Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Air India pilots threaten to go on strike over salary delay

Air India pilots threaten to go on strike over salary delay

Air India pilots threaten to go on strike over salary delay

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Toughening its posture against the deferment of payment of January salary to February 14 by Air India management, a section of its pilots has threatened to go on a flash strike to protest the move.


Families angry as Air India bomber appeals conviction

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Jailed Air India Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat's petition to challenge his latest conviction has angered families of the victims of the 1985 tragedy.


Darjeeling violence: West Bengal government seeks Army deployment

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The West Bengal government has requested the Centre for deployment of Army in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after two people were killed when police opened fire to disperse a crowd of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) protesters who violated prohibitory orders.


Mystery over detained American angers Pakistan

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The case of Raymond A. Davis, a former United States Special Forces soldier who is being held in connection with the deaths of two Pakistanis, has stirred a diplomatic furor, sending the precarious relationship between the United States and Pakistan to a new low, both sides say.


Aarushi Talwar case: Court to decide on CBI closure report today

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Aarushi Talwar case - A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will give its order today on the agency's closure report in the Aarushi Talwar murder case.


India to lose 10,000 acres in land swap deal with Bangladesh

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India and Bangladesh are gearing up to solve a protracted cross-border land conflict. Both nations are preparing for a land swap of enclaves or pieces of land which lie in each other's territories.


Shahid Balwa arrested in 2G scam case

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Shahid Balwa, the promoter of DB Realty, which floated Swan Telecom has been arrested by Mumbai CBI in connection with 2G scam.


DMK tries to blame AIADMK for alleged housing scam

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It's not just the union government that's reeling from the near-daily disclosures of new scams.


Controversial S-band deal to be cancelled soon, says ISRO

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The government, groaning under the weight of a series of scams, has spent much of today contesting charges that it cost the country crores of rupees by allotting 60MHz of valuable S-band spectrum for Rs 600 crore to a private company named Devas.


2G scam: Raja makes no disclosures during interrogation

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2G pectrum scam: As A Raja emerged from the room at the CBI headquarters where he has spent the last five days being interrogated, it was with the expectation that he would be allowed to return to his home.


Julian Assange fights extradition

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A Swedish legal expert said on Tuesday there were serious irregularities in the way prosecutors built their sex crimes case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.


Chechen rebel leader admits Moscow airport bomb

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Chechen warlord Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for last month's suicide bombing at a Moscow airport and threatened more such attacks as a growing Islamic insurgency tries to force Russia to surrender control over its southern Caucasus region.


Pirates abduct 17 Indian sailors off African coast

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Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the African coast. The oil tanker 'Savina Caylyn' was taken over by the pirates at 0520 hours IST with a total of 22 crew members on board, a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.


Rahul Gandhi meets woman who stopped his car

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A day after security personnel stopped an aggrieved woman, who had squatted in front of Rahul Gandhi's car, from meeting him, the Congress leader today ensured that she was given a patient hearing.


A billion SMSes sent in a single day in Beijing

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About one billion text messages were sent in Beijing Wednesday on the eve of the Spring Festival. But, many who received the numerous messages were not amused, with one user saying: "There are so many! I felt touched at first, and then just burdened to even have to read them".


Boy drives into canal with two naked girls

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Australian policemen were startled on learning that a car carrying a teenage boy along with two naked girls plunged into canal. The car plunged Monday night into a Port Geographe canal, near Busselton, after an apparent lark backfired, the Perth Now daily reported Tuesday.


Shrien Dewani wrongly accused of wife’s murder in South Africa?

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One of the gunmen accused of killing an Indian woman on her honeymoon trip in South Africa has cast aspersion on the police claim that her husband might have plotted the murder. Anni Dewani, 28, was murdered last year on the evening of Nov 13 after the taxi she and her husband Shrien were travelling in was hijacked as it passed through the Gugulethu township on the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa.


Darjeeling tense: Police fire on protesters

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Two persons were killed and at least 10 injured when police opened fire at Sipchu in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district today.


GenNext of Taliban joins insurgency

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The second generation of Taliban guerrillas, now in their early 20s, has become a part of the insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan, police and intelligence officials said. "The sons of the Taliban fighters who were 10 or 12 years of age at the time of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 are now 20 or 22 years old," Express Tribune Tuesday quoted an intelligence official as saying.


Uddhav says Raj cannot join BJP-Sena alliance

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Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray has dashed the BJP's hopes of a three-way alliance in Maharashtra.


2G spectrum scam: Government softening on JPC demand?

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The Opposition may have its way after all. The government seems to be veering around to the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to study the 2G spectrum scam.


Dead IIT student's family says his caste was mocked

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The family of a Dalit student of IIT-Roorkee, who had allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of his hostel, has alleged that some other students had made "casteist" remarks against him.


Hanuman idol perched atop pole in Trinidad and Tobago

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A massive idol of Lord Hanuman perched atop a pole has been unveiled in Trinidad and Tobago. The idol was unveiled by Minister of Education Tim Gopeesingh at the Todds Road Hindu Temple in central Trinidad. Rudy Indarsingh, a minister, was present.


Nine of family stabbed to death in Pakistan

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Nine members of a family, including four children, were stabbed to death in a town in Pakistan's Punjab province following a family feud. The murders took place in Qadirabad town in Mandi Bahauddin district.


US girl eats five soaps a week

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A 19-year-old girl in the US is getting treatment for her addiction of eating soaps and detergent powders.


US puts bilateral contacts with Pakistan on hold: Report

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The US has put bilateral engagements with Pakistan on hold till US official Raymond Davis, who has been arrested for fatally shooting two Pakistanis in Lahore, is released, Dawn reported Tuesday.


Mexican revolutionary's finger for sale

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A pawn shop in this Texas border city is selling the right index finger of Pancho Villa, one of the leading figures of the 1910-17 Mexican Revolution, for more than $9,000.


ISRO chief warned Prime Minister's Office on spectrum deal: Sources

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The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has denied reports that a private company has been allotted a whopping 70MHz of spectrum for barely Rs 1000 crore through a deal with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). However, sources have told NDTV that the then ISRO Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan did write to the PM's Principal Secretary TKA Nair reminding the PMO of the Law Secretary's objections to the deal.


So what if security officer cleaned Mayawati's shoes, asks BSP

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Mayawati's party can't understand why a security officer bending to clean the Chief Minister's shoes is a matter of any concern. "It's the same as if it rains, and someone's shoes get dirty, and then others help to clean off the mud. What is wrong in that?" asked a BSP MLA, Syed Kazim Ali Khan.


Again, woman molested on Kerala train

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Hardly a week after a woman was pushed out of a local train and allegedly raped, a 23-year-old man misbehaved with a woman passenger on board the Thiruvananthapuram-Mangalore Express.


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