Saturday, October 29, 2011

130 tourists stranded in Lakshadweep

130 tourists stranded in Lakshadweep

130 tourists stranded in Lakshadweep

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:36 PM PDT

About 130 domestic tourists, including 26 children, are stranded at Kalpeni Island in Lakshadweep after locals prevented them from boarding a boat to reach their passenger vessel following an altercat...

Team Anna says Core Committee won't be revamped

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Anna core committee: Members of Team Anna held a meeting today to discuss the relevance of the core committee and other outstanding issues. Speaking to the media, this is what Team Anna member Arvind ...

Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi to meet Anna Hazare today

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:56 PM PDT

Three Team Anna members, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi will meet Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi today to apprise him about the deliberations at the Core Committee meeting. The meetin...

Crisis within Arunachal Congress, sources say MLAs will elect their leader on Monday

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:52 PM PDT

The sensitive border state of Arunachal Pradesh is going through political turmoil because of intense factionalism within the ruling Congress. State Congress chief, Nabam Tuki, is lobbying to change t...

Early snowstorm nearing US East Coast

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:48 PM PDT

A classic nor'easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date f...

Metallica on why the Delhi show was cancelled

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:42 PM PDT

"We arrived in Delhi on Friday very excited and ready to play our first show ever in India at the F1 Rocks concert. However, immediately at the end of our afternoon press conference at a hotel near th...

Saudi court jails 'Al Qaeda lady' for 15 years: State media

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:41 PM PDT

A Saudi court today jailed for 15 years a Saudi woman known as the "Al Qaeda lady" for being the first woman in the kingdom tried for involvement in violence by the jihadist network, state media said....

Bridge collapses in Arunachal Pradesh; six die, 25 missing

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Six people were killed and 25 others went missing after a wire-rope suspension bridge over the swift Kameng River collapsed on Saturday evening at Seppa in Arunchal Pradesh's East Kameng district....

T20: England stay No.1 with win over India

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 03:11 PM PDT

England finished a tough tour of India on an upbeat note, as they preserved their world No. 1 ranking in Twenty20 cricket with a hard-earned six-wicket victory in Kolkata....

No Formula One invite for Ajay Maken: Sources

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has not been invited to the ongoing Indian Formula One. According to sources, Maken was not invited because the sports ministry had earlier denied excise and customs exempt...

Van Persie treble stuns Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Robin van Persie's hat-trick helped Arsenal secure an astonishing 5-3 victory at Chelsea on Saturday as the Gunners surged back into the race for a top-four spot....

Uttarakhand Cabinet clears Lokayukta Bill; Chief Minister in, High Court judges out

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:57 PM PDT

LOkayukta: The Uttarakhand Cabinet has cleared a strong Lokayukta Bill, bringing in its net the post of Chief Minister, all ministers, MLAs and government servants, including IAS officers, with a prov...

Yuvraj, Ishant, Kohli promoted to Grade A by BCCI

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh returned to the top tier of BCCI's contracted cricketers, while Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli were also promoted to Grade A in the new list announced on Saturday....

Man United back on track as Everton downed

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Manchester United bounced back from their derby humiliation against Manchester City with a 1-0 victory over Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday....

Open letter from an angry Metallica fan

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Metallica tour: Over 25,000 people had gathered at the Leisure Valley Park in Gurgaon's Sector 29 to watch the concert. Less than two hours before the heavy metal band was to play, the organisers post...

Indian GP: Customs bungle hits fuming Schumacher

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:03 PM PDT

A customs bungle dented Michael Schumacher's Indian Grand Prix hopes on Saturday after vital tyre-checking equipment was held up by Indian border officials....

Vettel takes pole in inaugural Indian F1 race

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:48 AM PDT

World champion Sebastian Vettel raced to his 13th pole position of the year at the Indian Grand Prix on Saturday as he bids to equal Michael Schumacher's record for most wins in a season....

Andhra Pradesh's medical students in a fix, as government changes entrance test

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:46 AM PDT

At least 70,000 students in Andhra Pradesh preparing to sit for state medical entrance tests are in a fix. The reason? The Central government has announced that the tests will now be a nationwide comm...

Maruti Suzuki profit slumps down 59.8% to Rs 240.44 crore

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Maruti Suzuki posted Q2 profit decline of 59.8 per cent at Rs 240.44 crore, much lower than street expectations due to the labour strike and adverse foreign exchange movement. Net sales were down b...

Organisers arrested for cheating after Metallica concert is cancelled in Delhi

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:06 AM PDT

Four people, including a senior executive of the event management company that has organised the Metallica concerts in India, have been arrested after the show scheduled for Friday evening in Gurgaon ...

Maruti Suzuki Q2 profit down 59.8%, board approves Gujarat plant

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Auto giant Maruti announced a Q2 profit at Rs 240 crore in its second quarter results, down 59.8 per cent. The Maruti board has also approved a big plan to set up an additional manufacturing facili...

Team Anna member Qasmi: Core committee will not be dissolved

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Amid deepening controversies over some of its most-influential members, Team Anna held its core committee meeting in Ghaziabad near Delhi today. The meeting lasted for four hours, after which member M...

Qantas Airways grounds its entire worldwide fleet

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Qantas Airways grounded all of its aircraft around the world indefinitely on Saturday due to ongoing strikes by its workers. The Australian carrier's entire fleet of 108 aircraft will remain grounded ...

Maruti Suzuki to decide on new Gujarat plant

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 06:46 AM PDT

The country's largest automobile company, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, is likely to take a decision on establishing a new car plant in Gujarat or elsewhere this Saturday, during its board meeti...
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