Monday, December 26, 2011

Lokpal Bill battle: Anna to begin 3-day fast at Mumbai's MMRDA Ground today

Lokpal Bill battle: Anna to begin 3-day fast at Mumbai's MMRDA Ground today

Lokpal Bill battle: Anna to begin 3-day fast at Mumbai's MMRDA Ground today

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:13 AM PST

Anna Hazare fast: Battle zone Mumbai is all set for the Lokpal Bill war. Anna Hazare will begin his three-day hunger strike against the anti-corruption bill that the government has prepared at the cit...

Lokpal Bill debate begins at 11 am in Parliament today

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST

The stage is set for the denouement of the Lokpal Bill saga. Today, at 11 am, India's Parliament will convene to debate the Bill and at the end of the day, vote on it. At the same time, Anna Hazare, 7...

Lokpal Debate: BJP to move 37 amendments

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:08 AM PST

Tomorrow morning, the Lok Sabha will begin debating the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill. In Mumbai, the man who has pushed that bill to the top of India's agenda will begin a three-day hunger strike to re...

Virender Sehwag completes 8000 Test runs

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 01:06 AM PST

India's flamboyant opener Virender Sehwag has completed 8000 Test runs when he took a single off Peter Siddle-delivery on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne....

Lokpal Final Act: Tale of two cities, Anna in Mumbai, debate in Delhi

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:48 AM PST

Anna Hazare arrived late on Monday evening in Mumbai for his three-day hunger strike against a bill that parliament will begin debating at 11 am today. So Tuesday will, for India, be a tale of two cit...

Why are Kejriwal, Bedi not fasting: Digvijaya

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:47 AM PST

The day Anna Hazare starts his three-day fast for a strong Lokpal at Mumbai's MMRDA ground, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh continued his attack on the Gandhian and his team of social activ...

Ambani brothers to meet at family reunion

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 11:35 PM PST

The monument has three sections a pictorial gallery, the old residence of Dhirubhai and an auditorium....

Australian media slams India's review refusal

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:51 PM PST

The Indian cricket board's move to scuttle the decision review system cast a controversial pall over the Boxing Day Test against Australia, newspapers said on Tuesday....

Student from India shot in UK: Report

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST

A student from India died after he was shot in Salford in North West England, reports the BBC. The student, who was 23, was with a large group of other Indian students, according to the report, when t...

Royal Enfield bikers to escort Anna to Mumbai venue

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:43 PM PST

To beat Mumbai's notorious rush hour traffic, activist Anna Hazare today will be escorted by motorcyclists to the venue of his three-day fast, the MMRDA Grounds. Anna, who is 74, will begin his hunger...

Mumbai Police gears up for 50,000 people at Anna's fast

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:27 PM PST

Mumbai's MMRDA Grounds is about to become a national landmark. Starting today, 50,000 people are expected to visit the venue where 74-year-old Anna Hazare will begin a three-day hunger strike against ...

Lokpal Bill: Over four decades of failed attempts

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:56 PM PST

The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parli...

Rajasthan doctors' strike claims 50 lives

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:23 PM PST

Patients at government hospitals across Rajasthan continued to suffer on the sixth day of doctors' strike on Monday, and officials said the toll due to the strike has gone up to 50 across the state. O...

China launches super-speed test train

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:29 PM PST

China has launched its first test train that is said to be capable of reaching 500 km per hour from the present 300 km per hour a feat if accomplished would be a big leap forward in high speed train t...

Rajinikanth visits fasting venue

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:18 PM PST

Superstar Rajinikanth has once again come out in strong support of Anna Hazare and his Jan Lokpal Bill....

UP polls: Congress plays Muslim card; will it face backward backlash?

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:02 PM PST

Wooing the voters in Uttar Pradesh might have started months ago but it's only now that campaigning has begun in the state, in right earnest. After dates for the seven-phased polls in the politically-...

Four bank employees jailed for Rs 1.7 crore fraud

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:04 PM PST

Four former Central Bank of India officials have been sentenced to imprisonment with terms ranging from five to six years by a Mumbai CBI Special Court for cheating the bank of approximately Rs 1.7 cr...

A prison guard inspired by Anna fasts against corruption

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST

Inspired by anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare, a prison guard today sat on a fast outside Etah district jail alleging that there was corruption there....

New North Korean leader ascends to party leadership

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:39 AM PST

North Korea indicated on Monday that Kim Jong-un, the son and successor of its deceased leader, Kim Jong-il, was being elevated to the top of the ruling Workers' Party's hierarchy, calling him head of...

Delhi teacher arrested for rape and MMS

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:27 AM PST

A government teacher was arrested for harassing a 22-year-old former student by making her Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) clip after raping her a month ago, police said on Monday. Ram Avtar, 40, w...

Amid Chidambaram controversies, PM offers public praise

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:03 AM PST

As the BJP asks the Prime Minister to fire P Chidambram from his cabinet, Dr Manmohan Singh has offered lavish public praise for the Home Minister. Dr Singh, who was in Mr Chidambaram's consitutuency...

Tendulkar boosted my confidence: Umesh Yadav

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:50 AM PST

India's young bowling sensation Umesh Yadav was a bit nervous bowling at the likes of Ricky Ponting in his first Test against Australia but said Sachin Tendulkar's advice hugely boosted his confidence...

Leopard sighting triggers panic, 30,000 people under house arrest

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:24 AM PST

Over the last week, an otherwise routine central Mumbai suburb has taken to assuming a hushed, haunted character. At Indira Nagar, Station Road, Kanjurmarg (East), things start to hush up with the ons...

India vs Australia: Day 1 highlights

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:21 AM PST

A look at the highlights on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia.
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