Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Politicians get iPad lessons to cut paperwork

Politicians get iPad lessons to cut paperwork

Politicians get iPad lessons to cut paperwork

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Members of Parliament are taking lessons on how to use iPads and other tablet computers after being given a special budget to buy technology that cuts down on paperwork....

Swaraj writes to Speaker protesting Lok Sabha Secy Gen's extension

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj has raised objections to the one-year extension in tenure to Lok Sabha Secretary General T K Vishwanathan. She said he was "not fit" for the post....

Army chief backs Anna: Military overreach?

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT

It's not usual for a service chief to speak on developments that are not his immediate concern. But that did not stop Army chief, General VK Singh, from expressing his opinion on Anna Hazare's movemen...

Yeddyurappa takes a brief break with Hrithik

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT

After his first date with the courts following his indictment in the illegal mining report, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa even managed to watch Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara yesterday evening. He, ...

Gambhir ruled out of remaining series in England

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:58 PM PDT

In a major setback to the Indians, Gautam Gambhir has been detected to be suffering from concussion and will return to India....

Eid to be celebrated on Wednesday, moon spotted

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:55 PM PDT

India will celebrate Eid tomorrow. The sighting of the moon, which marks the end of the month of fasting during Ramadan, was announced today....

DGCA report blames 'incorrect landing technique' for Gulf Air incident

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:32 PM PDT

A preliminary report of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found that the Gulf Air incident was caused because of incorrect landing technique by the flight crew....

China ship with 22 labs spied on India

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:09 PM PDT

India detected a Chinese spy ship disguised as a fishing trawler in the Indian Ocean a few months ago. By the time ship figured in the Indian radars, it had operated already for about 22 days and was ...

Another air incident: Air India plane's tail tips runway

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:08 PM PDT

In another air incident at Kochi airport, the tail of an Abu Dhabi-bound Air India Express Boeing plane with 190 passengers on board tipped the runway. After being airborne for 90 minutes the plane fi...

Cabinet Rejects Sports Bill, 5 ministers present with conflict of interest

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:40 PM PDT

The cabinet has not cleared the new Sports Bill, which is meant to increase considerably the transparency of all sports bodies, including the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Sports Mini...

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Madras High Court stays convicts' execution for eight weeks

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: After the political controversy over the hanging of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins comes a legal one. The Madras High Court today suspended the execution, scheduled for September...

Putin rides on a three-wheel Harley to impress Russian youths

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reached out to the politically indifferent younger generation by making a spectacular entrance on a three-wheel Harley Davidson at a motorbike festival ahead of t...

So that's a No then. Kalmadi won't be in Parliament

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Suresh Kalmadi has been told once again that he cannot leave Tihar Jail to attend parliament when the House is in session....

I am fine and the team is better, says Dhoni

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT

He may have had a minor case of sore hands but India skipper MS Dhoni said on the eve of his team's first ODI match against England that it was nothing to get worked up about and that his team is read...

Thane blasts convicts get 10 years in jail

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT

A Mumbai court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the 2008 Thane and Vashi bomb blasts. The duo Ramesh Gadkari and Vikram Bhave were also slapped with a fine of Rs 11,0...

A mini-Argentina is born in Kolkata

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:23 AM PDT

Hours before superstar Lionel Messi is slated to set foot in this soccer-mad city, a little Argentina has sprung up in the southern outskirts of India's eastern metropolis....

Recall Kamla Beniwal, says BJP

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:13 AM PDT

The BJP wants Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal recalled for appointing a Lokayukta or ombudsman in the state without the consent of the Narendra Modi-led government. The party says the Governor's act is...

PM sends flowers and get well soon message to Anna

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:50 AM PDT

It was Dr Manmohan Singh's intervention in parliament that created the room for a truce between the government and activist Anna Hazare, who was on a hunger strike against corruption. ...

'Anna inspired me to expose corruption'

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:44 AM PDT

It seems Anna Hazare's movement has failed to move everyone and it is business as usual for a 'corrupt' few. Even as the mass agitation was in progress at Ramlila Maidan, a government employee seeking...

India's Q1 GDP at 7.7%, manufacturing growth dips

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:24 AM PDT

India's economy has grown at 7.7 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal, down from 7.8 per cent in the last quarter. This is the slowest pace of GDP (gross domestic product) growth in the...

Controversy over ads that offer brides for sale

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Marriage bureaus in China are offering to organize Vietnamese brides for men, and if they run away, the agencies promise free replacements. Matchmaking agencies have posted advertisements offering Vie...

Controversial Bhushan CD is genuine, says Delhi Police

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDT

The Delhi Police has said that a controversial CD of purported conversations between lawyer-activist Shanti Bhushan and politicians Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav was not doctored. ...

Lokayukta row: Recall Gujarat Governor, says BJP

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Uproar over the appointment of a Lokayukta or ombudsman in Gujarat without the consent of the Narendra Modi-led government led to repeated adjournments in Parliament today....

Kumaraswamy will not make a personal appearance in court

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Former chief minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy will not appear before the Lokayukta special court today, as he is pleading exemption from personal appearance. ...

Parliamentary Standing Committee submits report on Judicial Accountability Bill

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT

This is the bill that the government says will make the judiciary more accountable and will ensure that Judges do not have to come under the purview of the Lokpal. A Parliamentary Standing Committee h...
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