Thursday, November 3, 2011

Anna Hazare ends his vow of silence at Rajghat

Anna Hazare ends his vow of silence at Rajghat

Anna Hazare ends his vow of silence at Rajghat

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:43 AM PDT

Gandhian activist Anna Hazare ended his vow of silence early this morning at Rajghat in the Capital today. Mr Hazare reached Delhi on Thursday night from his village Ralegan Siddhi. He is expected to ...

Anna in Delhi, may end his vow of silence

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:07 PM PDT

Anna Hazare, who has not spoken a word in about three weeks, is expected to end his vow of silence on Friday. Mr Hazare reached Delhi on Thursday night from his village Ralegan Siddhi. He is expected ...

Digvijaya Singh faces wrath of BJP workers

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday faced the wrath of BJP workers protesting against price hike while he was waiting to board a Delhi-bound train at Mugalsarai railway station....

Petrol prices hiked by Rs 1.82 per litre from midnight

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:39 PM PDT

Petrol price hike: Oil companies have decided to increase petrol prices by Rs 1.82 per litre with effect from midnight tonight. This is the fourth hike in prices this year....

Greek PM scraps referendum on Greek debt plan

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Ignoring increasing calls to step down, Greece's prime minister says he is seeking emergency talks with the Opposition and warns that an early election would force Greece into leaving the euro currenc...

Metallica concert fiasco: Judicial custody for four

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:07 PM PDT

Four officials of an event management company organising last week's cancelled Metallica concert were on Thursday sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a local court, police said....

Beatings 'regular' in US judge's home, says daughter

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:57 PM PDT

The daughter of a Texas judge who secretly caught him on video beating her as a teenager in a row over a computer game said today that corporal punishment was a regular feature in her home....

Jagan Mohan Reddy to appear before CBI today

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:49 PM PDT

The CBI has summoned Jagan Mohan Reddy today to question him on his links with Gali Janardhan Reddy.

India set for last lap in $10.4-billion combat plane tender

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:42 PM PDT

India is all set to dash through the last lap in its quest to buy 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft, estimated to be worth $10.4 billion, when the Defence Ministry on Friday opens the commercial b...

Spot-Fixing: Fans turn their back on convicted trio

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:30 PM PDT

The families of jailed Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir might have refused to believe that the duo were involved in corruption but the fans on Thursday held protests to vent their ...

Telecom regulator issues notice to 900 individuals over pesky calls

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:07 PM PDT

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI has said it has penalised 15 telemarketers till date and notices have been issued to 900 individuals and phones of 90 people has been disconnected for...

New Bond film titled Skyfall

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:32 PM PDT

New James Bond movie has a title. And that title is Skyfall

Fire at naval dock in Mumbai now under control

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:33 PM PDT

A major fire, which broke out inside the naval dock in south Mumbai on Thursday, has now been brought under control. It was doused after nearly two hours. The fire was reported from an administrative ...

Short Sainthood for Steve Jobs

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PDT

"The scope of Jobs's achievements is hard to put into words," Gawker wrote in a respectful 1,200-word post simply titled "Steve Jobs Is Dead."...

Splits deepen in Greece over referendum on Euro debt deal

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Hours after Prime Minister George A Papandreou of Greece emerged from a meeting with Europe's leaders, pledging to hold a referendum on a new European debt deal, key ministers in his government rebell...

New UK visa rules for students will hit Indians hard

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Delighted that new stringent student visa rules were "beginning to bite", the UK Home Office on Wednesday said a further tightening of the system was on the cards from April even as British universiti...

We had a good, positive meet, says Team Anna after meeting parliamentary panel

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Key members of Team Anna - Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Kiran Bedi and Prashant Bhushan - on Thursday, met the parliamentary panel examining the proposed Lokpal Bill....

Kanimozhi denied bail, breaks down in court

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Before Kanimozhi entered court this morning, she seemed relaxed and cheerful, as she sat with her mother, husband and young son. The odds were in favour of her getting bail after more than five months...

China envoy tells Indian reporter to 'shut up' when asked about incorrect map

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PDT

A Chinese company today signed a pact for investing $400 million in Gujarat, but a row erupted when China's ambassador Zhang Yan asked an Indian journalist to "shut up" when he questioned the company'...

Govt says 44 deemed universities must be de-recognised

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Two lakh students are likely to need reassurance that their interests will be looked after even though their universities are on the verge of being de-recognised....

Baby's body exhumed in West Bengal after acid controversy

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:46 AM PDT

The body of a baby who died within hours of being born at a hospital in Murshidabad has been exhumed. There has been considerable controversy surrounding his delivery and death. His mother, Shikha Bib...

It’s official, new Bond film is Skyfall

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Daniel Craig stars as the suave secret agent for a third time in the film, directed by Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes....

Spot-fixing: Pakistan players, Majeed face jail terms

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:24 AM PDT

A London court has sentenced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt to 30 months in prison for conspiring with a bookie and two bowlers in his team to bowl three no-balls in a Test match agains...

Judge's daughter posts YouTube video, says he beats her with belt

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Police launched an investigation Wednesday into a Texas family law judge whose daughter posted a YouTube video of him savagely beating her with a belt during a tirade several years ago when she was a ...

Spot-fixing verdict: What the judge said

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:51 AM PDT

Full transcript of the judge's speech in the spot-fixing verdict against bookie Mazhar Majeed and Pakistan cricketers; Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt....
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