parties.

Aam aadmi will give befitting reply to Congress: Yashwant Sinha

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:31 PM PDT

Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remark on Friday that 'money does not grow on trees,' senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said it was an insult to people who have to eke out a living under high inflation and that they will give a befitting reply at an appropriate time.

Mulayam, Badal talk FDI strategy

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in New Delhi on Saturday to discuss a common strategy to oppose government move to allow FDI in retail.

SP’s FDI stand keeps parties guessing

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Excitement built up over what the opponents of FDI in multi-brand retail would do next, with Samajwadi Party (SP) refusing to commit that it would not back a resolution in Parliament against the reform measure.

Lawyer goes shirtless, shouts slogans at PM

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

A 30-second shirtless protest briefly delayed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the high security Vigyan Bhawan on Saturday before stunned security personnel quickly led the protestor out of the venue.

Close shave for Shivpal Yadav as plane skids off IGI runway

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's younger brother Shivpal Yadav and five others had a narrow escape on Saturday when the aircraft in which they travelling skidded off the runway at IGI Airport.

Flash flood kills 22 in Sikkim

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Flash flood killed 22 people, triggered a series of landslides and washed away nearly 30km of highway in north Sikkim amid torrential rain Friday evening. Dozens of people on the North Sikkim Highway between Mangan and Chungthang inhabitants of these areas are reportedly missing.

Teesta treaty to be sealed soon: Bangla minister

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:20 PM PDT

Islam, who was here at the invitation of rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, said "The climate has changed and both the treaties will be completed soon."

Can’t disown child for lure of political position: HC

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:18 PM PDT

The "interests of children" cannot be sacrificed for the "lure of political office", said the Bombay high court as it recently dismissed a former panchayat member's appeal that his son from an earlier marriage should not be counted for the two-child norm.

Vinod Rai keeps mum, averts fireworks at PAC meet

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

In a last-minute decision taken ahead of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee meeting on Friday, CAG Vinod Rai averted fireworks by giving a quite burial to his point-by-point rebuttal to the PM's allegations that the top auditor had once again exceeded its mandate in commenting on government policies.

AIIMS to train doctors for emergencies

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:13 PM PDT

The AIIMS trauma centre will start a crash course in emergency medicine for the doctors of six AIIMS-like institutions launched recently.
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