Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Prem Bhatia award for TOI scribe

Prem Bhatia award for TOI scribe

Prem Bhatia award for TOI scribe

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:19 PM PDT

Mid-Day crime editor Jyotirmoy Dey, who was gunned down by alleged underworld goons in Mumbai, and Times of India's Josy Joseph are the joint winners of the Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in political reporting.

Yeddyurappa's family paid off by mining mafia: Lokayukta

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's family got illegal payoffs from a mining company to hasten clearance of pending applications.

India-Pakistan talks back on track well and proper

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:52 PM PDT

"India-Pakistan relations is off life-support. It's breathing on its own now." This observation by government sources captures the essence of the achievement of completing an entire A-Z round of talks between the two countries.

Indians going abroad pack kilos of ghar ka khana

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:48 PM PDT

Some of the heaviest check-in bags that go into the belly of an aircraft belong to students, flying abroad for education.

'Maoist' cites SC judgment, seeks bail

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:47 PM PDT

A woman editor of a magazine in Uttar Pradesh took refuge under the Supreme Court's recent "mere membership of a banned organization is no crime" judgment to seek bail from the apex court.

Chidambaram: Order to disband Salwa Judum will hit anti-Red ops

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:45 PM PDT

"Well, I think it will," home minister P Chidambaram told a news agency when asked whether the recent judgment on disbanding and disarming tribals deployed as SPOs will affect anti-Naxal operations.

Cabinet to discuss Lokpal bill today

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:42 PM PDT

In keeping with the government's promise to bring Lokpal legislation to Parliament in the monsoon session, the Cabinet will consider a bill to set up the anti-corruption ombudsman at its meeting on Thursday.

CIC fines CBI official 5,000 for delay in providing info on Ambanis

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has slapped Rs 5,000 fine on a CBI official for delay in providing information.

Kota Maharaja's 'Tiger Car' to go under hammer

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:38 PM PDT

One of the most opulent cars built, a brilliant red and chrome Rolls-Royce customized with a machine gun for Umed Singh II, the erstwhile Maharaja of Kota, is now up for auction at Bonhams, a privately-owned British auction house.

PMK snaps shaky ties with DMK

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:37 PM PDT

The PMK on Wednesday snapped its rather shaky ties with the DMK, blaming its pre-poll partner for the election debacle.

2 Indians win Magsaysay Award

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Nileema Mishra, a lender to the poor in Maharashtra, and US-trained Indian engineer Harish Hande, who revolutionized the use of solar lights, are among six people who have been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2011.

Amitabh Bachchan, Amar Singh part ways

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and former SP leader Amar Singh have resigned from each other's companies, re-igniting the state of equations between them.

Telecom mess dates back to Gujral era?

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:30 PM PDT

During the United Front government's 1996-98 tenure, then PM K Gujral's written directives that loss claims put forward by telecom players be assessed by a govt agency were ignored with private bank ICICI being assigned the task.

IAF to match top guns in Nevada

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:27 PM PDT

IAF may have ejected US fighters from its $10.4-billion project to acquire 126 jets, but is eager for its fighter pilots to match their combat skills with American top guns.

Satpura adds to Navy's frigate punch

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDT

The Navy is all set to induct its second indigenously-constructed stealth frigate, INS Satpura, which will add more punch to its growing 'blue-water warfare capabilities'.

Govt notifies ammonium nitrate as 'explosive'

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT

Concerned over the increased use of ammonium nitrate by terror groups in making bombs, the government has finally declared the chemical as an "explosive".

Chidambaram had written to Yeddyurappa

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT

Home ministry officials on Wednesday said Union home minister P Chidambaram had last fortnight written to Yeddyurappa, asking him to take corrective measures on law and order, illegal mining and protection of minorities.

High on fashion: Birkin, pearls a few of Hina Rabbani Khar's favourite things

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:19 PM PDT

Hina's Hermes black Birkin bag was among the top trending items on Twitter on Wednesday as India's Khar-ites contemplated the purported Rs 17-lakh price tag.

Won't quit, says defiant Yeddyurappa

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Though there is clear indication from the party bosses for him to get ready to face the obvious (resignation), chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he would not quit but fight it out legally.

Sensing win, Congress seeks BSY's head

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:33 PM PDT

On a day, the Lokayukta report indicted Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, Congress raised its demand for his immediate sacking, alleging he is heading most corrupt state government of independent India.

Lokayukta report: Karnataka governor keeps mum

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:30 PM PDT

"I will not say anything about it today. I want to keep away from this unless statutorily or constitutionally I am required to do something," he told reporters in Mysore.

Indo-Pak talks: India ensures terror does not slip off the radar

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Foreign minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar agreed that terrorism posed a continuing threat to peace and security in the region.

Maneka opposes cow slaughter for Army sneakers, stalls project

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has come in the way of our soldiers getting trendy and comfortable leather sports shoes. She says thousands of cows will have to be slaughtered to make sneakers for 1.1 million jawans.

Kashmir Valley turns a page, starts a literature fest

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:07 PM PDT

The Kashmir Valley has not seen a peaceful summer since 2007, but autumn may yet bring hope. In September, Srinagar will get its own literature festival: the Harud Lit Fest (Harud is autumn in Kashmiri).

2G: Now, Behura points finger at RBI governor Subbarao

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT

Former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura on Wednesday alleged that RBI governor D Subbarao and P Chidambaram had decided to go ahead with Raja's licensing policy before he joined the telecom department.
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