Thursday, September 29, 2011

Extradition terminated, Abu Salem does not want to go to court

Extradition terminated, Abu Salem does not want to go to court


Extradition terminated, Abu Salem does not want to go to court

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:05 PM PDT

Gangster Abu Salem has approached the anti-terror court (TADA) with a plea not to produce him in any court till the conclusion of the proceedings in Lisbon. This comes a day after the Portuguese High ...


Teller-ATM hybrid takes banking to rural India

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT

Time was, banks employed armies of human tellers. Later, they replaced many of them with automated teller machines. Now, India is using a hybrid of the two - the human ATM - to expand banking to its v...

US on Pakistan: Good cop, bad cop or confused cop

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:55 PM PDT

There are two ways to explain why the Obama administration is distancing itself from harsh criticism of Pakistan by America's top military officer - that the US is playing "good cop/bad cop," or that ...

2G note controversy: Pranab, Chidambaram say matter's closed; BJP disagrees

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:53 PM PDT

In the first sign that a truce has been reached, senior ministers P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee appeared together, surrounded by other senior ministers, as Mr Mukherjee read out a short statement...


Narendra Modi to skip BJP national executive meet?

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:40 PM PDT

When he fasts, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi makes news. This time, because he is unlikely to attend the two-day BJP national executive meet that begins tomorrow in New Delhi . ...


Kallis, Gambhir script Kolkata's first win

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Kolkata Knight Riders kept their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals alive by comfortably beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets in a Champions League Twenty20 match on Thursday....


Explosion in Pak hotel, four injured: Police

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:17 PM PDT

An explosion tore through a small hotel in Pakistan's capital late on Thursday, wounding at least four people, police said. Islamabad police chief Mohammed Binyamin said an initial investigation indic...


A dream come true, says Rahul Sharma

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:50 PM PDT

He has been in the reckoning since his stupendous performance for Pune Warriors in the last IPL and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma says it is a "dream come true" to find a place in India's ODI squad for ...

2G scam: CBI says it's investigating Anil Ambani

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Anil Ambani's alleged involvement in the telecom scam. ios being probed, the CBI told the Supreme Court today. Three of Mr Ambani's senior-most employees are already in jail....


Two-month-old heart patient from Pakistan gets hope from India

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Humanity knows no boundaries. Two-month-old Pakistani boy suffering from a serious heart defect finally found hope in an offer of help by a leading Indian hospital after running from pillar to post....

Strauss-Kahn and French accuser meet face-to-face

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was brought face to face on Thursday with the French writer who has accused him of trying to rape her eight years ago. In two hours of police questioning, Mr. Strauss-Kahn, the ...


Police unable to trace the source of money in cash-for-votes scam, say sources

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:04 PM PDT

The money trail in the cash-for-votes scam seems to have gone cold.The second chargesheet will be filed tomorrow, as the four-week deadline given by the Supreme Court to track the source of the money ...


Tamil Nadu: All 269 accused found guilty in Vatchathi rape case

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Today, all 269 people accused the case were found guilty and were convicted by a court in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district. About 100 of these are policemen and the rest, revenue and forest officials....


Tendulkar's new home exempt from fine

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Sachin Tendulkar has been exempted from the penalty which was to be imposed on him for moving into his new house without obtaining an occupancy certificate from the city's civic body....

Congress under attack over Telangana issue

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:40 PM PDT

The general strike in support of a separate Telangana state entered 17th day today. And the focus has now shifted to putting pressure on elected representatives and ministers in the Congress governmen...


18-year-old dies after car falls off Delhi bridge

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:33 PM PDT

An 18-year-old law student was killed after he lost control of his car and the vehicle fell off a railway overbridge in south Delhi early on Thursday, police said. Mrinaldeep Singh, a resident of Noid...


No Occupancy Certificate for Sachin's dream house

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Sachin Tendulkar may have realised a long-cherished dream of owning a house, but he is yet to obtain an Occupancy Certificate from the city's civic body here....

Highlights: Pranab Mukherjee on 2G note controversy

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee was accompanied by P Chidambram this evening as he addressed the press on the controversy over the 2G note that has engulfed Mr Chidambaram in a massive political controversy. ...


2G note controversy: PM meets Chidambaram, Pranab

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:03 AM PDT

The Congress has a one-point agenda today - to find an exit route from the emergency created by the now-infamous 2G note that has provoked calls for the resignation of Home Minister P Chidambaram. "Al...


Royal Enfield launches two limited edition 500cc bikes

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Royal Enfield unveiled two new limited edition leisure bikes - Classic Chrome and Desert Storm on Thursday....

Gilani hits back at US, says Pak cannot be asked to 'do more'

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today countered US accusations linking ISI to terror groups in Afghanistan, calling them "surprising", while stating that his country cannot be pressured to ...


India top weapons purchaser: US report

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT

India was the top weapons purchaser among the developing countries in 2010, acquiring armaments worth $5.8 billion, according to a US Congressional report....


Pakistan using Haqqani, LeT as proxies: Mullen

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Pakistan's Army chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani is the most powerful man in Pakistan and he controls the military-run ISI, which supports terror groups like Haqqani network and LeT, using them as proxies, ...

Harbhajan dropped for first two ODIs against England

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Offspinner Harbhajan Singh has been left out of India's squad for the first two ODIs against England on October 14 and 17....


Saudi woman driver saved from 10 lashes

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT

A Saudi government official says King Abdullah has overturned a court verdict that sentenced a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom's ban on women driving. The official declined t...


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