Wednesday, November 2, 2011

2G scam: Court to hear bail plea of Kanimozhi, others

2G scam: Court to hear bail plea of Kanimozhi, others

2G scam: Court to hear bail plea of Kanimozhi, others

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:13 PM PDT

Kanimozhi, the daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, has been in jail for over five months - and her internment has led to high-drama charged politics in Delhi and Chennai. With her stand accused a for...

Spot-Fixing: Explosive claims stun London court

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:31 PM PDT

Explosive claims about corruption in Pakistan's cricket team stunned a London courtroom Wednesday as three guilty players and their agent spoke out on each other's roles as they awaited sentence....

Indian scientists sequence first plant genome

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PDT

In a major milestone, Indian scientists have for the first time sequenced the genetic make-up of a plant. For the first time in the country, scientists have successfully managed to sequence the genome...

Bookie Majeed says Butt wanted him to fix matches

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Mazhar Majeed in a testimony in a UK court on Wednesday, said that former Pakistan cricketer Salman Butt wanted him to fix matches. The bookie though said he was aware that he will go to prison and...

2G scam: Murli Manohar Joshi advised PM against auction, reveals letter

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:36 PM PDT

In the latest twist to the 2G spectrum scam, the Congress has tried to turn the tables on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). They have highlighted a letter that senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi wr...

Assange can be extradited to Sweden, says London court

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:33 PM PDT

A London court ruled on Wednesday that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year. He will seek a final appeal ...

2G scam: Congress turns the tables on BJP

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:12 PM PDT

In the latest twist to the 2G spectrum scam, the Congress has tried to turn the tables on the BJP. They have highlighted a letter that Murli Manohar Joshi wrote in 2007 to the Prime Minister advising ...

European leaders summon Greek PM to explain referendum on bailout deal

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was flying to the chic French Riviera resort of Cannes on Wednesday to explain himself to European leaders furious over his surprise referendum on a bailout deal...

Bengal hospital uses acid instead of antiseptic, baby dead

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:45 PM PDT

As Shikha Bibi was going into labour in a hospital in West Bengal, she felt intense pain. She would emerge from her C-section delivery with burns on her inner thighs. She believes those attending to h...

Markets fret over Greek referendum and fears of contagion to Italy

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:41 PM PDT

World markets remained rattled on Wednesday over whether the Greek prime minister's decision to take his country's latest rescue package to a referendum was a huge miscalculation. Worries o...

'Reuben was the bravest person I have ever known'

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:26 PM PDT

The air was charged with emotion as thousands gathered to pay their last respects to Reuben Fernandez at his funeral in Amboli church yesterday. Reuben was stabbed by a bunch of goons on October 20, a...

Pakistan gives India the status of "Most Favoured Nation"

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Pakistan says it has decided to normalise trade relations with its giant rival and neighbor India. Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan says the Cabinet on Wednesday approved a decision to give Ind...

5 million pound iPad comes with T-Rex bone

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:22 AM PDT

An iPad worth five million pounds has been customised by a specialist designer with gold, diamonds and shavings of a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone....

Full text of Julian Assange's extradition judgement

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:02 AM PDT

A London court ruled on Wednesday that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year. ...

Indian-origin man secretly fed wife steroids to ensure she'd stay home

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:57 AM PDT

An Indian-origin man has been given a suspended jail term in Britain for secretly feeding his wife steroids so that she becomes overweight and stays at home to cook and look after their children. In t...

Team Anna gives Uttarakhand a big thumbs up

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Anna Hazare's close aides have congratulated the Uttarakhand government for introducing a historic Lokpal Bill to combat corruption among government servants....

Congress not worried by Anna's threats of fast, says Digvijaya

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PDT

A day after Anna Hazare threatened to launch another hunger strike if a strong Jan Lokpal Bill was not passed in the Parliament's Winter Session, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today said his party i...

Digvijaya comments have become research topic, says Nitish

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Describing Congress leader Digvijaya Singh as a mild and sober politician, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that Singh's recent statements have become a subject of research for him....

I liked Manmohan Singh when he wasn't Prime Minister: Advani

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:49 AM PDT

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Wednesday said he liked Manmohan Singh "when he was not the prime minister". Speaking to reporters in Panaji, the former deputy Prime Minister,...

China, Russia seen most likely to bribe; poor marks for India too

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Transparency International says companies from China and Russia are seen as most likely to use bribery to secure foreign contracts. ...

Jagan Mohan to be interrogated by CBI on Saturday

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Jagan Mohan Reddy has been asked to meet the CBI on Saturday to explain whether he has any business links to former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy....

Hindu Americans angry over Kentucky Republican's remarks

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:56 AM PDT

The governor of the US state of Kentucky found himself at the receiving end of criticism from his Republican challenger, who termed his participation in a Hindu ceremony as 'idolatrous', sparking ange...

Don't try to score petty points on 26/11 trial, says India to Pak

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:47 AM PDT

With Pakistan saying that there was no delay on its part in prosecuting people behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, India today said Islamabad should not try to score "petty points" on the issue and help ...

Jessica Lall's killer Manu Sharma wants to attend brother's wedding

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:39 AM PDT

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi police to respond to a request for parole by Manu Sharma, who was convicted for murdering model Jessica Lall. Mr Sharma' has asked for permission to attend his...
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