Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Sri Lanka to probe human rights violations by its army

Sri Lanka to probe human rights violations by its army


Sri Lanka to probe human rights violations by its army

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Over two years after Sri Lanka's final war against the LTTE, the Mahinda Rajapakse government has for the first time indirectly admitted that some of its army personnel may have indulged in human righ...


Morgan and Dernbach star in England victory

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:28 PM PDT

Eoin Morgan and Jade Dernbach, England's match-winners in their jaunt to Ireland earlier in the week, once again produced their one-day best as England scraped home by six wickets in a tense Twenty20 ...


Somdev fights but Murray prevails

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:18 PM PDT

Andy Murray needed 1 hour, 10 minutes to win his first set, then breezed through the next two, advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3 victory Wednesday over Somdev Dev...

Anna Hazare discharged from hospital

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Anna Hazare was discharged from a hospital this evening, three days after he was admitted after he broke his 12-day fast demanding a strong Lokpal Bill and left for Pune en route to his native village...


India power to 165 against England

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:58 PM PDT

India have set a target of 166 runs for England in the one-off T20 match at Old Trafford, on Wednesday....

CBI will formally object to reporting to new Lokpal

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:50 PM PDT

One of the major decisions that the government has to make about the new anti-corruption agency - the Lokpal - is who will investigate the complaints of graft filed by the public. While the Lokpal - a...


India-origin doctor performs breast cancer surgery on 99-year-old woman

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:24 PM PDT

A great-great-grandmother in Britain is today the oldest person in the country to have undergone surgery for breast cancer, just ahead of celebrating her 100th birthday. Dorothy Affleck was diagnosed ...


Some help for all from the Old Trafford pitch

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:57 PM PDT

India gets set to battle England in a one-off T20 contest at the Old Trafford on Wednesday on a pitch which is expected to be more sub-continental than usual for tracks in this part of the world....

What is BCCI scared of, asks Ajay Maken

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said he will not compromise on two features of a new bill that wants to make sports bodies in India more transparent....


The Anna effect: Young executive rescues homeless man

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Anna has inspired many, and not just to fight corruption. 32-year-old Manas Das is a prime example. For the last thirteen days, the MNC executive has been striving to save the life of a destitute, who...


A flight to remember for a Messi co-passenger

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Muscat-based marine engineer Amrit Sarkar who boarded Qatar Airways' flight No QR 294 will forever remember his flight from Doha to Kolkata as it isn't everyday that one gets to be a co-passenger to t...


Hundreds step forward to pay Anna's medical bills

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Hundreds of Anna Hazare supporters have stepped forward to pay the activist's hospital bill if the 74-year-old is charged. The help poured in a day after a news report on the ambiguity over the vetera...


Man beheads self using rope, tree, and SUV

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:03 PM PDT

A Chicago man who quickly accelerated in a sport utility vehicle with a cable around his neck decapitated himself after a domestic dispute in Yorktown, authorities said on Tuesday....


What if we passed Guru Resolution, asks Omar

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Barely hours after the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution urging the President to review the death sentence of Rajiv Gandhi's killers, came a tweet from the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar ...


I wish Salman a speedy recovery, says SRK

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Shah Rukh Khan seems to have buried the hatchets with Salman by wishing him "good health".


How a baby elephant was rescued from water tank

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:01 AM PDT

A baby elephant fell into a water tank in West Bengal's Kalimpong area. He was part of a herd of 100 wild elephants who stopped at a reservoir to drink some water on Tuesday....


James Bond returns to India

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT

The world's most famous spy is in the mood to shake and stir India.

Start campaign against unmarked graves: Mirwaiz to Anna

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:37 AM PDT

Anna Hazare, soon to be released from a Delhi hospital, has been urged to focus his attention on a campaign for thousands of unidentified bodies found in Jammu and Kashmir....


On Eid, fight in amusement park over head scarves

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:23 AM PDT

A scuffle broke out at an amusement park in Westchester County on Tuesday when a group of Muslims there to celebrate the end of Ramadan were told that women could not wear their head coverings on cert...


Jadeja replaces Gambhir, Raina named vice-captain

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Ravindra Jadeja will join the Indian cricket team in England shortly for the ODI series as a replacement for injured opener Gautam Gambhir....


Goods trains collide in Orissa: One dead, four trapped

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Two goods trains collided in Orissa's Keonjhar district early today killing one of the drivers while four others are still trapped in the wreckage....


Manish Tewari recuses himself from Parliamentary panel on Lokpal

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Congress spokesman and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tiwari has opted out of the Standing Committee that is reviewing the Lokpal Bill. Tiwari has been most famous recently for his stringent criticism of and sub...


Parents donate eyes of two-and-a-half month old boy

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:34 AM PDT

July 15 will remain an unforgettable day in the lives of Chinchwad residents Vikas and Vaibhavi More. The couple had to deal with the death of their two-and-half-month-old baby, and yet they steeled t...


Nasik: Teen girl raped, set on fire by minor boys

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:31 AM PDT

A 14-year-old girl was first raped and then set on fire by three minor boys in Nasik. The boys, reportedly 12-13 years old, are her neighbours. They were arrested last night....


Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer one lakh

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:28 AM PDT

A plea seeking prosecution of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the cash-for-votes scam that rocked parliament during a trust vote in 2008 was Tuesday dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which also impo...

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