Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Captain Cook leads England to win in 2nd ODI

Captain Cook leads England to win in 2nd ODI

Captain Cook leads England to win in 2nd ODI

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Craig Kieswetter tore into India's opening bowlers and Alastair Cook made a case for a Twenty20 berth with an effective 80 not out that brought England a cantering victory which hadn't seemed as likel...

Nevada restaurant shooting: Gunman, three others dead

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:53 PM PDT

Authorities say the man who opened fire at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada's capital city has died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong says the man opened fire at the rest...

Jagan-Janardhana Reddy links exposed?

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:14 PM PDT

In June 2007, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, along with his son Jagan Mohan, was seen at the foundation-stone ceremony of Gali Janardhana Reddy's Brahmani Steels in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district. Even at th...

India, Bangladesh sign historic boundary agreement, Teesta treaty on hold

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Resolving a decades-old border dispute, India and Bangladesh today signed a historic agreement on demarcation of land boundaries. The protocol was signed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who arrived i...

Send me jet, I'll bring you sandals: Assange to Mayawati

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:56 PM PDT

They're unlikely sparring partners. And yet, Mayawati and Julian Assange are now engaging in some not-so-friendly fire....

Hang MPs, MLAs taking money for voting, asking questions: Anna

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:52 PM PDT

Upping the ante in the context of the cash-for-votes scam, Anna Hazare today made a strange demand - hang any MP or MLA found indulging in such practice....

With Amar Singh, list of Tihar's who's who grows longer

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Amar Singh arrested: The Rajya Sabha MP was on Tuesday headed to Tihar Jail on charges of corruption, the latest in a long line of high profile politicians and corporate honchos to be housed in the sp...

Tackling corruption: New bill in winter session of Parliament

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:47 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted the first report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Corruption. A new bill to tackle corruption will now be introduced in the winter session of Parliament....

Scandal of the century, says BJP after Amar Singh's arrest

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:10 PM PDT

Amar Singh arrested: The BJP says that now that Amar Singh has been arrested in the cash-for-votes scam, he must explain who he was representing when he allegedly tried to buy the support of three MPs...

Amar Singh arrested, sent to Tihar in cash-for-votes case

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:08 PM PDT

Amar Singh arrested: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was arrested and has been sent to Tihar Jail today for bribing three MPs to support Dr Manmohan Singh during a trust vote in 2008. The Left and the BJP h...

Amar Singh lodged in 15x10 feet cell in Tihar Jail

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Amar Singh arrested: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was today lodged in a 15X10 feet cell in Tihar Jail in New Delhi after he was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court following his arrest in th...

Man bites crew member in panic to get off flight

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:46 PM PDT

A 39-year-old man is in custody after he tried to rush the exit door of an Alaska Airlines jet as it was taxiing to a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....

This village wants permission to kill itself

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Fed up of government apathy, over 150 farmers in a village in Jharkhand's Palamu district have decided to send a petition to Chief Minister Arjun Munda, asking for permission to take their lives....

Assange belongs in mental asylum, says angry Mayawati

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:16 PM PDT

WikiLeaks India: Mayawati has said that the allegations made against her by whistleblower website WikiLeaks are baseless....

Gladiator school from 3rd century found underground

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:09 PM PDT

They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled on Monday: The well-preserved ruins...

India stripped of Champions Trophy

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:55 AM PDT

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced on Tuesday that India will not host the 2011 Men's Champions Trophy, which was scheduled to take place here from December 3....

Start to 2nd ODI at Southampton delayed by rains

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:49 AM PDT

The start of the second One-Day International between India and England on Tuesday has been delayed due to rain....

Move over, Salman. Sheikh Hasina's women bodyguards are tough

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:14 AM PDT

A security woman, her hand close to a gun hidden beneath her dark suit, keeps an eagle eye on the people milling close to Bangladeshi prime minister. She is part of Sheikh Hasina's security detail. Sh...

Sonia Gandhi likely to return today from US

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Sources in the Congress party say Sonia Gandhi is expected to return to Delhi today. However, it is not clear when she will return to work, or be seen at parliament - the current session ends on Septe...

Sydney hostage crisis: Man taken into custody, daughter rescued

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:56 AM PDT

A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and said he had a bomb in his backpack was taken into custody Tuesday after a tense, 12-hour standoff with police....

Frenchman fined 8,500 pounds for not having sex with wife

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT

In a unique ruling, a French court has reportedly ordered a 51-year-old man to pay his ex-wife nearly 8,500 pounds in damages for failing to have enough sex with her during their 21-year marriage....

Want assurance from India on Teesta treaty: Bangladesh

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Bangladesh has said that it wants an assurance from India on the Teesta water treaty. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is in Dhaka and several agreements are on the cards....

Not possible to quantify 2G losses, says TRAI

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:02 AM PDT

More heartburn for the CBI in the 2G scam case. The country's main regulatory body for Telecom is standing by a letter it sent to the investigating agency saying that it's not possible to quantify the...

Essar rejects WikiLeaks' allegations of paying Maoists protection money

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:35 AM PDT

The Ruias-led Essar Group has rejected the allegations made by WikiLeaks that it paid protection money to Maoists in Chhattisgarh, saying it is a law abiding corporate....
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