Friday, October 7, 2011

Gayle, Kohli power Bangalore into CLT20 final

Gayle, Kohli power Bangalore into CLT20 final


Gayle, Kohli power Bangalore into CLT20 final

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:49 PM PDT

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat New South Wales by 6 wickets to book a berth in the final. Bangalore successfully chased the target of 204 runs with 9 balls to spare....


Telangana crisis: Govt needs time, says Pranab after meeting PM, Sonia

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:36 PM PDT

As the Telangana agitation entered its 26th day, Congress top brass tonight held hectic consultations on the ticklish statehood issue, ahead of Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan's meetings with...


J&K 'custody death': I did no wrong, I have no regrets, says Omar Abdullah

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Omar Abdullah has said that he has no regrets about how he handled the case of a party worker whose death has plunged Mr Abdullah's government into an emergency....


Pakistan to repatriate Osama's family: Report

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Pakistan has contacted the governments of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to arrange the repatriation of Osama bin Laden's three widows and their children, Pakistani officials said today....


Taliban can't move finger without Pakistan: Karzai

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:05 PM PDT

As the war in Afghanistan hit the 10-year mark on Friday, President Hamid Karzai claimed the Taliban are being propped up by neighboring Pakistan, saying the militants can't lift a finger without the ...


Whole town evacuated after train accident leads to fire

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:49 PM PDT

A freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and exploded Friday, sending up bright orange flames and plumes of smoke that could be seen miles away and forcing the evacuation of a small town in norther...


Disagree with Narayana Murthy's IIT remarks, says Sibal

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today refused to subscribe to Infosys chief N R Narayana Murthy's view about the slump in the quality of education in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and pitched ...


US economy adds 103,000 jobs in September

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:20 PM PDT

The United States added 103,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that followed a sluggish summer for the economy. The figure at least temporarily calms fears of a new recession that have hung o...


Anna video targets Congress as 'govt of the corrupt'

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Anna Hazare has delivered on his threat to the Congress - that he will ask voters not to support the party because it has not introduced the new anti-corruption Lokpal Bill....

Michelle Obama aims to help break Guinness World Record for jumping jacks

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Michelle Obama wants to jump into the Guinness World Records book next week by helping break the title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period....


Prime Minister asks Jayalalithaa to support Kudankulam plant

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:50 PM PDT

The Prime Minister has indicated today that while the concerns of those who live near the nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu will be addressed in detail, the plans for the plant cannot be suspended. ...


Spot-fixing case: Akmal brothers come under scanner

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:43 PM PDT

The names of three more Pakistani cricketers, including the Akmal brothers, have cropped up for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing during the ongoing criminal trials against former captain Sal...


When'If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine'

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:40 PM PDT

'If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine', 'Wear a smile - one size fits all' -- carrying colourful posters that read messages like these, over 20 children from Mumbai slums Friday greete...


13-year-old beaten to death for stealing coal

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:15 PM PDT

A 13-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Jharkand's coal city Dhanbad on Friday, police sources said. According to police, the ...


Anna dismisses RSS claim, Congress says we told you so

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:03 PM PDT

An RSS statement claiming that it was part of Anna Hazare's movement today snowballed into a controversy with the Gandhian dismissing the claim and the Congress saying it has given a lie to his claim ...

Dhoni needs rest after Australia tour: Ganguly

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly says incumbent has said MS Dhoni should rest a bit before the upcoming tour of Australia as he has to be fresh for the team's long series Down Under....

Denied visa, Dalai Lama will talk with Desmond Tutu via web

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Barred from entering South Africa, the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will link up via videoconferencing with fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu to celebrate the latter's 80th birthday....


I stand vindicated on RSS-Hazare agitation link: Digvijaya

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said today he stood vindicated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement that the volunteers of his organisation had taken part in the...


Sensex closes 430 points higher on metals, banking boost

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT

The euro zone debt crisis may be headed towards a solution. In the move announced on Thursday, European Central Bank offered to flood banks with any amount of one-year loans through 2013. This news...


Goa illegal mining: Speaker decides not to table report, opposition walks out

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Much to the Congress government's relief, the Goa Assembly session ended today without a House panel report that indicts the Chief Minister for being "a silent spectator" and permitting illegal mining...


India wants to 'create anti-Pakistan Afghanistan': Musharraf

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:25 AM PDT

As concerns mounted over Pakistan's military and intelligence links with terror groups, Pakistan's former president General Pervez Musharraf has accused India of seeking to "create an anti-Pakistan Af...


J&K 'custody' death: 'My father was assaulted,' says Syed Yousuf's son

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Omar and Farooq Abdullah's political fortunes in the imminent future depend heavily on a man who allegedly paid 85 lakh rupees for a ministry in their government in Jammu and Kashmir....


BCCI confirms ditching DRS for series against England

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:52 AM PDT

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday, confirmed that the Decision Review System (DRS) will not be used for the ODI and T20 series between India and England which begins on October 14 at...

Johnson Sirleaf, Gbowee, Karman win Nobel Peace

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:52 AM PDT

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to three people. The winners are: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman....


Missing nurse case: Letter to police claims Bhanwari Devi is alive

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:36 AM PDT

The police in Jodhpur have received an anonymous note that claims Bhanwari Devi, a midwife and nurse missing for weeks, is being kept hostage by a politician in Haryana....


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