Sunday,
June
1,
2008, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
CWC
to set up panel to revive party New Delhi, May 31
Admitting that the party
had suffered a series of electoral reverses in the recent past
because its organisation at the ground level has become
virtually defunct, a worried Congress today decided to set up
a small committee to suggest measures for strengthening the
party.
Antony
faints at passing-out parade Pune, May 31
Union Defence Minister
A.K. Antony today fainted during the passing out parade at the
well laid out National Defence Academy at Khadakwasla. He
collapsed twice within a span of a couple of minutes just as
the impressive ceremony, during which 286 cadets passed out,
was about to culminate.
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Army personnel carry defence minister A.K. Antony, who fainted during the
passing-out parade ceremony, for medical treatment at the National Defence
Academy in Khadakwasla in Pune on Saturday. — PTI
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The First Challenge Special supplement
to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s
first War of Independence.
Jaipur,
May 31
The state government has
again sent a proposal to the Centre, this time with the Cabinet
approval, recommending 4 to 6 per cent reservation for the Gujjar
community as a denotified tribe. State parliamentary affairs
minister Rajendra Rathore
In
K.S. Bains
Out
A.S. Gill
confirmed
that the Chief Minister today sent the letter, along with the
minutes of the Cabinet meeting, to the Union ministry for tribal
affairs, which considers such cases.
Home
ministry regrets sending Burney back New Delhi, May 31
A day after Ansar Burney, former
human rights minister of Pakistan, was allegedly deported to Dubai on
his arrival at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, the
ministry of home affairs said he was denied entry on account of
inadequate documentation.
Failed
IIT student commits suicide Classmates allege faulty
grading system Lucknow, May 31
Barely hours before the annual
convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a final year
student hanged herself from her hostel room fan after failing to qualify
in two papers in her B.Tech (Biological Sciences) examination.
Portfolio Allocation Simmering
discontent forces BJP govt to defer move Bangalore, May 31
Clamour of Independent MLAs for
“plum departments” has forced the new BJP government in Karnataka to
put off the allocation of portfolios to ministers till the government
faces the floor test in the Assembly.
CPM
gets petrol price hike deferred again New Delhi, May 31
The CPM appears to have succeeded,
at least for the time being, in influencing the Union Cabinet to
postpone any decision to raise the prices of petrol and petroleum
products.
700
fuel outlets in Punjab run dry Chandigarh, May 31
As more than 20 per cent of the
retail outlets of various state-run oil marketing companies in Punjab
ran dry today, panic-struck people began hoarding petrol and diesel,
wherever available. The situation was worse in rural belts of Amritsar
and Jalandhar and in the districts of Bathinda, Barnala and Sangrur,
where people began storing diesel in drums.
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