Wednesday, October 26, 2011

India, Bangladesh face extreme risk from climate change: Survey

India, Bangladesh face extreme risk from climate change: Survey

India, Bangladesh face extreme risk from climate change: Survey

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 08:12 AM PDT

A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change but rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Another grenade attack in Kashmir, three injured

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 07:54 AM PDT

There has been a grenade attack in Kashmir, a fifth since yesterday. The attacker lobbed the grenade in a busy market place in south Kashmir. Police are saying three civilians have been injured.

India objects to travel advisory by five countries

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:43 AM PDT

India has objected to countries issuing travel advisories for their people wanting to come to the country. Foreign Minister SM Krishna will raise the issue at the Commonwealth Summit with Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.

Countering China via the Andamans

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:31 AM PDT

With increasing Chinese assertiveness in the Indian ocean and Bay of Bengal noticeable of late, the Defence Ministry is now waking up to the need to upgrade and strengthen the decade old Andaman Nicobar Command.

Dark Diwali for Sarabjit's family

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:36 AM PDT

While many of us do get the chance to celebrate Diwali with our families, one family in Punjab has been waiting for a member for decades. Sarabjit Singh, who has been in Pakistan jail on charges of being an Indian spy, will not be home this Diwali. His family is hoping the Pakistan government will show mercy and free him soon.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy faces corruption charges

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:40 AM PDT

Oommen Chandy: Kerala Chief minister Oommen Chandy is facing the heat of corruption charge against him for a Rs 256 crore pollution control project that resulted in loss to the government. Opposition Left Democratic Front has moved an adjournment motion in the Assembly.

Row over Srinagar grenade attack

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Jammu and Kashmir's ruling party, the National Conference, is in damage control mode after one of its top leaders accused the Army of being behind today's grenade attack in Srinagar.

How India narrowly missed collision with space junk

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Heavily populated Asian cities avoided a dangerous collision with space junk last weekend as a defunct German satellite crashed into the sea somewhere between India and Myanmar.

Unsure if political reasons are delaying Kanimozhi's bail, says Karunanidhi

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:35 PM PDT

DMK chief M Karunanidhi returned to Chennai this evening after a tense weekend in Delhi, where his daughter was told she will stand trial for her alleged role in the telecom scam. "Although Kanimozhi is physically weak, she is mentally strong," Mr Karunanidhi said. He also said that Congress President Sonia Gandhi "asked about Kanimozhi's condition in jail."

132 sorties fail in locating crashed MIG-29: Indian Air Force

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:03 PM PDT

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been extensively searching for the wreckage of a MIG-29 aircraft which crashed in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul Valley early Wednesday morning. The IAF, today, in a press statement said till date 132 sorties have been flown towards search and rescue operations.

Amid many controversies, Team Anna's core committee meets on Saturday

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:33 AM PDT

The Core Committee of Team Anna will meet in New Delhi on Saturday, during which members are expected to discuss a slate of controversies including Prashant Bhushan's future, and the claims of financial mismanagement that have surrounded Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi.

Kiran Bedi's travel agent quits as trustee of her NGO

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:04 AM PDT

A founder member of former top cop Kiran Bedi's NGO, who managed her trips, quit the trust today, claiming his reputation has been tarnished.

Next time our movement will be 10 times bigger, warns Arvind Kejriwal

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Arvind Kejriwal has said that the government will pay dearly for the attacks it is launching on the activists that make up Team Anna. "If the government keeps targeting us like this, next time around, the people will deliver a movement that will be ten times larger than the one we saw in August," he said.

Indians worst hit as Australia axes 15,000 student visas

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Immigration authorities in Australia have cancelled 15,066 foreign student visas in the last one year, and the worst hit are Indians.

Uttar Pradesh land war: 40 villages reject High Court order, want their land back

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:27 AM PDT

The land war between the government and farmers in Uttar Pradesh is far from over. Farmers of 40 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Noida Extension have rejected higher compensation and will move the Supreme Court, demanding their land back.

Kudankulam N-plant protests: Kalam steps in as mediator

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam will play mediator in Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam nuclear plant row. India's missile man, who is a strong advocate of nuclear power, has planned to survey the coastal nuclear installations.

UK bans nearly 1,900 Indian banks for student visas

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Britain today published a list of nearly 1,900 banks in India most of them cooperative whose financial statements will not be accepted for student visa purposes, a move that is set to affect thousands of Indian students wanting to study there. The new list has just 85 banks operating in India whose statements will be accepted for purposes of student visas.
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