Friday, September 2, 2011

The mystery of Steve Jobs's public giving

The mystery of Steve Jobs's public giving

The mystery of Steve Jobs's public giving

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:21 PM PDT

Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world. Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent ph...

Six DU professors charged in Mayapuri radiation case

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:46 PM PDT

Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against six Delhi University teachers in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident that killed one and affected 10 people last year. Six professors from the Chemistry D...

Cash-for-votes scam: 'Mastermind' Amar Singh not arrested; Ahmed Patel questioned

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:21 PM PDT

The Delhi Police is nervous about arresting politician Amar Singh even though its chargesheet against him establishes that he designed what's known as the cash-for-votes scam. Mr Singh is currently a...

Anna Hazare's victory rally at Ralegan Siddhi

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today lashed out at the UPA government for arresting him before his fast and asked people not to allow the torch of the second "battle of Independence" to be extin...

Companies spar over dues, Delhi may face power cut

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:18 PM PDT

State-run power generating company National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has warned that power supply to Anil Ambani group's distribution companies in Delhi - BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna - would...

Wall Street plunges after hiring dries up in August

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Stocks tumbled on Friday after an awful report on the job market renewed fears of another recession. No new jobs were created last month, the government said early on Friday. It was the worst repor...

Messi inspires Argentina to 1-0 win over Venezuela

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:01 PM PDT

Lionel Messi marked his first game as Argentina captain with a 1-0 win over Venezuela in a friendly encounter played before thousands of delirious fans in the Indian city of Kolkata on Friday....

Income tax notice driven by 'political bosses,' says Kejriwal

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Arvind Kejriwal has said that a tax notice sent to him for nine lakhs has actually been provoked by the Income Tax department's "political bosses." ...

Justice Sen has quit, but impeachment process may continue

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court may have resigned but the Lok Sabha will continue with the impeachment proceedings against him on Monday....

Yeddyurappa moves like a chief minister should

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:41 AM PDT

When Sadananda Gowda took over as Karnataka's Chief Minister nearly a month ago, he declared that he would not serve as a "puppet Chief Minister." Many recognized it as an empty threat. And today, t...

Turkish Air plane skids off taxiway at Mumbai airport

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:16 AM PDT

For the entire day today, Mumbai's main runway was shut down, relying entirely on its secondary runway for all operations as authorities struggled to move a Turkish Airlines plane that was stuck in th...

Jayalalithaa takes on Maran Brothers on cable TV turf

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Jayalalithaa has made good on one of the major promises of her election campaign - she has made cable television available in Tamil Nadu through a government service. For Rs 70, customers will be abl...

Kerala temple case: Supreme Court takes on Royals

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:17 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today advised the Travancore Royal family not to rely on the ritual astrological prediction - Devaprasnam - while deciding on the opening of the secret vault of Sree Padmanabhaswamy ...

2G case: I could be 'toasted, grilled or roasted,' says Jaswant

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:20 AM PDT

With the CBI deciding to examine Jaswant Singh in 2G case, the senior BJP leader, who was the finance minister in NDA government, today said that no irregularities were committed during his tenure....

Farooq backs son Omar on Afzal Guru remarks

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah backed his son Omar Abdullah, on his remarks on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The senior Abdullah, said his son's remarks on Afzal Guru who is on death row, was ...

Nasser Hussain's donkey comments irk BCCI

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:41 AM PDT

The BCCI on Friday took strong objection to former England captain Nasser Hussain's comparison of Indian cricketers to 'donkeys', saying the comment was totally uncalled for....

WikiLeaks: How the leak was leaked

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:45 AM PDT

It was meant to be a strictly-managed release, carefully censored to avoid putting innocents at risk and tailored for maximum media exposure. But by Thursday WikiLeaks' release of some 250,000 US dipl...

Supreme Court declines to hear plea against Anna's arrest

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:19 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL against the arrest of Anna Hazare by the Delhi Police, hours before he was to begin his fast demanding a strong Lokpal....

Sudarshan Venu in GenNext club, joins $4 bn TVS Group

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:14 AM PDT

Sudarshan Venu, son of Venu Srinivasan, Chairman of TVS Motor Company Limited, was today appointed an Additional Director of Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL), part of $4 billion TVS Group. SCL is a p...

BJP takes Gujarat Lokayukta war to President

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:14 AM PDT

BJP leaders met President Pratibha Patil to protest against Gujarat Governor Dr Kamla Beniwal's decision to appoint a state Lokayukta without consulting Chief Minister Narendra Modi....

Turkish Air plane still stuck in mud, Mumbai runway closed

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:09 AM PDT

The main runway at Mumbai' Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has been shut till 8 pm after a Turkish Airways flight arriving from Istanbul veered off a rapid exit taxiway at around 4 am this m...

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2:30pm over Gujarat Lokayukta issue

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:51 AM PDT

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2:30pm after the BJP created an uproar seeking the recall of the Gujarat governor Kamala Beniwal over the appointment of Lokayukta....

Manish Tewari to stay in Standing Committee on Lokpal: Sources

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Sources have told NDTV that Congress spokesman and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari has been re-nominated as a member of the Standing Committee that is reviewing the Lokpal Bill. ...

23-yr-old drugged, kidnapped, raped by stalking neighbour

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:18 AM PDT

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped after being drugged from KG Marg area by her stalker who took her to Western UP in a car, seeking revenge for an 'insult'. The girl was dumped by the accuse...
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