Tuesday, December 4, 2012

India urges Israel to speed up defence projects

India urges Israel to speed up defence projects

India urges Israel to speed up defence projects

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:07 PM PST

India has asked Israel to speed up crucial bilateral defence projects, including the around Rs 13,000 crore development of two advanced surface-to-air missile systems to arm Indian armed forces against hostile aircraft, drones and helicopters.

No decision on Afzal Guru’s mercy plea: Shinde

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:04 PM PST

Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday said his ministry had not yet taken any decision on the mercy petition of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru.

FDI in retail will not help farmers: V K Singh

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST

Former Army chief Gen V K Singh slammed the government's decision to bring in FDI in multi-brand retail saying the move would not benefit farmers as procurement would be outsourced from other countries at cheaper prices.

Navy chief was fed words by media: NSA

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:08 PM PST

A day after Navy chief D K Joshi said he won't hesitate to employ rules of engagement with China if India's economic interests were threatened, National security advisor Shiv Shankar Menon said India is uneasy about publicly committing itself about a naval role in the South China Sea because it might hurt Chinese sensibilities.

Unaware of Jindal ‘deal’, say Zee executives

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:06 PM PST

During their examination last week, some top executives of the Zee group have denied knowledge of the Rs 100 crore advertising agreement made by Zee News and Zee Business editors and handed over to Jindal Group, a source said.

191 fake encounters in last five years, NHRC tells Supreme Court

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:52 PM PST

SC, which relentlessly strove to bring to book perpetrators of the fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat, has an explosive situation on its hands as the NHRC informed it that 191 fake encounter killings took place in the country in the last five years.

SC to decide on Sangma’s petition today

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:46 PM PST

The SC on Wednesday will pronounce its decision whether or not Purno Sangma's petition challenging election of Pranab Mukherjee as president disclosed such material requiring a trial for determination of their veracity.

BJP leaders meet Pak envoy, protest demolition of temple

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:44 PM PST

BJP leaders on Tuesday met Pakistani high commissioner Salman Bashir to protest the demolition of a temple in Karachi and the "deteriorating human rights" condition of Hindus in the neighbouring country.

Why allow MPs and MLAs to continue even after conviction: PIL

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:27 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond to a proposition that the law allowing MPs and MLAs to continue despite being sentenced to more than two years' jail term upon conviction in a criminal case was discriminatory and encouraged criminalization of politics.

SC wants uniform amenities for tribunal heads

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:14 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed anguish over the lack of uniformity in facilities provided to sitting and retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts appointed as heads of quasi-judicial tribunals and warned that it would consider stopping such appointments if it was not set right in eight weeks.

Kejriwal accuses Modi of showering largesse on private firms

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:53 PM PST

Aam Aadmi Party members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday targeted Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, accusing him of giving away thousands of crores in land, gas and coal blocks to private companies at throwaway prices.

Cash scheme will influence polls, says CEC

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:59 PM PST

Chief election commissioner V C Sampath on Tuesday expressed his disapproval over the Centre's decision to go ahead with the direct cash transfer scheme when assembly elections were round-the-corner in Gujarat.

FDI: Congress woos Mulayam, Maya for Rajya Sabha numbers

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:46 PM PST

Congress recognizes that Mayawati may find it difficult to take a line different from Mulayam Singh Yadav, given their intense rivalry in UP; as well as that she may find it difficult to behave differently in RS when the upper House takes up the vote on Friday.

Hindus may plan migration if builder not punished: Pakistan Hindu Council

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:29 PM PST

Pakistan Hindu Council has expressed fears that many Hindus might plan migration from Pakistan if the government didn't take steps to assure religious freedom of the community there.

'Meet deadline for criminal tracking project'

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:28 PM PST

Director general of National Crime Record Bureau Shafi Alam on Tuesday asked top cops of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh to ensure that they meet the December 25 deadline for implementing the pilot project of the crime-criminal tracking network and system in their areas.

Tibetan leadership call for international pressure on China

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:26 PM PST

Officials in the Tibetan government-in-exile on Tuesday strongly urged the international community to ask the Chinese leadership to address the long-standing grievances of the Tibetan people through dialogue.

Conduct self audit: Vigilance department to civil supply department

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:25 PM PST

Patiala vigilance department has written to authorities of food and civil supply department of five districts to submit self-declaration that "all is well" in their respective districts after conducting self-audit of their accounts.

Bailout package divides power bosses, engineers

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:25 PM PST

With senior authorities of the PSPCL submitting their proposal to government for acceptance of special bailout package from Union power ministry, a confrontation seems imminent as power engineers are opposing the package.

Centre seeks extradition of accused

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:23 PM PST

The Centre is reportedly pursuing extradition of an alleged Babbar Khalsa militant Balwinder Singh Possi from the US in two cases of bomb blasts at Jalandhar bus terminus over six years ago.

Yamuna faces catastrophe, apex court told

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:08 PM PST

More seriously, CPCB counsel Vijay Panjwani informed a bench of Justices Swatanter Kumar and Madan Lokur that officials of Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which is the sole in-charge of treating sewage, had "zero" knowledge of the task entrusted to them.

CBI to probe graft charges in road project

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:50 PM PST

The CBI has started an investigation into the multi-crore highway development fraud in the World Bank funded Lucknow-Muzaffarpur stretch.

Government seeks 64 years as retirement age for public sector banks's chiefs

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST

Govt is set to overhaul the process of appointing top management of two dozen public sector banks and financial institutions, including an increase in retirement age to 64 yrs.

Seven townships planned along Delhi-Jaipur expressway

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:26 PM PST

Drawing upon the Delhi-Agra e-way model, the govt is set to allow development of seven new townships along the proposed Delhi-Jaipur expressway, resulting in a fresh real estate rush along the 265-km road.

Want to visit Pakistan, but time not right, Manmohan says

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:00 PM PST

Manmohan Singh wrote to Pak President Asif Ali Zardari last month saying that while he still wanted to visit Pakistan, this was not the right time to embark on it.

GMR row: Diplomatic failure for India

Posted: 04 Dec 2012 10:37 AM PST

The Maldives government and GMR are headed on a collision course, but India is the ultimate loser, exhibiting a stunning diplomatic failure and political naivete of a country crucial to India's security considerations.
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