Friday, September 21, 2012

Shifting sands of politics: Time to find friends and pick foes

Shifting sands of politics: Time to find friends and pick foes

Shifting sands of politics: Time to find friends and pick foes

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:52 PM PDT

With Mamata's Trinamool Congress pulling the plug on the UPA 2 government, the political arena's abuzz. Though Election 2014 is still a long way off, it looks closer than ever.

HC acquits Patiala jail superintendent from contempt charges

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:08 PM PDT

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday acquitted Patiala Central Jail superintendent L S Jakhar, who had refused to hang Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, from the charges of contempt of court.

Monsoon wading for this school students

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:02 PM PDT

Around 450 students of the government senior secondary school at Bhambhewa in Jhajjar, home district of Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal, have to learn swimming if they want to enter their classrooms now.

Karnataka CM plea to PM: Suspend Cauvery order

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:47 PM PDT

Bracing for a legal battle on the Cauvery issue , the Karnataka government on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to keep in abeyance his September 19 order asking it to release 9,000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu.

Subsidies for food: Don't rush cash transfer scheme, finds study

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT

With finance minister P Chidambaram recently declaring at a full Planning Commission meeting that cash transfers may replace subsidies for food, fertilizers and fuel by the end of the 12th five year Plan, the controversial proposal has again moved center stage.

Govt cushions impact of subsidy waiver of LPG

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:08 PM PDT

In a relief to consumers, the home minister P Chidambaram on Friday announced abolishment the import and excise duties on non-subsidized domestic LPG cylinders, bringing down their price by Rs 97 a unit in Delhi. It also asked states to subsidize LPG cylinders.

Akhilesh tells DMs to quash FIRs against SP workers

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT

The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh directed district magistrates and district police chiefs to withdraw cases against party workers lodged in previous regimes.

Trinamool likely to give Pranab's son walkover in Lok Sabha bypolls

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT

Mamata Banerjee's pulling out of the UPA II is likely to have a cascading effect on the party's alliance with the Congress down the line.

Uttarakhand CM's son files papers to contest Tehri Lok Sabha bypoll

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna's 38-year-old son, Saket Bahuguna, on Friday filed his nomination papers for the Tehri Lok Sabha bypoll to be held on October 10. Vijay Bahuguna had vacated the seat to take over as the state's CM earlier this year.

Punjab ex-minister Avtar Henry faces deportation

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:44 PM PDT

A former Punjab Congress minister who holds two passports ceased to be an Indian citizen about three decades ago and could be deported.

Punjab ex-minister Avtar Henry not Indian citizen

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:44 PM PDT

A former Punjab Congress minister who holds two passports ceased to be an Indian citizen about three decades ago and could be deported.

Manipur, Arunachal to raise LPG cap to 9

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:42 PM PDT

As in other Congress-ruled states, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh governments have raised the cap on subsidized LPG cylinders from six to nine.

Rajapaksa lays foundation stone for Buddhist university amid MDMK protest

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT

Amid protests led by MDMK supporters in Tamil Nadu and the arrest of the party's leader AMK Vaiko in Madhya Pradesh, Sri Lankan president Mahindra Rajapaksa laid the foundation stone for the construction of University of Buddhist and Indic Studies in Sanchi on Friday.

Pakistan allows Indian Sikhs to visit four more gurdwaras

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT

For the first time, Pakistan government will allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit four more historical Sikh gurdwaras. These gurdwaras will be opened in November when Sikh pilgrims visit Pakistan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

Confusion over medical institute tests cleared

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Clearing the clouds of uncertainty, at least in the country's prestigious medical institutes, the Union ministry of health and family affairs has instructed the PGI to conduct the postgraduate MD/ MS exams on November 11.

Mamata Banerjee hijacks Left agenda, vows storm over FDI

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Hours before her MPs lined up in Delhi to formally sever ties with the UPA II, Mamata Banerjee on Friday raised the pitch to combat level and swore at FDI entry in multi-brand retail.

Will raise storm against FDI from Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT

Hours before her MPs lined up in Delhi to formally sever ties with the UPA II, Mamata Banerjee on Friday raised the pitch to combat level and swore at FDI entry in multi-brand retail.

'Jummabar': Mamata gives many in north India a new word

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Mamata Banerjee lived up to her threat of pulling her men out of the Union Ministry on 'Jummabar'.

Didi gives many in north India a new word

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Mamata Banerjee lived up to her threat of pulling her men out of the Union Ministry on 'Jummabar'.

Kudankulam welfare projects remain on paper as protests rage

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT

The Kudankulam nuclear power plant is all set to become operational soon, but the welfare measures promised to the protesting villagers, that could take the sting out of the agitation, remain on paper.

Punjab: Father, brother arrested for girl's murder

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:26 PM PDT

In a suspected case of honour killing, the Punjab police on Friday booked the family of a 19-year-old girl on charges of killing her in a village in Ambala district.

BJP ex-minister, 25 others join Congress in Uttarakhand

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:21 PM PDT

The BJP received a huge setback ahead of the Tehri Lok Sabha bypoll on October 10 when Matbar Singh Kandari, a minister in the erstwhile BS Khanduri government, resigned from the party along with 25 other office-bearers to join the Congress.

Bengal Congress ministers to resign today

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:16 PM PDT

All six Congress ministers — two among them holding cabinet portfolios in the Mamata Banerjee government — will submit their resignations to the chief minister on Saturday.

Flood situation worsens in Assam, over 4 lakh hit

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:13 PM PDT

The flood situation in the state worsened further on Friday as one more person died, taking the death toll in the second wave of floods to three in two days.

Fuel loading starts at Kudankulam nuclear power plant

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT

Loading of uranium fuel in the first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant started on Wednesday, the Vinayaka Chaturthi day, as the controversial project took a major step towards becoming operational.
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