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PAGE1 ANCHOR Complaint to PM works, govt cuts red tape for foreign media
WO months after a journalist from Japan's largest newspaper complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the difficulties faced by foreign correspondents in India in getting media accreditation,
VIP pressure, move case out of Gujarat: CBI
FILING a status report in the Supreme Court on its six month investigation into the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, the CBI today soughtimmediatetransferofthecase from
Jagan Effect? TRS gets seats back, Cong routed
GRAPPLING with the Jagan Mohan Reddy crisis in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress took another body blow today when it was routed in by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in the Te langana region where the TRS,
Habibullah takes RTI to World Bank job
CHIEF INFORMATION Commissioner (CIC) Wa jahat Habibullah, whose term ends in September, has informed the government about his new assignment as member of the Independent Access to Information Appeal B
QUICK TAKES 5 CRPF men killed in Assam IED blast
Five CRPF personnel were killed and over 30 injured when an IED blew off the bus in which they were travelling in Goalpara in Assam on Friday.
Nepal top court confirms Sobhraj conviction
The Supreme Court of Nepal confirmed the conviction of Charles Sobhraj by two lower courts, and upheld the life sentence awarded to him for the murder of a tourist in 1975
`1 in 2 Pakistanis think India greatest threat'
WASHINGTON: An opinion poll by Pew Research Centre shows 53% Pakistanis consider India the greatest threat, much more than the Taliban (23%).
Dinakaran transferred to Sikkim High Court
NEW DELHI: Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, facing impeachment over charges of corruption, has been moved to Sikkim HC.
Amit Shah said forget about probing officers: Cop to CBI
"Shah e kahiyu kai ek PI ni su taakat che kai e senior officers same tapas kare? Papers javaa do (Shah said how dare a Police Inspector conduct a probe against his senior officers? Forget those pa
4 killed in firing, Srinagar under curfew
BREAKING MORE than a week-long lull, four persons were killed in firing by securitymen as protests erupted again in the Va lley today after firing in the Natipora neighbourhood of Srinagar left two yo
THE PRAJAPATI CHARGESHEET...
WAS FILED by the CID (Crime) in Danta court Friday NAMES SEVEN, including IPS officer Vipul Agarwal IS SILENT on the motive for the murder, and on the roles of everyone arrested in the Sohrabuddin cas
Indo-Nepal pact to protect wildlife
India and Nepal have signed an MoU to jointly protect tigers, rhinos and other endangered wildlife along the Indo-Nepal border. The joint resolution, outcome of the IndiaNepal Trans-Boundary Consulta
Cong MP for probe into Azad killing
Congress MP from Kalahandi Bhakta Charan Das on Friday supported social activist Swami Agnivesh's demand for an inquiry into the alleged encounter of Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad. He a
PC calls for `change of heart' among Naxals
HAVING told the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on July 29 that the government would overcome the Naxal problem in three years, P Chidambaram said Friday that a "change of heart" amongst Naxals w
Govt open to dialogue with all sections in J&K: PC
STATING that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir "is not yet normal", Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday reiterated that the Centre was open to quiet dialogue with all sections of opinion in t
RTI applies to Central govt bodies in J&K: HC
IN A verdict that blows away the immunity clause availed by Jammu and Kashmir-based central government organisations like the Indian Army while refusing to disclose information under the RTI Act, the
UP govt nod to anticipatory bail
The UP Cabinet on Friday decided to restore the provision of anticipatory bail in the state after 35 years. A Bill to amend the CrPC for this purpose will be introduced in the monsoon session startin
`Dead' woman held with lover
A 27-year old woman, believed to be dead by her parents, was traced with a man, with whom she had allegedly eloped last year, in Pathanamthitta district. Shiny, wife of a daily-wage earner and mother
BJP demands CM's ouster, CBI probe, but after Games
WITH THE Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) finding irregularities in execution of Commonwealth Games-related projects, the BJP demanded CBI probe into the corruption charges. The party, however, want t
Engineers say bureaucrats to blame for delay
ENGINEERS working on the Commonwealth Games projects are an agitated lot after the Central Vigilance Commission report that pointed out several irregularities in the construction projects. The enginee
11-yr-old mowed down by speeding truck
AN 11-YEAR-OLD Class VI student of Gyan Bharti Public School in Naraina was killed while his younger brother, a Class V student, Class V student, suffered critical injuries after a speedingtruck
NEW DELHI I SATURDAY I JULY 31, 2010 I PAGE 3 Brothers throw friend off balcony, held
A 26-YEAR-OLD man died after being thrown off the balcony of a fourth floor apartment in Noida, allegedly by two friends in an inebriated condition on Thursday evening.

Police said the deceased, Ka

7 bidders for packaged food at Games venues
THE Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), which is trying to come to grips of the catering crisis, has received favourable bids for serving packed food at its 17 venues for its workforce and v
Day after report, Sheila stonewalls, CVC clarifies
UNDER attack from several parties and agencies for the alleged irregularities in construction projects for the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday defended her government, clai
Clean chit to top cop in land scam
The CBI on Friday gave a clean chit to a Rajasthan DGP M K Devarajan in an alleged land scam. In a chargesheet filed in the High Court, the CBI only named land brokers Radheshyam and Suresh as the acc
Can't allow Noida Park: MoEF in SC
The Centre on Friday expressed its inability to grant environmental clearance to the Noida Park construction unless the Uttar Pradesh government takes measures for the area's ecological restoration. <
HC: Intimacy on marriage promise is not rape
THE Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an FIR lodged against a youth and exonerated him from all charges of having physical relations with a woman on the promise of marriage but not keeping his word l
Shah's three-day questioning ends
A CBI team questioned former minister Amit Shah for the third day on Friday in side the Sabarmati Central Jail, where the accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case has been lodged since
`Can't give Prajapati case to CBI on our own'
GUJARAT Director General of Police S S Khandwawala said on Friday the state government could not recommend the transfer of the Tu lsiram Prajapati encounter case to the CBI on its own as was requested
YOUNG TURKS IN THE HOUSE
LOK SABHA AKHILESH YADAV: Led the Samajwadi Party attack on the government over prices in the Lok Sabha.
Was seen egging party MPs to go into the well of the House and shout slogans against price r
Quraishi vows to carry on with EVMs
Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi on Friday ruled out any second thoughts about the use of EVMs, though he admitted there was scope for further improvement in the EVMs. "EVMs ha
RJD loses national party status
Lalu Prasad Ya dav's RJD has lost the national party status. Election Commission withdrew the status to RJD for failing to secure at least 6 per cent votes - it got about 5.03 per cent-in last year's
SP to contest Bihar polls
MULAYAMSinghYadavFriday said his Samajwadi Party wouldcontesttheforthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar. The party did not contest the last LokSabhaelectioninthestate at the request of RJD chief LaluPrasa
PM meets Sushma over CVC selection
With Chief Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha retiring in September, the government on Friday formally set in motion the process of finding his successor and filling up the vacant posts of two vigi
Obama to address House in November
USPRESIDENTBarackObamawilladdressa jointsessionofParliament on November 9 when he visits India this winter, an honour that eluded his predecessor George W Bush in 2006 because of strong protests by
Sibal to meet stakeholders to resolve RTE issues
WITH a number of concerns being raised about implementation of the Right to Education Act, the HRD Ministry will next month meet all stakeholders concerned to resolve "outstanding issues". HRD Minis
MP babus have to deliver or pay
MADHYA Pradesh Assembly Friday passed a historic legislation that seeks to punish government officials for failure or delay in providing public services.

The Public Services Guarantee Bill, 2010, e

Paris police: Tear gas in letter for US Embassy
Two employees of the US Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter on Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas f
Swedish ex-police chief convicted of sex crimes
: A former Swedish police chief known for his lectures on gender equality and sexual harassment was convicted on Friday of rape and sex crimes. In a case that shocked this Nordic nation, the court f
Ex-students fined in SA racist video case
A South African court on Friday ordered four White former students to pay fines of nearly $3,000 each for a video they made that humiliated black university employees and drew global attention to en
1st gay marriage under new Argentina law
: Two men on Fri day became the first gay couple to marry in Argentina under a law approved by Congress that set a historic precedent for Latin America.
The civil ceremony between Jose Luis David
Floods kill over 400 in Pak
HEAVY rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 400 people and forcing thousands from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers.
PEOPLE A full-time fight for children's release from Iran
CINDY Hickey was sitting in her home office last sum mer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone rang. She picked up, then nearly hung
WikiLeaks suspect, US Army private, moved to Virginia
A 22-YEAR-OLD tech savvy US Army private, suspected to be behind the disclosure of 91,000 classified documents on the war in Afghanistan, has bee
RAGING FOREST FIRES KILL AT LEAST 25 IN RUSSIA
EMERGENCY IN RUSSIA'S 27 REGION A state of emergency was declared in 27 of Russia's 83 regions as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember
Pink Floyd backs Iranian `protest' song
nk Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall-II has become a new anthem for Iran's resistance movement. The 1979 song, which was released in the same year as the Islamic Revolution, has been reworked by two
Supermodel Lara Stone sues Playboy
Supermodel Lara Stone is taking French Playboy to court, al leging that the magazine published "unauthorised" topless photographs of hers. The Dutch model, who is married to British comedian David Wa
Remains of 95 crash victims identified
: Pakistani authori ties identified the remains of 95 people who died in the crash of the Airblue airliner in hills near the federal capital even as investigators intensified their search for the air
DeGeneres leaving American Idol
: Walking away from a five-year contract worth tens of millions of dollars, Ellen DeGeneres said on Thursday that she was leaving American Idol on Fox after just one season because it was not a "rig
The place that will take you in
NOW about to circle back to London after 30 years, I've been thinking about my family's odyssey.
We lose sight of the long arc of things in the rapid ricocheting of modern life. This is just one
PAKISTAN-OBFUSCATED KASHMIR
THIS week saw Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan take over as "PM" of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The area, which Palistan calls Azad Jammu and Kashmir or AJK, has since its 2006 elections been in a state of po
TENSION OVER EXTENSION
GENERAL Ashfaq Kayani's three-year extension has raised eyebrows within Pakistan as well. Quoting PM Yo usaf Gilani, a report in Dawn on July 26 stated: "Dispelling a perception that the extension to
OPEN SECRETS OUT
WIKILEAKS has put Pakistan on the defensive, report newspapers. Dawn reported on July 27: "the ISI lashed out against the reports... calling the accusations malicious and unsubstantiated... Pakistan's
Caste is not invisible
AN unnecessary debate is going on over a possible caste census in India. Those opposing it claim that it will promote casteism, and that is why it is not de sirable. One very interesting fact a
Town and gown
OUR higher education institutions are in trouble. A few thousand of them churn out half a million graduates every year, operating on a larger scale than in most other places. But many of these gradu
KILLER WEATHER
THE weather played villain in Pakistan this week, as the country saw its worst aviation accident. The News reported on July 28: "Islamabad woke up to a beautiful heavenly monsoon morning with heavy ra
Brothers throw friend off balcony, held
A 26-YEAR-OLD man died after being thrown off the balcony of a fourth floor apartment in Noida, allegedly by two friends in an inebriated condition on Thursday evening.

Police said the deceased, K

7 bidders for packaged food at Games venues
THE Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), which is trying to come to grips of the catering crisis, has received favourable bids for serving packed food at its 17 venues for its workforce and v
Day after report, Sheila stonewalls, CVC clarifies
UNDER attack from several parties and agencies for the alleged irregularities in construction projects for the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday defended her government, clai
Engineers say bureaucrats to blame for delay
ENGINEERS working on the Commonwealth Games projects are an agitated lot after the Central Vigilance Commission report that pointed out several irregularities in the construction projects. The enginee
BJP demands CM's ouster, CBI probe, but after Games
WITH THE Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) finding irregularities in execution of Commonwealth Games-related projects, the BJP demanded CBI probe into the corruption charges. The party, however, want t
11-yr-old mowed down by speeding truck
AN 11-YEAR-OLD Class VI student of Gyan Bharti Public School in Naraina was killed while his younger brother, a Class V student, suffered critical injuries after a speeding truck hit the motorbik
Puppy Love
HEN Major (retd.) Habib W Rehman buried his favourite canine Gori, near the ruins of Allauddin Khilji's Siri Fort in the Capital, he resolved to build a memorial dedicated to his best friend. No
NOTES FROM THE PAST
T was during a prolonged stint at I the Mithila Museum at Niigata, Japan in 2001, that 37-year-old Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam took his life, leaving in his wake devastated followers and
Down Melody Lane
WHEN eminent composer Madan Mohan passed away 30 years back on this day, his friend, playback singer Mohammad Rafi, was quite heart-broken. The two had created magic with compositions like Tum jo mil
Salem: cop threatened to kill me in encounter
xtradited gangster Abu Salem on E Friday filed an application be fore the special TADA court, claiming an assistant police inspector had threatened him on Thursday that he would be kill
Couple found dead in Goregaon flat
THE bodies of two elderly persons were found in a decomposed condition at their flat in Goregaon. The Goregaon (west) police said the couple's mentally challenged son had apparently been staying in th
Water transport: Ernst & Young to review report
THE Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has appointed a consultant -Ernst & Young -to review the report submitted by consultants before they open the financial bid for the west coas
No new bus passes from August 1
The BEST has asked Kaizen, the firm that operates monthly Smart Card bus passes, to stop issuing fresh passes from August 1. Passes for schoolchildren would continue to be issued till August 31. "Cond
Out on bail, Kurla rape-murder suspect held for molestation
BARELY three days after he was released on bail, Nehru Nagar rape and murder suspect Mohammed Ajmeri Sheikh (29) was arrested again, this time for allegedly molesting a 22-year-old woman and stealing
State mulls rehab plan for residents of private, dilapidated buildings
The collapse of a building, part of which was illegal, in Kurla's Kasaiwada area on Wednesday has prompted the state government to think of looking into a rehabilitation plan for people living in such
Man held for friend's murder
MUMBAI: THE Bandra police have arrested a driver, Mohammad Khan, 25, for allegedly murdering his friend, Mohammad. Police said Khan killed Latif as he suspected him of having an affairwith his mother.
Toll collection on BWSL: 2 firms in fray
Two private firms, Mumbai Entry Point Ltd and Konark Infrastructure, are in the race to get toll collection rights on the Bandra Worli Sea Link.

They were the only companies to submit bids till Fri

Rs 4,500-cr realty space for builders
HE 93.62-acre Bandra government colony project, slated to be the largest redevelopment project that the city has seen till date, will generate real estate space worth Rs 4,500 crore for the three priv
A Taste of Warmth
Mac and Cheese at Mocha Mojo, BANDRA THE sharpness of English cheddar melting over creamy bechamel sauce -all poured over macaroni pasta -makes for a stunningly simple, but succulent combination. In f
Teams to check stay of outsiders in PU
In a bid to prevent on-campus violence in the run up to Panjab University student elections, the authorities have decided to constitute 'search committees' for hostels.

Confirming the report, Dean

Planning Commission nod for metro rail project
The Planning Commission has given a go ahead to the Chandigarh Administration to expedite the ongoing metro project. During the two-day meeting that ended on Friday, the Planning Commission also assu
BULBUL CASE `Baby was alive at time of birth'
THE postmortem report in the newborn's death case at GMSH-16 states that the child was alive at the time of birth. The report, a copy of which is with Newsline, mentions that the infant's lungs floate
Demands, allegations, frayed tempers mark civic House Meet
DEMAND of more revenue generating departments under the 74th amendment; ongoing tussle between Municipal Corporation officials and councillors; solid waste management plant were among the issues discu
New club launched in city
A NEW club, Rotary Chandigarh City Beautiful, was launched in Chandigarh on Friday. Its first president, Sandeep Luthra, and his team were officially installed by the Chief Guest, PGIMER director Dr K
Executive engineer convicted for bribery
CHANDIGARH: The CBI court awarded two-year imprisonment and imposed a Rs 25,000-fine on Sandeep, an executive engineer at the Hospital Engineering Department, PGI, on Friday. Sandeep was arrested on M
Meghalaya police cadets visit PU
AS many as 24 cadets of the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), Meghalaya, led by DSP Ramesh Chandra visited the Centre for Police Administration, University Institute of Emerging Areas in Social Sci
Convicted for graft, cop to lose medal
CONVICTED in a case of corruption, a police officer is all set to be stripped of his meritorious service medal. According to sources, the Home department, Chandigarh Administration, has sent a recomme
UHBVNL robbery: Cops release suspects' sketches
A DAY after Rs 78,000 was looted from an employee of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vittaran Nigam Limited, the police released the sketches of suspects on Friday.

Security is also being enhanced in the t

Woman in judicial custody for husband's murder
CHANDIGARH: A day after a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and her lover, a local court on Friday sent the woman to judicial custody, while remanding the other accused to a day's police custody.
Former Information Commissioner's brother dies
AMBALA: Former Haryana Information Commissioner Ashok Mehta's younger brother Ravish Mehta (55) died of heart attack in Chandigarh on Thursday. He was cremated at Naringarh today.
Bar Association suspends work
PANCHKULA: Advocates at the District and Sessions Court and members of District Bar Association suspended work in protest against the alleged misbehaviour of a judicial officer with an employee on Fri
LIC launches its first satelite service
AMBALA: To streamline the work of life insurance, first satellite service through CLIA branch was inaugurated by Northern Zonal Manager VK Sinha at the LIC office premises in Ambala Cantonment on Frid
Freshers' party held in Panchkula
PANCHKULA: A freshers' party was organised for Class XI students of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, on Friday. The party started with Principal Krit Serai's blessings. He said, "The concept
Bank frauds
MOHALI: Two persons lost Rs 37,600, when some unknown people withdrew cash from their accounts through an ATM on Friday. PK Mahajan, branch manager of Canara Bank, Phase X, told police that Rs 37,000
Mishra sent on seven-day remand
CHANDIGARH: A local court sent Sanjay Mishra, who has been implicated in several cases of cheating, to seven-day police remand. He was arrested on Thursday, for cheating people by promising them caree
Hearing in `abductor's' bail plea adjourned
MOHALI: The hearing in the bail plea of Avinash Garg alias Rahul (25), a readymade garment merchant of Lehragaga in Sangrur, was adjourned for Saturday by the sub-divisional judicial court on Friday.
9,300 people file income tax return in two days
CHANDIGARH: More than 9,300 residents have filed their income tax return at the Rajasthan Bhawan, Sector 33, in the last two days.

The Income Tax office has set up 10 counters, including two for se

Decoding e-filing of income tax returns
What are the ways in which I-T returns can be filed electronically?
There are three basic ways: There are three basic ways: The first way in which returns are submitted through digital signature,
JUBILATION ON CONVOCATION
Dumping ground not shifted, pollution board pulls up HUDA, MC
Acting on complaints submitted by residents of Sectors 23, 24, 25, 26, and surrounding sectors, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board has pulled up the administration, Haryana Urban Development
IN QUEUE
Rare surgery of uterine fibroid conducted
DR ANUPAMA Goel, consultant gynaecologist of Shree Raghunath Hospital, conducted a rare surgery of uterine fibroid on Friday.

Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Ritu Gupta said: "This rare and diff

`Doggy Lane's work satisfactory so far'
DR R N BHARDWAJ, coopted member of the Animal Welfare Board of India, said: "Doggy Lane, the private company hired by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to sterilise stray dogs has been given a limite
Patient needs financial help
Veenu, 23, suffers from immune thrombocytopenic purpura disease and is undergoing treatment at Christian Medical College and Hospital. She needs financial help for her treatment. The hospital authorit
Country's first training centre on climate in city
TO boost study of climate science among youngsters, the Ministry of Earth Sciences has cleared a Rs 49-crore proposal to set up an institute for advanced training in earth systems science and climate
Uddhav to release collection of photographs today
Click, The Photo Journalism, a collection of photos taken by photo journalists in Pune, will be released by Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray at Balgandharva Rangamandir at 11 am on Satur
Three engineers arrested for hate mail against former employer
THREE engineers were arrested on Friday for allegedly circulating mails defaming Microverse Automation Private Limited, where they were employed earlier.

The cops are now searching for two accompli

CITY ANCHOR Soon, a website on A to Z of 1857 revolt
HE revolt of 1857, a perfect and the only display of a T strong unity among Hindus and Muslims, Marathas and North Indians, will now grab exclusive space on the web world. City-based his
Diagnostic tests: govt hospitals plan fee hike
OVERNMENT hospitals are planning to revise fees for diagnostic tests and investigations and a committee of deans of four medical colleges will meet Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER) on
PCMC plans free swine flu vaccine
Pimpri-Chinchwad Mayor Yogesh Behl said the PCMC was planning to provide swine flu vaccine free of cost to its residents. He said the PCMC has asked the state government whether it can provide the swi
Teenager dies in freak accident
A 17-year-old boy died on MumbaiBangalore bypass in front of Bhundevasti near Bavdhan around 8.30 am on Thursday when Activa he was riding with his friend as pillion hit a milk tanker that stopped abr
Hemlata More elected PUTA president
THE Pune University Teachers' Association (PUTA) has appointed Hemlata More as president of the organisation. It was reportedly decided that the two members will share the post of general secretary fo
History sheeters nabbed by police
THE special investigation team of Pune police crime branch arrested two history sheeters for possession of firearms on Friday. The suspects have been identified Sunil Manohar Deshpande (50), resident
Meet for young innovators today
YOUTH to Youth Foundation in association with Mahratta Chambers of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has organised a young innovators meet to launch its new initiative 'Novatians, The titan
City artistes honoured
AT the 49th 'Kal Ke Kalaakaar Sammelan' organised in Mumbai by the Sur Singar Samsad recently, Ameera Patankar and Sheetal Kapole from the Kathak Dance School, Nad-Roop, were honoured with the title '
Bifocal courses: 1,155 seats remain vacant
: As many as 1,155 seats of bifocal courses of class XI in the junior colleges will remain vacant this year as the admission process ended on Thursday. Though there were 5,021 applications for 3,700
Transport utility chief under fire for bus fare hike
DIVISIONAL Commissioner Dilip Band is facing the heat again. This time, various commuter organisations - incensed by the bus fare hike - have approached the Chief Minister as well as the Chief Justice
SWINE FLU SCARE 4 more deaths take district toll to 78
OUR persons who were on Tamiflu after showing H1N1 flu symptoms died in four days taking the toll to 78 in Pune district. On Friday, 40-year-old Sufia Pathan from Urali Kanchan died at Sassoon General
AIDS deaths have negative impact on HIV orphans: study
THIRTY-year-old Vimal Khandare from Tadiwala Road is today more confident of handling her HIV status after she was diagnosed with the virus in 2006. "I had to take anti-retroviral drugs and soon recov
SIU FOUNDER THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND THE INSTITUTE WAS SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN LOCALS AND FOREIGNERS: MUJUMDAR At 75, it's work that keeps him ticking
e plans to set up an NRI university, a college of liberal arts, an institute of research and innovation, medicity project with minimal invasive surgery centre of excellence and the list goes on. There
80 per cent turnout for gram panchayat polls
VILLAGERS from 578 gram panchayats voted for the elections on Friday. The district went for polls this year after last year's Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. The counting will be held in the respective
Will beat the world: budding swimmer
CITY swimmer Pranjal Tathawade nurtures a dream of someday representing her country at the highest level of international competition. "I want to be the best swimmer in the world," the ten-year old qu
MCCIA-SIDBI workshop focuses on high packaging costs, hand shortage
LACK of managers with international experience, high costs of advanced packaging techniques, paucity of trained labourers and insufficient fund allocation by companies for sales promotion were identif
June real estate prices went up by 12.5 %, reveals survey
AS per a recent survey of the Property Index (MPI) by a real estate business website, real estate prices in Pune have grown by 12.5 per cent in June compared with the same month last year.
The inde
Under-14, Under-16 titles under belt, Bishop's Camp are champs
The Bishop's School, Camp won a double crown at the Bishops Invitational Football Tournament 2010, lifting the Under-14 as well as the Under-16 titles at the Bishop's Co-Ed School Ground, Undri on Fri
Husband, in-law, held for woman's murder
A 28-year-old woman, Vanita Anil Jadhav, was allegedly murdered on Wednesday by her husband, brother-in-law and another woman, with whom her husband allegedly had an extra marital affair.

Police ar

Financial aid for students above Class VIII
CHAITANYA Kaushal Trust, a charitable institution has invited applications for financial aid from students, who have secured admission for the current academic year. Students above Classes VIII can ap
`Employability' skills programme for MBAs
"ONLY about 20-50 per cent of students from Tier-II B schools get placed even after getting an MBA degree, and most of them get into jobs paying them a monthly salary of Rs 12-22,000 in jobs in insura
Shivajians Sports Club president Vanjari dead
Ashok Vanjari, president of Shivajians SC (formerly Shivaji Centre Sports Club) passed away due to prolonged illness on Friday. He was 55. Vanjari is survived by his wife Anuradha and sons Amit and Am
Industrialist GV Katti passes away
Veteran industrialist Goppal Vitthal, better known as G V Katti, died of a heart attack at his residence in Aundh recently. He was 58. He is survived by his mother, wife, son, daughter and daughter-in
Continuing medical education programme
The Indian Association of Physiotherapy, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune branch will jointly organise a continuing medical education (CME) programme by Dr Ali Irani, president of main IAP and former physiot
PAGE1 ANCHOR Complaint to PM works, govt cuts red tape for foreign media
TWO months after a jour nalist from Japan's largest newspaper complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the difficulties faced by foreign correspondents in India in getting medi
Jagan Effect? TRS gets seats back, Cong routed
GRAPPLING with the Jagan Mohan Reddy crisis in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress took another body blow today when it was routed in by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in the Telangana region where the TRS,
Habibullah takes RTI to World Bank job
CHIEF INFORMATION Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah, whose term ends in September, has informed the government about his new assignment as member of the Independent Access to Information Appeal Bo
Prajapati: Shah not in CID chargesheet
EVEN as the CBI on Friday sought the Supreme Court's permission to take over the investigation of the Tulsi Prajapati encounter case, the state CID (Crime) filed a 1000page chargesheet in Danta court
Dinakaran transferred to Sikkim High Court
Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, facing impeachment over charges of corruption, has been moved to Sikkim HC
KILLERS VIP pressure, move case out of Gujarat: CBI TRACKING THEIR
FILING a status report in the Supreme Court on its six month investigation into the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, the CBI today sought immediate transfer of the case
4 killed in firing, Srinagar under curfew
BREAKING MORE than a week-long lull, four persons were killed in firing by securitymen as protests erupted again in the Valley today after firing in the Natipora neighbourhood of Srinagar left two you
5 CRPF men killed in Assam IED blast
Five CRPF personnel were killed and over 30 injured when an IED blew off the bus in which they were travelling in Goalpara in Assam on Friday.
Nepal top court confirms Sobhraj conviction
The Supreme Court of Nepal confirmed the conviction of Charles Sobhraj by two lower courts, and upheld the life sentence awarded to him for the murder of a tourist in 1975.
`1 in 2 Pakistanis think India greatest threat'
An opinion poll by Pew Research Centre shows 53% Pakistanis consider India the greatest threat, much more than the Taliban (23%).
Cong MP for probe into Azad killing
Congress MP from kta Charan Das on Fri Kalahandi Bhakta Charan Das on Friday supported social activist Swami Agnivesh's demand for an inquiry into the alleged encounter of Maoist leader Cherukuri Raj
HC: Intimacy on marriage promise is not rape
THE Delhi High Court on Friday quashed an FIR lodged against a youth and exonerated him from all charges of having physical relations with a woman on the promise of marriage but not keeping his word l
Govt open to dialogue with all sections in J&K: PC
STATING that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir "is not yet normal", Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday reiterated that the Centre was open to quiet dialogue with all sections of opinion in t
PC calls for `change of heart' among Naxals
HAVING told the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on July 29 that the government would overcome the Naxal problem in three years, P Chidambaram said Friday that a "change of heart" amongst Naxals w
`Dead' woman held with lover
A 27-year old woman, believed to be dead by her parents, was traced with a man, with whom she had allegedly eloped last year, in Pathanamthitta district. Shiny, wife of a daily-wage earner and mother
Indo-Nepal pact to protect wildlife
India and Nepal have signed an MoU to jointly protect tigers, rhinos and other endangered wildlife along the Indo-Nepal border. The joint resolution, outcome of the IndiaNepal Trans-Boundary Consultat
UP govt nod to anticipatory bail
The UP Cabinet on Friday decided to restore the provision of anticipatory bail in the state after 35 years. A Bill to amend the CrPC for this purpose will be introduced in the monsoon session starting
TRAM GETS A FACELIFT
RTI applies to Central govt bodies in J&K: HC
IN A verdict that blows away the immunity clause availed by Jammu and Kashmir-based central government organisations like the Indian Army while refusing to disclose information under the RTI Act, the
Riot relief scam: HC orders action against accused
A Gujarat High Court bench, comprising A Dave, has asked Deputy Collector, Panchamahals, J N Vyas to initiate action against the accused in the Pandarwada 2002 riot relief scam. Five taluka developmen
Court seeks reply on threat to Abu Salem
A special TADA court on Friday directed the jailer of Taloja jail and an assistant police inspector to file their reply on an application filed by extradited gangster Abu Salem.

Salem filed an appl

Bokaro: 3 injured in firing on protesters
BOKARO (JHARKHAND): Security forces on Friday opened fire to disperse violent protesters who were objecting to construction activities being carried out by Bokaro Steel Plant, leaving three persons in
Three run over by train in Bihar
PATNA: Two women and a child were killed by the speeding Ananya Express at Hathidah railway station in Patna district, police said on Friday. The three were coming to Patna from Hathidah and were cros
Ancient idols stolen from Jaipur temple
Ancient idols of Radha-Krishna and Charbhujanath, made of black stone and measuring 30 inches each, were stolen from Charbhuja temple at Muhana in Jaipur on Friday.
10 dacoits get life for killing villagers
A local court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to 10 dacoits of Chambal area in Uttar Pradesh for killing two villagers and beating up two others, suspecting them to be police informers.
Suspec
25 years on, CPM men get life in jail for murdering Cong leaders
Twelve CPM members were on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two Congress leaders 25 years ago. The court also fined each of them Rs 5,000, failing which they would be imprisoned for a
Privilege motion against Trinamool MLAs admitted
WEST Bengal Assembly Speaker H A Halim on Friday accepted a privilege notice against three Trinamool Congress MLAs who obstructed him from leaving the House, saying their action amounted to breach of
Price rise: Oppn protest continues, both Houses adjourned till Monday
HE Opposition parties stalled proceedings in both Houses of Parliament for the fourth consecutive day on Friday as a compromise over the format of discussions on price rise remained elusive.

Lok Sa

SRPF to guard Narmada canal, dam in Gujarat Move aims to prevent pilferage from the main canal
STATE Reserve Police Force (SRPF) personnel will soon be pressed into service to guard the Sardar Sarovar Dam site and the 458-kilometre long main Narmada canal in the state. The Gujarat Finance Depar
Judicial probe into CVC findings after Games: BJP
FOLLOWING the Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) pointing out large-scale financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry
Centre open to dialogue with all sections in J&K: Chidambaram
STATING that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir "is not yet normal", Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday reiterated that the Centre was open to quiet dialogue with all sections of opinion in t
RTI applies to Central govt bodies in J&K: HC
IN A verdict that blows away the immunity clause availed by Jammu and Kashmirbased central government organisations like the Indian Army while refusing to disclose information under the RTI Act, the D
Brothers throw friend to death from balcony, held
A 26-YEAR-OLD man died after being thrown off the balcony of a fourth floor apartment in Noida, allegedly by two friends in an inebriated condition on Thursday evening.

Police said the deceased, Ka

Delhi Police seek SC nod to remove speed governors from buses
The Delhi Po lice has moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to remove speed governors from buses which will be used for ferrying athletes and other officials during the upcoming Commonwealth
HC comes down on Kerala govt
: Kerala High Court KOCHI: Kerala High Court came down on the LDF government on Friday asking if it was "working for mafia, politicians and the rich".

Justice S Sirijagan was hearing a petition b

PAGE1 ANCHOR Complaint to PM works, govt cuts red tape for foreign media
TWO months after a jour nalist from Japan's largest newspaper complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the difficulties faced by foreign correspondents in India in getting medi
VIP pressure, move case out of Gujarat: CBI
FILING a status report in the Supreme Court on its sixmonth investigation into the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, the CBI today sought immediate transfer of the case from Gujarat
Six cops suspended for Islampur firing
SIX policemen, including an officer, were suspended on Friday for Thursday's firing near Krishnapur High School in Islampur, North Dinajpur, in which one person was killed and four people, including t
TRACKING THEIR Amit Shah said forget about probing officers: Cop to CBI KILLERS
"Shah e kahiyu kai ek PI ni su taakat che kai e senior officers same tapas kare? Papers javaa do (Shah said how dare a Police Inspector conduct a probe against his senior officers? Forget those
`1 in 2 Pakistanis think India greatest threat'
An opinion poll by Pew Research Centre shows 53% Pakistanis consider India the greatest threat, much more than the Taliban (23%).
QUICK TAKES 5 CRPF men killed in Assam IED blast
Nepal court confirms Sobhraj conviction
The Supreme Court of Nepal confirmed the conviction of Charles Sobhraj by two lower courts, and upheld the life sentence awarded to him for the murder of a tourist in 1975.
4 killed in firing, Srinagar under curfew
BREAKING MORE than a week-long lull, four persons were killed in firing by securitymen as protests erupted again in the Valley today after firing in the Natipora neighbourhood of Srinagar left two you
Jagan Effect? TRS gets seats back, Cong routed
GRAPPLING with the Jagan Mohan Reddy crisis in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress took another body blow today when it was routed in by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in the Telangana region where the TRS,
THE PRAJAPATI CHARGESHEET...
WAS FILED by the CID (Crime) in Danta court Friday NAMES SEVEN, including IPS officer Vipul Agarwal IS SILENT on the motive for the murder, and on the roles of everyone arrested in the Sohrabuddin cas
Judicial probe into CVC findings after Games: BJP
FOLLOWING the Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) pointing out large-scale financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry
HC comes down on Kerala govt
KOCHI: Kerala High Court came down on the LDF government on Friday asking if it was "working for mafia, politicians and the rich".

Justice S Sirijagan was hearing a petition by K R Ramanan of Kalad

RTI applies to Central govt bodies in J&K: HC
IN A verdict that blows away the immunity clause availed by Jammu and Kashmirbased central government organisations like the Indian Army while refusing to disclose information under the RTI Act, the D
Brothers throw friend to death from balcony, held
A 26-YEAR-OLD man died after being thrown off the balcony of a fourth floor apartment in Noida, allegedly by two friends in an inebriated condition on Thursday evening.

Police said the deceased, Ka

Habibullah takes RTI to World Bank job
CHIEF INFORMATION Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah, whose term ends in September, has informed the Government about his new assignment as member of the Independent Access to Information Appeal Bo
PAGE1 ANCHOR Glocks & knuckle-busters: Govt outs sky marshal gear RAGHVENDRA RAO
M OST Indian airline passen gers know they are there on planes. But who they are -and what they are carrying -has remained, because of obvious security reasons, a closely-
Qureshi episode was avoidable, says PM
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the way Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi handled the press conference with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna earlier this month detracte
Her mother ill, Sonia flies to US with Rahul
CONGRESS chief Sonia Gandhi has had to rush to the United States along with son Rahul Gandhi to attend to her ailing mother who is said to be undergoing a series of medical tests there.

This is the

Why CBI seeks an OK to call in Modi
JULY 29 The CBI, probing the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has sought a go-ahead from its headquarters in Delhi to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning.

Sour

Next polls we will see Cong fielding CBI officers: Modi
IN FIRST public remarks after the arrest of his minister Amit Shah in connection with the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at the Co
Bangla SC clears return to secularism
Islamic parties in Bangladesh face a ban from politics after the 1979 Fifth Amendment was struck down by the Supreme Court in a ruling that also paved the way for ensuring secularism as the "cornersto
Six acquitted of Gujarat terror plot charge
Firoz Ghaswala, Md Ali Chippa, Vakil Ahmad, Umar Farookh, Anisul Bari and Muhibul Bari, who were arrested in 2006 by the Gujarat ATS under D G Vanzara on the charge of hatching a terror plot to avenge
CHRONICLE OF A MURDER FORETOLD
The killing of activist Amit Jethava turns the spotlight on the illegal mining nexus in Gujarat
After2daysofwork,itispartytime
AFTER two-days of hard work, it is party time for the half-a-dozen ministers in British PM David Cameron's delegation. Indian business leaders and lobbyists are scrambling to host the visitors over co
First Indo-UK cultural pact to open up archives
ESPITE all the noise made in the media, neither side brought up the Kohinoor topic. Nevertheless, in cultural terms, a history of sorts was created when an agreement on cultural cooperation was inked
Sixer off Kapil's ball dream come true: Cameron
David Cameron, who visited National Stadium on Thursday, said in a lighter vein that his visit has given him a chance to realise his dream of hitting Indian cricketer Kapil Dev for a six, though it wa
Govt can't acquire lands using `urgency clause': SC
THE Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot acquire people's lands by invoking the "urgency clause" as a matter of rule for developing housing colonies and the power can be exercisedonlyine
Cameron opens new innings
it responds to the wishes and aspirations of both our peoples."

The two sides agreed to be ambitious in seeking to substantially increase trade and significantly increase investment between the U

Court rejects Mastan kin plea, nod to film
The decks have been cleared for the release of Once Upon a Time in Mumbai on Friday, after a Sessions Court on Thursday rejected a suit filed by Haji Mastan's daughter, claiming that the movie showed
Bird-hit at Lucknow airport, flight delayed
As many as 144 persons aboard a JetLite LucknowDelhi flight had a lucky escape when the plane suffered a bird hit while rolling for take off at Lucknow airport on Thursday morning. Finally the plane
US envoy for Muslim ties to visit AMU
Indian-American Rashad Husain, who is US Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Conference, will visit AMU on August 2. Husain was appointed by US in February to "deepen and expand its relations
Cabinet to consider raising HC judges' retirement age today
THE Union Cabinet will on Friday consider increasing retirement age of High Court judges from 62 to 65, a step that will, if approved, bring them on par with Supreme Court judges who retire at 65.

Aiyar raises more CWG queries in RS
NEW DELHI: Mani Shankar Aiyar just cannot stop talking about the Commonwealth Games. After openly praying that the event ends up a disaster, the former sports minister on Thursday asked S
Govt, Oppn may agree to disagree
THREE days after both Houses of Parliament were paralysed, the government and the Opposition on Thursday got down to find a way out of the impasse on the mode of discussion on price rise. Official sou
YOUNG TURKS IN THE HOUSE
With the impasse continuing over the rules under which the discussion on price rise should take place, Parliament was once again adjourned within minutes of its convening on Thursday. However, most of
BJP goes to President, Left stays at House
EVEN as it pushed for a discussion in Parliament which involves a vote, the BJP on Thursday knocked on the doors of President Pratibha Patil to highlight the UPA government's "abject failure" to tackl
Samjhauta blasts probe stuck, govt turns to NIA
EW DELHI, WITHnoheadwayininvestigationsintotheSamjhautaExpress blasts,theCentrehashandedoverthecasetotheNationalInvestigation Agency (NIA). As many as 68 people were killed in the blasts that occurr
Bengal Speaker falls ill after uproar in Assembly
West Bengal Speaker H A Halim was on Thursday administered oxygen after he suffered breathlessness during a stormy Assembly session which also saw a Tr inamool Congress member trying to prevent him fr
Centre to help states fight Naxals, says PC
EXPRESSING confidence that the challenge of LeftWing Extremism (LWE) would be met jointly by the Central and the state governments, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the problem would
Attacked, Congman seeks more security
Avdesh Gautam, a Chhattisgarh Congress leader attacked by Maoists on July 7, has sought Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's intervention to get a security upgrade. Avdesh escaped the attack unhurt, bu
SO LONG
Church voting guidelines: EC seeks report
THE Election Commission has directed Ernakulam district collector to submit a report on a recent circular issued by the Catholic Church, which had given voting guidelines to the laity in elections to
Kishanganga: UN Secretary General to nominate umpire
INDIA and Pakistan on Thursday agreed to have a minor international intervention regarding their dispute over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in Jammu and Kashmir.

The choice of inte

ED to grill 13 accused in Assam hill district scam
THE massive financial scam in Assam's Dima Hasao hill district took a new turn with a special court here permitting the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to interrogate 13 persons already accused and named
Poacher gets 3 yrs in jail
A notorious poacher who killed and ate wild animals like tiger and hyena has been sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by a court in Madhya Pradesh.

DariyaBawaria was on Wednesday

5 per cent deficiency in overall rain
OST parts of the country received good rainfall in the last week which has helped in bridging the overall rainfall deficit to a considerable extent, but many regions in east and central India continue
Chavan: No move to frame law to protect RTI activists
ALMOST a week after RTI activist Amit Jethava was shot dead near the Gujarat High Court, the minister-incharge of RTI Act on Thursday denied any move to frame a law to protect RTI activists while the
Bhopal victims challenge sentence
BHOPAL tragedy victims on Thursday filed a criminal appeal and a revision appeal in a Bhopal court - the first time they have appealed in a criminal case - challenging the sentence given to the accuse
Bid on Punjab sect head foiled in Vienna, 4 held
THE Vienna Police have foiled a plot to attack the chief of the Radha Soami sect, Baba G S Dhillon, who is on a visit to Austria to attend religious congregations and have detained four Indian-origin
US court orders demolition of gurdwara
CHANDIGARH: There's tension brewing in the Sikh community of Austin in Te xas, after a court recently ordered the demolition of the only gurdwara in Western Tr avis County.

Reversing the decision o

Bull run
BULLFIGHTING, especially the Spanish "la corrida", was always a contest between man and beast. In the last few decades, it became an argument between tradition and modernity -the mod
Here we go again
OPPOSITION parties contin ued to force adjournments in Parliament on Thursday over demands for a discussion on price rise that concludes in a vote. A day earlier, Lok Sabha Speaker Me
Lonely in the region
HE numerous documents put out by WikiLeaks, extending over a period of six years and now available to the world at large, have posed several crucial lessons. These lessons are for India as well as the
No ambiguity
RECENT piece of video art, 'Me' by the Iranian artist Ghazel, showed a burqaclad figure sunbathing, swimming, riding a bike, ice-skating, even moonwalking - it was funny, poignant, and defied easy rea
The tragicomedy of the '80s
Tmay be a matter of some injustice that the late Ravi Baswani, an actor of considerable talent and versatility, in a career spanning 30 years, is more often than not recalled only as the Jaane Bhi Do
PRINTLINE WikiLeaks, right or wrong
PREDICTABLY, this week's release of thousands of classified documents by WikiLeaks... has fired up those who believe secrecy fosters national security and who shudder at the idea of journa
Nextdoor NEPAL Violators or violated?
HE government of Nepal has formally protested against the United Nations vetting the human rights records of officials - mainly from the security agencies - nominated by the government to serve in the
First kids finish first
CONDUCTING my never-ending search for cheerful news, I am happy to report that Chelsea Clinton is getting married on Saturday. Perhaps you hadn't heard. CONDUCTING my never-ending search for cheerfu
MULAYAM'S APOLOGY
MULAYAMSingh Ya dav's "apology" to the Muslims of the country for aligning with Kalyan Singh has been the subject of much discussion. Patna and Ranchi-based daily, Qaumi Ta nzeem, in its editorial (Ju
FAKE DEGREES, GENUINE LEADERS
ACCORDING to an article in Pakistan's leading daily, Jung, reproduced in Delhibased Jadeed Khabar (July 18), many cases of fake degrees among political personages have come to light in Pakistan (gradu
Woman killed her 8 babies, hid them
A FRENCH woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

Do

Floods kill at least 60
Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Thursday.
Militants in Baghdad plant al-Qaeda flag
: In an attack in the heart of Baghdad's most prominent Sunni neighbourhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside bombs detonated on police and Army patrols
Oz to impose new sanctions against Iran
Australia will impose new sanctions against Iran, including restrictions for the first time on business dealings with that country's oil and gas sector, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Thursday
At least 80 killed in Congo boat capsize
A boat ferrying about 200 passengers to Congo's capital capsized after hitting a rock, and a government spokesman said on Thursday at least 80 people were confirmed dead. Rescuers were searching for d
Obama yet to get invitation for Chelsea wedding
With just two days to go for Chelsea Clinton's wedding, US President Barack Obama is yet to receive an invitation to wedding and may have to learn gatecrashing if he wants to make it to the big even
Zardari to visit France
: President Asif Ali Zardari is to visit France next week for a second time since taking office nearly two years ago, Islamabad announced on Thursday.

Zardari will be in France from Sunday to Wedne

George Clooney's girlfriend caught in cocaine scandal
George Clooney's model girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis is being investigated on drug charges, after the arrest of a witness who claims to have seen her snorting cocaine in a nightclub. Canalis has becom
Racy pictures of Jolie all over Internet
Shocking and racy images of Angelina Jolie are doing the rounds on the Internet. The images published by Star Magazine show the 35-year-old actress in bondage gear, wearing a dog leash around her neck
Andre being probed for plugging ad in reality show
Singer Peter Andre is being probed by TV watchdog Ofcom for allegedly promoting a hotel and an airline during his UK reality show. The 37-year-old singer is accused of plugging in his vacation with hi
NOTICE BOARD
LAUNCH (BSNL) New services for customers Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the national launch of BSNL bill payment and mobile topup service through mobile/Union Bank of India (UBI)
CVC picks nits in Games projects
F ROM using weak con crete to paying labour for night shift without clear ance, from inflating costs to not meeting specifications -the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on T
Swimming complex should have owners worried: Top official
SINCE the start of the Federation Cup -a test event for the Commonwealth Games, three days ago -Sam Ramsamy, vice-president of the Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA), swimming's world govern
GAMES WILL BE SUCCESSFUL: PM
PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh has expressed satisfaction over the preparations for the mega event and said it will be a successful one. "I reviewed the situation with Cabinet Secretary yesterday and I
Work withdrawn from `stung' magistrate
ALL JUDICIAL work has been withdrawn from the court of Metropolitan Magistrate G K Niman at the Rohini Courts after he was allegedly recorded having a conversation to facilitate the release of an accu
CITY ANCHOR BUT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ASSURES BUSES WILL HIT ROADS ON TIME No land for depot, private bus firm says services unlikely before Games
AS DELHI gears up for the Commonwealth Games, the `Blueline phase-out' scheme seems to have hit a roadblock over where to park the buses of the private operators.

Starbus Limited, which was suppos

Six new dengue cases in city, total up to 41
NEW DELHI: Six cases of dengue were reported in the city on Thursday, taking the total number this season to 41, five times the number reported in the corresponding period last year.
The MCD has is
Woman murdered, domestic help held
NEW DELHI: The police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering a woman whose family he had been working with for the past 15 years.
Minakshi Sharma (45) was found strangulated in her room at her
DUTA hits back
NEW DELHI: Members of the Delhi University Teachers' Union and other teachers responded crisply to the statement of the Vice-Chancellor. "His statement does not mention the Executive Council beyond it
THE FINAL LAP
Power of waves: Cops to `connect' through radio
BESIDES uninterrupted music, radio channels in Delhi would be playing a very important role during the Commonwealth Games.

For tourists and athletes, and much for the general public, the Delhi Poli

10 months on, fight has just begun for families KHAJURI KHAS SCHOOL STAMPEDE
FOURTEEN-year-old Mumtaz has not returned to her mother's dreams 10 months since she died in the stampede at a government school in Khajuri Khas.

Shafina Begum is still waiting for that chance enco

Everyone knows I'm in Delhi, so need security: Riots witness
THE cross-examination of Jagdish Kaur (69), who lost five family members during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, entered the 12th day on Thursday at a Delhi court, where Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and othe
Defiant Pental to go ahead with semester system
DELHI University Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental reiterated on Thursday that his team would not roll back the decision to implement semester system for undergraduate science courses.

"There can be no

Cloudy July leaves city high and dry
WITH just two more days to go for July to end, Delhi seems faced with the prospect of a deficient monsoon this year. While normal rainfall in the Capital for the month is 225 mm, at 149.6 mm it has re
Court gives murder convict's children right over family house
THE Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of the children of a woman murder convict and has shot down petitions seeking to dispossess them of their East of Kailash house.

Justice S Ravindra Bhat

Cheat held for duping over 100 MBA students
THE Southwest district police have arrested a cheat who allegedly duped over 100 MBA students of different business schools in Delhi and NCR on the pretext of providing them internships and jobs. Offi
Tivoli Garden report names Revenue minister, Babbar
IN RESPONSE to the Lokayukta's summons in the Tivoli Garden Resort tax evasion case, VAT Commissioner Jalaj Shrivastava on Thursday named Revenue Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan as the Delhi Cabinet minist
SHORT OF HANDS?
Property dealer found dead in hotel jacuzzi
FARIDABAD: A 37-year-old property dealer was found dead in the jacuzzi of the gymnasium of Atrium Hotel on Surajkund Road on Thursday afternoon. Tek Chand Sharma, a resident of Sarai in Sector 37, was
CNG car catches fire, man burnt to death
NEW DELHI: A 50 year-old man was burnt to death on Thursday in West Punjabi Bagh area when his CNG fitted car caught fire in the afternoon. Inspections suggest that a gas leak caused the fire and the
Caretaker found murdered in Vasant Kunj
NEW DELHI: A caretaker of a private plot was found murdered with his throat slit in Vasant Kunj area in South Delhi on Thursday. Police said they found a bottle of liquor at the crime scene, suggestin
Yamuna plain: Govt for construction ban
NEW DELHI: A ban on construction activity, groundwater recharge and biodiversity enhancement in the Yamuna floodplains are a few suggestions made in a Delhi government report that will be submitted to
In-laws not liable if staying separately: HC
NEW DELHI: In a relief for a couple booked under the Domestic Violence Act by their daughter-in-law, the High Court on Thursday held a woman cannot get her in-laws booked unless they stayed with her.
3 injured at Games site
NEW DELHI: Three labourers were injured when an iron stand on which they were standing collapsed at Talkatora Stadium Thursday afternoon. The incident happened around 1.30 pm. The injured, Nadeem, Mas
Bauble Girls
INDO-AMERICAN jewellery label, Isharya, can boast several Hollywood connections.
Leading ladies like Eva Longoria Parker, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore have been spotted wearing the brand's trademark
Sands of Time
IN the summer of 2005, a band of four 19-year-olds from Pakistan hit the music charts this side of the border with their debut single Bhula Do. The pop philosophy in the lyrics and the soulful music g
The Difficulty of Being Good
"IN a society reeking with corruption and disorder, honesty cannot survive. So, if you think that it's been some time since you did a good deed, think again." This isn't Mallika Sarabhai, an actor, da
Plastic Surgery
SOMETIMES, irony is the best way to drive home a point. So, while eco-warriors and corporates with a conscience make popular the slogan "Go Green", a handful of artists are taking the reverse route to
After minister lesson, a pothole count: `all but 219 fixed'
A DAY after Jayant Patil, Guardian Minister for the island city, took senior civic officials on a bumpy ride along Marine Drive, the BMC said the city has only 219 potholes still to be repaired; the c
State wants extra beds for malaria patients in Central hospitals
WITH malaria spreading in Mumbai, the state plans to request Central undertakings such as the railways, Employment State Insurance Scheme (ESIS) and the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) for outpatient service
Airport on time if Delhi says yes now: state
HE Centre has not yet cleared the Navi Mumbai airport but the state remains confident it can build it within the deadline, provided the environmental clearance comes now.

At present, the Central En

On web & table, bids to change the way land is sold & used
E-AUCTION Bidding online for NTC plot in Worli, up to Rs 280 crore offered THE National Textile Corporation (NTC) on Thursday kicked off an online bidding process for the prime, 2.39-acre Podar Mil
SALT PANS Housing in mind, CM at GoM-states meet today
OVER 5,000 acres of land in Mumbai's salt pans may soon be unlocked for housing. A Central Group of Ministers will review salt pans across the country including those in Mumbai and decide whether they
Building falls on chawl, boy dies
A 10-YEAR OLD building collapsed on Wednesday night, killing a child, injuring six persons and leaving 450 people panicky in the chawls around the building in Kasaiwada, Kurla.

One of the buildings

Case dismissed, Once Upon a Time opens today
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai, featuring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut and Prachi Desai, is set for release on Friday, after a sessions court dismissed a suit by the daughter of the late H
Lilavati absolves trustee of assault
THE Lilavati Trust on Thursday issued a statement that Chetan Mehta, one of its trustees, was not involved in an assault last Friday by 12-15 persons on another trustee, Niket Mehta, on the hospit
Factory worker gulps poison at minister darbar, out of danger
A FACTORY worker travelled from Chakan in Pune to Mumbai and gulped down pesticide on Thursday at the Congress headquarters, where Padmakar Walvi, Minister of State for Labour and Tribal Affairs, was
Sibling suicides: Cops look for witnesses to back claims in note
AFTER an elderly brother-sister duo committed suicide in Mulund, the police are having a tough time finding witnesses to support their claims of being harassed and forced out of their rented accommoda
Nepali, Shetty paid Tanasha killers 90 lakh: Crime Branch
THE Crime Branch probe into the mur der of Farid Tanasha, a close aide of gangster Chhota Rajan, has revealed that the alleged conspirators, Bharat Nepali and Vijay Shetty, were reporte
`Man arrested for sale of drugs former informer'
INVESTIGATORS have found that Malwani resident Rajesh Karveer, 40, who was recently arrested for allegedly supplying drugs to BPO employee Samarjeet Kalon for further sale, is a former informer of the
Ramabai Nagar tense after rape of minor Dalit girl
TENSION gripped Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar slum in Pant Nagar, Ghatkopar (E), after residents called a bandh in protest against the rape of a minor Dalit girl in the area.

While a 15-year-old was arres

Owners can now share rooms with ailing pets at SPCA
THERE is good news for dog owners. With a new special ward in Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (SPCA), the owners can rent rooms and accompany their dogs during their stay in t
Court allows remake of Marathi play Sahi re Sahi
THE City Civil court on Thursday ruled in favour of Pune-based Suyog Sanstha, allowing it to make a remake of famous Marathi play Sahi re Sahi. Lata Narvekar, who had financed and handled the producti
COMING UP NEXT
TAO ART GALLERY: Owais Husain's show titled 3 Worlds, from August 6-26. It is divided into three sub-shows of his paintings, drawing, poetry and installations.

PROJECT 88: Show by multimedia artist

Tableware party
THE Rosenthal boutique at the Palladium, Lower Parel, looked resplendent in candlelight on Wednesday where the store's new TAC Skin Collections were on exclusive preview for the city's jet set class.
ART BREAK
IT is that time of the year when art is hauled to the back seat. Fresh work is absent. Top artists are not exhibiting.
Art funds are low while the market continues to be down. Enter any art
HC issues notices to Mohali DC, civic body in land grab case
TAKING note of a public interest litigation (PIL), demanding vacation of public land in Nayagaon village from illegal possession, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the de
Police report to confirm medical negligence
POLICE investigation into the death of a newborn at GMSH-16 last Wednesday has nearly reached its conclusion and confirms medical negligence. The inquiry report, which is expected to be out in a coupl
Scholar's death: Rights panel seeks report from DC, SSP
THE Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC), on Thursday, asked the Ropar Deputy Commissioner and SSP to conduct a thorough probe into the allegations of honour killing of a research scholar of P
No lecturers for popular computer courses
THE UT Department of Higher Education is in a fix over 35 posts of lecturers for some of the popular computer courses offered by the city government colleges. Despite the recent advertisement for post
Nominations filed for PUTA elections
CANDIDATES filed their nominations for the Panjab University Teachers' Association elections, scheduled for August 10, on Thursday. While the Progressive Democratic Front (Keshav Malhotra) disclosed i
Man held for duping people on promise of TV roles
ACCUSED of duping several persons in the region by promising them roles in films, TV serials and advertisements, Mumbai resident Sanjay Mishra was nabbed by police on Thursday. Mishra has several chea
Five held with weapons in PU
THE police arrested five persons inside the Panjab University campus, who were found in possession of sharp-edged weapons, on Thursday. The five had entered the university in the vehicle of PUSU presi
Haryana Wakf Board income touches an all time high
THE Haryana Wakf Board (HWB) has earned an all time record income of Rs 13.67 crore during 2009-10. During the period, the Board spent Rs 3.35 crore on various educational and welfare activities. It h
EMPTY CLASSROOMS Poor show continues, schools fail to attract students
THE UT Education Department has turned a blind eye to those government schools which should have been given maximum attention. Despite pathetic results for Class XII in the two city government schools
Admissions in PU: BCom most popular
GOING by the cut-off percentages and number of applications received, B Com, BCA and BBA are among the hot potatoes this year.

The rush for these courses has been so intense that the University is

Test proves rape victim is a minor
IN a dramatic turn of events, radiological examination of a girl, who had claimed to be an adult, has proved she was a minor.

The girl was allegedly raped by a local industrialist. She later claime

Akali leader's `murderer' in two-day police remand
CHANDIGARH, A LOCAL court sent Balwinder Singh alias Minkle Bajaj in a two-day police remand on Thursday. Bajaj has been arrested for murdering Akali youth leader from Muktsar, Tripatdeep Singh. He h
3 conmen flee with Rs 42,000
A CITY resident was duped of Rs 42,000 by three conmen in the State Bank of India, Sector 35, on Thursday.

The complaint was lodged by Sector 44 resident Roshan Garg. He had gone to the bank with h

Give chance to fresh faces to contest MC polls, says Youth Cong gen secy
IN the meeting of newlyelected executive body of the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress held on Thursday, General Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress, Varinder Singh Rathore, expressed hope that
Road widening brings life to a halt in Sec-8
RESIDENTS of Sector 8 have virtually been trapped in their houses for the last few days. Due to the road widening work being undertaken by the Municipal Corporation, the area in front of their houses
Fourth chargesheet against Virk final: State
THE Punjab government on Thursday submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the chargesheet filed on July 1 against former director general of police (DGP) S S Virk in the disproportiona
Private agencies to ensure upkeep of entry points
THE Municipal Corporation is all set to introduce private players in the upkeep of entry points to various sectors of the city. The proposal entails handing over the maintenance of entry points to pri
Man strangulated to death by wife, lover
A 26-YEAR-OLD resident of Manimajra was strangulated to death by his wife and her lover on Thursday.

Dharam Singh, who worked as an electrician, was found dead on his cot in the balcony this mornin

Hyundai service centre to pay compensation for damage
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed KLG Hyundai, Ashwani Automobile Private Limited, of Industrial Area Phase I to pay Rs 10,000 to a resident of Mansa for low market value of
Cancer patient commits suicide
A 19-year-old cancer patient by hanging herself at her Maloya residence on Thursday afternoon. Sonia did not leave any suicide note behind, said police adding that she had been depressed over her prol
NGO launched in Chandigarh
An NGO, Anti Crime and Anti Corruption Cell, was launched with the aim of creating awareness about various issues like female foeticide, honour killings, traffic rules and drugs among other things, on
Not affiliated to PU, Mohali Govt College gets cold shoulders from students
THE ONLY government college in Mohali concluded its admission process on Wednesday, but records show very few had taken admission and a majority of the seats in various degree and diploma courses are
Man posing as minister's OSD is a doctor
AN IMPERSONATOR, who was arrested by the local police for posing as Officer on Special duty (OSD) to Punjab Education Minister on Wednesday, is actually a doctor posted at a village dispensary in Pati
Incubator deaths: Patiala police to submit report
THE Patiala police are almost through with the inquiry ordered by the Punjab government into the death of six infants at the phototherapy unit of Government Rajindra Hospital in 2009.

The governmen

Five get jail for robbery
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ritu Garg has ordered seven years' imprisonment to five men in a case of robbery.

The convicts are Narinder alias Sonu (27), Niharman Jeevan (28)

Russian girl fails to furnish bail bond
Russian girl Oliga Timoshik could not be released on Thursday, as she failed to furnish personal bail bond and surety before the trial court at Anandpur Sahib. Timoshik, who was arrested by Ropar poli
BSNL staffers sentenced for fraud
The Special CBI Court awarded three-years imprisonment each to Yoginder and Vijay, employees of the BSNL Haryana Circle, for cheating and producing fake educational certificates, on Thursday. The CBI
Congress committees elect office-bearers
Former Haryana minister Nirmal Singh was elected president of the Ambala District Congress Committee, Rural, and Narinderpal Singh Shera was elected to the DCC Ambala Urban, on Thursday.

The elect

`Devise comprehensive flood control plan'
Veteran Congress leader Ved Parkash Gupta on Thursday demanded that the three states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh should mutually work out a comprehensive flood control plan to overcome the
PATCHED UP
Hostels crowded, PAU students hit streets
WO days after Ludhiana Newsline reported the shortage of hostel seats in Punjab Agricultural University, the girl students held a protest march on Thursday and also observed a partial boycott of class
Hired to sterilise stray dogs, Doggy Lane in the dock
DOGGY LANE, the private company hired by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to sterlise stray dogs, has been accused of mistreating and abandoning the animals, post sterilisation. Founder of Sachi Sew
Granthi arrested for rape of minor
The Focal Point police arrested a granthi (priest), wanted for rape of a nine-year-old girl, on Thursday. As per SHO Sandeep Wadhera, a complaint had been lodged by the father of the girl on July 27
First textbook on ethical and legal issues in dentistry released
DR A B I M THOMAS, principal of the Christian Dental College (CDC), Ludhiana released the first textbook in India on Ethical and Legal issues in Dentistry.

The book is written by Dr Saurab Bither,

From California, Canada, they come here to learn cricket
WHAT One Day cricket and Test cricket failed to do in the last few decades, T20 has managed it, successfully. The shortest version has made cricket a popular global sport.
The advent of T20 format
Murder accused held
The Focal Point police have solved a murder case registered in September. As per SHO Focal Point Sandeep Wadhera, Ashok Kumar, a migrant who was residing in Sherpur Kalan, was killed and his brother M
One held for murder
The Division Number 8 police claimed to have solved a blind murder case and arrested the main accused on Thursday. As per SHO Maninder Bedi, Buta Singh, a resident of Chaminda village near Jodhan, who
49 constables honoured
As many as 49 constables of the district were honoured for their 16 years of work, and were given promotions by Harinder Singh Chahal, IPS, SSP Ludhiana Rural and his deputy Satinderpal Singh. All the
Two arrested for kidnap, rape of minor
The Focal Point police on Thursday arrested two Uttar Pradesh youths, Arjan and Ahemjeet, for kidnapping and raping a minor girl.

ADCP Sushil Kumar said the girl had gone missing from the Focal Poi

H1N1: state plans expert centre at Sassoon Hospital
WITH a steady rise in the number of swine flu deaths in the Pune district, the state has now decided to train doctors in the management of swine flu patients on ventilator support at the Sassoon gener
Priority for tackling terrorism, crime against women: Borwankar
MEERAN Borwankar, who took over as the first woman police commissioner of Pune on Thursday, said it was crucial that crimes against women were registered with the police to effectively tackle them. "I
Massive fire at Mutha Chambers
A MASSIVE fire broke out at Mutha Chambers on Senapati Bapat Road, near ICC trade towers, on Thursday evening around 4.30 pm. No casualty or injuries were reported. However, as per police sources, est
No differences with Bagwe: Satyapal Singh
OUTGOING Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has claimed that he had no differences with Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe. He was speaking to the media after handing over charge to new comm
CITY ANCHOR Filing tax returns: I-T office goes to tech firms
IN a first of its kind initiative, the Income Tax office is now going to the door steps of Information Technology (IT) companies to help employees file their tax returns. A Return Receipt Counter has
Minimum bus fare Rs 5 from Aug 1
From August 1, 5 am onwards, the minimum bus fare for Pune will be Rs 5. The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday cleared the proposed bus fare hike of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Lt
Khadakwasla dam 100 per cent full
The irrigation officers have released 2,542 cusecs of water from Khadakwasla dam as it achieved 100 per cent mark on Thursday. With continuous rainfall for the last six days, the dam was full and the
Rosary School to roll back steep fee hike
AFTER over a month's protest by parents of Rosary School students, director of secondary and higher secondary education Bhalchandra Desale on Thursday said the school will increase its fees according
Civic body nod for agency to identify properties for assessment of tax
THE Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Thursday approved the proposal to appoint an agency to identify properties in its jurisdiction that have not been assessed for property tax a
Bombay Sappers team completes Solapur expedition
IN continuation of the tradition of conducting adventure activities by the Bombay Sappers, 21 young officers of the Bombay Sappers undertook an expedition to Solapur region from July 25 to 28. The exp
SH Deshpande dies at 85
VETERAN thinker and critic SH Deshpande (85) passed away on Thursday morning after brief illness. He was cremated at Vaikunth crematorium. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law.

Deshpande was

40 vocational junior colleges from this year
TUDENTS who secure less marks S in SSC exams need not worry about their careers since the vocational education that can make them self-employed will become more accessible from this academ
Double murder case: police claim breakthrough,1 held
THREE and a half months after the murder of two elderly women at a Karvenagar bungalow, the Pune police claimed to have solved the case with the arrest one accused from Solapur.

Outgoing Pune poli

`Policy for promotion of solar energy soon'
MINISTER for Water Resources Ajit Pawar on Thursday said the state government would soon declare a policy for promotion of solar energy in the state to meet the power demands of the state.

"The sta

Protect green cover for future generation: Minister
A day after the environment status report (ESR) of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) stressed for protection of hill top s and slopes, Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar refrained from making any comments on
Invitational football tourney: Bishops Camp closer to triple crown
THE Bishops School, Camp, set themselves up for a triple crown at the Bishops Invitational Football Tournament 2010, entering the final of the Under-12, Under-14 as well as Under-16 age groups at the
Prayas's 10 points to MSEDCL to ensure power for all
RATIONALISING tariff structure with special attention to BPL households, making grievance redressal mechanisms effective are among the 10 ideas that city-based Prayas Energy Group has suggested in its
PFC SQUAD FOR 2010-11
GOALKEEPERS: Subrata Paul, N Balaji, Amit Nandi DEFENDERS: Selwyn Fernandes, Caitano Costa, Lamine Tamba (Senegal), Sunil Kumar, Othallo Tabia, Gurjinder Kumar, Kamaljeet Kumar, Rollingson Hungyo MIDF
Pune lad in ONGC I-League
MADAN Choudhary is on cloud nine after attaining what he considers one of the biggest honours in his career. The youngster has been selected to represent the Pune Football Club in the ONGC ILeague for
Corporates & policy makers meet to discuss ways to make city a better place
O discuss the challenges faced by corporates in Pune and ideate on the possible solutions to such problems, about 100 corporates in the city came together for a meet on Thursday. The issues addressed
Now, personnel below officers rank to get salary in bank accounts
A MONTHLY pay system enabling payment of salaries directly through bank accounts for Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBORs) of Intelligence Corps (INT) and Army Physical Training Corps(APTC) was inaugu
NGOs demand emission norms for gensets
WITH emission of generator sets turning into a major ecological hazard, especially in rural areas where auto pollution norms are lax and use of generator sets too high due to prolonged power cuts, two
FOOTBALL TEAM 6 new faces, 2 from city in Pune squad
THE Pune Football Club is set to start the 2010-11 season with new vigour. Speaking to the media, Chirag Tanna, head, operations of Pune Football, said, "The PFC squad for the new season carries on fr
A click in time
H ISmodest looks, thick set square glasses and skull cap instantly remind one of the photographers of the old world who believed in chasing the light and striking the ri
In a Trance
T HEIR albums have names like "Converting Vegetarians" , "Vicious Delicious" and "Legend of the Black Shawarma" -and psychedelic trance fans have feasted on the music long enou
THE RIGHT NOTE
H IS story is unusual and awe inspiring.

The master of the flute Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia never received a musical inheritance, and his early days were spent trying to p

Defiant Modi mocks at CBI, Cong
N FIRST public remarks after the arrest of his minister Amit Shah in connection with the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at the Con
Why CBI seeks an OK to call in CM
The CBI, probing the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has sought a go-ahead from its headquarters in Delhi to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning.

Sources said t

Her mother ill, Sonia flies to US with Rahul
CONGRESS chief Sonia Gandhi has had to rush to the United States along with son Rahul Gandhi to attend to her ailing mother who is said to be undergoing a series of medical tests there.

This is the

PAGE1 ANCHOR Glocks & knuckle-busters: Govt outs sky marshal gear
MOST Indian airline passen gers know they are there on planes. But who they are -and what they are carrying -has remained, because of obvious security reasons, a closely-guarded sec
Qureshi episode was avoidable, says PM
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the way Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi handled the press conference with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna earlier this month detracte
Cameron opens a new innings in India-UK ties
COMMENDING UK Prime Minister David Cameron for a "distinguished political career" and his "strong personal commitment" to take the India-UK partnership to an even higher level of understan
QUICK TAKES CHRONICLE OF A MURDER FORETOLD
The killing of activist Amit Jethava turns the spotlight on the illegal mining nexus in Gujarat
Prajapati: CID to file chargesheet in court today
WITH the CBI seeking to probe the connection between the killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, the CID (Crime) that is investigating the Prajapati case will file a chargesheet in Dant
Govt reveals sky marshal's arsenal
Glock 17 pistols. Austrian-made Glock 17s are one of the favoured weapons of the NSG. Among the QRs for the underarm holster: "Required to be worn under the shirt and over the vest" and "shape of pist
Sixer off Kapil's ball dream come true: Cameron
NEW DELHI: David Cameron, who visited National Stadium on Thursday, said in a lighter vein that his visit has given him a chance to realise his dream of hitting Indian cricketer Kapil Dev for a six, t
Chavan: No move to frame law to protect RTI activists
ALMOST a week after RTI activist Amit Jethava was shot dead near the Gujarat High Court, the minister-in-charge of RTI Act on Thursday denied any move to frame a law to protect RTI activists while the
Court rejects Mastan kin plea, nod to film
MUMBAI: The decks have been cleared for the release of Once Upon a Time in Mumbai on Friday, after a Sessions Court on Thursday rejected a suit filed by Haji Mastan's daughter, claiming that the movie
Bhopal victims challenge sentence
BHOPAL: Bhopal tragedy victims on Thursday filed a criminal appeal and a revision appeal in a Bhopal court -the first time they have appealed in a criminal case -challenging the sentence given to the
First Indo-UK cultural pact to open up archives
ESPITE all the noise made in the media, neither side brought up the Kohinoor topic. Nevertheless, in cultural terms, a history of sorts was created when an agreement on cultural cooperation was inked
After 2 days of work, it is party time
AFTER two-days of hard work, it is party time for the half-a-dozen ministers in British PM David Cameron's delegation. Indian business leaders and lobbyists are scrambling to host the visitors over co
Prajapati: CID to file chargesheet today
agency is likely to seek a specific direction from the apex court to investigate Prajapati's killing, in order to tie up any loose ends in the Sohrabuddin investigations.

After examining around 300

Govt can't acquire lands using `urgency clause': SC
THE Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot acquire people's lands by invoking the "urgency clause" as a matter of rule for developing housing colonies and the power can be exercised only i
Cabinet to consider raising HC judges' retirement age today
THE Union Cabinet will on Friday consider increasing retirement age of High Court judges from 62 to 65, a step that will, if approved, bring them on par with Supreme Court judges who retire at 65. The
US envoy for Muslim ties to visit AMU
ALIGARH: Indian-American Rashad Husain, who is US Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Conference, will visit AMU on August 2. Husain was appointed by US in February to "deepen and expand its
Bird-hit at Lucknow airport, flight delayed
LUCKNOW: As many as 144 persons aboard a JetLite LucknowDelhi flight had a lucky escape when the plane suffered a bird hit while rolling for take off at Lucknow airport on Thursday morning. Finally th
Indian-origin docs plan telemedicines in villages
IN A bid to provide prompt medical assistance to forlorn villages, the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) are working towards introducing tele-medicine in tribal villages of Gu
BJP goes to President, Left stays at House
EVEN as it pushed for a discussion in Parliament which involves a vote, the BJP on Thursday knocked on the doors of President Pratibha Patil to highlight the UPA government's "abject failure" to tackl
Assault on farmer: Foresters say land claim documents yet to reach them
A DAY after a complaint was filed against 20 forest guards of Halol Range for trespassing into a farmer's land in Panchmahals, Deputy Conservator of Forests M D Jani on Thursday said they were yet to
Prices: Govt, Oppn try to find way out
THREE days after both Houses of Parliament were paralysed, the government and the Opposition on Thursday got down to find a way out of the impasse on the mode of discussion on price rise
PAGE1 ANCHOR Glocks & knuckle-busters: Govt outs sky marshal gear
MOST Indian airline passen gers know they are there on planes. But who they are -and what they are carrying -has remained, because of obvious security reasons, a closely-guarded sec
Six acquitted of Gujarat terror plot charge
Firoz Ghaswala, Md Ali Chippa, Vakil Ahmad, Umar Farookh, Anisul Bari and Muhibul Bari, who were arrested in 2006 by the Gujarat ATS under D G Vanzara on the charge of hatching a terror plot to avenge
Bangla SC clears return to secularism
Islamic parties in Bangladesh face a ban from politics after the 1979 Fifth Amendment was struck down by the Supreme Court in a ruling that also paved the way for ensuring secularism as the "cornersto
Sachin slams 203, his fifth double ton
Sachin Tendulkar scored 203 and Suresh Raina hit a debut century as India went up to 669 for 9, going past Sri Lanka in the second Test. It was Sachin's fifth double century.
Lucknow plane aborts takeoff after bird-hit
As many as 144 people aboard a JetLite Lucknow-Delhi flight had a lucky escape when the plane suffered a bird hit while rolling for takeoff at the Chaudhary Charan Singh (Amausi) Airport in Luc know
Qureshi episode was avoidable, says PM
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the way Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi handled the press conference with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna earlier this month detracte
Her mother ill, Sonia flies to US with Rahul
CONGRESS chief Sonia Gandhi has had to rush to the United States along with son Rahul Gandhi to attend to her ailing mother who is said to be undergoing a series of medical tests there.

This is th

Allahabad HC stays proceedings against BSP legislator in gangrape case
The Allahabad High Court stayed criminal proceedings on Thursday against a Bahujan Samaj party MLA, named in a gangrape case in Badaun district. Justice A K Roopanwal passed the order on a petition fi
Court rejects Mastan kin plea, nod to film
The decks have been cleared for the release of Once Upon a Time in Mumbai on Friday, after a Sessions Court rejected a suit filed by Haji Mastan's daughter, claiming that the movie showed the alleged
HC to cops: Realise importance of collecting evidence
OBSERVING that a modern scientific approach to investigate a crime is the need of the hour, especially in a case which rests on circumstantial evidence, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked the
US envoy for Muslim ties to visit AMU
Indian-American Rashad Husain, who is US Special Envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Conference, will visit AMU on August 2. Husain was appointed by US in February to "deepen and expand its relations
Sky marshal's arsenal
Glock 17 pistols. Austrian-made Glock 17s are one of the favoured weapons of the NSG. Among the QRs for the underarm holster: "Required to be worn under the shirt and over the vest" and "shape of pist
First Indo-UK cultural pact to open up archives
DESPITE all the noise made in the media, neither side brought up the Kohinoor topic. Nevertheless, in cultural terms, a history of sorts was created when an agreement on cultural cooperation was inked
First Indo-UK cultural pact to open up archives
DESPITE all the noise made in the media, neither side brought up the Kohinoor topic. Nevertheless, in cultural terms, a history of sorts was created when an agreement on cultural cooperation was inked
Delhi modelling agency sues Kolkata Fashion Week organisers
A TOP modelling agency of Delhi has sued the organisers of Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW) for alleged non-payment of Rs 19 lakh. Sushma Puri, CEO of Elite, filed an FIR in July under Sections 420 and 34 o
Will overcome Maoist problem in 3 years: PC
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said his government is confident of overcoming the Maoist problem in the next three years, and has prepared a two-pronged strategy of initiating developm
Maoists kill CPM man
The Maoists killed a local CPM leader at Dava in Purulia district, police said on Thursday. Sashadhar Kumar (45), local committee member, was called out of his house and shot dead by the rebels late
Clinical Establishment Regulation Act passed
TO PREVENT unethical practices in private hospitals and clinics, the Assembly passed West Bengal Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2010, on Thursday.

The salient features o

Speaker Halim falls ill after uproar in Assembly
Speaker H A Halim was on Thursday administered oxygen after he suffered breathlessness during a stormy Assembly session which also saw a Trinamool Congress member trying to prevent him from leaving t
Govt can't acquire lands using `urgency clause': SC
THE Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot acquire people's lands by invoking the "urgency clause" as a matter of rule for developing housing colonies and the power can be exercised only i
Sixer off Kapil's ball dream come true: Cameron
David Cameron, who visited National Stadium on Thursday, said in a lighter vein that his visit has given him a chance to realise his dream of hitting Indian cricketer Kapil Dev for a six, though it w
Cameron warns Pak on exporting terror: You can't look both ways
SENDING Pakistan a "very clear" message, British Prime Minister David Cameron today warned Islamabad against "promoting terror in any way in India" and said it must not be allowed to "lo
CIA watched ISI tap phones, help suicide bombers
WASHINGTON'S claim that it gave a heads-uptoNewDelhiontheleakedAfPakdocumentsisloadedwithirony.For, what these papers show is that Pakistani spyagencyISIsuppliedsuicidebombers in Afghanistan with expl
A teacher says no to burqa in a West Bengal Muslim university, isn't allowed to teach
FOR the past three months, 24-year-old Sirin Middya has not been able to hold her classes at West Bengal's first Muslim university. While the guidelines at Aliah University in Kolkata don't stipulate
Plan to return cheetah to India okayed, three sites identified
THE cheetah will run again in India. The Ministry of Environment and Forests today cleared a Rs 300-crore plan to raise 18 cheetahs at three sites -six in each -in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Th

Murdered RTI activist had taken on Gir mining mafia
ON JUL Y 21, barely a fortnight after he filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court seeking an end to illegal limestone mining along the Gir wildlife sanctuary, 36-year-old activist Amit Jethava was kil
A post-retirement project for Kumble, Murali: spin school
TWO of the greatest spinners of this era couldsoonteamuptoteachsomeoftheir magic to a younger generation of bowlers. If all goes well, Muttiah Muralitharan and Anil Kumble will be coaches at an academ
Prem Bhatia Award for Ritu Sarin of Express
For her series on the CBI as a rubber-stamp, Ritu Sarin, chief of the investigative bureau of The Indian Express, will get this year's Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting. The award for B
Sohrabuddin case: Shah questioned, ex-DGP summoned
The CBI ques tioned former Gujarat minister Amit Shah inside Sabarmati jail in connection with the 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and later his wife Kausar Bi. The agency also su
155 PERISH IN PAK AIR DISASTER
A Pakistani airliner coming in to land at Islamabad crashed in the Margalla Hills overlooking the city in heavy rain and fog Wednesday morning, killing all 155 on board.
Pune top cop shifted
Three months after Maharashtra MoS for Home Ramesh Bagwe assured that Pune Police Commissioner Satya Pal Singh would be transferred, he was shunted out on Wednesday in mass transfers across the stat
MHA again asks Blackberry for access to data
Reiterating th ResearchinMotion(RIM),the makers of Blackberry phones, will have to address the security concernsrelatingtomonitoring of emails and SMS, the government has conveyed to the service pro
For being sent to Portugal, Salem hurt himself: Dossa
Gangster Mustafa Dossa, involved in a prison brawl with Abu Salem, said on Wednesday the latter had inflictedwoundsonhimself"sothathewouldbesentback to Portugal", from where he had been extradited.<
Apex court stays PF scam trial
THE CBI on Wednesday accused the Ghaziabad District Judge of interfering with the trial in the infamous General Provident Fund (GPF) scam, prompting the Supreme Court to immediately stay the ongoing t
Consensual sex under fear rape: SC
A RAPIST cannot claim the defence of "consensual sex" with a victim who submitted to the act out of sheer helplessness and a sense of fear, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on Wednesday.

And an

CBI opposed to curative plea, sends letter BHOPAL 2 5 Y E A R W A I T
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not too enthused with the decision of a group of ministers (GoM) on filing a curative petition in the Supreme Court in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. In fact
Deal with BAE for 57 more Hawk jets
A 700-million pound agreement between Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to manufacture 57 additional Hawk advanced jet trainers at HAL 's facilities here -the centre piece busine
Agreement for BPO in Shimoga
British business processing company Xchanging Plc on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Karnataka government to set up a 2,000-seat BPO in Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's hometown Shimoga. The fa
Preparing the ground
SIX British Cabinet ministers on Wednesday criss-crossed New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore with meetings and announcements -setting the stage for PM David Cameron's meetings with Indian politic
Bengal notifies relief package for Maoists who want to surrender
THE WEST Bengal government on Wednesday notified a surrender policy for Maoists which was announced by the state on June 17. The notification asked the district administration and police to implement
YOUNG TURKS IN THE HOUSE
AFTER two days of adjournments, the Monsoon Session of Parliament finally got down to executing some business on Wednesday. Some young MPs enthusiastically participated in the action on the first actu
Cong whip, but Sonia, Rahul absent
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were not present in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday despite a Congress whip to its MPs in both the Houses of Parliament to be present in case of a vote on price issue. "Y
Meira doors shut, Oppn looks for window
N Day 2 of the wrangle over the mode of discussion on price rise, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar ruled out the admission of an adjournment motion. The Opposition promptly chalked out separate plans to
Cong cries foul at Aiyar's self-goal, Sonia angry
CONGRESS president Sonia Gandhi is learnt to be upset at party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's latest outburst against the Commonwealth Games (CWG). Apart from the fact that his statement puts the party a
Orissa halts Posco land acquisition
The Orissa government on Wednesday halted the land acquisition process for Posco's steel project near here after stiff opposition from the villagers.
"We will start it soon after holding talks wi
Rly to give market price, job for land acquired
RAILWAY Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to introduce a job-for-land policy to ensure that displaced families not only get market price for their land being acquired by the Railways, but also a pe
Khairlanji killings: Survivor to move SC
Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor from the Bhotmange family in the Khairanji killings, said on Wednesday he would move the Supreme Court against the commutation of the death sentence to six of
Nagas may resume Manipur blockade
THIRTY-NINE days after Manipur heaved a sigh of relief when the economic blockade was lifted, the United Naga Council (UNC) has threatened to resume the blockade if the Centre failed to meet its deman
Sonia's root concerns stay in new Seeds Bill
ABOUT five years af ter Sonia Gandhi raised a red flag on the Seeds Bill, 2004, on the grounds of "a growing perception" that it was "anti-farmer", the Agriculture Ministry is prepa
Five `BKI militants' held
AMRITSAR: Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested five suspected Babbar Khalsa International militants with two AK-47 rifles and a huge quantity of ammunition and explosives.

Pal Singh of Dhandowal vil

J&K: Don't let studies suffer, V-Cs told
A DAY after it warned that private schools would be de-recognised if they do not open, defying a separatist call to remain shut, J&K on Wednesday told universities to ensure academics do not suffer du
Frame new norms for NAFED rejig: HC to govt
THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to frame fresh guidelines for restructuring the National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), under scanner for causin
Allahabad blast: Leads on man who bought vehicle, say police
THE man who had bought the two-wheeler that was used to plant the bomb outside minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi's house in Allahabad on July 12 had introduced himself as 'Pundit' to the three men arres
Kachroo: HC cancels bail to accused
T HE Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday set aside the order of the fast track court which allowed bail to the four accused in Aman Kachroo case, directing them t
No more mineral transport permits in Karnataka
BANGALORE: The Karnataka government on Wednesday banned the issue of permits to transport iron ore and other minerals for exports. "To protect natural resources and to check illegal mining and illegal
`Just one of the signs of corruption'
NIDHI RAZDAN: On a night when we are honouring excellence in journalism, it's a reality check that we have to discuss this phenomenon called paid news. I think many of us in the media find it hard to
Corridors distant from Bharat
A DAY before the prime minister was to hold a meeting with state chief ministers, the band of "armchair advisers of the UPA" -a term coined by a Union cabinet minister, no less -struck again. This t
What a difference a name makes
FURKAN Dogan was proud of his American passport and dreamt of coming back to the US after completing medical school.
Five Israeli bullets -at least two of them to the head -ended that dream on May
The Afghan maze
THE waterfall of leaks on Afghanistan underlines the awful truth: we're not in control. Not since Theseus fought the Minotaur in his maze has a fight been so confounding. The more we try to do
Tele SCOPE Children playing dress-up
IT'S time to say goodbye to good intentions. It's just not good enough to say: television enter tainment is doing good by tackling serious social issues such as child marriage, female infanti
MUSLIMS FOR COWS
MUSLIMS FOR COWS THE Organiser carries an article by Anwar Manippady, the former chairman of the Karnataka Minority Development Corporation, justifying the ban on cow slaughter imposed by the BJP go
Spanish region puts end to bullfighting
LAWMAKERS in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making this Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of tra
`Hundreds may die as smog blankets Moscow' HEALTH
APROMINENT scientist said hundreds of people coulddieassmogfrompeat firesblanketedaswelteringMoscow foraseconddayonTuesday.

The Moscow region chief Boris Gromov asked Prime Minis

Vatican `bans scantily clad tourists'
LONDON: The Vatican City has banned scantily clad tourists from entering the holy Christian state. The ban had previously applied only to St Peter's Basilica but guards manning the official entry poin
Hamas launches lingerie modesty drive
GAZA: The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty. A week after banning women from smoking water pipes in public places, the Hamas-run police force has to
New Iran policy: Give birth, get money
TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, dismissing decades of acclaimed family planning in Iran as ungodly and a Western impor
Afghan bus hits road bomb, 25 killed
KABUL: A bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing 25 people aboard. The passenger bus was traveling in Nimroz province on a main highway toward the capital, Kabul, when it
Ready to move on: Gate-crasher Salahi
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DTC to court: 911 buses before CWG
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that 911 new low-floor buses would be put on the road before the Commonwealth Games. Appearing before the court, th
Woman found dead, husband unconscious
A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Swatantra Nagar, Narela while her husband was found unconscious on Wednesday. Manisha had strangulation marks or her neck, while husband Ajay Malik,
Youngest to clear entrance, Sahal now joins IIT Kanpur
Delhi boy Sahal Kaushik, who hogged the limelight when he cracked the IIT-JEE exam at the age of 14 this year, has taken admission in an undergraduate course at the IIT institute here. Kaushik, who se
Karni Singh Stadium yet to get MCD certificate
The MCD has refused to issue completion certificate for the Commonwealth Games shooting venue due to a pending proposal for widening the road leading to it. The proposal to approve the layout plan of
Finally, T3 brings the world to Delhi
NTERNATIONAL flight operaI tions started from the new inte grated Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport with passengers expressing pleasure at being among the first to use such wo
Flights delayed as ATC system crashes at IGI
FLIGHT movement at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was disrupted for at least 30 minutes on Wednesday evening following failure of the computerised data processing system at the Air Traffic Co
Minister edgy, not sure projects will finish in time
DELHI Finance Minister Dr A K Walia on Thursday said several key projects and some of the stadia might not be completed before the August 31 deadline.

The minister, who visited the Yamuna Sports C

CVC FINDS IRREGULARITIES IN 14 PROJECTS
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has found alleged irregularities in several Commonwealth Games related works being carried out by civic and construction agencies in the Capital. The antigraft w
Teenager hurt as schoolmate shoots him with airgun
A CLASS IX student of a government school in Saket shot at a schoolmate with an airgun following an altercation during a cricket match on Wednesday, causing a minor injury on the latter's shoulder. A
Guest faculty? Retired teachers to chip in at Delhi govt schools CITY ANCHOR FACING A SHORTAGE, GOVERNMENT TO BRING 1,100 GUEST TEACHERS TO CLASSROOMS FROM AUGUST 6; RECRUITMENTS TO BE MADE BY PRINCIPALS
THE Delhi government is so short of teachers in its 932 schools that it has decided to bring back retired teachers to take classes. The government hopes the "guest teachers", who will start teaching f
MCD panel to review property tax collection system
HE issue of the MuniciT pal Corporation of Delhi's low property tax collections dominated its Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday. Members of the deliberative wing from both the ruli
Copycat crime: Armed men hold 3 hostage, take valuables, car
IN A daylight robbery similar to the one reported from Gurgaon four days ago, three women were illegally confined inside their house for nearly half-an-hour while five armed robbers ransacked the hous
`No attendance relief for staying far from institute'
THE Delhi High Court has made it clear that mercy in the matter of attendance could not be based on the distance of one's home from the college and a view supporting this notion would open a pandora's
Unlawful screening: Child rights panel wants Education officials fined
THE Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has recommended a fine of Rs 25,000 on the director and the deputy director of the Directorate of Education (DoE) for violating the Right of
Ensure rescued child labourers don't return to work: HC to govt
THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to convene a meeting with the Delhi government, its Labour department and the city police to put
Panel breaks catering tender into three
SOBHANA K HE Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, which is still finding catering for the event too hot to handle, has now decided to break the problem down to bite sizes to make it easy. Instea
Delegates briefed about Games security
: Delegates from 71 Commonwealth Games federations are in the Capital for a lastminute briefing to clear doubts related to security for the event. On Wednesday, the delegates were briefed about secu
Kitchen floor to delay handover of Games Village
WITH the caterer still setting up the main kitchen, the Delhi Development Authority will not be able to hand over the Games Village to the Organising Committee by August 1 as desired.

Caterer Delaw

Armyman's wife says she was assaulted
: A 28-year-old woman and her four friends hailing from Manipur were allegedly assaulted by two men on Tuesday night in Sikanderpur village. The woman has also alleged that the men, who are locals o
Gang held for robbing auto passengers
The Crime Branch ar rested four robbers on Tuesday who used to operate in auto-rickshaws and looted passengers after drugging them. The police also recovered articles worth Rs 1 lakh from their poss
MCD blacklists firm for fake sting operation
The MCD on Monday blacklisted the security firm, Well Protect Man Power Services, for falsely implicating an MCD official on the basis of a fabricated CD. In a recent tender, the firm lost to a Punj
Confessions of a Drama Queen
LOSE friends, family members and fans collected at the Indian International Centre for the launch of the memoirs of actor Zohra Segal on Tuesday. In her 98 years (and-a-half, she never fails to remind
ALL GROWN UP
URPRISING as it may seem, the producers that Rajshree Ojha approached when she went around pitching her film Aisha , all wanted to change the lead character into a man. "The five producers I went to s
Musical Melange
Composer R Anandh talks about the music of Lafangey Parindey THE music of Lafangey Parindey, released recently, has caught the attention of Bollywood watchers. A range of genres and instruments, fro
Moon Goddess
AFTER a lifetime of translating books from English to French and vice versa, Simret Jandu, 41, has launched herself in the art scene with her first solo show 'Introspections' at the All India Fine Art
Constructions: HC stays service tax
The Bombay High Court, while admitting an Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industries petition, has granted an interim stay on the service tax levied on buildings under construction. "In our opinion, sa
Boy in court: saw dad rape sister...
er, mother taught me to say so

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD on Wednesday stood in a city court's witness box for two hours describing how his father had allegedly raped his teenage sister in his presence, only to later reveal that his mother h
Minister takes BMC top brass on pothole tour
IKE any other Mumbaiite, the city's Guardian Minister Jayant Patil has been suffering a bumpy ride every day this season. On Wednesday morning, he decided to drive his point home by taking top officia
Time CM gave himself is up, no progress yet on cheap houses: chamber
ON April 28, while signing a deal with the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industries (MCHI) for generating five lakh affordable houses in five years, CM Ashok Chavan had promised a 90-day action plan
CITY ANCHOR Lessons in traffic rules and management, student to student
DON'T be surprised if you see a group of college students manning traffic in Bhiwandi. The police have posted about 300 National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers from colleges at heavy traffic spots to
DELAYS IN REALTY Diamond bourse let construction drag, got away with low penalty
A DECADE-AND-A-HALF'S delay in construction on a Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) plot would have cost any developer a few hundred crores. The Bharat Diamond Bourse, an association of a trade with an export
Dossa's side of the story: Salem asked me for Rs 30 cr, inflicted wounds himself
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60-m rly overbridge near Panjarpol
The MMRDA is building a 60-m railway overbridge at Stanvack Nagar, one of the city's longest, near Panjarpol. Part of the Anik-Panjarpol Link Road (APLR) project, it will be over the Stanvack Nagar ra
Central Railway plans to revive Thakurli power house
TO meet the rising energy costs, the Central Railway is planning to revive its Thakurli power house in collaboration with the National Thermal Power Corporation. The NTPC had submitted its feasibility
Copyright holder can decide on exhibiting movie: Aamir counsel
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HC asks why Manyata's ex-husband not given bail
Three duped of Rs 14 lakh over foreign job offer
THE Kandivali police are on the lookout for three persons who allegedly fleeced a labour supplier and two others to the tune of Rs 14 lakh by promising them jobs in a UK-based company.

A police off

Six trains, railway property damaged
SIX trains and other properties of Central and Western Railways were reportedly damaged by some passengers on Tuesday night, railway officials said.

According to Shriniwas Mudegrikar, chief spokesp

BOLLYWOOD IN COURT Once Upon A Time...
not based on Haji Mastan's life: Balaji

THE Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Balaji Motion Pictures Limited to issue a press release clarifying that its upcoming release Once Upon a time in Mumbai is not based on Haji Mastan's life.
Cops suspended for suspects' escape reinstated
THREE policemen of the Vikhroli police station, who were suspended following the escape of two robbery suspects from the police custody, were reinstated following a departmental inquiry last week. The
ALL GROWN UP
SURPRISING as it may seem, the producers that Ra jshree Ojha approached when she went around pitching her film Aisha, all wanted to change the lead character into a man. "The five produce
Musical melange
THERE aren't many who would stay away from the Hindi film industry, especially after they've had a taste of it. But R Anandh, a popular music composer in the ad film industry, after his debut in
Confessions of a Drama Queen
Friends, family mem bers and fans gath ered for the launch of the memoirs of actor Zohra Segal in Delhi on Tuesday. In her 98 years (and-a-half, she never fails to remind you), Segal h
High entertainment tax, rentals play villains for theatre groups
THE high entertainment tax being levied by the UT Administration on tickets sold for staging plays is proving to be a deterrent for theatre groups in the city. Most of the drama groups now have to run
Dejected, Bulbul wants to return home
"HAD I been rich, my child would have been alive today and my other children would have been going to school. The medical staff and securitypersons at the hospital are both responsible for the death o
But authorities express helplessness
Even as the representatives of political parties said the families deserved to be compensated, the Administration's top brass continues to express helplessness. UT Advisor Pradip Mehra said, "I have d
RELIEF FOR KIN OF DEAD GUARDS Now, political parties join the chorus
EVEN as the Chandigarh Administration is yet to help the families of two whistleblowers who lost their lives while saving public property, more voices are now being raised to seek help for their famil
Kharar land scam
The Punjab government has ordered the suspension of the Kharar MC's resolution withdrawing the claim over 10 acres of prime land.

The government is going to contest a court case to secure land from

Police arrest prime accused in Akali leader's murder
Balwinder Singh alias Minkle Bajaj (28), prime accused in the murder of Muktsar-based Akali leader Tripat Deep Singh Sekhon, was arrested on Wednesday. The police said an old rivalry pertaining to an
Given clean chit by Vigilance, Boparai was indicted in three inquiry reports
THE 'clean chit' given by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau to former Punjabi University, Patiala, vice-chancellor S S Boparai seems to have ignored the scathing inquiry reports prepared by as many as three
On first day of second counselling, all seats at PEC taken
AS many as 224 candidates appeared for the second couselling session being held for five engineering and architecture colleges at PEC University of Technology on Wednesday.

After the first counsell

Round 2 of counselling ends, 2,000 Class XI seats still vacant in government schools
EVEN though the second round of counselling has ended, as many as 2,000 Class XI seats are lying vacant in various government schools. Nearly 500 students (other than those with E grade) who applied i
Second phase of project SEARCH to continue till April
WITH an main aim to make schools `garbage-free' ` zones, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in association with Tetra Pak Private Limited has t launched the second phase of SEA
J&K sex scam: CBI court defers hearing till Sept 20
THE CBI court on Wednesday issued bailable warrants against one of the prosecution witnesses and issued summons against three others in the J&K sex scandal as all of them failed to appear before the c
EDUCATION IISER Mohali campus to be functional from June next year
TO come up on 125 acres of land at Knowledge City in Sector 81, the new campus of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) will be fully functional from June 2011.

To begin with,

Come next year, Panchkula residents can enjoy a dip in the pool round the year
PANCHKULA residents will no longer have to wait for the summer to enjoy a swim as the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has planned to come up two allweather swimming pools, a first not only
Petition seeks orders for Admn to follow up case with UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CITY TATUS FOR CHANDIGARH
A PUBLIC interest litigation (PIL) blaming the lackadaisical attitude of the UT Administration for not taking up the issue of seeking 'World Heritage City' status for Chandigarh with UNESCO was filed
Sectors 49, 51, Dadumajra to get apni mandis
SOON, sectors 49, 51 and Dadumajra will have their own apni mandi and day market to boast of.

This was decided at a meeting of the Apni Mandi and Day Market Committee of the civic body on Wednesday

MA Sociology dept inaugurated in GCG-11
CHANDIGARH: A function to welcome the first batch of MA (Sociology) was held at Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, on Wednesday. The Department of Sociology is the ninth postgradua
Two fires break out in city, 82-year-old dies
A 82-YEAR-OLD man died in a fire that broke out in his house in Buterla village in the wee hours on Wednesday.

Sukhdev Singh was sleeping in his two-room house and when the fire broke out around 2

PCCTU backs pay demand of non-govt college employees
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers' Union (PCCTU) extended its full support to the non-teaching employees of non-government colleges of Chandigarh, who are demanding pay scales on
ROBBERS' GANG BUSTED `Siblings concealed age to escape punishment'
THE kingpin of an inter-state gang of robbers, busted here on Tuesday, and his sister had earlier concealed their real age to escape harsh punishment, investigating officials have found.

Sandeep K

Civic body defers hike in water tariff
THE Municipal Corporation has once again deferred the hike in water tariff. The issue was to be discussed in the House Meet on Friday, but the agenda item was withdrawn after the Mayor met with the Co
UP IN ARMS
Earth caves in at Bir Ghaggar colony, five houses vacated
OCCUPANTS OF five houses were evacuated at Bir Ghaggar colony near Saket on Tuesday, as the nearby earth caved in following constant seepage of water from streams arising from Ghaggar river. The admin
Mayor threatened me, says BJP councillor
CHANDIGARH: BJP councillor from Ward 20 Rajkumari Mishra has alleged that she was threatened by Mayor Anu Chatrath after she expressed her inability to attend a meeting of the ward committee on Wednes
Wrong parking, over 30 vehicles impounded
AMBALA: Over a dozen three-wheelers and maxi cabs, parked on the roadsides, were impounded on Wednesday for allegedly obstructing traffic on NH-1. The vehicles were impounded as part of a special poli
Sessions court acquits man in rape case
PANCHKULA: A sessions court on Wednesday acquitted a Sector20 resident in a rape case registered against him in August. The man was acquitted after the alleged victim turned hostile during proceedings
AIESEC launches youth campaign
CHANDIGARH: In a bid to provide an integrated development experience to over 25,000 youths from across 20 colleges in the city, the student-run youth organisation AIESEC launched a campaign on Wednesd
Punjabi University declares result
PATIALA: The Punjabi University, Patiala, today declared the results of MBA, MFC, MPEd -I, BA (Hons) School in history, MA Dance, MA Hindi, MA History, MA Religious Studies held in April, 2010. The re
CBI raids CTU workshop
CHANDIGARH: Following complaints of private buses plying in city without valid permits, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted a raid at depot no 2 of CTU workshop in Industrial Ar
`Fake' yoga certificate: Inspector's promotion stayed till October 4
CHANDIGARH: INSPECTOR Ram Gopal's promotion to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) will remain stayed till October 4 as a petition challenging his promotion filed by Inspector Yash Pal a
Scuffle at district courts: Cop, Admn given time to clarify
CHANDIGARH: A local court on Wednesday gave Sub-Inspector Harinder Singh Sekhon and the UT Administration time to clarify their stand in yesterday's scuffle incident in the district courts. High drama
`Negligence is major reason for not registering helps'
DESPITE various reminders from the Ludhiana police department, city residents continue to ignore the registration of their helps and other employees. As a precautionary measure to keep rising crime in
Waterlogging drains out MC coffers
AFTER investing Rs 45 lakh on a Janakpuri storm sewer project and later shelving it, the Municipal Corporation now plans a Rs 1.75crore project to solve the waterlogging problem of Janakpuri.

The p

Police gift saplings to students
AIG Intelligence Officer Joginder Singh and Ludhiana ACP Raj Kumar gifted 500 saplings to the first-year students of GCW. The move was part of a plantation drive that began in the city on Wednesday. J
PCTE receives Asia's best B-school award
PCET, Ludhiana, received the 'Best B-school Leadership Award' and 'Innovative Leadership Award' at Asia's Best B-School awards ceremony in Suntec, Singapore, on Wednesday. Swapan Chanana. deputy direc
Energy-saving campaign to be held
The PHD chamber, in association with Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), will organise an awareness campaign on Energy Conservation and Management in Ludhiana on July 30, to raise awareness on re
Sanjeev Sharma is media incharge of Cong grievances cell
Sanjeev Sharma has been appointed as the media in-charge of the Punjab Grievances department of Pradesh Congress Committee (Rural) Cell of Ludhiana. He was congratulated by Congress leaders Pritam Sin
`Delay in planning family leads to infertility'
"The delay in planning pregnancy, due to stressful and busy professional lives, aggravates the problem of infertility in both the partners. When a woman fails to conceive even a year after trying for
CII holds seminars on problems faced by employees
WITH labour-crunch and employee attitude raising concerns among industry bigwigs, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) started a series of seminars, beginning last week, to ameliorate the situat
100 saplings planted
To keep the city green, a plantation activity was organised by an NGO at Ambedker Park, near Dholewal Chowk on Tuesday in which various saplings were planted and around 100 saplings were distributed a
Fogging begins in disease-prone areas
THE health wing of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has started fogging the disease-prone areas of the city.

Dr Charanjeet Uppal, Municipal Officer Health (MOH) said: "We received the nod (to car

Container overturns on Expressway, traffic blocked
A CONTAINER overturned near Khandala on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Wednesday, causing a major traffic jam for nearly five hours in the morning. Police said the brakes of the Aurangabad-bound contai
Water supply to be disrupted
THERE will be no water supply to several areas of Pimpri-Chinchwad, including Dapodi, Sangvi, Thergaon, Pimple Nilakh, Wakad and Aundh hospital area, on Thursday evening owing to repair works at Ravet
BIFOCAL COURSES 1,000 seats could remain vacant this yr
AS the admission to class XI bifocal courses in junior colleges draws to a close on Thursday, it has been estimated that around 1,000 seats will remain vacant this year. As many as 1,575 seats had bee
Year on, 35 IT firms await power supply at Hinjewadi phase III
IT has been a year since 35 small IT companies bought space in the Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park Phase III at Hinjewadi, but none of them has been able to begin operations as the developer -the Maharasht
Protect hilltops & slopes in city, says environment status report
THE political parties might have reached a consensus to allow limited development of the city's hilltops and slopes and not reserve these areas entirely for bio diversity parks (BDPs), but The Energy
In a first, city to get a carbon footprint report in 6 months
THE Energy Research Institute (TERI) on Wednesday said it would submit a carbon footprint report for the city in six months, thereby making it the first city in the country to have such a report.

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New life for publicity material of classics
PUBLICITY material like pamphlets, posters and even booklets used to promote classics like Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra (1913), Baburao Painter's iconic Kalyan Khajina (1924) or the 1932 clas
I-T drive for easy filing of tax returns
THE Pune Income-Tax office has made elaborate arrangements to reduce inconvenience of tax payers whose last date of filing of return is July 31. As part of this, a 'return mela' has been launched on t
Lulla Nagar CGHS dispensary reopens with skeletal staff
THE Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) dispensary was reopened in Lulla Nagar on Wednesday after repeated protests from residents. The dispensary was shut down on July 22 after it was shifted to
Brace for more rainfall in Aug-Sep: Met
EVEN as the country is experiencing rainfall with a low pressure developing over the Bay of Bengal, the Met department's outlook for August and September is expected to meet the revised forecast of 10
Legal camps, Lok Adalats in city from today
Starting Thursday, the Pune District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) will conduct several legal awareness camps and Lok Adalats in the city and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

On Thursday, a Lok Nyayalaya has be

No change in schedule for engineering admission
THE Director of Technical Education, S K Mahajan, on Wednesday, clarified that there would be no change in the schedule of the first year engineering admission process even as some of the institutes h
Govt to frame new norms for mobile towers, firms claim to follow rules
VEN as the state governE ment has promised to frame norms for setting up of cellphone towers, the cellphone companies maintain that they are already following strict rules and regulation
Bus passes for Pimpri students
FINALLY, thousands of school students staying in Pimpri-Chinchwad will get free passes after August 15. Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma said the students would not be required t
Motorcyclist dies in road mishap
TWENTY-one-year-old Prasad Gaikwad was killed in an accident on Pune-Mumbai Highway at Pimpri on Tuesday afternoon, when he tried to avoid hitting a pedestrian. According to the police, Gaikwad was he
55-yr-old hit by motorcycle, dies
55-YEAR-OLD Manjusha Shende, a resident of Aparna Residency, Kothrud died after a speeding motorcycle knocked her down on Kelewadi Road on Tuesday evening. The Kothrud police have booked the motorcycl
Infrastructure summit today
LEADING corporates from Pune will participate at the GIREM Pune Infrastructure Strategic Summit, designed to bridge the gap among the corporate-end users, developers, architects, consultants and polic
Madhavan Pillai elected
K MADHAVAN PILLAI has been elected the new president of Lions Club Pune Sapphire. He took charge from former president Joy Joseph at an official programme organised at Akurdi. The event took place in
Rosary School writes to education dept, says fee hike to pay teachers
ROSARY School has justified its controversial fee hike, saying "the school has been trying their level best to pay the teachers as per the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission with the minimal fees
687 gram panchayats to go to polls on July 30
THE July 30 gram panchayat elections will see 580 gram panchayats going in for elections. Pune district collector Chandrakant Dalvi conducted a press briefing in the city ahead of the elections. Of th
Man ends life after suspension, blames firm
A FINANCIAL services firm employee committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence in Hadapsar on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Mahesh Manik Bhosale (34).
Police said
Spot-on, always
HE was probably best remembered for his role of a good-for-nothing colle gian in the film Chashme Buddoor or even that of a honest and upright photogra pher in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. A
Dine-in-time
REWIND life back a few decades. Life minus the Face book fads, the idiot box and the teleserial camps. Evenings back then were more colourful with Chitrahaar melodies, radio gags and
Bauble girls
IF, like the rest of the world, you get your style updates from Gossip Girl, you're sure to have noticed the dan glers and necklaces that Jessica Szohr and Hilary Duff sported on the show. The
Cameron warns Pak on exporting terror: You can't look both ways
ENDING Pakistan a "very clear" message, British Prime Minister David Cameron today warned Islamabad against "promoting terror in any way in India" and said it must not be allowed to "look both ways".
A post-retirement project for Kumble, Murali: spin school
TWO of the greatest spinners of this era could soon team up to teach some of their magic to a younger generation of bowlers. If all goes well, Muttiah Muralitharan and Anil Kumble will be coaches at a
QUICK TAKES 155 PERISH IN PAK AIR DISASTER
D: A Pakistani ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani airliner coming in to land at Islamabad crashed in the Margalla Hills overlooking the city in heavy rain and fog Wednesday morning, killing all 155 on board.
Prem Bhatia Award for Ritu Sarin of Express
For her series on the CBI as a rubber-stamp, Ritu Sarin, chief of the investigative bureau of The Indian Express, will get this year's Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting. The award for Bes
Murdered RTI activist had taken on Gir mining mafia
ON JULY 21, barely a fortnight after he filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court seeking an end to illegal limestone mining along the Gir wildlife sanctuary, 36-year-old activist Amit Jethava was killed.
PAGE1 ANCHOR A teacher says no to burqa in a West Bengal Muslim university, isn't allowed to teach
FOR the past three months, 24-yearold Sirin Middya has not been able to hold her classes at West Bengal's first Muslim university. While the guidelines at Aliah University in Kolkata don't stipulate
Sohrabuddin encounter: CBI summons ex-DGP Pande, grills Shah
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now summoned former DGP P C Pande in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. He has been asked to appear on August 11.

After his retirement, Pande

CIA watched ISI tap phones, help suicide bombers
WASHINGTON'S claim that it gave a heads-up to New Delhi on the leaked Af-Pak documents is loaded with irony.

For, what these papers show is that Pakistani spy agency ISI supplied suicide bombers in

Consensual sex e under fear rape: SC
A RAPIST cannot claim the defence of "consensual sex" with a victim who submitted to the act out of sheer helplessness and a sense of fear, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on Wednesday.
And an
Apex court stays PF scam trial
THE CBI on r Wednesday accused the Ghaziabad Dis trict Judge of inter fering with the trial in the infa mous General Provident Fund (GPF) scam, p
CBI opposed to curative plea, sends letter
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is not too enthused with the decision of a group of ministers (GoM) on filing a curative petition in the Supreme Court in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. In fact
MHA again asks Blackberry for access to data
Reiterating that Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of Blackberry phones, will have to address the security concerns relating to monitoring of emails and SMS, the government has conveyed to the serv
J&K: Don't let studies suffer, Omar tells V-Cs
A DAY after it warned that private schools would be de-recognised if they do not open, defying a separatist call to remain shut, J&K on Wednesday told universities to ensure academics do not suffer du
Cement plant: Gujarat HC issues notices to govt, Nirma
: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, the state government and Nirma group in connection with a review petition filed against the allotment of land for a cement plant i
Khairlanji killings: Survivor to move SC
BHAIYYALAL Bhotmange, the lone survivor from the Bhotmange family in the Khairanji killings, said on Wednesday that he would move the Supreme Court against the commutation of the death sentence to six
Cong whip, but Sonia, Rahul absent
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were not present in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday despite a Congress whip to its MPs in both the Houses of Parliament to be present in case of a vote on price issue. The par
Speaker rejects adjournment motion
ON Day-Two of the wrangle over the mode of discussion on price rise, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar ruled out the admission of an adjournment motion. The Opposition, divided into the NDA and non-NDA bl
NREGS: 4 months on, wait for unemployment allowance continues
THE Dahod District Development Office has launched an inquiry into a complaint filed by 157 unemployed people that they have not been paid unemployment allowance under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rura
20 foresters booked for assault on farmer in Panchmahals
A COMPLAINT was filed against 20 forest guards of Halol Range on Wednesday for trespassing into a farmer's land and beating him up in Panchmahals district on July 9.

According to the complaint lodg

Jethava's colleagues vow to take forward his work
MAHITI Adhikar Nagarik Mandal, a voluntary body formed four years ago by slain environmental activist Amit Jethava in Khambha town, 60 kms from Amreli, will continue to work with "double vigour" after
Salem hurt himself, framed me: Dossa
USTAFA Dossa, suspected to be an aide of Dawood Ibrahim, was on Wednesday arrested in a case of assault on gangster Abu Salem but he claimed injuries sustained by Salem were self-inflicted and he was
Consensual sex under fear rape: SC
A RAPIST cannot claim the defence of "consensual sex" with a victim who submitted to the act out of sheer helplessness and a sense of fear, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on Wednesday.

And an

MHA again asks Blackberry for access to data
NEW DELHI: Reiterating that Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of Blackberry phones, will have to address the security concerns relating to monitoring of emails and SMS, the government has conveyed
Khairlanji killings: Survivor to move SC
MUMBAI: Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange, the lone survivor from the Bhotmange family in the Khairanji killings, said on Wednesday he would move the Supreme Court against the commutation of the death sentence to
Pune top cop shifted
MUMBAI: Three months after Maharashtra MoS for Home Ramesh Bagwe assured that Pune Police Commissioner Satya Pal Singh would be transferred, he was shunted out on Wednesday in mass transfers across th
A teacher says no to burqa in a West Bengal Muslim university
institution has had many eminent scholars in its ranks. Aliah University was expected to harmonise tradition and modernity, and while its Islamic cources are run in the Calcutta Madrasah building, the
ALL GROWN UP
SURPRISING as it may seem, the producers that Rajshree Ojha approached when she went around pitching her film Aisha , all wanted to change the lead character into a man.
"The five producers I went
Enter PRAVESH
FROM biking on tough terrains for MTV Roadies to braving the sti fling heat of Bigg Boss, Pravesh Rana has done a lot to become a celebrated TV star. Anchoring Season 2 of Emotional Atyachar on
Musical Melange
THE music of Lafangey Parindey, released recently, has caught the attention of Bollywood watchers. A range of genres and instruments, from the Irish tin whistle and the cello to Eric Clapton-style gui
Precious Bond
JEWELLERS have always been vending rakhis made of gold and silver, but options in the yellow metal never came this cheap. "This is 24 karat gold hammered into sheets of .5mm and blended with silicon o
Mumbai airport choked, so no VIP planes: Patel
ALARM BELLS have begun to ring for Mumbai airport. While the Navi Mumbai airport project is caught in a web of stalled environmental clearances, the Civil Aviation Ministry is seriously considering ba
Quraishi to be new CEC after Chawla NEW DELHI: Election Commis
: Election Commis sioner S Y Quraishi was on Tuesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in place of Navin Chawla, who demits office on Thursday.
Quraishi, 63, will have a little l
`DIG spoke to Shah, lit Kausar pyre'
T HE CBI, probing the Novem ber 2005 killing of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi by the Gujarat police, has in its chargesheet alleged that DIG D G Vanzar
Let us chase Naxals to other states: Rosaiah
HUNTING down Maoists, Andhra Pradesh is now looking to take the fight across its borders into neighbouring states.

Pointing out that the possibility of a Maoist resurgence in the state cannot be r

Wanted: some `Islam' in CWG ceremonies
CRITICAL of the absence of any reference to "Islamic influence on Indian history," in either the opening or closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, the Group of Ministers has asked the Games org
Too much Mani continues to be wasted on the Games
HIS diatribe against the Commonwealth Games going largely unheard, senior Congress leader and MP Mani Shankar Aiyar today struckamoreprovocativenote saying he would be "unhappy" if the Games are a suc
Gen Shwe to visit Tata Motors plant
AS MYANMAR'S military ruler General Than Shwe visits steel city Jamshedpur in Jharkhand on Wednesday, India's largest vehicle manufacturer Ta ta Motors is inching towards beginning production of heavy
India, Myanmar ink anti-terror pact PREM NATH PAND
NDIA and Myanmar on Tu esday agreed on "close cooperation" between the security forces of the two countries in tackling the problem of terrorism. The two sides signed a treaty on mutual legal assistan
Price rise: Now TMC notice for debate
OCKED in a tussle with a belligerent Opposition over a demand for discussions and voting in both Houses of Parliament on price rise, the UPA faced an embarrassment from within on Tu esday.

The Tr i

Govt assures Oppn on n-Bill
THE government on Tu esday stepped up moves to ease potential hurdles before the Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament by holding consultations with Opposition leaders with the assurance that all "reas
Railways makes familiar noise, seeks CBI probe into Sainthia
IMPLYING a larger conspiracy behind the July 19 train collision at Sainthia in West Bengal that killed 66 people, the Railway Ministry now wants the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigat
PCAPA member surrenders
PCAPA member Jiten Giri surrendered before the Jhargram court late on Monday evening.

Giri, a resident of Muraboni village in Jhargram police station area, is accused of killing Nirmal Nayek and Ri

Deora: Fuel price hike minimal, must
Amidst the heat generated by the Opposition over price rise, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the fuel price hike was minimal and was necessar
Others share BJP CBI `pain', but see no gain
AS THE BJP looks set to stall Parliament over the arrest of its former Gujarat minister Amit Shah and "misuse of the CBI" , there is a growing disquiet in the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party
Wastage of foodgrain a `crime': SC
EVEN as the Opposition rocked Parliament over the issue of price rise, the Supreme Court on Tu esday said wastage of even a single foodgrain in a poverty-ridden country is a "crime".

"In a country

Kerala MP Suresh seeks month's stay on HC verdict
CONGRESS Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh, whose election from Mavelikara (Reserved) constituency has been declared void by the Kerala High Court, on Tu esday filed a petition seeking a month's stay
Kerala Cong nominee to get Cabinet berth
THE ruling LDF in Kerala on Tu esday decided to induct Kerala Congress (Thomas) faction nominee V Surendran Pillai into the Cabinet.

Briefing reporters on the decision of the state liasion committe

Dinakaran attack case: CBI files appeal in HC
THE CBI approached the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court with an appeal against the acquittal of a group of people who allegedly attacked the office of Maran-owned Dinakaran daily in which three
PF official gets one year RI in bribery case
MADURAI: A CBI court here convicted a Provident Fund official to one year rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe of Rs 4 lakh.

D Pandian, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Sub-Regional Office

Minister warns about oxytocin in vegetables
FTER putting in a word of caution on adulterated fruits earlier, Minister of State for health, Dinesh Tr ivedi has now written to the Union Health Secretary about the vegetables available in the marke
Take Tata logo off game: HC advises Greenpeace
UTKARSH ANAND HEARING a Rs 10-crore defamation suit filed by Ta ta Sons against environmental NGOs Greenpeace India and Greenpeace International, the Delhi High Court "advised" Greenpeace to conside
Ambani, SRK send flowers on Uddhav b'day
ON his 50th birthday on Tu esday, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray received bouquets from unexpected quarters - Shah Rukh Khan and Mukesh Ambani. It was only two months ago that the Sena
One held for distributing posters of Osama
SPECIAL Operations Group (SOG) officials on Monday arrested a person for inciting communal violence by distributing posters of Osama bin Laden among youths. However, a Va dodara local court rejected a
Ex-Express chief photographer, Vyarawalla get national award
FORMER Express chief photographer S Paul will be honoured at the first National Photo Awards, instituted by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry this year to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the
Stopping NRC work deliberate: Oppn
OPPOSITION parties and student bodies in Assam have come out strongly against the Congress-led government's decision to suspend the updation exercise of National Register of Citizens (NRC) aimed at id
Gujarat riot victims for trial outside state
JANNATBI Kallubhai Shaikh, one of the 97 women survivors of the 2002 Gujarat riots, says the suffering hasn't ended yet.

Jannatbi, an eyewitness in the Naroda Patiya riot case, says she has had to

Officer who quit IAS to tour India dies
G TENZING, the Kerala-cadre IAS officer who quit his job to go on a 25,320-km motorcycle ride across India, died of cancer in his hometown Gangtok on Monday. He was 46.

Te nzing, who joined the civ

Kerala govt expanded, Cong (J) MLA Pillai inducted into Cabinet
With less than a year left for the CPM-led government in office, the Left Democratic Front on Tuesday decided to give a Cabinet berth to the Kerala Congress faction led by P C Thomas, a former NDA c
Village panchayat in Palakkad wins Doordarshan reality show
THE Green Kerala Express, the first social reality show on Indian television showcasing the grassroots-level developmental initiatives of three-tier local bodies, came to an end on Tu esday with Elapp
Dinakaran attack case: CBI files appeal in HC
THE CBI approached the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court with an appeal against the acquittal of a group of people who allegedly attacked the office of Maran-owned Dinakaran daily in which three
The Idea Awards
INTACH "For their innovative initiatives in restoration, preservation and enrichment of India's diverse cultural heritage embedded in communities and simultaneously improving the living conditions of
J&K sets up panel to probe civilian deaths
THE Jammu and Kashmir government on Tu esday started the process of an independent inquiry into the recent civilian killings in the Va lley, by appointing a commission to look into the circumstances b
Baswani dead, jolt to movie sequel
EARLIER this month, Kundan Shah, Naseerudin Shah and Ravi Baswani met after a long gap for coffee. The winning combination of the 1983 classic, Jaane Bhi Do Ya aron, wanted to make a sequel.

Now, t

Raman's condition remains serious
The condition of Vijay Raman, Special DG, CRPF, deteriorated on Tuesday after he was taken out of ICU and shifted to the ward. His blood pressure shot up after he was taken out of the ICU.

Docto

Allahabad blast: 3 held in Jabalpur
IN another breakthrough in the Allahabad blast case, three persons have been arrested from Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly facilitating the two-wheeler in which the bomb was planted.
Torture of OBC boy: Accused surrenders
The husband of the mukhiya in a Vaishali village surrendered before the police on Tuesday. He has been charged with mercilessly beating up an OBC boy by hanging him upside down, accusing him of
India trying for safe return of its pilot
India is in touch with the government of Democratic Republic of Congo to secure the safe release of an Indian pilot who was kidnapped by Congolese rebels recently. According to an official release
Accused of rape, MLA `frames' victim kin
A Badaun court in UP has ordered registration of a case against BSP MLA Yogendra Sagar, who is wanted in a case of rape, and eight others for framing family members of the rape victim in a false
Cancel `illegal' caste certicates: SC-ST Commission to UP DMs
THE National Commission of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tr ibes has written to district magistrates in Uttar Pradesh, advising them to cancel an estimated 50,000 SC certificates given to undeserving
Cases against employees, doctors
The J&K gov ernment has registered cases against two of its employees for leading protests on the premises of the Old Secretariat on July 19 over "human rights violations" and the recent civilian
New Titanic mission to assess condition of shipwreck to be launched
A TEAM of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that wil
NATO confirms body of missing US sailor recovered
One of two US sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday. The search continues for the other missing sailor, said Lt
Dutch sailor, 14, gets nod for solo world trip
A Dutch court has cleared the way for 14-year-old Laura Dekker to set sail on a risky solo voyage around the world.

Judges at Middelburg's family court have lifted a guardianship order imposed on D

Zawahri condemns France veil ban move
DUBAI Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri condemned the French move to ban face veils and urged Yemeni clerics to call for jihad against an alleged US intervention in Yemen, in an Internet messa
Russia: EU sanctions on Iran unacceptable
Russia condemned new EU sanctions on Iran on Tuesday. EU foreign ministers on Monday approved a range of extra restrictions on Iran that went well beyond UN sanctions agreed last month. "This not only
Students plead guilty in South Africa racism case
Court officials say four white students have pleaded guilty to charges regarding a video they made showing black university employees forced to consume food and drinks that appeared to be tainted with
No evidence against me, says Keshub Mahindra
INDUSTRIALIST Keshub Mahindra has challenged his conviction in the Bhopal gas tragedy case saying the prosecution's only evidence against him was that he was the non-executive director and non-executi
Officer shortage: NDA raises cadet strength to 120
TAKING a note of the dearth of officers across the nation, the National Defence Academy (NDA) is all set to introduce an additional squadron. Ye t unnamed, the new squadron will be the 16th squadron a
Land acquisition for Posco plant starts, relief given
OSCO, the biggest foreign direct investment in India, on Tu esday took a step closer to building the 12 million tonne steel complex by giving out compensation packages to the displaced farmers.

The

Cargo plane crashes in Saudi Arabia, 2 injured
A Lufthansa cargo plane crashed while landing in Riyadh on Tuesday. Airport official Fahd alHamoud said the plane caught fire and crashed on landing and split in two. He said the pilot and co-pilot we
Help or I'll tell secrets: Captive Pak ex-spy
FORMER Pakistani spy kidnapped by militants four months ago in northwestern Pakistan threatened in a video to expose the government's "weaknesses" unless it frees prisoners to secure his release as de
Govt for changes in terror Bill
The Pakistan government has sought to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, to bring in stricter provisions for prosecution and punishment. Interior Minister Rehman Malik moved the Anti-Terrorism (Ame
Kayani extension challenged
The Pakistan government's decision to give a three-year extension to army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was challenged in the Peshawar High Court Tuesday. Shahid Orakzai, a lawyer, filed the petition
CHINA TELLS COPS: END SHAME PARADE IN PUBLIC
CHINA'S MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY HAS CALLED FOR AN END TO THE PRACTICE OF SHAMING SUSPECTS DURING DRIVES AGAINST CRIME, INCLUDING PROSTITUTION WHAT PROMPTED IT?
The new rules are a response to
5 yrs jail for conman who `sold' Ritz for �250 m
A CONMAN was jailed for five years on Tu esday after being convicted of trying to sell London's famed Ritz hotel for �250 million.

Anthony Lee, a 49-year-old unemployed lorry driver, was found guil

In Iraq, al-Qaeda now steals blood for its injured
MEMBERS of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia have been holding up blood banks and hospitals at gunpoint, stealing blood for their wounded fighters rather than risk having them arrested at medical facilities, ac
Yoko Ono opposes parole for Lennon's killer
Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of the man who 30 years ago killed her husband, former Beatle John Lennon, and who comes up for parole next month, her lawyer said.

Ono has consistently oppos

Paris Hilton under fire over Nazi salute
Paris Hilton is in trouble again. This time the hotel heiress has come under fire for pulling a 'Heil Hitler' pose while partying aboard a yacht. The reality TV star was pictured wearing a military-st
In age of gadgets, French paper tries to woo kids LIFESTYLE EVEN AS KIDS REMAIN ADDICTED TO COMPUTERS AND IPADS, MON QUOTIDIEN SOLD 50,000 COPIES BY THIRD YEAR
WHEN Elisa Cammarota gets home from school, she tosses off her knapsack and reads her newspaper from front to back. Anthony Azoulay does, too, though he focuses on articles about soccer and large phot
POSTCARDS OFCHANGE Using IT to deliver public services
STANDING in long lines to pay our bills at a govern ment department or agency and being at the receiving end of the apathy of a public servant across the desk is a familiar expe
The general behind the throne
THERE are two ways of approaching the full-term extension granted to General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani by the current Pakistan Peoples Party government--theideal, which may also be called the abstract
The GREAT GAME Folio
AMERICAN TRAGEDY YOU can wake up any one who is asleep, but not the one who has chosen to shut his eyes.
The recent leak of thousands of military documents on the Afghan War, which revealed Pakista
View from the LEFT
QUIT, FINALLY WHY the Left had not openly demanded Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation so far is quite inexplicable. Whether it was about her "links" with the Maoists. or the series of trai
ECA norms flouted to admit more students, say Hindu teachers; panel rubbishes claim
ADMISSIONS through the Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) category at the Hindu College have come under the scanner.

Teachers from three departments - Political Science, Commerce and BA (Programme)

DERC delaying nod for crucial policy: Power dept
EVER since the discoms bypassed the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission's (DERC) authority and went to the Delhi government to appeal against the proposed tariff order, a silent war has been ragin
FLASHES ON TRAIN, METRO SERVICES HIT
METRO SERVICES came to a halt for over an hour on the Central Secretariat-Jahangirpuri line on Tuesday afternoon after flashes were noticed on the rear pantograph of a train at Rajiv Chowk station.
Now, DUSU chief backs semester system
HOURS after the Delhi High Court asked DU and DUTA to consult the students' unions on the contentious issue of implementation of the semester system at the undergraduate level, DUSU president Manoj Ch
Don't play with students' lives, HC warns DU, DUTA
RKED by their failure to bury the hatchet in the interest of the students, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday slammed the Delhi University and its teachers' association for continuing to fight over the i
More trains to ease congestion on busiest corridor
JOURNEY on the busy Line 3/4 (Dwarka Sector 9-Noida City Centre/Anand Vihar) of the Delhi Metro is set to become more comfortable.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to press into

Art panel writes to Metro against housing project in DU
AFTER vehement opposition from the Delhi University, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's proposed 14storey residential project near the Vishwavidyalaya Metro station has now invited flak from the Delhi
DANCING IN THE RAIN
THE CAPITAL, which has been experiencing overcast conditions for most part of the week, finally received showers on Tuesday, bringing the mercury down by several notches.
THE MAXIMUM temperature pl
Man beheads friend for affair with sister
IN YET another suspected case of honour killing, a 20 year -old resident of Balwapur in Garh Mukteshwar was murdered allegedly by his friend for having an affair with his sister.
The main accuse
Woman, relatives held for murdering husband over compensation
A 50-YEAR-OLD woman and three others were arrested for allegedly murdering her husband on July 17 over a property dispute in Gautam Budh Nagar area of Greater Noida.

Jaichand (55) was shot dead whi

Couple seeks protection from families
Fearing a threat to their lives from their families, a couple has approached the SSP , Ghaziabad, asking for police protection.
Jeetendra and his wife, both residents of Modinagar, got married
Charak Palika to move to vet hospital, get new building
THE New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to shift the Charak Palika Hospital (CPH) to the premises of the more conveniently located veterinary hospital on Shantipath.

The Charak Palika H

DTC directed to give pension to employee's widow
THE DELHI High Court expressed anguish over Delhi Transport Corporation's (DTC) denial of family pension to a widow, whose husband was an employee of the transport agency at the time of his death, and
Eight of gang held for betting, arms possession
THE police arrested eight members of a gang from Sector 40, Gurgaon, on Monday on charges of betting and possession of arms .

The arrested have been identified as Subhash, Satbir, Lokesh, Naresh, D

Yadav cousins made 85 medical trips in 2 yrs; jail says it's following orders
VIKAS Yadav, convicted in 2008 for the murder of Nitish Katara, has been out of Tihar Jail as many as 66 times in less than two years after being sentenced to a life term, an RTI response has disclose
Neela Hauz bridge opens to traffic
The Neela Hauz bridge, which connects Mehrauli and Vasant Kunj area to the Outer Ring Road, was inaugurated on Tuesday by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The controversial bridge was built by filling u
Admission denial: Govt, schools told to file reply
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought explanations from the state government and a few of its schools on why admissions were denied to eight girl students in different cases. Issuing notices to the g
Two constables face extortion charges
A dhaba-owner levelled allegations of extortion against two policemen on Tuesday.
Usman, a resident of Sangam Vihar, alleged two constables from the Neb Sarai police station came to his dhaba and d
CENTRE OF ATTENTION
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM FIRST BUILT FOR THE ASIAN GAMES IN 1982 REDESIGNED BY GERMAN STRUCTURAL CONSULTANCY FIRM SCHLAICH BERGERMANN UND PARTNER 60,000 SEATING CAPACITY Rs 960 crore TOTAL COST Thir
International flights shift to T3 today
ALL international commercial flight operations to and from the Indira Gandhi International Airport will shift to the new integrated Terminal 3 from 2 pm on Wednesday. Air India's AI 102 flight from Ne
Hold promotional events at one place, malls told
BOLLYWOOD biggies and fashion designers will find it tougher to organise events in the city's malls once the Delhi Police puts in place its latest policy regarding mall safety. At a recent meeting, th
Flyover crash: Accused held at IGI
THE Delhi Police claimed to have arrested Shahid Khan, who was allegedly driving the Honda City car which killed four persons at the Safdarjung Airport flyover on Sunday night, from an a
CITY ANCHOR October unfit for flowers, city to get blooms from U'khand
IN CHARGE of lending a "pleasing green touch" to the city in time for the Commonwealth Games, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Horticulture department are a worried lot. To be
Security guard found murdered at home
A 27-year-old security guard was stabbed to death by unknown assailants at his rented accommodation in Duggal Colony of South Delhi's Neb Sarai on Monday night.
Surender Paswan, a native of Muzaff
Sleeping on duty, constable suspended
A constable deployed at the house of Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal was suspended on Tuesday after he was reportedly found sleeping on duty. "When the Commissioner returned to his house on Monda
Bindra, Saina, Jung among Games brand ambassadors
NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Organising Committee has finally announced six brand ambassadors for the Games. Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, boxing champion Vi
Going Places
Shahana Goswami has come a long way from her days as the angsty Debbie in Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On!!. While her passion for acting has increased manifold, her appearance has undergone a makeover of s
Flair & Square A coat of chic
R AINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Sat urday, I decided to do something I did with astonishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mountain of clothes on my bed and tr
Music Maker
SEMI-CLASSICAL vocalist Vidya Shah has found new fans - in Morocco.

Last week, the Delhi-based thumri singer became the first Indian musician after Pandit Ravi Shankar to perform at the Asilah Arts

INDIA SHINING?
OLDEN lotus petals G sparkling with tiny mirrors make up the 20ft gateway into the Kingdom of Dreams. Inside, you are greeted by the imposing red sandstone wall
Diamond bourse set to strike gold on land bought 20 yrs ago
ALMOST two decades ago, the Bharat Diamond Bourse was allotted 20 acres at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) for Rs 215 crore. Today, after building offices for itself in eight towers on the complex, the
A `third party' audit of slums every 2 years
HIEF Minister Ashok Chavan today announced a survey and an audit of slums in Mumbai every two years to check their proliferation; barring that, he had little new to offer to address the growing woes o
Pool your car online & help ease traffic jams
IN AN effort to save fuel and reduce traffic congestion in the city, the traffic police are in the process of developing a dedicated online carpool portal.

It will be designed to register and brin

DEBATE Oppn, CM trade charges on slum rehab scheme
CHIEF Minister Ashok Chavan and Leader of the Opposition Eknath Khadse sparred in the Assembly today over alleged irregularities in SRA schemes in Mumbai.

Khadse and other leaders accused the gover

Ahead of sequel to Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Ravi Baswani dies at 63
EARLIER this month, Kundan Shah, Naseerudin Shah and Ravi Baswani met after a long gap for coffee. The winning combination of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983) wanted to make a sequel.

Now, the plan is st

Break-in gang busted
A five-member gang, which burgled houses in broad daylight in the western suburbs, was busted in Kalbadevi the Crime Branch. The kingpin Nilesh Chaugule used to visit residential colonies carrying a s
Gorakhpur man held, pistols seized
A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested in Malad and two pistols and cartridges were seized from him, police said. When his construction site contract business with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd failed, he t
Dossa Bhai leaves his mark, as attacker and godfather
MUSTAFA Dossa alias Majnoo, who attacked Abu Salem in the Arthur Road jail, was "Dossa Bhai" to most other prisoners, almost a godfather to them, helping them with money whenever they needed it. The a
Bite-sized Meals
TAPAS has quietly made its way to a number of high-end city restaurants, in recent months. It has even established its popularity with special tapas menus. However, for a true-blue gastronome here is
Bauble girls
IF, like the rest of the world, you get your style updates from Gossip Girl, you're sure to have noticed the danglers and necklaces that Jessica Szohr and Hilary Duff sported on the show. The h
A coat of chic Flair & Square
RAINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Saturday, I decided to do something I did with astonishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mountain of clothes on my bed and tried on several dozen pieces,
Ambala Rotary Club (IA) gets new office-bearers
RAJINDER Kaur Dhillon was installed the new president of the Rotary Club, Ambala Industrial Area, in a function held in the hall of SD School on Tuesday.

Rotarian K L Yadav took over as secretary f

Mandeep is MCM Miss Fresher
Freshers' Day was organised in MCM DAV on Tuesday. Mandeep was crowned Miss Fresher 2010, with Shalakha and Nimrit as the first and second runners-up, respectively. The title for Miss Beautiful Smile
Prisoners attempt suicide in court, booked
HIGH drama was witnessed at the district court in Sector 17 on Tuesday when two murder accused got into a scuffle with policemen. In a fit of rage, one of them banged his head on the grills of a lock-
Road in front of Fortis Hospital freed from `encroachment'
THE road in front of Fortis Hospital in Mohali is free from "encroachment". The hospital authorities have removed the barricades, which had blocked half portion of the road leading from Phase VIII lig
Rotarians administered oaths
The newly elected Ambala Rotary Club president Dr Subhash Dhir, with his team, was administered the oath by chief guest Lt Gen (Retd) Dr D D S Sandhu, Kurukshetra University, at a function held at the
Inner Wheel Club holds plantation drive
CHANDIGARH: Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Chandigarh Midtown planted saplings on the premises of a government senior secondary school on Tuesday.

Former district chairperson Neeru Khattar gave

MC approves laying of paver blocks across city
The Roads Committee of Municipal Corporation approved the laying of paver blocks worth more than Rs 1 crore in various sectors of the city on Tuesday. In a meeting held under the chairmanship of Resha
Entrance test for MPhil (Political Science) today
The entrance test for MPhil (Political Science) will be held on July 28 at 9.30 am in the Department of Political Science, Panjab University. Candidates are advised to reach the venue at Arts Block-IV
Mayor draws flak for taking `undue' credit
Councillors of the Bharatiya Janata Party condemned Mayor for taking the credit of transfer of departments from Chandigarh Administration to Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. Councillor Rajesh Kumar B
Seats vacant at Panjab University
A few seats are lying vacant at Panjab University in the departments/courses of University Centre of Instrumentation and Microelectronics (UCIM), MSc (Instrumentation), Geography, MA (Disaster Managem
Van Mahotsav celebrated
Prakriti, the environment society of Post-Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh, celebrated Van Mahotsav on Tuesday. The teaching and non-teaching staff and students of the col
Woman robbed in Ambala
A resident of Shakti Nagar, Ambala city, was robbed of her ornaments and cash by a woman and her male accomplice, who offered her a hitchhike in their car near Manav Chowk on Tuesday. The victim was w
2 lakes full but water cut remains
BRINGING much relief, two of the six lakes supplying water to Mumbai started overflowing on Tuesday morning. But Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) maintained that it would be too early to decid
Ceiling of mayor's chamber caves in
MUMBAI: EVEN as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claims that it is concerned about ceiling collapses occurring in the city, the officials were in for a shock on Monday evening when the part of
Mastan row: daughter confronts Ekta, Suneil; Mirza moves HC
THE row over Once Upon a Time in Mumbai continues after Haji Mastan's adopted son Suleiman Mirza's petition was disposed of by a court after directing the makers of the movie to add a disclaimer that
BMC to buy more trees to increase city green cover
SEVEN months after the plantation of fully-grown trees -an instant green makeover project worth Rs 10.5 lakh-the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now purchase one lakh more trees worth Rs
CITY ANCHOR Drunken driving: cops want camcorders to lock evidence
THE Mumbai traffic police are demanding digital camcorders to record footage of breathalyser and other tests conducted on drivers caught driving under the influence of alcohol, to avoid allegations of
CHEMBUR RAPE Cops: girl sought action from college before coming to us
THE family of a mass media student who was allegedly raped by a senior student had first approached the college authorities demanding action against the boy, said the police. It was only when the coll
Despite CM's warning, illegal mining goes unchecked
THE illegal mining is going on unchecked in different parts of Mohali district despite Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal having recently issued warnings to those indulging in this illegal bus
`Give relief to the families of dead security guards'
A DAY after Newsline reported the plight of the families of two security guards who were murdered in May this year, city residents and non-governmental organisations have urged the authorities to lend
Niwas junks report, marks fresh probe
A PRELIMINARY investigation report submitted by inquiry officer Dr Raman Nijhawan on Monday put the entire onus of the death of a newborn on a medical attendant, Dharma, of Sector-16 Government Multi
Finally, cop's fancy jeep fined
THE fancy jeep of Dilsher Chandel, the station house officer (SHO) of Industrial Area, which had raised many eyebrows, finally goes off the roads as of now.

The open jeep, with halogen lights, pres

MC to get teeth but councillors eye other depts
MUNICIPAL councillors have a varied opinion pertaining to the transfer of functions from the Chandigarh Administration to the corporation. While some are of the view that functions should be transferr
Suicide in church: Woman booked for abetment
TWO days after a girl committed suicide in a church in Sector 24, the police booked a woman on charges of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC on Tuesday.

The accused has been identifie

IN TH HIGH COURT `Is there policy to restrict number of vehicles?' EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
DEEPLY concerned over the problem of increasing traffic congestion in the city, Justice Hemant Gupta of the Punjab and Haryana High Court asked the UT Administration to explain whether "there is any t
Businessmen not game with policemen accompanying them for bank transactions
LAUNCHED around three weeks ago, the district police's ambitious plan to provide security to businessmen during 'big' transactions has been shelved due to poor response. While the police feel that res
To save Sukhna, Haryana to construct five check dams and 31 small dams: Minister
HARYANA Forest Minister Captain Ajay Singh Yadav today said the state government had envisaged an ambitious plan costing Rs 9.4 crore to check erosion in catchment area of Sukhna Lake falling in Harya
RIGHT TO PLAY Give children a place to play, say residents of Panchkula
DESPITE an increase in budget for maintenance of parks from this year, greenbelts in the township still present a picture of neglect. From overgrown grass to non-functional lights, parks in many secto
Chhatbir zoo gets a lioness from Renukaji
A new lioness came at Chhatbir Zoological Park on Tuesday. Brought from the zoo at Renukaji situated near Nahan in Himachal Pradesh, with an aim to increase the number of lions in the famous Lion Safa
Company fined for spurious cold drink
THE National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has upheld the decision of the State Consumer Redressal Commission of fining a soft drink company Rs 50,000 for providing spurious soft drink.

Th

Survey on oral hygiene among elderly held
A SURVEY was conducted by the Department of Public Health Dentistry, MM University, Mullana, to assess the oral health status and treatment needs of aged people.

As many as ten homes in Ambala, Yam

MISSING YOUTH CASE MLA leads protest against police `inaction'
LOCAL Congress MLA Balbir Sidhu led a massive public protest on Tuesday against what he alleged police "inaction" in the mysterious disappearance of Gurdeep Singh alias Raman, a 28-year-old resident o
Inter-state gang of robbers busted, five arrested
IN a major breakthrough, the district police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of armed robbers with the arrest of five people, including the alleged kingpin and his sister (both m
`Abducted' Mohali girl found, lover held
WITH the recovery of an MBA student, whose father had alleged that she was abducted, the Mohali police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the 'abduction' case within 24 hours.

Balpreet Kaur, 23, a r

CM approves Rs 1 crore link road project
: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has approved the widening and strengthening of 7.38-km link road connecting villages with Mohali-Kharar stretch of National Highway-21 in Kharar. The road,
Man crushed to death
: A 45-year-old unidentified man died after he was hit by a vehicle in Chandigarh on Tuesday. The incident came to light around 1.30 pm, when a passerby noticed the victim lying unconscious at the Sec
1 dies after consuming poison
Rinku (23), a resident of Mauli village, died after she allegedly consumed some poisonous substance on Tuesday. She was rushed to the PGI but could not be saved. Her husband Pankaj (25) is an autorick
Taxmen harassing us: Industrialists
INDUSTRIALISTS in Ludhiana have alleged that additional police force has been deployed in the city so that they could be used by the sales tax department to conduct inspections and raids on their prem
Health dept gears up for swine flu
LUDHIANA: Although the city has not witnessed any swine flu case this year, the Health Department is leaving no stone unturned to prevent any outbreak. Chief Medical Officer Dr Satwant Kaur Bhalla sai
Lubana no longer technical advisor to PAU vice-chancellor
THE post of technical advisor to Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Vice Chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang has remained embroiled in controversy since its inception two years ago. Now, the post has fa
SAD working committee all set to reach out to masses
WITH SGPC elections close on heels, SAD leaders have started mass contact programme to reach out to voters. The programme started on Tuesday. The leaders included Chief Parliamentary Secretary Harish
Seminar on wireless networking held
A seminar on Wireless Networking was organised by Quest Infosys, regional centre of Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar for students of PTU Learning Centre (under distance education programme), on
Pawanjot tops MBA examination
Pawanjot Kaur of Doraha Institute of Management and Technology has bagged the first position by scoring 92 per cent marks in MBA, second semester, conducted by the Punjab Technical University. Directo
Knitwear Club meet held
The first executive committee meeting of Knitwear Club, Ludhiana, was held at hotel A, Ferozepur Road, on Monday. MSME director S S Dhillon was the guest of honour on the occasion, and he was accompan
Weikfield: jammers for vehicles in `no-parking zone'
THE traffic police on Tuesday applied jammers to about 40 four wheelers of employees of companies at Weikfield IT Park in Viman Nagar as they were allegedly parked in the "noparking zone".

"We had

Coming soon: a number to identify every UoP student
TO bring transparency in administration and provide students' data at one click, the University of Pune (UoP) will provide every student of UoP with a unique identification number from this academic y
Vidyapeeth Engg student hangs self
A first-year engineering student of Bharati Vidyapeeth Women's College of Engineering was found hanging from the ceiling of her room at a private hostel in Dhankwadi on Monday evening.
Police suspe
Land conversion: state seeks report from PCMC
The state government has sought a report from the PCMC about conversion of industrial land into residential at Wadmukhwadi. Taking cognisance of the complaint made by Shiv Sena corportor Seema Savle,
214 schools get notices over parking chaos on roads
TO end traffic jams around schools, the traffic control branch of Pune police issued notices to 214 city schools for failing to provide parking space to vehicles that come to the schools.

Deputy Co

University forgets to add online test scores to engineering marksheets
OVER 160 first year engineering students in two colleges affiliated to the University of Pune on Tuesday found that they were marked failed in engineering mechanics subjects as marks of the online e
MCA provisional allotment list cancelled
The Directorate of Technical Education on Tuesday cancelled the provisional allotment list of MCA course. It has informed on its website www.dte.org.in that the new allotment list will be up by 9 pm o
Former MLA beaten up at Cong meet
ORMER Congress MLA from Bhor Sambhaji Kunjir was injured on Tuesday when factions of the party's district unit exchanged blows during the election of president of district Congress unit at Congress Bh
Global Window Films launches new range
GLOBAL Window Films has announced the launch of a new range of films for automotive and architectural purposes in the city.

Global offers a full line of automotive window films, said a press relea

`One must plant at least 5 trees a yr'
EVERY big company should plant nearly one lakh trees a year and every citizen should plant five trees every year and contribute to protecting the environment, said Shrikrishna Ambardekar, senior vice
Women's football: camp, trials from Aug 1
THE Western India Football Association will conduct the coaching camp and selection trials for the preparation and selection of the Maharashtra State Girls Sub-Junior football team at Cooperage Footba
St Vincent's trounce Bishop's Co-ed 5-0
ST VINCENT'S trounced The Bishop's Co-ed School, Undri 50 in the Under-16 division of the Bishops Invitational Football tournament at the Bishopsfootball ground, Camp on Tuesday.

Vincents dominated

For third time, city youth wins triathlon event in New York
KAUSTUBH Radkar, a well known swimmer from the city recently completed world triathlon championship held at Lake Placid, New York in the US for the third successive year to win the 'Iron Man' award. <
It's the same old pothole story in Pimpri JULY 27
PIMPRI-Chinchwad is battling the same problem which it faces every monsoon. Though the menace of potholes this monsoon is not as widespread as it used to be every year, the quality of construction of
Inadequate stormwater drains in Kondhwa, NIBM Road, so residents just take a swim
EVEN as the city is witnessing heavy rainfall only since the last five days, many societies in Kondhwa and NIBM road are facing water logging.

Lack of storm water drains in these areas have caused

Rains wreak havoc in Camp area
THE rains may have put an end to water shortage, but it has worsened the condition of the city roads. In Camp and surrounding areas, residents and regular commuters have to deal with potholes, which s
Waterlogging irks lawyers; PWD throws up hands, says no funds for erecting blocks
AFTER water logging in the parking lot of Pune district and sessions court, the Pune Bar Association (PBA) has asked the public works department (PWD) to fit inter-locking blocks at various locations
PCB's anti-waterlogging efforts in cantonment washed away
THOUGH the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) had taken the requisite measures to tackle monsoon-related grievances in the Cantonment area, water-logging was reported from various parts of the cantonment jur
Dam levels inching up, more showers ahead
On Tuesday, though the city saw only 1.6 mm rainfall till 5.30 pm as recorded by the India Meteorological Department, the average storage of the four dams supplying the city had risen to 29.81 per cen
CITY WADES ON CRACKED ROADS
When reality strikes
AS the lights narrow down on to the centrestage, the suave voice of the anchor takes over to announce the results of a reality television singing show. As soon as the winner's name
Flair and square A coat of chic
RAINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Saturday, I decided to do something I did with astonishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mountain of clothes on my bed and tried on s
Steps of success
DANCE is an inherent cultural fascination of our nation.

Most of our festive celebrations include dancing to folks songs and now even pop and filmy songs. So it's not a surprise

India, Myanmar ink anti-terror pact
INDIA and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed on "close cooperation" between the security forces of the two countries in tackling the problem of terrorism. The two sides signed a treaty on mutual legal assista
Gen Shwe to visit Tata Motors plant
AS MYANMAR'S military ruler General Than Shwe visits steel city Jamshedpur in Jharkhand on Wednesday, India's largest vehicle manufacturer Tata Motors is inching closer towards beginning production of
Ambani, SRK send flowers on Uddhav b'day
ON his 50th birthday on Tuesday, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray received bouquets from unexpected quarters -Shah Rukh Khan and Mukesh Ambani. It was only two months ago that the Sena h
Allahabad blast: 3 held in Jabalpur
IN another breakthrough in the Allahabad blast case, three persons have been arrested from Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly facilitating the two-wheeler in which the bomb was planted.
Baswani dead, jolt to movie sequel
EARLIER this month, Kundan Shah, Naseerudin Shah and Ravi Baswani met after a long gap for coffee. The winning combination of the 1983 classic, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, wanted to make a sequel. Now, the p
Officer who quit IAS to tour India dies
P G TENZING, the Keralacadre IAS officer who quit his job ` to go on a 25,320-km motorcycle ride across India, died of cancer r in his hometown Gangtok on l Monday. He was 46.

Tenzing,

PF official gets 1-yr RI in bribery case
A CBI court here convicted a Provident Fund official to one year rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe of Rs 4 lakh.

D Pandian, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Sub-Regional

Office of
India, UK to ink deal on higher education
NDIA and the United Kingdom will be signing a 5 million pound-deal this week to collaborate in the field of education.

A key part of British Pime Minister David Cameron's India visit, the collabora

Encounters are sometimes unavoidable: NHRC chief
NATIONAL Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice K G Balakrishanan (retd) today said encounters are in some cases unavoidable; police need to resort to these to take control of a situation.

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Let us chase Naxals to other states: Rosaiah
UNTING down Maoists, Andhra Pradesh is now looking to take the fight across its borders into neighbouring states.

Pointing out that the possibility of a Maoist resurgence in the state cannot be rul

Amin's `approver' plea unnerves accused cops, 8 object
EIGHT police officers including D G Vanzara, who are accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, on Tuesday objected to an application filed by co-accused and suspended DySP Dr Narendra Amin who h
It's waiting time for admission to Gujarat ayurveda colleges
THOUGH counselling in the professional institutes in Gujarat began from July 20 this year, applicants will have to wait a bit longer for admission to the 11 Ayurveda medical colleges.

According to

Students to rate faculty, administration at MS University
STUDENTS at M S University are all set to step into the shoes of their teachers and professors.

University authorities have decided to ask the students to rate the department, faculty, infrastructu

Mere shohar ke bina nahi jaungi -and thus went down Kausar Bi
ERE shohar ke M bina nahi jaungi (I will not leave without my husband)." This oneliner from an adamant Kausar Bi sealed her cruel fate.

According to the CBI chargesheet, had

CBI arrests owner of farm where Sohrabuddin, wife were kept
The CBI on Tuesday arrested Rajendra Jirawala, the owner of Arham farm where alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi were kept in confinement before being killed in a fake encounter
Mumbai airport choked, so no VIP planes: Patel
ALARM BELLS have begun to ring for Mumbai airport. While the Navi Mumbai airport project is caught in a web of stalled environmental clearances, the Civil Aviation Ministry is seriously considering ba
Congress, BJP clash in stormy monsoon session in Ahmedabad civic body
THE Opposition on Tuesday protested the "wasteful spending" by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) while holding Garib Kalyan Melas (GKM) in the city and demanded that the standing committee pla
READY FOR THE EVENT Fact: Too much Mani wasted on the Games
HIS diatribe against the Commonwealth Games going largely unheard, senior Congress leader and MP Mani Shankar Aiyar today took on a more provocative approach saying that he would be "unhappy" if the G
Now, Railways for a CBI probe into Sainthia collision
IMPLYING a larger conspiracy behind the July 19 train collision at Sainthia in West Bengal that killed 66 people, the Railway Ministry now wants the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigat
Deora: Fuel price hike minimal, necessary
Amidst the heat generated by the Opposition over price rise, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the fuel price hike was minimal and was necessar
Ex-photographer of Express gets award
Former Express chief photographer S Paul will be honoured at the first National Photo Awards, instituted by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry this year to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the
Govt consults Opposition to ensure House nod for N-Bill
The government on Tuesday stepped up moves to ease potential hurdles before the Nuclear Liability Bill in Parliament by holding consultations with Opposition leaders with the assurance that all "reaso
Quraishi to be new CEC
Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi was on Tuesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in place of Navin Chawla, who demits office on Thursday.
Trinamool joins Oppn chorus on price rise
OCKED in a tussle L with a belligerent Op position over a demand for discussions and voting in both Houses of Parliament on price rise, the UPA faced an embarrassment from within on T
Swords of erstwhile princely states found
ANKLESHWAR GIDC police found 48 swords wrapped in two parcels in the GIDC state transport bus depot on Monday.

The police said the swords bore the mark of Sirohi and Anjar, the erstwhile princely s

Seminar calls for hands-on approach to tackle climate change
THE two-day national seminar on "Combating Environmental Degradation", organised by the Gujarat Ecology Commission, emphasised on the need for hands-on approach to combat climate change.

"The outco

Let us chase Naxals to other states, says Rosaiah
from Adilabad district which borders Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, Karimnagar and Khammam which border Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, and East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, and Srikakulam districts which border O
POSCO STEEL PROJECT Land acquisition illegal: Central team
THE Orissa government on Tuesday began land acquisition for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as a Central team termed the process "illegal" saying t
Gen Shwe to visit Tata Motors plant
AS MYANMAR'S military ruler General Than Shwe visits steel city Jamshedpur in Jharkhand on Wednesday, India's largest vehicle manufacturer Tata Motors is inching closer towards beginning production of
India, UK to ink deal on higher education
INDIA and the United Kingdom will be signing a 5 million pound-deal this week to collaborate in the field of education. A key part of British Pime Minister David Cameron's India visit, the collaborati
Family Time
VETERAN actor Dharmendra dons the role of a family man when it comes to choosing his movies.

After being on-screen Dad to his two sons, Sunny and Bobby Deol, in Apne in 2007, he will be do the same

BALKI Ideas
rovided the idea has steam, what seems like nonsense today may become a revered theory tomorrow.

This is the conviction that keeps R Balakrishnan, aka Balki, creative chief of Lintas advertising ag

Going Places
Shahana Goswami has come a long way from her days as the angsty Debbie in Abhishek Kapoor's Rock On!!. While her passion for acting has increased manifold, her appearance has undergone a makeover of s
On A Song
SINGER Raghav Sachar - famous for playing 32 instruments as well as composing for Kabul Express and One Two Three-has created his own versions of the Vande Mataram. The national song, which AR Rahman
Flair & Square A coat of chic
R AINED in on a horribly wet but childfree Satur day, I decided to do something I did with aston ishing regularity as a teenager. I made a mounain of clothes on my bed
READY FOR THE EVENT
Let us chase Naxals to other states: Rosaiah
HUNTING down Maoists, Andhra Pradesh is now looking to take the fight across its borders into neighbouring states.

Pointing out that the possibility of a Maoi

Fact: Too much Mani wasted on the Games
HIS diatribe against the Commonwealth Games going largely unheard, senior Congress leader and MP Mani Shankar Aiyar today took on a more provocative approach saying that he would be "unhappy" if the G
Encounters are sometimes unavoidable: NHRC chief
NATIONAL Human Rights Commission chairperson Justice K G Balakrishanan (retd) today said encounters are in some cases unavoidable; police need to resort to these to take control of a situation.

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Lost in Afghan war: Over two dozen attacks on Indians
T LEAKED US intelligence documents d have revealed that Indian road construcv tion teams and consulates in Afghanistan a came under attack more than two dozen b times after the ISI paid the Taliba
PAGE1 ANCHOR Bengal to form panel to check school corporal punishment
EST Bengal will W have a state-level commission for the protection of child rights. The body -Commission for Protection of Child Rights to Education -will be formed by the state So
Pune Cong factions come to blows
Congress MLA Sambhajirao Kunjir was kicked, punched and hit on the head with a plastic chair by rivals within the party as the election to the Pune district party president's post turned into a freefo
Actor Ravi Baswani passes away
Actor Ravi Baswani died after a cradiac arrest Tuesday. He was best remembered as Naseeruddin Shah's photographer partner in the film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron.
Quraishi to be new CEC after Chawla
Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi was on Tuesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in place of Navin Chawla, who demits office on Thursday.
Quraishi, 63, will have a little less
Expedition to raise the Titanic, virtually
A TEAM of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess its deteriorating condition and create a three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public
Another top cop under scanner for `erasing' Amit Shah reference in CD
NEERAJ CHAUHAN & UJJWALA NAYUDU THE ROLE of retired IPS officer O P Mathur, who was in-charge of the Gujarat CID when it was probing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, is under the scanner becau
QUICK TAKES HC disqualifies five-time Cong MP from Kerala
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court declared null and void the election of five-time MP and Congress leader K Suresh from Mavelikara reserved constituency, saying he was not a Scheduled Caste.
Top Maoist among 6 killed in West Bengal forest firefight
IN A setback to Maoists in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal, a top commander and five guerrillas, including a woman, were killed in a sixhour gunbattle in the dense forests of Goaltore in West Midnapor
Anti-Naxal Ops chief in hospital
CRPF Special DG Vijay Raman, who heads the STF for anti-Naxal operations, has been admitted to the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata following a cerebral attack. Officials said he col
First rural MNC BPO to come up in BSY hometown Shimoga
WHEN British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives in Bangalore this week as part of his India visit, he will grace an event that could finally signal the arrival of rural business process outsourcing
`US aid to Pak may be used against India'
DAYS after he raised the issue with US National Security Adviser James Jones, Defence Minister A K Antony has reiterated that there is a large possibility that the military aid being given to Pakistan
Cop turns, conspiracy widens TRACKING THEIR KILLERS
IN a move likely to strengthen the CBI case against former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah and police officers accused of staging a 2005 encounter to kill alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and la
Evidence of Pak blackmail, how ISI paid Taliban to hit Indians in Kabul
BACKING New Delhi's finding that the ISI was actively involved in attacks on Indians working in Afghanistan, intelligence documents leaked Sunday reveal that the Pakistani spy agency paid the Ta liban
Lalli: I&B seeks Law Ministry's opinion
NEW DELHI: A day after the strong indictment of controversial Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry is learnt to have
Maoists using Nagpur as transit point
NOT only does it have the country's geographical centre within its jurisdiction, Nagpur is fast emerging as a transit point for Naxals in the country, the government now believes.

As per sources in

Man dies, SDM accused of assault
LUCKNOW: A case of culpable homicide was registered against Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Basti Santosh Kumar Vaish on Monday after a 55year-old man he allegedly pushed in his office died. Basti SP Mod
Facing heat on prices, govt fixes APL quota for 6 months
WITH the Opposition planning to raise rising prices in the Monsoon Session, the government has decided to ensure a minimum quota of 15 kg of foodgrains to each APL household for the next six months. A
Bill to make crimes on children non-bailable
IF THE Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has its way, all offences against children will be made non-bailable. In its proposed 'Prevention of offences against child Bill, 2009', which incl
`Cong Bureau of Intimidation' to target Modi next: Gadkari
ACCUSING the Congressled UPA of launching a "hostile political war" on the Narendra Modi government by arresting former minister Amit Shah, BJP president Nitin Gadkari said on Monday that the CBI was
Centre hasn't tried to steer probe `in any way', says PM
REJECTING the BJP's charge that the CBI was being misused by the Centre in the Sohrabuddin case, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reminded the party on Monday that the probe had been undertaken on the di
From star Dalit student to controversial cop
DALIT boy from Mansa town in Gandhinagar district, Narendra Kumar Amin cleared his MBBS at B J Medical College as a gold-medallist, on the top of his batch.

However, the 40-year-old has come a long

MNREGA funds: Central probe pins down Gujarat govt
AN INVESTIGATION by the Union Ministry of Rural Development based on a report by The Indian Express has confirmed that the Gujarat government has been illegally diverting MNREGA funds for its own de
PMO denies Krishna was pulled up over Pillai comments
THE media advisor to the Prime Minister on Monday denied a report in The Sunday Express (July 24) that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had taken up with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna his public
India, Britain to ink deal on higher education
ANUBHUTI VISHNOI INDIA and the UK will be signing a 5 million pounddeal this week to collaborate in the field of education. A key part of British Pime Minister David Cameron's India visit, the colla
`Myanmar n-bomb in the works'
LONDON: Myanmar is working on a nuclear arms programme, a British media report has said. Secret documents and hundreds of photographs smuggled out of Myanmar by a defector indicated that it was intent
Shwe in Delhi, citizenship concession on table
N A significant move, Myanmar is all set to give citizenship cards to people of Indian origin even if they have no documentation.

This is likely to be part of the agreements signed between India an

Somnath book: CPM defends itself, Karat to fend for himself
WHILE the CPM on Monday left it to Prakash Karat to rebut charges levelled against him by Somnath Chatterjee, the party's West Bengal secretary Biman Bose came down heavily on the former Lok Sabha Spe
Price rise: BJP reaches out to Lalu, BSP
KEEN to corner the UPA government at the very start of the monsoon session, the BJP is trying to secure the support of the RJD and the BSP over price rise. The party's efforts assume significance as t
Oppn changes strategy to target govt on price rise today
HE two Houses of Parliament were set for a showdown between the government and the Opposition on Tu esday, with the Opposition closing its ranks to corner the government by seeking the admission of an
Maya slams Sibal for comments on memorials
UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has slammed Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal for his remarks on the statues, parks and memorials for Dalit icons being constructed by the BSP government. Sibal, who
Salem-Dossarow wakesupstate tojail`luxuries'
THE Maharashtra government plans to move court soon seeking cancellation of "luxuries" prisoners enjoy, apparently prompted by what Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe saw during a recent visit to
Case against mukhiya's husband for tying up boy, beating him
A CASE has been lodged against the husband of the mukhiya of Mansur Halaiya village in Hajipur for tying up a minor OBC boy, hanging him upside down, and beating him up on his heels on Monday, accusin
Parties face Telangana test today
THE bypolls to 12 Assembl constituencies in Telangana scheduled to be held tomor row, are being seen as an acid tes for the three principal political play ers in the region.

The

explained The Missing Bills
What is the AC-DC bills scam?
A PIL filed in the Patna High Court this January by one Arvind Kumar Sharma, a former journalist and a lawyer, alleged the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 11,412.54 cr fro
Didn't know Gujarat cops were going to kill Sohrabuddin: Andhra Pradesh Police
FOLLOWING the BJP's statement that the Andhra Pradesh angle was not being investigated in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case because there is a Congress government in the state, the heat is no
RTI ACTIVIST'S MURDER `Missing' BJP MP puts out ad, denies role
BJP'S JUNAGADH MP Dinu Solanki, who has not been seen in public since allegations against him surfacedinlastweek's murder of RTI activist Amit Jethva, put out an advertisement in three Gujarati dailie
Kandhamal: Nun rape trial begins
TWO years after the alleged rape of a 29-year-old nun in Kandhamal district during the riots, a sessions court in Cuttack, Orissa, began the trial on Monday.

The trial began in the court of Distri

MP tables records of CCPA advice to `wind up probe'
THE BJP government on Monday made public a confidential document alleging that the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) had advised the then Madhya Pradesh government to wind
Dress code for Orissa school teachers
FIVE years after Orissa started uniform dress code for college students, the state government, now, is all set to impose a similar code for the teachers of elementary and upper primary schools.

Or

WALK the TALK `There have been 600 encounters in UP and just 19 in Gujarat and you make an issue of it '
My guest this week is the youngest president of a major political party in our history. Nitin Gadkari, new to the job but never out of news. What keeps you in the news?
I speak from my heart about
ARTS/ ENTERTAINMENT Paddy art puts Japan village on map
N EARLY two decades ago, Koichi Hanada, a clerk in the village hall, received an unusual request from his superior: find a way to bring tourists to this small community in the
Indian-origin doctor takes on top US hospital over obesity surgery
AFTER one patient died and others suffered serious complications following Lap-Band surgery, Dr Neelu Pal had seen enough. A petite surgical resident now aged 40, she began quietly calling patients ab
Qaeda in Africa kills French hostage, says it's revenge Engineer was abducted in April, terror group blames it on `failed rescue op
HE leader of al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa said in a message broadcast Sunday that the group has killed a French engineer taken hostage in Niger in April.

In an audio message broadcast on Al-

Khmer Rouge jailer gets 35 yrs
PHNOM PENH: A UNbacked tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people - the first verdict involving a senior member of the "killing fiel
BP CEO to step down in Oct, says official
NEW ORLEANS: An official on condition of anonymity said that BP CEO Tony Hayward will step down in October and take a job with TNK-BP, the firm's joint venture in Russia. Hayward became the face of BP
`Indian ship to join flotilla to Gaza'
JERUSALEM: An Indian vessel is set to join a new international campaign named 'The Audacity of Hope' to press for an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. An e-mail circulated by pro-Palestin
Mexico: Guards gave inmates guns to kill
MEXICO CITY: The director of the prison in Gomez Palacio in Durango state and three others were placed under a form of house arrest after it was allegedly found that they let inmates out and lent them
EU, Canada adopt Iran sanctions
BRUSSELS: The European Union and Canada on Monday separately adopted new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors.EU leaders had agreed to the measures
Jackson had hoard of Nazi films: Collector
NEW YORK: A memorabilia collector has claimed 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson allegedly had a collection of Nazi films that he kept at his Neverland Ranch. The Thriller hitmaker was obsessed with Hitler
Naomi to testify on Aug 5 over blood diamond
WASHINGTON: Supermodel Naomi Campbell's request to postpone her testimony in a war crimes trial was approved Monday. She will now testify on August 5 instead of July 29. Campbell was summoned by War C
SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS MEDIA OFFICE IN BAGHDAD
NATO strike killed 52 civilians: Afghans
IN WHAT could be the one of the most serious cases of civilian casualties in nine years of war, top Afghan officials said Monday that 52 people had been killed in a remote region of Helmand Province o
Provincial Minister escapes bid on life
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, whose son was killed by Taliban militants on Saturday, survived an assassination bid on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near
NY bomber met Pak Taliban chief: Malik
Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty to a botched car bomb attack in New York, met Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the interior minister said Monday. "He visited Pakistan seven times
Hanging foot-over-bridge railing hurts train movement, BMC blamed
A HANGING IRON railing of a Foot-Over-Bridge (FOB) at the south end of Santacruz station on Monday disrupted train services on the Western Railway (WR) line and Andheri-Bandra section of the Central R
7 held for assault on Lilavati trustee
THE Bandra police on Monday arrested seven persons in connection with the assault and rioting at Lilavati Hospital on Friday morning. Niket Mehta, a trustee of the Lilavati trust, was assaulted allege
3 weeks after securing bail, Kurla rape-murder suspect finally out of jail
THREE weeks after he was granted bail in rape and murder of a minor in Kurla, Mohammad Ajmeri Shaikh (29) was released from the Arthur Road Jail after he furnished his bail surety.

Ajmeri's old fri

Convict paralysed during treatment, HC seeks report
THE Bombay High Court on Monday directed the jail authorities to produce a murder convict, whose left hand is paralysed, before the medical board of the state-run JJ Hospital and asked the board to su
EPF scam: accused staff say will deposit amount till name cleared
WO employees of HiT ranandani group of com panies, who are accused of not depositing crores of rupees into the Employees Provident Fund account, offered to deposit the amount supposed to ha
Heavy rain washes away events to mark deluge anniversary
HEAVY rain, which lashed city and suburbs on Monday, played spoilsport as several events marking the fifth anniversary of the 26/7 deluge were cancelled or postponed due to lack of attendence. But a f
Bike hit by speeding truck, 2 killed
TWO persons died and two children were seriously injured in an accident on Monday morning in Nihal Vihar when their bike was hit by a speeding truck.

According to the police, the truck driver fled

ITI student, 2 others arrested for burglary
A 19-year-old student of Industrial Training Institute was arrested in Outer Delhi two weeks after he allegedly burgled a house in Vijay Vihar. The police also nabbed his classmate Ashish Tiwari (20)
Sarnas miss date with Akal Takht, summoned again on August 7
FIVE Sikh religious heads met at the Akal Takht on Monday and decided to give Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief Paramjit Singh Sarna another chance to 'explain' his stand on the
A TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN SOLDIER
3-layered security for British PM, may visit National Stadium
THE DELHI Police is making high-level security arrangements, similar to the level of President Pratibha Patil, for British Prime Minister David Cameron, who will visit Delhi this Thursday to inspect o
MCD-Oxfam welfare scheme for slums
The MCD and Oxfam have joined hands to provide better education and health services in selected slums in the Capital.

The scheme would benefit 5,000 children and 2,500 families. The programme will

Guest teachers at govt schools to meet crunch
To tide over the situation of a skewed teacher-student ratio in the Delhi government schools, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has decided to engage "guest teachers" in the schools. The DoE has anno
Tea stall owner stabbed to death in North Delhi
A tea stall owner was allegedly stabbed to death in his house in Shastri Nagar, North Delhi, at 10.30 pm on Sunday night. The family of the victim, Narender Sharma (26) alleged a helpers at the tea st
LIGHTS ON This monsoon, traffic signals to keep Delhi on the go
THE monsoons are here and there's reason to worry. As repair and carpeting work on the roads for the Commonwealth Games are being carried out, roads are blocked or narrowed for the time being. And wit
Turn stretch from Pragati Maidan to HC into legal arena: Lawyers
AFTER successfully taking over Delhi's famous amusement park Appu Ghar, legal eagles have now set their eyes on Pragati Maidan and want the entire twokilometre stretch from the ITO to the Delhi High C
Court clears way for MCD to buy chemical for dengue prevention
THE Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which is facing difficulties in procuring an adequate amount of biolarvicide to combat the threat of rising cases of dengue, got a breather from the Delhi Hig
On A Song
SINGER Raghav Sachar - famous for playing 32 instruments as well as composing for Kabul Express and One Two Three-has created his own versions of the Vande Mataram. The national song, which AR Rahman
Going Gaga
POP icon Lady Gaga wasn't present at the finale of the Pearls Infrastructure Delhi Couture Week on Sunday, yet it was difficult to ignore her. Mumbaibased designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, who
Western Railway treads maiden territory in engine
WESTERN Railway will get its first motorwoman, 34-year-old Priti Kumari, when a batch of 45 "motormen" completes training in August.
Priti is now in line training under the supervision of senior mo
Jail lifestyles lavish, will end it, vows govt
THE government plans to go to court soon seek ing cancellation of the luxuries prisoners enjoy, the move prompted by what minister of state for home Ramesh Bagwe saw during a recent vis
Why buddies fought: theory is one turned informer, other got upset
TILL they got into a brawl on Saturday, gangsters Abu Salem and Mustafa Dossa had been close friends. The police believe Dossa was upset with Salem whom he suspected was acting as a police informer.

Property tax bills not yet sent, BMC stares at crisis
UNLESS IT can despatch its property tax bills soon, the BMC could face a funds crunch, for property tax collections are down by as much as 68 per cent compared to this time last year -Rs 124.04 crore,
Traffic police clamp down on illegal parking
WITH tow trucks not yielding the desired results, the Mumbai Police Traffic department is now banking on its recent acquisition of 1,800 wheel clamps to crack down on illegal parking.

In their driv

Student says college friend locked, raped her in his home
A college student has accused another of raping her at the point of a knife. Both go to the same college in Chembur.

Pankaj Mishra, 20, who is doing a management course, was arrested after the girl

High Court set to list Kasab hearing for August 2
The case for the confirmation of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's death sentence is likely to be listed for hearing in the Bombay High Court on August 2, public prosecutor P A Pol said. Kasab's lawyers p
City airport rated best in India, fourth in world
The Mumbai airport has been rated the best in India among airports with over 15 million passengers a year (mppa) in the Airport Service Quality survey by the Airport Council International in the secon
Kurla rape-murder suspect freed, finally
Three weeks after he got bail, Ajmeri Sheikh, accused of raping and murdering a child in Kurla, was finally released from jail. An old friend heard of his arrest and furnished his bail surety.
STEPPING OUT WITH KALPANA SWAMINATHAN Licence to Thrill
WHILE talking about the joys of reading a detective book, Kalpana Swaminathan questions me, "On a rainy afternoon like this, what would you like to do--meet s
Party Time
THEIR albums have names like Converting Vegetarians, Vicious Delicious and Legend of the Black Shawarma --and psychedelic trance fans have feasted on the music long enough for Infected Mushrooms to ma
Going Gaga
POP icon Lady Gaga wasn't present at the finale of the Pearls Infrastructure Delhi Couture Week on Sunday, yet it was difficult to ignore her. Mumbai-based designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, wh
Getting round the roundabout problem
THE roundabout of Sector 11-14 has become a bone of contention between a resident of Sector 11 and a self-proclaimed NGO.

Dharmendra Abrol, who has been maintaining the roundabout for about seven y

Merger of municipal councils, Ambala civic body begins to take shape
The process of raising official structure of the newly created Municipal Corporation of Ambala by merging municipal councils of Ambala City and Ambala Sadar areas has started. A proposal to create pos
Soon, solar lighting in Punjabi University
PUNJABI University will soon have solar light-powered streetlights. Their number will also be reduced to conserve as much energy as possible.

This announcement was made by Vice-Chancellor Dr Jaspal

Civic body to issue fresh notice to DMRC on property tax
EVEN as the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seems to be standing its ground on the issue of property tax, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is all set to issue a fresh notice to the DMRC, a
In 3 days, MCD gets Rs 1490 cr from govt
AFTER an urgent appeal to the Delhi government over its recent fund crunch, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has managed to secure a sum of Rs 1,490 crore as the `first instalment' of its dema
Contractors on CM radar: Finish on time or be blacklisted
AS LAST-MINUTE gimmicks to prove the government is on its toes to complete the Commonwealth Games related work on time, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her Cabinet members convened a meeting of cont
No more auctions, bids to be invited for Night Food kiosks
WITH the decision of the Municipal Corporation to auction the kiosks at the Night Food Street proving to be disastrous, the civic body has decided to revert to the system of inviting sealed bids. The
I-T dept sets up counters at Rajasthan Bhawan
In a bid to facilitate smooth filing of returns by tax payers of Sector 26 onwards and villages falling within the jurisdiction of Rangers-IV and V of Commissioner of Income Tax-II, the Income Tax D
PREACHING PROSE PRACTISING POETRY
Congress city unit sends list of delegates for high command approval
THE LIST of delegates of Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) has been sent to the party high command for approval. Once the names are approved, the CTCC would be a step closer towards ann
Panchkula schools grapple with brain drain issue
TO prevent 'brain drain', private schools have urged the state government to establish the township as an education hub. The demand was made during a meeting held by the Public-Private Schools Associa
City Doordarshan Kendra gets new director
Dr K K Rattu has joined as the new director of Doordarshan Kendra in the city. Rattu is a well-known Hindi and Punjabi writer and has authored more than 60 books. He has produced and directed seve
Governing body for community centres
The renovation of community centres was discussed at the meeting.

Apart from the F&CC, members of the Art and Culture Committee of the Municipal Corporation were also present. It was decided that c

BROKEN IMAGES Drama inside and outside Tagore Theatre
THE drama began well before the curtains went up for Broken Images at the Tagore Theatre on Monday evening. Huge crowds outside the theatre waited to get in, but as the Chandigarh Administration refus
Surprise find: Experts stumble upon Lodhi-era mosque
T HE Lodhi Garden, which has been home to several significant Lodhi period heritage structures, has thrown up yet another surprise for conservationists. An unknown Lodhi-era mosqu
Victims had safety gear, says NDMC
FOR workers killed on the Safdarjung flyover on Sunday night, nothing could be more ironical. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) that oversees the flyover had started work on the road to recarpet
Prime Minister's Office without power
NEW DELHI: South Block, which houses the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Home Ministry, was without electricity for over an hour on Monday evening. There was no elec
Delhi cops arrested for extortion
TWO personnel of the Delhi Police were apprehended for posing as CBI officers and allegedly extorting money from a scrap dealer in Sonia Vihar.

The victim, identified as Rohulla Khan, told the poli

Speeding car mows down four men in South Delhi
OUR persons were killed and eight suffered injuries after a speeding car rammed into them on the Safdarjung Airport flyover in the early hours of Monday. The police received a call at 1.15 am, informi
City roads deathtrap at night
IN THE early hours of Monday, a speeding car mowed down four labourers engaged in road repairs on the Safdarjung Airport flyover.

"The people who died were not even pedestrians. They were the workf

Delhi to extend power subsidy for domestic consumers
THE Delhi Cabinet on Monday decided to extend a prevailing power subsidy to domestic consumers with effect from June 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. It was also decided to extend the existing subsidy to ag
Dadwal seeks withdrawal of PSOs from own security cover
DELHI Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal reportedly sent a message to his fellow officers in the security branch on Sunday, stating his Personal Security Officers (PSOs) should be withdrawn Monday onwar
Waugh launches awards for meritorious students
CRICKET legend and Navitas brand ambassador Steve Waugh announced the launch of Navitas Excellence Awards 2010 for school students on Monday. Navitas, a global education service provider that offers e
I-T department raids bank locker of BJP leader's family
THE Income Tax Department (Investigation Wing) carried out a search of lockers belonging to wife and daughter of senior BJP leader Harmohan Dhawan on Monday. The raid, which was carried out at the Pun
Department of English and Cultural Studies
The entrance test of candidates whose score is 55 per cent in MA second year (in case of general category