Sad day for democracy: Trinamool

Sad day for democracy: Trinamool
Cyclone Thane makes landfall between Puducherry and Cuddalore, causes heavy rain
Lalu's MP tears paper in Rajya Sabha during Lokpal Debate
Cyclone Thane to hit Tamil Nadu coast early on Friday morning
Lokpal Bill continues to be a 'jinxed' affair
Titanic artifacts going up for auction in New York
Team Anna attacks govt for failing to get Lokpal Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
No Lokpal. Cornered govt ducks vote, BJP alleges conspiracy in chaos
Rajya Sabha debates Lokpal Bill: Transcript
Jethmalani's remarks on black money create flutter in Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha: Will Lokpal vote happen?
US to sell $30 billion of Boeing F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
Anuj Bidve murder a hate crime, says British police
Mom accused of tossing toddler out of window
Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry visit Narendra Modi
Tamil Nadu nuclear plant gears up to face cyclone Thane
Five more babies die in Malda hospital
China reveals space plans up to 2016
Tendulkar buys Rs. 100 crore cover for his 'dream house'
2,500 elephants killed in 2011 for ivory
Man kills himself after girl unfriends him on Facebook
Passenger coach rams into plane at Mumbai airport
Lokpal war: Mamata's amendment finds wide support
Reliance Industries falls 3.5%, hits new 52-week low

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:40 AM PST

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday said the adjournment sine die of the Rajya Sabha without vote on the Lokpal bill was shameful and a sad day for democracy. "It is shameful, a sad day for democracy. ...

Cyclone Thane makes landfall between Puducherry and Cuddalore, causes heavy rain

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:35 AM PST

Chennai weather: Cyclone Thane has hit the coast of Tamil Nadu, making landfall between Puducherry and Cudallore. Puducherry is currently witnessing heavy rainfall and strong wind. According to report...

Lalu's MP tears paper in Rajya Sabha during Lokpal Debate

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 08:49 PM PST

Rajniti Prasad of Lalu's Rashtriya Janta Dal walked up to V Narayanasamy in the Rajya Sabha this evening and ripped up papers which he then flung while shouting "Lokpal nahin chalega" (Lokpal would no...

Cyclone Thane to hit Tamil Nadu coast early on Friday morning

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 07:42 PM PST

Cyclone Thane is expected to strike India's south eastern coast early Friday morning. The districts of Cudallore, Puducherry and Nagapattinam are expected to receive maximum rain....

Lokpal Bill continues to be a 'jinxed' affair

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 07:18 PM PST

The Lokpal Bill has always appeared to be a jinxed affair, the history of last 40 years shows. With the Rajya Sabha adjourning sine die midnight amid uproar without passing the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bi...

Titanic artifacts going up for auction in New York

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:58 PM PST

More than 5,000 artifacts salvaged from the Titanic are to be sold in one lot at auction in New York, 100 years to the day after the luxury liner sank in the Atlantic with some 1,500 people on board....

Team Anna attacks govt for failing to get Lokpal Bill passed in Rajya Sabha

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:47 PM PST

After the Rajya Sabha session ended sine die without a vote on the Lokpal Bill, Team Anna attacked the government on its failure to get the Lokpal bill passed in the saying it had showed that nobody c...

No Lokpal. Cornered govt ducks vote, BJP alleges conspiracy in chaos

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:32 PM PST

India will not get its anti-corruption Lokpal Bill this year. Minutes ahead of its midnight deadline, the government said the bill would not be put to vote in the Rajya Sabha tonight. The announcement...

Rajya Sabha debates Lokpal Bill: Transcript

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:33 PM PST

The Rajya Sabha debated the Lokpal Bill on Thursday. Here's the transcript of the debate.

Jethmalani's remarks on black money create flutter in Rajya Sabha

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST

Noted advocate and BJP member Ram Jethmalani created a flutter in the Rajya Sabha today when he made certain remarks against persons having money stashed away in Swiss banks....

Rajya Sabha: Will Lokpal vote happen?

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:16 PM PST

The government is keen to duck a vote tonight on the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The BJP will try its best to enforce one. If a vote has to take place, it must occur before midnight when this ses...

US to sell $30 billion of Boeing F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST

The Obama administration has finalized the sale of $30 billion worth of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, boosting the military strength of a key US ally in the Middle East to help counter Iran. Unde...

Anuj Bidve murder a hate crime, says British police

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:02 PM PST

British police said on Thursday that they were treating the murder of an Indian student in northwest England as a hate crime, as they arrested a fifth person in connection with the shooting....

Mom accused of tossing toddler out of window

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:51 PM PST

A San Jose mother accused of tossing her toddler son out a second-story apartment window on Christmas Day has been charged with child abuse and child endangerment....

Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry visit Narendra Modi

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:18 PM PST

The three were closeted in the meeting for almost an hour in which the Tatas' existing businesses and plans in the state were informally discussed....

Tamil Nadu nuclear plant gears up to face cyclone Thane

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:31 PM PST

Cyclone Thane which is due to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning has raised fears about the safety of nuclear plants in the state. Although the Kudankulam nuclear plant is at a safe distanc...

Five more babies die in Malda hospital

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:20 PM PST

The infant death toll during the last seven days has risen to 21 with five more new-borns dying today in the government-run Malda Sadar Hospital here, according to acting superintendent of the hospita...

China reveals space plans up to 2016

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:37 PM PST

China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan released on Thursday that shows the country's space program is gathe...

Tendulkar buys Rs. 100 crore cover for his 'dream house'

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

Despite having moved into his "dream house" only in September, Sachin Tendulkar has already secured his five-story Bandra residence with a staggering Rs 100 crore insurance cover, one of the biggest i...

2,500 elephants killed in 2011 for ivory

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:13 AM PST

Around 2,500 elephants were slaughtered across the world for ivory this year, according to a report by an environmental agency. Experts from Washington-based Traffic environment agency said it has bee...

Man kills himself after girl unfriends him on Facebook

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:30 AM PST

A 21-year-old Briton hanged himself after a girl removed him as a "friend" on social network Facebook....

Passenger coach rams into plane at Mumbai airport

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:12 AM PST

An empty passenger ferry coach rolled forward and rammed into a stationary Go Air plane on Thursday morning at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, official sources said. The impact dam...