Monday, February 7, 2011

ICC World Cup official fan gear is 'made in Ludhiana'

ICC World Cup official fan gear is 'made in Ludhiana'

ICC World Cup official fan gear is 'made in Ludhiana'

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:45 PM PST

When you dress up in your favorite team's colour this World Cup season, do not forget to say cheers to Ludhiana. The official fan gear for the ICC World Cup 2011 is "made in Ludhiana".

Karnataka varsity under lens over marks scam

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:55 PM PST

The Visvesvaraya Technological University, which has over 180 affiliated colleges, has been rocked by a major scam where results of about 800 engineering students have allegedly been internally manipulated to help them pass the exam.

Ulfa splits, C-in-C rejects Feb 10 peace talks

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:53 PM PST

The outlawed Ulfa has vertically split with the elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah on Monday rejecting the proposed Feb 10 peace talks between New Delhi and the rebel leadership now out on bail.

Jairam clears Gujarat ropeway project with vulture rider

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:47 PM PST

Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh approved the Girnar ropeway project proposing a roundabout route to reach the Ambaji temple on Girnar mountain, the highest point in Gujarat.

Vijayakanth, AIADMK heading for poll pact?

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:18 PM PST

A wedding in the family has come as a catalyst for actor-politician Vijayakanth to firm up an electoral alliance with AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa.

SC to put HC order on gay sex to the test on April 19

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would start the process to test the constitutional validity of Delhi HC's decision to decriminalize same gender consensual sex between adults on April 19.

Classic in colour: 50 years on, 'Hum Dono' fails to light up BO

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST

Despite the media hype surrounding its re-release, Dev Anand's 1961 classic Hum Dono's colour version has received a lukewarm response across the country including in Delhi and Mumbai.

Dalit IIT-Roorkee student 'falls' from building, dies

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST

A third-year dalit student of IIT-Roorkee died after he reportedly fell from the fifth floor of his hostel in Uttarakhand's Hardwar district on Sunday evening.

Rahul meets Kanpur, Banda assault victims

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:59 PM PST

Banda is where the Nishad girl was allegedly raped by a BSP MLA and his cronies, while the Dalit girl, maimed during resisting alleged rapists on Saturday, is recovering in Kanpur.

HC fixes Feb 21 to deliver Kasab verdict

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST

The Bombay high court on Monday said it would pronounce the verdict in the 26/11 case and decide the fate of Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab on February 21.

Mayawati to blame for crime spike in UP: Cong

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:57 PM PST

Congress on Monday attacked Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati for the rising crime graph in the state and said the involvement of functionaries of the ruling BSP in such incidents had lent a new dimention to the situation.

Pak says no to India's 26/11 probe team

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

Pakistan has rejected India's plea that this country send a team comprising NIA officials and forensic experts to question all the seven jailed 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused — including Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah and Abu-al-Qama — and collect their 'voice samples'.

Hooda quashes charges, reinstates whistleblower

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday reinstated a whistleblower IFS officer after quashing a chargesheet against him. He was forced to act on President Pratibha Patil's directions following a TOI campaign.

India 'cautiously optimistic' after Thimphu round of talks

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

Pakistan is showing few signs of letting up in its diplomatic brinkmanship against India. Ahead of the talks here, it needled India on the ongoing Samjhauta blast probe.

Court refuses to stay Tiwari's paternity test

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:50 PM PST

Veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari on Monday failed to get any relief in his efforts to avoid undergoing a DNA test in a paternity suit, with the Delhi High Court refusing to stay an earlier order asking him to give his blood sample.

Omar to take up Sopore killing with Centre

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:48 PM PST

Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Monday said he will take up the killing of Handwara youth last week with defence minister A K Antony and home minister P Chidambaram.

Bihar's Singur? Stir over asbestos plant

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:47 PM PST

Ongoing public protests in Muzaffarpur over an upcoming asbestos plant have forced the district administration to impose Section 144 near the facility, forcing stoppage of work and preventing protesters from gathering near the site.

Sachin and Priyanka to be census ambassadors

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:42 PM PST

Starting Wednesday, teachers, anganwadi sevikas, ration officers as well as civic and state government employees will go house to house gathering details of every resident of India as part of the second and final phase of Census 2011.

Sachin and Priyanka to be census ambassadors

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:42 PM PST

Starting Wednesday, teachers, anganwadi sevikas, ration officers as well as civic and state government employees will go house to house gathering details of every resident of India as part of the second and final phase of Census 2011.

Rebels abduct 6 WWF-India volunteers

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:31 PM PST

About 20 suspected militants belonging to the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland have abducted six WWF-India volunteers at gunpoint from Ultapani reserve forest, which falls under the Manas Tiger Reserve.

Jairam: Blanket ban on plastic impractical

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:23 PM PST

The government finally banned the packaging of gutka and tobacco in plastic sachets. Shopkeepers will not be allowed to provide free plastic bags from now on.

'Tech transfer not helping forces'

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:21 PM PST

Defence minister A K Antony and air chief P V Naik spoke in strident voices with different emphasis and perceptions on defence research and development.

Chennai's TB shot maker to shut

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:19 PM PST

The BCG Vaccine Laboratory in Chennai, one of India's oldest vaccine manufacturing units, could soon become just a central drug testing laboratory.

Maoists blow up police post, oppose Tata Steel plant

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:18 PM PST

Less than a few hundred metres from the landmark Chitrakote waterfall, a group of Maoists blew up an under construction police chowki on Monday. No one was injured.

Produce copy of Aseemanand confession, court tells CBI

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:55 PM PST

A special Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act court has asked the CBI to furnish a certified copy of Mecca Masjid blast suspect Swami Aseemanand's confession on February 9.
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