Saturday, December 31, 2011

PM faces black flag demonstrations outside Golden Temple

PM faces black flag demonstrations outside Golden Temple

PM faces black flag demonstrations outside Golden Temple

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:55 AM PST

The New Year does not have seem to begun on a very good note for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he faced black flag demonstrations today at the Golden Temple in Amritsar....

Anna admitted to hospital in Pune for check-up

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:48 AM PST

Veteran anti-graft activist Anna Hazare was admitted to a hospital in Pune today for medical treatment....

UK cops to fly to India to meet Anuj Bidve's family

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 12:25 AM PST

Two officials of the Greater Manchester Police are scheduled to fly to India to meet the family of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was killed in an unprovoked attack on Boxing Day in Salford. ...

Anna to be hospitalised on Sunday for check-up; core committee meeting postponed

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:10 PM PST

Doctors attending to activist Anna Hazare have said that the 74-year-old will be admitted to Pune hospital on Sunday morning for check-up....

Govt committed to a strong Lokpal: PM's New Year message

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:09 PM PST

In a New Year message to the nation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that he will personally work to provide an honest and a more efficient government....

Congress slams BJP for casting aspersions on Rajya Sabha Chairman

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:03 PM PST

Congress on Saturday came down heavily on BJP for casting aspersions on Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari in the wake of adjournment of the House sine die on Thursday when the Lokpal Bill was being de...

Dhoni set the tone for India's slide: Ian Chappell

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:35 AM PST

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has blamed India skipper MS Dhoni for "India's slide to oblivion" and questioned his "conservative" approach on the final day of the first Test against Australia ...

Knighthood for Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:34 AM PST

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Indian-American scientist whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has been honoured with a Knighthood by the royal establish...

Sreedharan calls it a day; Mangu Singh takes over as new chief of Delhi Metro

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:21 AM PST

E Sreedharan on Saturday handed over the baton to his colleague Mangu Singh after a momentous 16-year tenure as Managing Director of Delhi Metro during which he constructed and spread the network far ...

Petrol prices going up by over Rs 2/litre on Monday?

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:53 AM PST

The rate change may, however, need a political clearance as Assembly elections in five crucial states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, have been announced....

Aussies must stop Sehwag, Tendulkar: Chappell

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:39 AM PST

Former Test captain Ian Chappell has said that if Australia can shut down Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar they can inflict a 4-0 whitewash on India like England did during the summer....

HIV positive man 'infected hundreds' in US; turns himself in

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:21 AM PST

An HIV-positive man in US has potentially infected thousands of people - by having unprotected sex so he could spread the disease, according to a media report....

Cyclone Thane batters Tamil Nadu, Puducherry; toll rises to 42

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:20 AM PST

Relief operations were launched on war-footing to bring back normalcy in Cyclone Thane battered Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and the adjacent Puducherry, as the toll caused by the severe storm moun...

Full transcript of the Prime Minister's New Year message

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 09:16 AM PST

Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has greeted the nation on the eve of the New Year. Following is the text of the Prime Minister's message:...

Lokpal war: It was opposition's plan to 'scuttle' the Bill, says Chidambaram

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:22 AM PST

A day after the main opposition party, the BJP, alleged that the government manipulated the proceedings in the House to ensure that on Thursday night, the Lokpal Bill was not put to vote in the Rajya ...

We may accept one or two amendments to accommodate Trinamool: Government

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:20 AM PST

Admitting that the government was taken by surprise by Trinamool Congress' opposition to Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said one or two amendments could be accepted to r...

Gilani rules out early polls, says his government will finish term

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:33 AM PST

Notwithstanding a series of crises faced by his government, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has dismissed any chance of early polls, saying the next general election would be held as schedu...

Anuj Bidve murder: UK police offer £50,000 reward to trace killer

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:20 AM PST

British police investigating the "horrific" murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve have offered a £50,000 reward to trace the killer and apologised to the victim's family for delay in informing about th...

A human touch for ancient scripts at Italy's book hospital

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:49 AM PST

Ancient manuscripts are treated like hospital patients at a famous book restoration institute in Rome that has worked on everything from the Dead Sea Scrolls to one of the oldest Korans in the world....

Pakistan judicial commission to probe memo scandal

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:26 AM PST

Pakistan's Supreme Court set up a judicial commission on Friday to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government, lawyers said, dealing a blow to the country's leaders, who have argu...

US man guilty of arson at 'topless coffee shop'

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:02 AM PST

A man blamed for a fire that destroyed a coffee shop where topless waitresses worked has been found guilty of arson....

BJP delegation to meet President over Lokpal Bill fiasco

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:52 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that a delegation of senior leaders will meet President Pratibha Patil January 3 to register the party's protest against the Lokpal Bill fiasco in Parli...

UP minister openly dares state Lokayukta

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:47 AM PST

Uttar Pradesh's Power Minister Ramvir Upadhyaya has dared the state Lokayukta NK Mehrotra and warned the ombudsman against provoking him. The Lokayukta had initially ordered a probe against the minist...

Cold wave continues, fog in Delhi on New Year's Eve

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:54 AM PST

Delhi continued to shiver under a spell of chill and dense fog on the last day of the year as minimum temperature remained below normal levels....

Sydney is my favourite ground outside India: Tendulkar

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:41 AM PST

It is his "favourite ground" outside India and iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar is determined to continue this love affair with the SCG, where he averages a staggering 221, during the second cricket ...
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