Monday, November 28, 2011

Air India board to meet today to discuss Govt's Rs 7,000 crore revival plan

Air India board to meet today to discuss Govt's Rs 7,000 crore revival plan

Air India board to meet today to discuss Govt's Rs 7,000 crore revival plan

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:21 AM PST

A day after the government met with officials of Air India to discuss a bailout package for the ailing airline, its board will meet today to further discuss the revival plans....

PM, Sonia to attend Rahul Gandhi's Youth Congress meet today

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PST

Prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are likely to be present on the second day of Youth Congress meet. Rahul Gandhi addressed the newly-elected Youth Congress leaders at ...

Cuttack ODI: Weakened India still tough to beat

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:14 AM PST

After thrashing the West Indies in the Test series, India would look to continue their domination over the Caribbean side when the two teams clash in the opening match of One-Day cricket series at B...

2G case: Kanimozhi likely to walk out of Tihar Jail today

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:58 PM PST

After spending six months in jail, DMK MP Kanimozhi is likely to walk free today after she was granted bail yesterday by the Delhi High Court in connection with the 2G spectrum case....

Fliers must turn off devices, but it's not clear why

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:54 PM PST

Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: "Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff."...

Lokpal: Bedi says time for another mass movement

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:39 PM PST

Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight expressed disappointment at the recommendations in the draft report of Standing Committee on Lokpal Bill, saying going back on commitment given by Parliament will c...

All-party meeting today over FDI in retail

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:18 PM PST

As the Opposition puts the government on a notice over the issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail, the government has convened an all-party meeting today. This, after Parliament was paral...

2G case: Kanimozhi, four others get bail

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:57 PM PST

Six months after she was arrested, Kanimozhi, the Rajya Sabha MP whose father heads the DMK, has been granted bail....

FDI in retail: Congress leaders decide no question of rollback

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:50 PM PST

Senior leaders of the Congress party have met this evening and decided against any softening of the government's new stand on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in the multi-brand retail sector. The pol...

US Central Command to probe NATO airstrike

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:38 PM PST

The US Central Command would conduct a "broad and through" investigation into a NATO airstrike on Af-Pak border in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed, a Pentagon official said on Monday....

Govt mulling Rs 30,000 crore bailout package for Air India

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Seeking to turnaround the cash-strapped Air India, the government is considering a nearly Rs 30,000 crore package for the national carrier over a period of 10 years, official sources said tonight....

Tribal women allege rape in Tamil Nadu; 5 cops suspended

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:25 PM PST

Two days after four tribal women alleged they were raped by policemen in Tamil Nadu, five police personnel including an Inspector have been suspended. They have been suspended for violating the stipul...

Steel Authority of India bags mining rights for 3 Afghan mines

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:51 PM PST

In a strategically significant development, Afghanistan today awarded mining rights for three Hajigak blocks located at the central Bamyan province to an Indian consortium led by state-run Steel Autho...

China 'shocked', wants probe into NATO strike on Pakistan

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:32 PM PST

Expressing "strong concern", China has said that it was "deeply shocked" by NATO air strikes on Pakistani border posts that left 24 soldiers dead and asked NATO to respect Pakistan's sovereignty. It a...

2G case: Court to hear bail plea of Shahid Balwa on Tuesday

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:49 PM PST

A Delhi court will on Tuesday hear the arguments on the bail plea of Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, an accused in the 2G case....

Final Lokpal Bill draft says PM should be excluded: Sources

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PST

The government could be staring at a new and bitter confrontation with anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. The draft for the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill that is expected to be introduced in Parliame...

Infosys woman manager found hanging at home

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:34 AM PST

An assistant manager with Infosys Ltd was found hanging in her apartment in a suburb here, police said Monday. Smita Rao, 32, was also was found hanging Monday in her apartment in the northeast suburb...

Pakistan nukes not safe, says former foreign minister Qureshi

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:51 AM PST

Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has alleged that the country's nuclear weapons are not safe under the present PPP dispensation. Mr Qureshi's comments evoked an angry response f...

FDI in retail: Allies angry, opposition wants vote, all-party meet tomorrow

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:48 AM PST

The core group of the Congress which includes the party's senior-most leaders including the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi met this evening to discuss their strategy ahead of an all-party meeting s...

Elders at some point must give way to younger leaders: Chidambaram

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:24 AM PST

Amid speculation that Rahul Gandhi may take up a larger role in the party, Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that elders at some point of time must step back and give way to younger leaders....

Team Anna backs Kiran Bedi

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:17 AM PST

Team Anna came out in support of Kiran Bedi today. In a press conference in New Delhi, key Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said, " The case of misappropriation of funds against Kiran Bedi is totally...

Cabinet resigns in Kuwait political crisis

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:09 AM PST

The government of oil-rich Kuwait resigned on Monday following a bitter dispute with opposition MPs, lawmaker Khaled al-Sultan said....

Train engine bursts into flames as it enters Bengal station

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST

The engine of a Howrah-bound train caught fire on Monday as it entered Adishaptagram station in West Bengal's Hooghly district but no harm was caused to passengers....

No business as usual, says Gilani on Pak-US relations

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:31 AM PST

Taken aback by the killing of 24 soldiers in last week's NATO air attack, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said there would be "no more business as usual" in Pak-US relations....

Stomach that! 421 coins, bolts found in man's belly

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:15 AM PST

It took SN Yadav a few seconds to make sense of what he saw in the operation theatre. After all, it isn't every day a doctor sees a patient carrying six kg of iron -- 121 coins, dozens of nuts and bol...
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