Saturday, September 8, 2012

Secret of Jindal’s success: Cheap coal, costly power

Secret of Jindal’s success: Cheap coal, costly power

Secret of Jindal’s success: Cheap coal, costly power

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:42 PM PDT

The coal blocks allotted to Jindal Power Limited (JPL) in 1998, during the NDA regime, were followed by a slew of allocations under the UPA, which have culminated in making the Jindal Group the largest beneficiary of coal block allocations.

Now, you may get to visit Mohenjo-Daro as tourist

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT

It may now be possible for Indian tourists and history aficionados to visit Mohenjo-Daro or holiday in the salubrious climes of Murree, visit the majestic Lahore Fort or tuck into sumptuous kebabs at Lahore's Anarkali market.

Father of white revolution Verghese Kurien dies

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:25 PM PDT

Father of White Revolution, Verghese Kurien, passed away in Nadiad, Gujarat on Sunday. He was 90.

PM’s Pak trip hinges on progress in 26/11 probe

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT

India made it clear that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Pakistan is unlikely to materialize without progress on Mumbai 26/11.

Joint statement paints broad canvas for ties

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:05 PM PDT

he Indo-Pak Pakistan joint statement notes a review of the Mumbai attacks trial in Pakistan, India's commitment to sharing information on the Samjhauta Express case and embraces cooperation in cultural fields like organizing film festivals and exchanges between Indian and Pakistani film institutes.

‘All Indian fishermen in Pak custody to be freed’

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:59 PM PDT

India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to have a business visa that will facilitate visits to five places for up to four entries for businesspersons with income of Pakistani Rs 5 lakh and gross annual turnover of Rs 3 million. For businesspersons with Rs 50 lakh annual income and Rs 30 lakh annual turnover or gross sale, a one-year visa with visits to 10 destinations will be possible.

No family court issues for ‘sexist’ judge

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:51 PM PDT

The Karnataka high court on Friday removed Justice K Bhakthavatsala from the division bench hearing family court matters.

Women lawyers move Supreme Court to end harassment in courts

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Sixty-three women lawyers have sought the Supreme Court's help to end the malady of sexual harassment prevalent in various courts across the country.

PM awards Rs 22L to Mary Kom, Dutt

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:32 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday honoured Olympic medal winners M C Mary Kom and Yogeshwar Dutt for their achievements and announced a commemorative medal for all police personnel who were on duty between March, 2011 and February, 2012 to mark the completion of 150 years of policing in India.

Delhi’s lust for mommy porn puts publishers on overdrive

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:25 PM PDT

There's a breathless rush for 'mommy porn' in the city book stores and at the ongoing Delhi Book Fair. And it has prompted publishers to come out with a slew of similar quickies, even reprint passionate erotic tales from the 19th century.

Botched sterilization claims 56 lives

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Botched sterilizations have claimed 56 lives this year, while 29 others have reported complications.

Govt changes forest law for tribals

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:56 PM PDT

The tribal affairs ministry has overcome hurdles put up by rigid forest regulations. The ministry has ensured that tribals can not only extract minor forest produce such as bamboo, tubers, leaves, medicinal plants and resins, but also store, transport, process and sell them.

Saif quizzed in car duty evasion case

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Actor Saif Ali Khan was on Saturday questioned for over three hours in connection with alleged evasion of duty on his imported high-end car.

Police to take anti-terror fight to your homes?

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Stung by recent incidents showing how an increasing number of youths are getting indoctrinated with radical views, India will explore the community outreach programme adopted in the US and the UK to curb the growing social malaise.

Madhu Koda next in firing line?

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:05 PM PDT

There seems to be trouble in store for Jharkhand's former chief minister Madhu Koda, as the CBI has found that the state government gave recommendations for 13 coal blocks to private companies during his tenure, out of which the agency has found irregularities like misrepresentation of facts, net worth by the firms to which four of these blocks were allocated, while also alleging bias on part of his government.

China gobbling up iron ore from India: Report

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT

China prominently features in a probe report on illegal iron ore mining in Goa, which warns that while the eastern neighbour is gobbling up India's iron ore reserves, the future might see a reversal of the trend.

Chemists to become new drugbusters

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:50 PM PDT

India's most ambitious "whistleblower policy" to handsomely reward those who help seize spurious, adulterated and misbranded drugs, cosmetics and medical devices has failed miserably.

Tests find traces of poison in Fiza’s viscera

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:42 PM PDT

The Punjab State Chemical Laboratory has found traces of aluminum phosphide, a pesticide, and ethyl alcohol in the viscera of 42-year-old lawyer Fiza Mohammed, the estranged second wife of former Haryana deputy CM Chander Mohan, whose highly decomposed body was found at her Mohali residence on August 6.

Isro’s century of launches

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT

The space agency completes 100 missions today as PSLV-C21 blasts off. And it all began on April 19, 1975, with the launch of Aryabhata, India's first satellite

Report on caste bias in midday meal stirs row

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Pointing out caste discrimination in Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme could land a monitoring institution in trouble. War of words has started between the HRD ministry and MP Institute of Social Sciences (MPISS) over the latter's report of widespread caste discrimination in the scheme in Madhya Pradesh.

Work within boundaries, Pranab Mukherjee tells judiciary

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:23 PM PDT

Function within your boundaries and exercise self-restraint — this is President Pranab Mukherjee's prescription to the judiciary.

Govt to file FIRs against Digambar Kamat, Pratapsingh Rane 'very soon': Manohar Parrikar

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

A day after the Shah commission report was tabled in the Lok Sabha, Parrikar told reporters that his government will implement almost all the commission's recommendations.

Govt to file FIRs against Digambar Kamat, Pratapsingh Rane 'very soon': Manohar Parrikar

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT

A day after the Shah commission report was tabled in the Lok Sabha, Parrikar told reporters that his government will implement almost all the commission's recommendations.

Social media new security challenge: Manmohan

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:07 PM PDT

PM cautioned that efforts to curb the misuse of new means of communication and social media networks should not be at the cost of freedom of expression.

India may not take up case of ‘tip’ to IAF pilots with China

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Indian defence establishment does not want to create a diplomatic issue over the unusual move by visiting Chinese defence minister General Liang Guanglie to gift Rs 1 lakh to two Indian Air Force pilots who flew him from Mumbai to Delhi on Monday, according to sources. Other than this hiccup, General Liang's visit was a great success, they said.
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