Thursday, October 11, 2012

UPA government worse than 'dacoits of Madhya Pradesh': Gadkari

UPA government worse than 'dacoits of Madhya Pradesh': Gadkari

UPA government worse than 'dacoits of Madhya Pradesh': Gadkari

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 05:12 PM PDT

BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said Congress-led UPA government was worse than "dacoits of Madhya Pradesh".

Nationalist Congress Party to contest all 60 seats in Meghalaya assembly polls

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will be contesting all the sixty seats in the coming Meghalaya assembly election, scheduled to be held early next year.

Needless procedures plague hapless patients: World Bank

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Unnecessary procedures on hapless patients have not just become a menace in private hospitals, but are also becoming rampant in government facilities.

Two-front war remote, but threat from China real

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:23 PM PDT

India's worst-case scenario is a simultaneous two-front war. This nightmarish possibility is fuelled by the ever-deepening military nexus between China and Pakistan, ranging from continuing assistance in the nuclear and missile arenas to presence of Chinese soldiers in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan areas.

Govt free to decide policy on allocation of resources: Narayanasamy

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:20 PM PDT

Underlining that auction could not be the only way to allocate natural resources, minister of state for personnel V Narayanasamy on Thursday said government has every right to decide the policy for allocating resources while keeping in mind the common man's interest.

'Callous' cops shifted for revealing victim's identity

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:07 PM PDT

Two days after TOI published a report on the callous way in which Ferozepur range DIG P S Umranangal and Faridkot SSP Gurinder Singh Dhillon revealed the identity of a minor rape victim at a press meet by releasing her photographs, the Punjab government on Thursday transferred the officers.

Colleague arrested on dalit girl's rape complaint in Haryana

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT

A 23-year-old girl student, belonging to a dalit community, was repeatedly raped by a man of her village during the last three years in Mahendergarh district of Haryana.

Haryana govt refutes Kejriwal's charges

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in Haryana on Thursday said the allegations levelled by India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal on favours doled out by the state government to DLF company were an attempt to gain political mileage.

Teen booked for raping 30-year-old in Haryana

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 02:04 PM PDT

Rapes continue to shock the people in Haryana as 30-year-old married woman was sexually assaulted by a man in Jalalana village of Sirsa district on Wednesday. Both the accused and victim belong to scheduled caste community.

Himachal Pradesh assembly polls: Politics takes 'grass' route in Malana

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:59 PM PDT

A cannabis-induced green revolution is sweeping the valley of gods - home to hundreds of deities - just before the polls.

Song on Birla cleared with disclaimer

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:57 PM PDT

The Calcutta high court on Thursday directed film director and producer Prakash Jha to add a disclaimer for the song Mehangai in his soon to be released film.

Change of drug pricing policy must not hurt common man: Supreme Court

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT

The Centre on Thursday promised to notify a new drug pricing mechanism for essential medicines by the end of November but the Supreme Court said a change in policy must not force a sharp rise in drug prices to hurt an already hassled common man.

Centre ramps up security in J&K

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:33 PM PDT

Amid rising security concerns of panchayat members who have been facing consistent threats from militants in Jammu & Kashmir, the Centre has rushed additional 7,000 CRPF personnel to the state and will deploy more paramilitary forces in near future if required.

Jairam Ramesh signs pact, averts siege

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:31 PM PDT

The national Capital was spared of another siege from protestors when the Centre committed to formulate a "land reforms policy" to placate the army of protestors marching from Gwalior for 10 days and headed for the Lutyen's Zone.

Case against Robert for 'mango' slur

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:29 PM PDT

A city lawyer has filed a case against Robert Vadra for his remarks 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook update, seeking punishment for 'defamatory remarks against the people and the country'. The court will hear the matter on October 18.

Extra land for Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park cancelled

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:28 PM PDT

The Supreme Court cancelled acquisition of huge tracts of land by Chandigarh Administration for expansion of the Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park saying the process of acquisition was illegal.

Krishna urges Lankan Tamil delegates to resume talks

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Foreign minister S M Krishna again called for early resumption of talks for political reconciliation in Sri Lanka in a meeting with a seven-member delegation of the Tamil National Alliance led by R Sampanthan.

Cong, Left question Britain’s stand

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT

The BJP on Thursday welcomed Britain's decision to re-establish diplomatic ties with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi even as the Congress and Left parties questioned the move.

Pessimism of govt’s own making, says BJP

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Taking on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his remark about "a mindless environment of negativism" in the country, the BJP on Thursday said it was gross inaction, lack of accountability and "institutional subversion" by his government which had led to pessimism.

Allocation of resources fertile ground for corruption: CBI

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 01:03 PM PDT

CBI director A P Singh on Thursday said allocation of natural resources was becoming a "fertile ground for corrupt practices". The agency is probing a number of corruption cases related to exploitation of natural resources like iron ore, coal, off-shore minerals and spectrum, among others.

'India’s score alarming on hunger map’

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:57 PM PDT

India ranks 65th out of 79 countries on the Global Hunger Index, a new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide has said. The report has sharply criticized India for not moving fast enough to reduce malnourishment, and has said that its nutritional indicators are far worse than its economic indicators merit.

Ex-judges as info panel heads not legal: Govt

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT

The Centre on Thursday said the Supreme Court's judgment directing appointment of retired SC and HC judges as heads of Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions appeared to violate the Right to Information Act and settled principles of law.

BJP ex-chief Bangaru Laxman gets bail in fake defence deal case

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Jailed ex-BJP president Bangaru Laxman was on Thursday granted bail by the Delhi High Court in a case of allegedly taking bribe in a fictitious defence deal.

BJP ex-chief gets bail in fake defence deal case

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Jailed ex-BJP President Bangaru Laxman was on Thursday granted bail by the Delhi High Court in a case of allegedly taking bribe in a fictitious defence deal.

SC refuses roving inquiry into all blasts since 2002

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL seeking an inquiry into all bomb blast cases to find out whether Muslim youth have been falsely implicated in the light of similar findings relating to Samjhauta train and Malegaon blast cases.
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