Friday 3rd September, 2010
Prisoners 'escort' cops to police station
In a role reversal, two prisoners took into 'custody' two drunk constables who were escorting them for a court hearing and took them to a police station
India conveys concern to China on Gilgit troops, Kashmir
Asking China to show sensitivity to its concerns, India Friday conveyed its 'serious concerns' over the reported presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and rejected Beijing's labeling of Jammu and Kashmir as 'India-controlled Kashmir.'
40 percent turnout in Delhi varsity student union polls
A mere 40 percent of the electorate turned out Friday for the elections to the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU), officials said.
Rathore's parole plea rejected
Mumbai News.NetThe authorities in Haryana's Pachkula district Friday rejected the plea of disgraced former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore for parole to supervise the harvesting of crops at his agricultural land near here.
PM skips Tharoor's reception, Gursharan blesses the couple
Mumbai News.NetShahsi Tharoor may have lost his ministerial job, but he has not fallen out of favor with the prime minister. Gursharan Kaur, Manmohan Singh's spouse, was among those who came to wish Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar good luck on their marriage, the third for both, at a power-packed reception Friday night.
Three more swine flu deaths in Orissa, toll 22
Mumbai News.NetThree more people, including two children, died of swine flu in Orissa Friday, taking the total deaths due to the H1N1 influenza in the state to 22 in the past two months, officials said.
Sohrabuddin's brother's plea in Amit Shah bail rejected
Mumbai News.NetThe Gujarat High Court Friday rejected the plea of Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of staged shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, to be a party to the hearing of former minister Amit Shah's bail plea.
India 'concerned' over Chinese comments on Kashmir
Mumbai News.NetExternal Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday expressed 'great concern' over China terming Jammu and Kashmir 'Indian-controlled Kashmir'.
Factsheet on Delhi Metro
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Maoists call 48-hour shutdown to protest Azad's 'murder'
Mumbai News.NetKoteshwar Rao alias Kishenji, leader of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), has called a 48-hour shutdown from Sep 13 in eight states demanding a probe into what he alleged was a 'cold blooded murder' of party colleague Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad by Andhra Pradesh Police.
PM's wife attends Tharoor's wedding reception
Mumbai News.NetPrime Minister Manmohan Singh could not make it but his wife Gursharan Kaur was among those who attended Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar's reception here Friday evening after their marriage last month and wished the couple all the best.
Wipro partners with Oracle to offer analytics solutions
Mumbai News.NetIndian IT bellwether Wipro has teamed up with global enterprise software products firm Oracle to offer a warranty management and analytics solution for industrial manufacturing, automotive and high-tech industries, the company said late Friday.
32,000 footfalls on Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar Metro link
Mumbai News.NetDelhi Metro's Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar link, which connects the city's north with its satellite town of Gurgaon in Haryana, was a huge hit among the public Friday with over 32,000 footfalls within a few hours of its opening.
Foodgrain worth Rs.58,000 crore rots in India: Gadkari
Mumbai News.NetBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said Friday that foodgrain worth Rs.58,000 crore was rotting in India every year because of the Congress party's bad governance.
Apex court stays tribunal's order on military nurses
Mumbai News.NetThe Supreme Court has stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) verdict directing the central government to treat all the commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) on par with the regular army.
Rs.100 crore Vivekananda education project approved
Mumbai News.NetThe government Friday gave in-principle approval to the Rs.100 crore Swami Vivekananda Values Education Project aimed at encouraging research on religion.
Raped Dalit teen immolates herself over police inaction
Mumbai News.NetA teenaged Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Friday immolated herself after police refused to register her complaint of rape against a youth of her village, officials said.
Maoists hack policeman to death in busy market
Mumbai News.NetClose on the heels of killing abducted policeman Lucas Tete in Bihar, Maoist militants Friday hacked to death a police constable in the midst of a weekly market in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region.
Haryana assembly adjourned after opposition uproar
Mumbai News.NetThe Haryana assembly was adjourned for the day Friday - the first day of its monsoon session - following an uproar in the house by opposition parties who were seeking a discussion on the recent floods in the state.
Set precedent by refusing party chief's post: Gadkari to Sonia
Mumbai News.NetBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Friday taunted Sonia Gandhi over her re-election as Congress president for a fourth successive term and said the post seems to be reserved for the Gandhi family.
Accelerate India's economic diplomacy: Krishna
Mumbai News.NetExternal Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday underlined the importance of economic cooperation in a world that is still recovering from the global economic meltdown.
Robust doping controls in place for CWG
Mumbai News.NetThe Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) said Friday it has put in place an effective and robust programme in place to ensure that the Games are free from dope violations with 1,500 doping control tests, the largest in the Games history.
Muslims across India offer prayers on last Friday of Ramadan
Mumbai News.NetMuslims across India gathered in huge numbers at various mosques to offer the 'Alvida Namaz' on the occasion of the last 'Jumma' of the fasting month of Ramadan on Friday.
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