Friday, October 28, 2011

After chaos today, Metallica cancels Delhi concert

After chaos today, Metallica cancels Delhi concert

After chaos today, Metallica cancels Delhi concert

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:43 AM PDT

First, the Metallica concert, scheduled for this evening in Gurgaon, was postponed to 4 pm tomorrow. Then, after angry fans trashed equipment, came reports that the Delhi gig has been cancelled altoge...

Riverfront flooding widens, but Bangkok mostly dry

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Amid heightened fears that floodwaters could swamp Bangkok, saffron-robed monks and soldiers piled sandbags outside the city's most treasured temples and palaces Friday as the Thai capital's main rive...

Medha, Hegde, Anna won't attend core committee meeting today

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:46 PM PDT

Amid deepening controversies over some of its most influential members, Team Anna's core committee meets today in Delhi. Anna, 74, will not attend; he has extended his "maun vrat" or vow of silence. M...

Sanjiv Bhatt case: Missing key witness found

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:42 PM PDT

A key witness in the Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's affidavit case, who had been missing for the last five days, has now been found. Shrenik Shah claims he was kidnapped by some rival land dealers...

Gambhir ties the knot with Natasha Jain

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:30 PM PDT

Star Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Friday tied the knot with Delhi-girl Natasha Jain in a quiet ceremony which was attended by only close family members and friends here....

Webcams go live at Statue of Liberty

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Webcams have been switched on at the Statue of Liberty during a ceremony marking the monument's 125th anniversary....

Decision on revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act deferred

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 04:39 PM PDT

After considerable controversy over its decision to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas in Kashmir, the state government has reportedly decided to put the plan on hol...

No Harbhajan, Raina; Sachin, Sehwag return for 1st Test vs West Indies

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:14 PM PDT

Harbhajan Singh has been excluded from India's squad for the first Test against West Indies, and R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha and Rahul Sharma will make up the spin department....

Kiran Bedi's two NGOs get Income Tax notices

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 01:07 PM PDT

The Income Tax Department has sent notices to the two NGOs run by Team Anna member Kiran Bedi to find out whether they are engaged in commercial activities....

Dhoni to don ranks of Lieutenant Colonel on Tuesday

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra will don the olive green uniform and be conferred the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army ...

Govt to take legal action to evict anti-capitalist protesters outside London cathedral

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Church and local government officials in London said Friday they would go to court to evict anti-capitalist protesters camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral, as the iconic church reopened after a week-l...

Britain changes royal succession rules

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:31 AM PDT

The 16 Commonwealth countries for which Queen Elizabeth II is monarch agreed on Friday that males will no longer have precedence over females in the order of succession to the throne....

Greetings, my lady - Gaga receives India

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Dressed more sedately than usual -no meat in sight - Lady Gaga told her Indian fans what they can expect on Sunday night when she will perform at an F1 after-party....

Sikh gets job, USD 295,000 in discrimination case in US

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Six years after he was denied a job as a prison guard in California because he refused to shave off his beard, an Indian-American Sikh has been made a correctional officer at a California jail. He's a...

Live Blog: Metallica concert in Delhi

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Live Blog: Metallica concert in Delhi

Greetings, my lady - Gaga receives India

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Dressed more sedately than usual -not a meat chop in sight - Lady Gaga told her Indian fans what they can expect on Sunday night....

Indian Grand Prix: Massa tops practice 2

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Ferrari's Felipe Massa upset the form books with the quickest practice drive on Friday as Lewis Hamilton suffered yet another setback on Formula One's first ever day of action in India....

'Cremated' teenage girl reappears alive in Assam

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:43 AM PDT

A young girl who was presumed to have died with the body cremated on Wednesday turned up today at the Tezpur police station in Assam's Sonitpur district....

Bomb found on Advani's yatra near Madurai

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:42 AM PDT

A bomb weighing seven kgs was found on the outskirts of Madurai just an hour before senior BJP leader LK Advani was meant to travel over the bridge underneath which the Improvised Explosive Device was...

Sensex gains 500 points; Maruti down 2% ahead of Q2 earnings

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:20 AM PDT

A glimmer of hope on the Euro Zone front resulted in one of the best closing for the Indian benchmark indices in the recent past on Friday. The Sensex has welcomed a deal crafted by the European le...

Another 12 babies die in Bengal, this time in Burdwan

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Close on the heels of the death of 13 babies in a government hospital in Kolkata, 12 newborns have died in the Bardwan Medical College and hospital here....

World's largest gold coin unveiled in Australia

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Australia's Perth Mint unveiled Thursday what it says is the world's largest gold bullion coin, weighing more than a tonne and worth Aus $53.5 million (US$55 million)....

Berlusconi paid 2.5 million pounds in cash to dozens of women

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 08:01 AM PDT

More trouble seems to be brewing for Silvio Berlusconi, with documents emerging that the embattled Italian Prime Minister paid some 2.5 million pounds in cash to dozens of women invited to his infamou...

Jairam Ramesh's letter on NREGS politically motivated: UP Govt

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:13 AM PDT

The Uttar Pradesh government has hit back at the Central government saying that Union Minister Jairam Ramesh's letter citing a huge scam in National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the state is p...

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable Hatf-7 cruise missile

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Pakistan today test fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-7 cruise missile with a range of 700 km that can hit targets in India....
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