Sunday, October 31, 2010

Polling begins in 4th phase of assembly elections in Bihar

Polling begins in 4th phase of assembly elections in Bihar

Polling begins in 4th phase of assembly elections in Bihar

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:15 PM PDT

Polling began on Monday morning in 42 assembly constituencies in the fourth phase of elections in Bihar amidst tight security to decide the fate of 568 candidates, including 58 women.

Didi biz pitch at Diwali dinner

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Guess who Mamata Banerjee's inviting for a pre-Diwali dinner party? The A-list of Bengal's indust-ry world 150 of the biggest names.

Voting for fourth phase of Bihar polls today

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:28 PM PDT

More than 1.4 crore people in areas hit by Maoist violence and communal and caste conflicts will vote in 42 seats across 8 districts for the fourth phase of Bihar polls, amid some tight security.

Haze poses threat to small planes

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:24 PM PDT

Fog and mist are both clouds of condensed water vapour in the form of water droplets suspended in the atmosphere just over the surface of the earth.

After SC order, Shah leaves Guj, lands in Mumbai

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:15 PM PDT

Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah landed in Mumbai on Sunday, a day after he was ordered by the Supreme Court to be out of his home state till the time it hears the CBI's plea seeking cancellation of his bail on November 15.

PM, Hillary discuss Obama visit

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:12 PM PDT

Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit, PM Manmohan Singh held a 45-minute meeting with US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in Hanoi to discuss the keenly-awaited trip. Clinton will not be accompanying the president.

CBI's different yardsticks

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT

CBI deserves to be complimented for the alacrity with which it gave a midnight knock on the doors of justice by moving Supreme Court within hours of Gujarat High Court granting bail to former state minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.

MoEF had vetoed Adarsh proposal

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:50 PM PDT

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had first objected to a proposal for the allotment of land to Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in 1999.

Chavan camp trains gun on Deshmukh, Shinde

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:36 PM PDT

Supporters of Chavan say if he is asked to step down in connection with Adarsh housing scam, then Deshmukh and Shinde should also quit.

Retd Gen with flat in race to head technical intelligence agency

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:31 PM PDT

A recently retired lieutenant general who is among the officers with apartments in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society is one of those being considered to head the controversy ridden NTRO (National Technical Research Organisation).

India's first South Pole expedition on climate

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:28 PM PDT

India's first national expedition to the South Pole to study climate change patterns over the past few hundred years will be flagged off on Monday.

Sport a beard to rise in Maharashtra ATS

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:23 PM PDT

After sitting on the fence for six long years, the state home department has finally lent its seal of approval to a sensitive proposal allowing select policemen belonging to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to grow beards for undercover intelligence operations.

New scheme to protect child rights in Naxal-affected areas

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Striving to bring government intervention in Left wing extremist areas, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) plans to kickstart a programme to mobilise community youth to protect child rights.

Foreign filmmakers flock to India

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee's here. Bond's boss Judi 'M' Dench and Slumdog Dev Patel have been tasting a bit of haveli magic in Udaipur and Tom Cruise may soon be on his way for 'Mission Impossible-4'.

Militants want to talk peace: Interlocutors

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Kashmir interlocutors Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and M M Ansari waded into fresh controversy after they announced on TV that militants were interested in presenting a "peace plan" to them on their next visit.
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