Thursday, January 10, 2013

BJP's Hindutva forces back in limelight

BJP's Hindutva forces back in limelight

BJP's Hindutva forces back in limelight

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:22 PM PST

It was in late 1990, after the then chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered firing on unarmed Kar Sevaks leaving several dead and subsequently leading to Hindu outrage across the state that Kalyan Singh came up as a prominent discovery on Hindutva front.

Extra airport development fee to be refunded

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:18 PM PST

The aviation ministry has directed airlines to refund the excess airport development fee to passengers flying from Delhi who booked at the older rates but will be travelling after January 1 when lower rates came in force.

Indians’ strong statements appalling, Hina Khar says

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:57 PM PST

Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday said her country would not respond to "any statement coming from a billion people from India", just days after soldiers were killed along the Line of Control.

Motor vehicle trader dies on H1N1 in Amritsar

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:46 PM PST

A motor vehicle trader of Booh Hawelian village in Tarn Taran district died of swine flu in Amritsar on Thursday.

Khap leader on save girl child mission

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:44 PM PST

An associate professor of Kurukshetra University, Santosh Dahiya, 45, wants to submit one lakh signatures to the President, demanding a curb on crime against women.

Govt reviewing khaps' demand for lok adalat status: Minister

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:42 PM PST

Union law minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said his ministry was reviewing the demand for lok adalat status for Haryana's khap panchayats.

Sand scarcity stalls building activity in Amritsar district

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:40 PM PST

Scarcity of sand has almost brought construction activity to a halt in the district and had a spillover impact on related businesses like marble trading.

'Nepotism, discrimination' spark heated debates in Himachal assembly

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:38 PM PST

Third day of assembly session witnessed stormy scenes amid thumping of tables by members of house.

HC tells Punjab, Haryana to procedure appointment of vigilance bureau chiefs

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:36 PM PST

Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday directed the state governments of Punjab and Haryana to lay down procedure for appointment of chief of the vigilance bureau in their respective states keeping in view the principles laid down by the Supreme Court.

SGPC seeks Centre's intervention in ensuring Pak Sikhs' safety

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:33 PM PST

The Akal Takht and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) have demanded Centre's intervention in ensuring safety of their community members in Pakistan.

On society’s fringes, leprosy group has own governance

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:31 PM PST

Leprosy brought them together. In spite of the scourge, they knew that only a proper system in place will keep them together. The 60-odd leprosy patients at Chandrashekhar Azad Ashram here are mostly illiterate, but the panchayat system they follow not only helps keep their flock together but also ensures proper governance.

Punjab's top cops slam weak handling of crime against women

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:29 PM PST

Punjab's two senior IPS officers, including DGP Sumedh Saini, are angry over the way their colleagues are handling cases related to crime against women in the districts.

Panchayat announces to ostracize rape accused

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:28 PM PST

A social panchayat in Rewari district has announced to ostracize all accused of rapes and molestation in 15 villages of the district.

Shortage of judges a concern for rape crimes: Law minister

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:24 PM PST

Amid growing clamour over the rising rape crimes in the country, Union law minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said that special fast track courts was the "best quick solution available to set a deterrent to prevent the incidence of the heinous crime".

Parkash Singh Badal wants death for rapists

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:21 PM PST

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday demanded death penalty for rapists.

Will send more men to border: Martyr's village

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:59 PM PST

Currently, there are eight men from martyred soldier Lance Naik Hemraj Singh's village on duty at the Pakistan and China borders. Hemraj's death has only strengthened their resolve.

They can behead our soldiers, but can't make us bow: Martyr's kin

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:54 PM PST

Sher Nagar, the village of beheaded Indian soldier Lance Naik Hemraj Singh, and neighbouring villages were in mourning, but in silent rage.

CAG seeks Chidambaram's help in getting Union accounts

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:48 PM PST

The CAG has written to the finance minister seeking his intervention to get Union accounts from the official account keeper, the controller general of accounts, so that the audit is complete before the budget session of Parliament.

Border truce violations almost doubled last year

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST

Ceasefire violations, which are now threatening to derail the India-Pakistan peace process, were not long ago, besides being fewer, a very organized affair, with both sides following the rules of the game.

Border truce violations almost doubled last year

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST

Ceasefire violations, which are now threatening to derail the India-Pakistan peace process, were not long ago, besides being fewer, a very organized affair, with both sides following the rules of the game.

Death penalty for rapists unlikely: Ashwani Kumar

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:29 PM PST

Union law minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday indicated that there was little chance of JS Verma committee recommending death penalty for rapists.

I&B ministry to examine Trai call on sarkari broadcasting

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:27 PM PST

The I&B ministry has set up an inter-ministerial committee — along the lines of the telecom commission — to examine the recent Trai recommendations advising against the entry of state and central government entering the broadcast sector.

Cross-LoC trade halted but trade talks to go on

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:22 PM PST

Pakistani authorities on Thursday refused to open the gates for trucks to cross the LoC leaving at least 60 heavy vehicles stranded with perishable commodities following the recent skirmishes across LoC.

BJP MP says rape of grown-up women understandable, lands in trouble

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:17 PM PST

BJP MP and former Union minister Ramesh Bais kicked up a controversy saying, "One can understand rape of an adult; but rape of a minor is a heinous crime and those committing such crime ought to be hanged."

Govt to host international travel mart in Guwahati

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:13 PM PST

In one of the first international events to be held in the northeast, the tourism ministry is hosting a three-day travel mart with over 20 countries participating.
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