Monday, October 15, 2012

Millions of productive years lost to cancer

Millions of productive years lost to cancer

Millions of productive years lost to cancer

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 06:41 PM PDT

Indians are losing millions of their most productive years to cancer.

Health ministry pushes for end to sale of branded drugs

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:42 PM PDT

To push generic drugs, the Union health ministry has ordered states to stop issuing licence for manufacture or sale of drugs on the basis of their brand name.

A mini-Bengal poll to be fought out in Himachal hills

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:07 PM PDT

The 68-seat turf spread over brooks, boulders, breathtaking vistas and treacherous terrain is witnessing a gripping political battle on the sidelines - a mini-Bengal poll, as the Left and Trinamool Congress (TMC) slug it out in this hill state.

7 pilgrims die, students injured in accident in Haryana

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Seven persons including five women travelling in a maxi cab were killed and 10 others injured in an accident near Bibipur village on Jind-Bhiwani Road in Jind district on Monday.

Three held for girl's abduction in Punjab

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Twenty-two days after the kidnapping of a minor girl here, police on Monday arrested three persons, including a woman, from their houses in Faridkot.

Punjab: Petrol pumps to observe '8 am to 5 pm' timing

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:01 PM PDT

You will now have to cope with shorter timings for getting your vehicle refueled in Punjab. About 2,800 petrol pumps in Punjab will operate for eight hours only -- 8 am to 5 pm -- beginning Monday.

Punjab: Rice millers end boycott of paddy storing

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Rice millers have ended their boycott of storing paddy procured by government agencies in their mills, following a meeting with food and supplies minister Adesh Partap Singh Kairon.

BAMS student suspended for ragging in Kurukshetra

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:58 PM PDT

The management of Sri Krishna Ayurvedic College on Monday placed a senior BAMS student for allegedly forcing juniors to dance after disrobing themselves in the hostel.

Running from Kargil to Kanyakumari to unite the nation

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:55 PM PDT

Braving icy winds, shortage of oxygen and lack of atmospheric pressure, a 43-year-old ultra-marathoner from Delhi is testing the height of tolerance power of body for a noble cause -- to unite the nation -- running from Kashmir to Kanyakumari

Shanta Kumar harps on Sonia's foreign origin

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:54 PM PDT

Shanta Kumar in his effort to dent the Congress party in the state just before the polls has once again started harping on Sonia Gandhi's Italian connection and also business irregularities by her son-in-law Robert Vadra.

Net intensifies canvassing in Shimla

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:52 PM PDT

As the queen of hills warms up for the assembly polls slated for November 4 and campaigning is gaining strength in alleys of Shimla, along with the conventional means of door-to-door campaigning, pamphlets, candidates are also using hi-tech measures to reaching out to voters.

HC notice to Punjab govt on gambling by senior officers

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Alleged misappropriation of money through gambling by senior officers of Punjab police including former Amritsar police commissioner R P Mittal during Diwali 2011, has now come under the scanner of Punjab and Haryana high court.

5-year-old abducted, raped in Jind

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:33 PM PDT

In a barbaric incident, a five-year-old girl was abducted and allegedly raped by an unidentified youth from near Ramlila ground, located in Roopnagar colony of Jind town on Sunday night.

Trust to take Pak Hindu widows on pilgrimage

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 04:30 PM PDT

PHSWT president Sanjesh S Dhanja informed TOI over phone on Monday that so far they have registered 35 widows for the pilgrimage.

Haryana khap blames consumption of chowmein for rapes

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT

A khap panchayat in Haryana's Jind district has blamed consumption of chowmein behind the growing incidents of rapes in the state saying it leads to hormonal imbalance.

Omar Abdullah defers to Congress, agrees on more powers to panchayat

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Giving in to Congress's pressure, J&K CM Omar Abdullah on Monday agreed to incorporate major portions of the provisions of the 73rd amendment to the Indian constitution in J&K Panchayati Raj Act, which will give greater administrative powers to the local bodies

Five Women injured during protest against rapes in Rohtak

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:57 PM PDT

Five activists of the All India Democratic Women Association, part of a protest against the rising cases of rapes in Haryana, were injured in when police clashed with the protesters in Rohtak on Monday.

Akhilesh refutes charges of protecting Khurshid

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav rubbished allegations that he was "protecting" anyone.

PIL seeks HC's monitoring of Zakir Hussain Trust row

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:53 PM PDT

The PIL, filed by a local activist, sought legal action on the basis of a report of the Viklang Kalyan directorate about alleged misappropriation of fund and forgery in dealing with the funds.

Probe Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan: Virbhadra Singh

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:51 PM PDT

Claiming that Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan's name figured in the records collected by the income tax department after raiding the steel company ISPAT, former Union minister Virbhadra Singh said on Monday that a probe should be initiated against Chauhan.

Media seeks to glorify rape, Mamata Banerjee says

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT

"Earlier, if men and women held hands, parents would reprimand them. Now everything is done openly. It's like an open market with open options," said Mamata.

Mamata Banerjee rues a permissive society

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a dig at the modern permissive society, but stopped short of linking it to rise in crimes against women in the state.

JD(U), BJP to contest Lok Sabha poll together: Nitish Kumar

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:46 PM PDT

Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday put a brake on speculations and announced that the JD(U) and BJP would contest united in the next elections.

Three killed in Goa naval helicopter crash

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT

Two naval officers, in their 20s, were among three people killed after a Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy crashed while landing and caught fire 50m away from Goa's Dabolim International Airport runway on Monday.

Haryana hounds whistleblower, emits wrong signals

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 02:43 PM PDT

After IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, the Haryana government is allegedly hounding another whistleblower, Ashok Khemka, a senior IAS officer, for "exposing" various scams.
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