Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Ajit Pawar skips key NCP meet

Ajit Pawar skips key NCP meet


Ajit Pawar skips key NCP meet

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:28 PM PDT

NCP leader Ajit Pawar did not attend a crucial national executive committee meeting of the party in Vadodara on Wednesday, intensifying whispers of a rift between him and party chief Sharad Pawar.


Congress team claims Telangana solution on cards

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 05:41 PM PDT

Mahbubnagar district Congress leaders on Wednesday claimed that President Pranab Mukherjee had assured them that a 'final solution' to the Telangana issue would be announced by the UPA government soon.


Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busts watch smuggling racket

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Some of Delhi's high and mighty are in trouble for their love for imported watches. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has put several buyers of such watches under the scanner and has raided a city watch store after busting a smuggling racket.


Highways ministry asks private contractors to protect public interest

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 05:08 PM PDT

The recent reports of courts coming to the rescue of commuters and suspending toll or questioning the logic of levying toll without ensuring good service has prompted the highways ministry to advise contractors to protect public interest to avoid such eventualities.


Private sectors unwilling to surrender portable tapping device raises privacy concerns

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 05:06 PM PDT

In what could raise serious privacy concerns, the government appears to have turned lenient towards private sector entities that had acquired off-the-air interception equipment under Open General Licence (OGL) but are now unwilling to surrender it as required by the new security norms.


Plan spend cut to save over Rs 40,000 crore

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT

The government is hopeful of saving more than Rs 40,000 crore in plan expenditure in the current fiscal by cutting down on budgeted spending, a top finance ministry official said.


Need to introspect, Rahul Gandhi tells partymen in Amritsar

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 04:09 PM PDT

There is a need to introspect, to know the reasons behind Congress defeat in assembly elections earlier this year, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi told party workers in Amritsar on Wednesday.


Low voter turnout at Jangipur by-elections

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:46 PM PDT

Once a high-profile constituency that gave the country its finance minister seems to have lost its sheen to voters with the exit of Pranab Mukherjee.


Room hunt to accommodate Mamata's advisers at Writers'

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:31 PM PDT

It's an irony of sorts. They once occupied hallowed seats in Delhi's secretariat buildings from Rail Bhavan, Nirman Bhavan and the like. Now, a search is on to accommodate them at Writers' Buildings.


Mamata may go Anna way, fast in Delhi against FDI

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT

With the Manmohan Singh government facing stiff opposition on retail FDI entry from parties that are providing it life support, Mamata Banerjee has planned an all-India campaign to boost the anti-FDI mood further.


Australia to enter into civil nuclear commerce with India

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT

After years of denying uranium to India – even ignoring Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver to India to carry out nuclear commerce – Australia is all set to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with the non-NPT signatory.


Tribal minister Kishore Chandra Deo to urge governors to use special powers to cancel mining leases in tribal areas

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 02:02 PM PDT

After ordering cancellation of mining lease in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh, tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo is set to raise hackles by writing to governors to invoke their special powers in the defence of indigenous population.


Tamil National Alliance delegation to hold talks with PM, Krishna

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:58 PM PDT

The TNA had pulled out of talks in January after the Lankan government came up with the proposal that further negotiations be carried out through a Parliament Select Committee (PSC).


Graft replacing reforms as national debate worries Congress

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT

Corruption has ended the recent run of economic reforms dominating the national headlines, endangering Congress's fledgling effort to end the shadow of graft that paralyzed the government for much of last year.


Graft replacing reforms as national debate worries Congress

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT

Corruption has ended the recent run of economic reforms dominating the national headlines, endangering Congress's fledgling effort to end the shadow of graft that paralyzed the government for much of last year.


Central pushes states on police reforms

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:55 PM PDT

Giving a new lease of life to various recommendations on police reforms, the Centre has written to all the states asking for their feedback and take appropriate action on over four dozen functional areas that may help in improving law and order machinery in the country.


States asked to screen breast cancer at grass-root level from 30 years

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:54 PM PDT

While the world debates on whether women should be regularly checked for breast cancer from 40-50 years, the Union health ministry in a landmark step has decided to start screening from 30.


Verma seeks court nod to surrender in forgery case

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:52 PM PDT

Businessman Abhishek Verma moved a trial court seeking permission to surrender in a fresh forgery case registered by the CBI against him for allegedly forging the letter of its senior official to operate his accounts in foreign banks.


Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: Theatre adds zing to CPM’s campaigning in Shimla

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:34 PM PDT

Plays, folk drama, "nukkad nataks," songs and slogans, charged with such political themes, are reverberating in many rural areas in the periphery of Shimla, along with other parts of the town, as the art form of theatre, which once earned Shimla the sobriquet of "Mecca of theatre," is being used by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to mobilize support in its poll campaign for the upcoming assembly elections.


Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: No ‘Anna effect’ in assembly polls

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:32 PM PDT

Himachal assembly elections may not have much impact of Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption as members of India Against Corruption (IAC) have withdrawn their plan to start widespread campaigns in Himachal ahead of elections.


Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: 9 Congress leaders resign in Kullu

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:31 PM PDT

Nine leaders on Wednesday submitted their resignation from Congress to party's state president in protest against the high command's faulty policy of ticket allotment to contest assembly elections.


Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: BJP fields cash-for-query tainted ex-MP

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:20 PM PDT

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday declared its final list of remaining 12 candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections, fielding Suresh Chandel, who was caught in a sting operation in the 2005 cash-for-query scam when he was an MP, from Bilaspur.


Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: No ‘dham’ advantage for candidates in poll fray

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Candidates of all political hues fighting the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls are likely to steer clear of all 'dhams' (community feasts) in the run-up to the elections, with the Election Commission (EC) planning to keep a hawk's eye on which nominee or his kin holds or attends a large community feast, and threatening to include it in their poll spend.


Attack on women by biker sparks scare in Haryana

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Incidents of assault on females by a mysterious biker, have spread scare among women. The biker has reportedly assaulted women with some sharp object. Though a woman has approached police, they have not taken any action, sources said.


Medically examine sadhu of Dera Sacha Sauda : Punjab and Haryana high court

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT

In a setback for Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is facing charges of forced castration of his followers, Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday ordered medical examination of one of the sadhus of his Dera.


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