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Manu Sharma parole lands Sheila Dikshit in dock (21 November 12:48) |
| Justice Kailash Gambhir noted that in normal cases, the government takes three to six months to decide parole applications of convicts, but it cleared Manu's plea in 20 days. |
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After farmer oppn charge Centre reverses cane policy (21 November 12:46) |
| The government will still set the fair remunerative price (FRP), the minimum mill-owners have to pay sugarcane farmers, and the states are free to set their own prices. |
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No aerial attacks on Maoists Govt (21 November 12:43) |
| Union home secretary GK Pillai said Maoists were getting help from neighbouring countries. |
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N-threat in Chennai turns out to be hoax (21 November 12:40) |
| The coastal security establishment here got the jitters after an anonymous caller claimed that a ship anchored off Chennai Port and seeking a berth was carrying radioactive/nuclear material. |
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I am Indias messenger says the Dalai Lama (21 November 12:40) |
| Delivering the 15th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial lecture on 'Women and Peace', the Tibetan spiritual leader also took swipes at successive Chinese governments. |
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SC panel proposes ban on illegal mining by Reddys (21 November 12:29) |
| A high-powered probe panel set up by the supreme court (SC) has recommended immediate ban on illegal mining on the Andhra-Karnataka border. |
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China invites Mirwaiz Revenge for Dalais Arunachal visit (21 November 12:20) |
| Delhi cool, but will see if his visa is stamped or stapled. |
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Mirwaiz hits a raw nerve says China has a role in Kashmir (21 November 12:12) |
| Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq pressed India's raw nerve y saying that China had a stake in peace in S Asia and that settlement of Kashmir was key to achieving thi... |
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No decision yet on new chief of transparency commissioner (20 November 10:35) |
| Prime minister Manmohan Singh today met leader of opposition LK Advani and Union law minister Veerappa Moily. However the meeting at the 7 Race Course Road was inconclusive. |
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Army foils infiltration bid along LoC near Jammu (20 November 10:34) |
| Security personnel tonight foiled an infiltration bid after a brief encounter with the militants along the Line Of Control in Balakote area, around 190km from here. |
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Advani not to be Leader of oppn in Lok Sabha for 5 years Naidu (20 November 10:02) |
| LK Advani has told party leaders that he does not want to continue as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for the whole of five years, senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu said today. |
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Shun censorship and distorted propaganda Dalai to China (20 November 09:55) |
| The Dalai Lama said that transparency and openness were important ingredients for achieving a harmonious society and that the people of China 'have the right to know the reality'.
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Turmoil in Orissa house media alleges gag (20 November 09:50) |
| Opposition Congress members stormed into the well and tried to climb on the speaker's podium over the issue of alleged suicide by farmers in the state due to 'crop loss' and debt burden. |
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139 schools not complying with Delhi govts order (20 November 09:42) |
| The Delhi government had in 2007 issued a direction to those schools, which were allotted land at concessional rates, to reserve 20% of seats for the children from weaker sections. |
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NCP defends Sharad Pawar on sugarcane pricing issue (20 November 09:33) |
| NCP spokeman DP Tripathi dismissed suggestions that NCP and the government were on the backfoot on the sugarcane pricing issue.
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Malta ship gets clearance to anchor at Chennai port (20 November 09:12) |
| A day long search by Coast Guard and Navy personnel and scientists from the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, found 'no apparent radioactivity in the vessel' as claimed by an anonymo... |
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Security beefed up at oil depots across country Murli Deora (20 November 09:12) |
| Union government on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that it has taken a series of measures to promote safety in and around oil depots across the country. |
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Rana had stayed in Ahmedabad hotel with a woman (20 November 09:08) |
| Following investigations into the pan-India visits by Tahawwur Hussain Rana and US citizen David Headley, sleuths learned about the presence of a woman, suspected to be his wife. |
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RTI cant apply unless info is lawfully held SC to CIC (20 November 08:56) |
| Chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said the argument was not correct and would "strike out the root of the RTI Act" as in that case no information could be asked under the tra... |
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Make Rahul PM if he is solving all problems Amar Singh (20 November 08:19) |
| Rahul Gandhi had met prime minister Manmohan Singh yesterday and discussed the sugarcane price issue after which the Congress said an amendment is likely in the Ordinance. |
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Air India pilots defer strike by six days (20 November 08:15) |
| After a six-hour long marathon meeting, chief labour commissioner SK Mukhopadhyay appealed to the pilots to defer their strike call till the next round of negotiations on November 30. |
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Families of boat Kubers crew members get compensation after a year (20 November 08:13) |
| Three fishermen, who were on board the boat Kuber, which was hijacked by the Pakistan-based terrorists mid-sea for reaching Mumbai on November 26 last year, have gone missing. |
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Shopian rape case Residents protest against CBI (20 November 08:07) |
| Chanting slogans against the CBI, the protesters accused the investigating agency of trying to hush up the case and vowed to intensify their agitation if justice was not delivered. |
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SC dismisses PIL seeking ban on immersion of idols (20 November 07:57) |
| The PIL filed by Delhi resident Salek Chand Jain has sought a ban on immersion of idols in rivers and other water bodies contending the practice was harming the environment. |
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Flight returns to airport after passenger has heart attack (20 November 07:47) |
| A Colombo-bound Air Lanka flight from here returned to the airport soon after take off today after a passenger suffered a heart attack, airport sources said. |
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China has stake in peace in South Asia Mirwaiz (20 November 06:57) |
| Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that he was visiting China at the invitation of an NGO which wanted him to speak from the Kashmiri point of view on the Kashmir issue and South Asia. |
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Pakistan has nothing to fear from India Manmohan Singh (20 November 06:50) |
| Singh has expressed concern about the rise of terrorism in Pakistan and said terrorists' increasing grip over several parts of the country was a threat to India's security as well. |
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After many abortive attempts Maoists hit passenger train (20 November 06:46) |
| Yesterday's train accident which killed two and injured 55 others was culmination of series of similar attempts by the Maoists in the past which were foiled, police said today. |
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Rahul Priyanka review works of women self help groups (20 November 06:31) |
| The two will review various centrally sponsored schemes, including scholarship scheme, mid-day meal in Jias. |
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Two NDFB militants killed in encounter in Assam (20 November 06:29) |
| The police found a loaded .9-mm pistol and a grenade from the encounter site. |
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People view Rahul Gandhi as future PM Digvijay (20 November 06:26) |
| The Congress has said that Rahul Gandhi may not like being projected as the future prime minister but the people of the country view him as one. |
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Unclean air water may be causing 8 lakh deaths a year Report (20 November 06:24) |
| The report deals with issues of depletion of resources like water, forests, land and soil as well as biodiversity and seeks to find out the major impact and economic costs of degradation. |
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Lawyers strike affects work in UP courts (20 November 06:20) |
| Proceedings came to a halt in 15 district courts following a strike by lawyers demanding setting up of a Bench of the Allahabad High Court.
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Two women aviators inducted into Indian Navy (20 November 06:20) |
| This is for the first time that Naval Aviation, 56 years after its inception, has inducted women combatant officers as Observers on board its fleet of Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA). |
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Sugarcane growers not be affected in Haryana (20 November 06:16) |
| Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that sugarcane growers in the state would not be affected by the decision to set a nation-wide base price for sugarcane |
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Left lashes out at BJD in Orissa (20 November 06:12) |
| The Left Parties today said they would oppose 'tooth and nail' the government's anti-people policies.
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Motorcycle-borne couple knocked down by train (20 November 06:09) |
| A motorcycle-borne couple died here after being hit by the Gorakhpur Express at an unmanned crossing between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations. |
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Elephant population increases in Sathyamangalam forest (20 November 06:08) |
| The migratory elephant population in Sathyamangalam forest in the district has registered an increase over last year, with 860 being sighted. |
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Steps to check dengue fever in Madhya Pradesh (20 November 06:06) |
| The govt announced in the Assembly to install single donor platelets Apheresis Machine for providing platelets to the needy patients free of cost.
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Three more deaths in 24 hours encephalitis toll touches 524 (20 November 06:05) |
| Three more children succumbed to deadly encephalitis in BRD Medical College here during since last evening, official sources said. |
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Rs3lakh cash gold ornaments looted in Coimbatore (20 November 05:56) |
| Unidentified persons decamped with Rsthree lakh and gold ornaments weighing 20 sovereigns, from a house in Mettupalayam, near here. |
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India to return to 9 growth US will bounce back too PM (20 November 05:54) |
| India's economic growth fell sharply to 6.7% in 2008-09 after three years of over 9% expansion, largely on collapse in investments and fall in exports. |
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Orissa to get more central forces after Jharkhand polls (20 November 05:53) |
| Orissa will have to wait till the completion of the assembly elections in Jharkhand for more central forces for long term deployment. |
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Man robbed of valuables by policemen (20 November 05:51) |
| Police are on the look out for four persons who had masqueraded as crime branch-CID officials and robbed a person of rs.2,500 in cash and gold ornaments. |
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Property dealer shot at two arrested in Delhi (20 November 05:50) |
| Two men were arrested in the national capital for allegedly attempting to kill a property dealer when he was returning from a gymnasium. |
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No apparent radio activity on board Malta-registered ship (20 November 05:47) |
| The checks were conducted after an anonymous call stating that the Singapore-bound vessel MV Garland was carrying some radio active material was received by customs authorities. |
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Sugarcane farmers not be affected in Haryana (20 November 04:33) |
| The farmers in Haryana were already being paid the highest price of Rs185 per quintal for the year 2009-10, chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told reporters. |
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Opposition satisfied with govts move on sugarcane deadlock (20 November 04:20) |
| The controversial ordinance amending the Sugarcane (Control) Order, issued by the government, had put the burden on the difference in payment on the states. |
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Fire at IOC fuel depot left no time to respond Deora (20 November 04:11) |
| The fire at the IOC depot broke out on October 29 and continued for nearly 13 days killing 11 persons and injuring 100. |
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Khali wants Kasab should be sent to gallows (20 November 04:01) |
| Dilip Singh Rana, the wrestler popularly known as Khali, said Kasab is responsible for the murder of his brothers and sisters in Mumbai. |
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