Friday, September 30, 2011

Rahul forces rethink on Rs 32 poverty line

Rahul forces rethink on Rs 32 poverty line


Rahul forces rethink on Rs 32 poverty line

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:39 PM PDT

A Planning Commission report had said an individual must earn Rs 32 a day to be above the poverty line in cities and Rs 26 in villages.

BJP in dilemma as Modi-Advani divide widens

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:59 AM PDT

Modi is upset over the fact that he was not consulted before Advani announced to embark on another yatra from Karamsad in Gujarat.Modi made his presence felt at the BJP National Executive Meet by his absence.

We are under threat, says Sanjeev Bhatt's family

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:19 PM PDT

Bhatt, who had accused Modi of abetting the 2002 riots, was arrested on Friday.

Nooyi 2nd most powerful woman in US business

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:48 PM PDT

Kraft's CEO Irene Rosenfeld, 58, has topped the 14th annual ranking by Fortune.

Kanimozhi's bail hearing deferred to October 17

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:57 PM PDT

The court asked the CBI to frame charges against the DMK MP by October 15.

Telangana: pay cuts for govt staff on strike

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:46 PM PDT

The agitation has left all ten districts of the Telangana region, including Hyderabad, paralysed.

Date of birth row: Army chiefs in a battle

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Letters with CNN-IBN reveal how successive army chiefs played a role in General VK Singh's age controversy.

Obama refuses to endorse Mullen's claim on Pak

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:24 PM PDT

Mullen had called the Haqqani network a veritable arm of Pakistan's intelligence agency the ISI.

With al Awlaki dead, al Qaeda lacks Western voice

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:42 PM PDT

Al Awlaki was placed on the CIA 'kill or capture' list by the Obama administration in April 2010.

BMC's Rs 4.75 lakh bouncer for Tendulkar

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:53 PM PDT

BMC imposes fine on Sachin Tendulkar for occupying dream home without the necessary Occupation Certificate (OC).

Blockade cripples Manipur, petrol costs Rs 140/lt

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:13 AM PDT

Two national highways have been blocked for 62 days over the demand for a separate hill district.

Give Harbhajan the credit where it's due

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Give Harbhajan the credit where it's dueYou don't get 400 Test wickets without breaking a sweat; but it can't be basis for selection; hence the axe.

Kapil delivers Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture

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Kapil delivers Dilip Sardesai memorial lectureIn an event organised in the memory of Indian cricket legend Dilip Sardesai, Kapil Dev addressed a variety of issues related to the sport.

Unbeaten Somerset take on rising Redbacks

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Unbeaten Somerset take on rising RedbacksBoth teams are in contention to make the semi-finals of the Champions League T20.

Knight Riders battle Warriors to stay alive

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Knight Riders battle Warriors to stay aliveIf KKR lose, they will be out of CLT20 while a win for Warriors will take them through to the semis.

Masand: 'Force' has a weak central performance

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:21 AM PDT

The only moments that work in this film are the relentless action sequences.

Masand: 'Saheb Biwi...' is over-simplistic

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:34 AM PDT

The film is saved to some degree by the credible performances that the director extracts from his lead actors.

Masand: 'Tere Mere Phere' is an awful film

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:45 AM PDT

The film has no script to speak of, merely a string of arguments and quarrels in place of a story.

Bengali Review: 'Baishey Shrabon' is stunning

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:04 PM PDT

Srijit Mukherji calls his 'Baishey Shrabon' a dark and violent thriller. Dark it is, but so stunningly dark.

Review: 'Chargesheet' is a nightmare come true

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:42 AM PDT

Made under the banner of Warner Brothers in collaboration with Navketan Films, 'Chargesheet' is full of surprises.

Masand: 'Drive' is a highly stylised film

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:01 AM PDT

It's a flashy firecracker of a film that's held up by a smoldering central performance.

Review: 'Hum Tum Shabana' is a bad attempt

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:07 AM PDT

The story proceeds like the old fable of two cats fighting for cheese.

With Kindle Fire, Amazon's digital ambitions burn

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Amazon is ready to rival Apple in an effort to be the world's top digital content provider.

'Man City not great like Real, Barca, Man Utd'

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:14 PM PDT

Franz Beckenbauer also said that Bayern should not get carried away after their 2-0 win over Manchester City.

'Man City will reach Tevez compromise'

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:03 PM PDT

City have banned the player for up to two weeks.

Rooney, Hernandez ready for Man Utd return

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:28 AM PDT

Both players have recovered from injury and are available for Saturday's Premier League game at home to Norwich City.

City plan Van Persie swoop to replace Tevez

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Van Persie's contract expires in 2013 and he has put talks over a new deal on hold.

Countdown begins for maiden Indian GP

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:13 PM PDT

Indian Grand Prix will make its debut in the Formula One Championship on 30th October.

Pakistan court awards death sentence to man who killed Pakistan's Punjab Governor

Pakistan court awards death sentence to man who killed Pakistan's Punjab Governor


Pakistan court awards death sentence to man who killed Pakistan's Punjab Governor

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

A Pakistan anti-terror court awarded the death sentence to policeman who assassinated Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.


Obama won't back Mullen's claim on Pakistan

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 03:57 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama is declining to endorse strong criticism of Pakistan levelled by the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while saying Pakistan must do more to deal with insurgents.


Teacher plays truant for two years, faking sickness

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 03:05 AM PDT

A teacher of Indian origin in Britain played truant by forging sick notes so as to excuse himself from teaching in classrooms.


US: Parents held as toddler consumes cocaine

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:19 PM PDT

Parents of a child in a US city have been arrested after the toddler was found to be high on drugs. Officers in Atascadero city of California believe the 18-month-old boy swallowed cocaine because it had been "left out where he could get it", Daily Mail reported.


CIA's first American target, al-Awlaki, killed

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in Al Qaeda's most active branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed Friday in the mountains of Yemen, American and Yemeni officials said.


Are UK lecturers spying on Indian students?

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:24 PM PDT

New Home Office rules asking academic staff at British universities to keep a tab on students from India and other non-EU countries have sparked off concern that lecturers have been turned into "spies and spooks".


Man dies minutes after scaling Mt Kilimanjaro

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:12 AM PDT

A 69-year-old Briton collapsed and died just minutes after fulfilling a life-long ambition to climb Africa's highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. Businessman Alistair Cook had just sent a text message to his wife Vicky, telling her his achievement when he suffered a fatal heart attack, the Daily Express reported.


Arrested woman said man paid her to kill him

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:43 AM PDT

A New York woman is accused of running over a bound man who she said promised her $180,000 if she ended his life, but police said they have no evidence he wanted to die. Francis Nelson, 74, was found dead, his hands and feet still tied, near his abandoned car on a rural road in upstate Herkimer County on Tuesday morning. On Thursday, Jennifer Riesel, a 28-year-old woman who met Nelson through a social club in their hometown of Little Falls, was charged with his murder.