Friday, October 5, 2012

Don’t need Kingfisher’s sympathies, say relatives

Don’t need Kingfisher’s sympathies, say relatives

Don’t need Kingfisher’s sympathies, say relatives

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:37 PM PDT

Surrounded by the media, Manas Chakraborty tries hard to fight the tears in his eyes. His hands are folded as he implores, "I am shocked and traumatized by the incident. I request you not to bother me now. Aamake ektu shomoi din (Give me some time),'' he says in Bengali.

‘GenNext too smart to fall in terror trap’

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:33 PM PDT

Lt Gen (retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar's warning that "Akalis are mixing politics with religion", which might take Punjab back to the insurgency-ridden '80s, has few takers here. Commentators and experts believe a full-scale revival of militancy is unlikely.

Khaps' solution to rapes: Lower girls' marriageable age

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Khap panchayats of Haryana have come up with a solution to the problem of growing rape incidents in the state -- bring down the marriageable age for girls from 18 to 16. Girls are more vulnerable to falling victims to rapists than married women.

Haryana khap seeks to build India-Pak ties

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:20 PM PDT

Having got a bad name for their unlawful social diktats, Haryana's khap panchayats, as kangaroo courts are known in villages across the state, are now working to change their image and work towards improvement of India-Pakistan ties.

L’affaire Brar: Who bungled?

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:19 PM PDT

As the blame-game over the security of Lt-Gen (retired ) K S Brar continued on Friday , the defence ministry put the onus of keeping the Centre informed on the Bluestar officer's London trip on the Mumbai Police.

Ansar Burney comes looking for kin of girl in Pakistan jail

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:07 PM PDT

Pakistan rights activist and former federal minister for human rights Ansar Burney will arrive in India on October 12 to trace the relatives of 21 years old deaf and dumb girl, Geeta, who was found by police at Lahore railway station about 13 years ago.

Sunil Jakhar meets Sushilkumar Shinde on militancy fear

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:06 PM PDT

Leader of Opposition in Punjab, Sunil Jakhar met Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde in New Delhi to highlight the sense of insecurity among people in the state following hints of terror revival in the state and the tacit response and support being provided by the state government.

Maj Vijay Singh Mankotia returns to Cong fold

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Congress has taken Maj Vijay Singh Mankotia back into the party and would be fielding him from Shahpur as the party candidate in the November Assembly election.

Major Vijay Singh Mankotia returns to Cong fold

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Congress has taken Maj Vijay Singh Mankotia back into the party and would be fielding him from Shahpur as the party candidate in the November Assembly election.

Adopt our cause, get support for polls: Lahaul villagers

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

With Assembly elections due in November, residents of over 10 villages in Lahaul valley have decided to elect a candidate who assures them of coordinating efforts for cancellation of hydel projects proposed to be built here.

Govt staff seek space before polls

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:59 PM PDT

With elections round the corner, it is high time for employees' unions here to extract their pound of flesh from the politicians by way of new offices and better facilities at work place.

Factional feuds, delay in finalizing candidates' names irk Cong activists

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:56 PM PDT

Change of guard in the state Congress leadership just before the crucial assembly election has the left the party ranks confused as senior leaders squabble over candidates to be put to in the fray.

Himachal Pradesh's Manmohan logs in reforms for villages

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:55 PM PDT

This 27-year-old 'Manmohan' is unleashing a wave of reforms in Himachal's remote villages in Solan district with the help of modern technology.

Daily torment for Mallya’s staff

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:54 PM PDT

The suicide of Sushmita Chakroborty, wife of an unpaid Kingfisher Airlines (KF) employee, can be seen as a stark indicator of the financial burden under which the families of some 4,000-odd unpaid employees of the airlines have been suffocating for seven months.

Pakistani city with Guru Nanak link to get holy tag

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:50 PM PDT

In yet another step to improve Indo-Pak ties, Islamabad has started finalising modalities to declare the historical town of Hasan Abdal, a pilgrim centre for Sikhs, as holy city.

Kingfisher Airlines gets DGCA notice, may lose flying licence

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:27 PM PDT

DGCA chief Arun Mishra said the airline has not been adhering to its flight schedule and has been abruptly cancelling flights during the last 10 months.

Kingfisher to get ‘humanitarian’ aid from banks

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

State Bank of India on Friday said Kingfisher lenders have decided to release funds to the debt-ridden airline on "humanitarian grounds" considering that its employees have not been paid for the past seven months.

Lower age of marriage, curb rapes, khap tells govt

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:49 PM PDT

Haryana's khap mahapanchayat has blamed films and TV for the recent spate of rapes in the state and asked the government to bring down the marriageable age to prevent them.

SC seeks clarity on retail FDI move

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:43 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday sought clarity from the Centre on the legal sanctity behind recent decisions allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in various sectors, including multi-brand retail, but clarified that there was no doubt that policy decisions remained in the executive's exclusive domain.

25kg of missing gold ‘found on road’

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Twenty-five gold bars worth Rs 8 crore that went missing from Naranpura on Thursday have been recovered. An auto garage owner handed over 23 kg of the gold to Ahmedabad police on Friday morning. By evening, cops recovered one more kg of the missing gold.

‘Air power use could have changed 1962 outcome’

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:28 PM PDT

The IAF believes the humiliating debacle in the 1962 war with China could have been avoided if India had decided to deploy "offensive" air power against the invasion by the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

No bail for Jagan till probe ends: Supreme Court

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea in the Rs 924 crore disproportionate assets case, saying he would not get the relief until CBI completed its probe into the alleged Rs 3,000 crore bribe paid to him by various companies.

‘Doctors often ask for needless tests’

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT

A medical expert at AIIMS said patients should question their doctors constantly on their line of treatment and the tests prescribed by them.

Modi TV channel goes blank on Day 2

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:52 PM PDT

Has Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's biggest media blitzkrieg fizzled out before a proper take off? A day after the launch, the NaMo Gujarat channel, which aired Modi's speeches live on Thursday, went blank. The channel derives its name from the commonly-used initials of the CM.

Party defends Sonia’s damaad

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 02:44 PM PDT

Congress slammed allegations against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra as "baseless and defamatory", and sought to fight its way out of the storm triggered by anti-corruption activists by dismissing them as BJP's proxies.
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