Chandigarh: The bharat bandh call to protest the petrol price hike has been fairly effective in Punjab. However, no incidents of violence have been reported from the region till the filing of this report. The Amritsar bus stand wore a deserted look with no buses plying. All buses stood lined up at the bus stand. Mounted police patrolled the streets even as shops remained closed. "We wanted to go to...
07:19 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The war between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party president Nitin Gadkari and L K Advani is now out in the open. Hours after the veteran leader slammed Gadkari for poor leadership, reports suggested that the party president was upset with the frontal attack on him. According to reports, a meeting has been called by Gadkari at his residence to discuss the impact of the bandh, where Advani and...
06:25 PM, May 31, 2012
Rail traffic was affected as the protestors stopped the Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi in Chandigarh. ...
03:26 PM, May 31, 2012
Jammu: Thirteen people were killed early Wednesday when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said. The Tata Sumo carrying 13 passengers rolled into a 300 metre deep gorge at Digdol, about 165 km north of Jammu city, an official said. All the passengers died instantly. Bodies were scattered all over and police were finding it difficult to...
10:51 AM, May 30, 2012
Kolkata: Meet Nityananda Das, one of Singur's "unwilling farmer" who lost his land to Tata Motors. His family was allegedly tortured by the police and CPM cadres for refusing to accept the Left Front Government's compensation package. Despite a change of political guard, Nityananda Das and 2000 other Singur farmers are still waiting for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to fulfill her promise of returning their land. "We are...
09:40 AM, May 20, 2012
Mumbai: Despite a marginal improvement in the seat factor, national carrier Air India (AI) has lost its market share in April, helping low-cost airline SpiceJet to become the third-largest airline in the month with a market share of 17.7 per cent, according to the latest data from the sectoral regulator DGCA. The fall in the market share of AI is significant as the national carrier has seen an improvement in...
10:33 PM, May 18, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was admitted to a hospital in Chandigarh on Wednesday night after his blood sugar level fluctuated, has been discharged on Thursday morning. "He was discharged this morning and his condition is much better now. Soon, he will resume his normal routine," former Union Minister and Congress MLA from Ambala, Venod Sharma, who had accompanied Hooda to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical...
12:15 PM, May 17, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was on Wednesday night admitted to PGIMER in Chandigarh after his blood sugar level fluctuated. 65-year-old Hooda was taken to PGI from his residence nearby Chandigarh at around 10 pm, hospital sources told PTI. A doctor in the PGIMER main emergency wing said that Hooda's blood sugar had gone up. The doctor said the Chief Minister's other parameters were alright and there was...
12:47 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Fourteen pilots and 31 cabin crew members have been found reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol till March this year, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday. Of the total 14 pilots and 31 cabin crew who failed the pre-flight breath analyser test, a large number of pilots and cabin crew were of Jet Airways, he said in reply to a question in Lok Sabha....
12:24 AM, May 17, 2012
Allari Naresh's potential hit, Sudigaadu, will wrap up its shooting on May 20. 'Zara Zara, a song, was picurised on the hero and heroine (Monal Gajjar) and other dancers recently under the choreography direction of Prem Rakshit. The makers are planning to release the film in June. Directed by Bheemineni Srinivas, the film is done except for one song. Written by CS Amudhan (the film is an adaptation of Thamizh...
01:11 PM, May 16, 2012
Shimla: A 22-year-old Australian tourist has filed a police complaint against a Chandigarh youth, stating that he had raped her in a guest house at Kasol in Kullu district, 220 km from Shimla. In her complaint, police said, the victim alleged that the youth hailing from Chandigarh gave her some sedative and took her to Green Valley guest house where he raped her on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, he...
11:45 PM, May 14, 2012
Bangalore: The Indian space agency will on Saturday conduct a crucial test on an indigenously built cryogenic engine for launching its heavier rockets from its spaceport, a top official said on Friday. "The cryogenic acceptance test will take place on Saturday in our Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. If it succeeds, we will use the cryogenic stage in the geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) rocket later...
12:50 AM, May 12, 2012
Lucknow: Saharanpur range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur, who had on Wednesday sparked a controversy by advocating honour killing, was transferred by the authorities on Thursday. This came hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would take action against Mathur if the police officer had supported honour killing. "If that is the statement then that statement is wrong. If an official holds such high post and if that...
08:02 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Saharanpur range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur sparked a controversy by advocating honour killing, the Uttar Pradesh government has promised action. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would take action against Mathur if the police officer had supported honour killing. "If that is the statement then that statement is wrong. If an official holds such high post and if that person makes such statements, actions will...
12:59 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: All but two major airlines in India have defaulted on paying airport charges, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday. IndiGo, the only profitable airline in the country, and privately-held GoAir have not defaulted on airport payments, Singh told lawmakers in a written reply. The government has initiated legal action against Kingfisher Airlines "towards dishonour of the cheques submitted" by the carrier, while Jet Airways and Spicejet...
08:57 PM, May 09, 2012
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