Friday, September 7, 2012

We don’t want an identity as a country hostile to India: Khar

We don’t want an identity as a country hostile to India: Khar

We don’t want an identity as a country hostile to India: Khar

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:19 PM PDT

India and Pakistan need to move beyond a relationship dictated by the disputes the two countries have, Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar tells Rajeev Deshpande in an exclusive interview. Excerpts:

Jagir Kaur back in jail after parole

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:41 PM PDT

Former minister and sitting MLA Bibi Jagir Kaur has returned to Kapurthala jail after ending her parole term of four weeks.She returned to the jail on Thursday evening.

Another cross-firing incident in Bathinda

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:39 PM PDT

In yet another incident of firing in Bathinda, gun shots were exchanged between a group of youths and residents of a house situated on Ajit Road in the town on Friday.

NRI minister calls for sensitizing US towards

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:33 PM PDT

"Mistaken identity has been the cause of attacks on Sikhs in the US since 9/11.This was also seen in Oak Creek.

Kanda's wife seeks action against news channels

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:32 PM PDT

Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday issued notices to six Hindi and English television news channels and Haryana government on a petition filed by former minister Gopal Kanda's wife Saras Goel.

11-year-old boy goes missing from Bal Kunj

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:30 PM PDT

A 11-year-old boy has gone missing from Bal Kunj shelter home in Chachhrauli sub-division of Yamunangar. Amarjeet was admitted to the shelter home by Delhi police just three days ago on September 3 and went missing on Wednesday.

CD case: Virbhadra, Pratibha appear in court

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:25 PM PDT

Having failed to get quashed a case registered under Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, former Union minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh appeared before a court here on Friday and pleaded for a speedy trial.

MDU students clash, VC, 6 students injured

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:22 PM PDT

Six students were injured as student groups clashed on Rohtak's Maharshi Dahayand University's campus on Thursday night.MDU vice-chancellor R P Hooda also suffered bruises when he tried to intervene.

Shivali case: IO told to collect all evidence

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:21 PM PDT

Commissioner of police Gaurav Yadav has appointed ADCP (HQ) Navjot Singh Mahal as the investigating officer in the Shivali suicide case in which a lady cop and two photographers were booked for abetment.

SHO says Haryana minister misbehaved with him

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:19 PM PDT

A station house officer (SHO) of Dadri police station on Friday alleged that Haryana cooperatives minister Satpal Sangwan used abusive language and threatened him at the civil hospital on Thursday.

SC directs CBI to probe Karnataka mining

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:49 PM PDT

Coming down heavily on the Karnataka government for allowing export of 50.79 lakh tonnes of illegally mined iron ore through the Belekeri port in Goa, the Supreme Court on Friday asked CBI to investigate the matter saying inquiries by its police did not inspire confidence.

PMO overruled coal ministry to stick to screening committee

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:41 PM PDT

The entire monsoon session of Parliament has been washed out as the opposition refused to back off from the demand for the Prime Minister's resignation on the issue of coal block allocations while the government defended that the Prime Minister had no direct linkage.

Ministers’ kin landing coal blocks adds to UPA woes

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:01 PM PDT

BJP seized upon the disclosures that ministers in the UPA and their relatives were among those who were allocated coal blocks to harden its stand.

Visa pact with Pak set to be inked today

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Foreign minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar will meet on Saturday amid indications that an agreement on a new visa regime will be signed although Khar didn't offer much hope of speedier progress on the trial of top Lashkar leaders accused in the 26/11 terror strike.

‘MoEF, Assam failed in their duties’

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:47 PM PDT

The Union environment ministry and the Assam government were apparently "unaware" of the proliferation of illegal industries in the no-development zone around the Kaziranga National Park, drawing a scathing observation from the National Green Tribunal that they had "totally failed in their duties".

3G users likely to be the worst affected

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:37 PM PDT

The new radiation norms for cellphone towers may be good for your health, but there is a flip side no one's talking about. Consumers across telecom networks may experience inferior voice quality, increase in call drops and congestion in coming months as companies rejig networks to decrease the power supplied to their transmission towers.

Rahul may stay away from Cabinet, focus on party

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:28 PM PDT

With the monsoon session of Parliament washed out, the focus has shifted to Cabinet and organizational reshuffle in the Congress which is likely to be topped by Rahul Gandhi assuming a key position in the party.

Plan panel for 200% rise in health ministry outlay

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:20 PM PDT

Good health will be the toast for the UPA's 12th five year plan (2012-17) with the Planning Commission proposing a 200% increase in fund allocation for the ministry of health and family welfare.

Air-conditioned life can pollute homes in Mumbai, say doctors

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:55 PM PDT

A study says homes where air-conditioners run through the night and where windows are not regularly opened for airing are particularly prone to fungal growth.

I-T blocks SIS Live’s 40% dues for 6 months

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:52 PM PDT

Days after the CBI filed a closure report saying it could not find substantive evidence against former Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli, the income tax department has issued fresh orders asking for payment to SIS Live to be blocked for another six months.

CBI: Power ministry pushed Darda case

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:49 PM PDT

The CBI's claim that it did not book Congress MP Vijay Darda and his brother Rajendra Darda under the Prevention of Corruption Act as their company — JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd — had indulged in misrepresentation and they had not approached any government official for help is contradicted by the agency's FIR into the coal block allocation case.

Sons’ firm got block on merit: Ex-minister

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:45 PM PDT

RJD MP P C Gupta has defended the allocation of a coal block to a company owned by his sons through the screening committee procedure when he was the corporate affairs minister in UPA-I.

‘BJP wasted lot of public money in disruptions’

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:37 PM PDT

The government on Friday attacked BJP for wasting lakhs of taxpayers' money by disrupting Parliament. "Lakhs of rupees of taxpayers' money has been spent on everyday in the stalled procedure of Parliament, which has not been accounted for," minister of state for planning Ashwini Kumar said.

'UPA, BJP guilty of match-fixing’

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:34 PM PDT

On the last day of monsoon session of Parliament on Friday, CPM condemned the UPA and BJP for continued disruption. Party leader Sitaram Yechury said it was a "match-fixing" between the two parties to avoid discussion that would have exposed them on coal block allocation.

Rajya Sabha score card: 62 hrs lost, 3 Bills passed

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT

The 226th session of Rajya Sabha came to an end on Friday with chairman Hamid Ansari pointing to the fact that as many as 62 hours were lost during the session because of disruptions and only three Bills passed. Ansari said that the session was likely to be remembered for the work that was not done.
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