Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Row over Srinagar grenade attack

Row over Srinagar grenade attack

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. ...

5th ODI: India beat England by 95 runs, sweep series 5-0

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:12 PM PDT

India beat England by 95 runs in the fifth and final one-day international in Kolkata on Tuesday to sweep the series 5-0. India defended their total of 271-8 by bowling England out for 176 in just 3...

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....

Thailand floods: Bangkok in 'crisis mode', second airport shuts down

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:56 PM PDT

Bangkok's second airport shut down today as floodwaters advanced into the Thai capital, forcing authorities in "crisis mode" to declare a five-day public holiday in preparation for the deluge....

India climb to 3rd spot in ODI rankings

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:56 PM PDT

A clinical India moved into third position in the ICC ODI rankings after producing a world champion-like performance against England which has helped it to wrap up the series 5-0....

Taliban releases video of captured Swiss couple

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:04 PM PDT

A video emerged on Tuesday of what is believed to be a Swiss couple, abducted by the Pakistani Taliban in Baluchistan in July this year....

Yes Bank raises savings rate to 6%

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Following the Reserve Bank of India’s move to deregulate savings deposit interest rate, private lender Yes Bank has raised its saving deposit rate by 2 per cent to 6 per cent with immediate e...

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 ...

After ugly spat with Thackeray over North Indians, Congress seeks distance

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

With elections marked soon on Mumbai's calendar, politicians are upping the ante, giving fresh expression to the locals vs immigrants battle...

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 st...

Turkey quake: Two-week-old baby rescued from rubble after 48 hours

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:48 AM PDT

A 2-week-old baby girl on Tuesday was pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building and rescue workers struggled to save her mother, nearly 48 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that toppl...

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 financi...

RA.One's 3D version is ready: SRK

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Shah Rukh Khan says the 3D version of RA.One to roll out Wednesday, adding the movie looks "awesome"....

Judge who convicted Taseer's assassin sent to Saudi Arabia

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:24 AM PDT

The Pakistani government has packed off the judge, who gave the death sentence to Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's self-confessed assassin, to Saudi Arabia after he received death threats from religio...

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,...

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....

Cash-for-Votes scam: Sushma Swaraj meets Sudheendra Kulkarni in jail

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:14 AM PDT

The BJP's Sushma Swaraj made a Diwali visit to Tihar Jail today to meet two party men and the BJP's former strategist Sudheendra Kulkarni, all arrested in the cash-for-votes scam case. ...

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 nucl...

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 thousand...

Don't know who Anna means in 'gang of four' accusation, says Khurshid

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:39 AM PDT

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has in his latest blog said the government has "a gang of four" that are bent on harassing the activists who work closest with him. " Every member of 'Team Anna' ...

Libyan official says Gaddafi buried at dawn

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:37 AM PDT

A Misrata military council official said Moammar Gaddafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide were buried at dawn Tuesday in a secret location, with a few relatives and officials in attendance. In a text...

RBI raises repo rate by 0.25%; loans to become dearer

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:16 AM PDT

The quarterly monetary policy review announcement by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday has dampened festive spirit. The RBI has raised repo rate by 0.25 per cent to tame inflation. This is...

Cabinet says yes to 1% interest rate subvention on home loans upto 15 lakhs

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:26 AM PDT

Union Cabinet has given a nod to the home loan cap for availing one per cent interest subsidy to Rs 15 lakh from existing Rs 10 lakh in a bid to boost the housing sector. Under a scheme introduced ...

Jairam Ramesh writes to Mayawati govt, slams its 'inaction on corruption'

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:22 AM PDT

There is all-out war between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government over the latter's alleged "inaction on corruption." Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to the Mayawati govern...
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