Thursday, February 2, 2012

Age row: Supreme Court to hear Army chief General VK Singh's plea today

Age row: Supreme Court to hear Army chief General VK Singh's plea today


Age row: Supreme Court to hear Army chief General VK Singh's plea today

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:50 PM PST

The Supreme Court will today hear Army chief General Singh's petition against the government. The Army chief wants the court to decide on his age. He says he was born in 1951, the Army says that the r...


Jayalalithaa's former aide Sasikala's brother arrested

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:24 PM PST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's former aide Sasikala's brother Diwakaran was today arrested in Tiruvarur district for allegedly demolishing a woman's house in Rishiyur village. The Madras Hig...


Europe cold spell kills hundreds, 11,000 villagers trapped by heavy snow

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:14 PM PST

At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said on Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 123, m...

Army chief meets Pranab Mukherjee ahead of Supreme Court date

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST

Army chief General VK Singh met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday evening, provoking murmurs that a compromise was in the offing between the General and the government. Sources told NDTV t...


Ponty Chadha denies recovery of Rs 100 crore from Noida mall

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:40 AM PST

Wave Infratech has issued a statement after raids were conducted against companies and properties of Uttar Pradesh liquor baron Ponty Chadha. According to the statement, the group has been regularly a...


Supreme Court judgement on cancellation of 122 telecom licenses

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:32 AM PST

122 mobile network licenses issued after January 10, 2008 have been cancelled by Supreme Court. The companies affected include some of the country's biggest telecom players. Licenses had been issue...


Suresh Kalmadi chargesheeted in another Commonwealth Games case

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST

Egypt soccer violence: Military blamed for clashes that killed 74

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:47 AM PST

A narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap. Crowds of Egyptian soccer fans fleeing supporters of the opposing team armed with knives, clubs and stones rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed ...

2G verdicts: 122 licenses cancelled; Chidambaram verdict with trial court

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST

2G case: The Supreme Court this morning cancelled 122 telecom licenses issued by A Raja in 2008, a decision that will trigger powerful changes in the telecom sector, and eventually in how much India p...


Treasure hunter claims he found sunken treasure worth USD 3 billion

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:24 AM PST

A treasure hunter said he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum b...

2G verdict: This government is shameless, says BJP

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:44 AM PST

2G verdict: The Supreme Court's decision to cancel 122 telecom licenses issued in 2008 by A Raja has shattered "the entire credibility of the decision-making process of this government," said the BJP ...


I dare PM to resign, says Narendra Modi on 2G verdict

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:51 AM PST

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had no right to continue in the office in view of the Supreme Court's ruling in the 2G spectrum case. "When the Supre...

Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:35 AM PST

The unveiling came late on Wednesday when the company that depends on people to share their lives online filed its plans to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It's a revelatory m...


Throw out the BSP like India evicted the British: Rahul Gandhi

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:33 AM PST

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today recalled history and asked the people to oust the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh just the way they had once freed the country from the clutches of t...


Five crore fine for Unitech, Swan and Tata Teleservices

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:32 AM PST

122 mobile network licenses issued after January 10, 2008 have been cancelled by Supreme Court. The companies affected include some of the country's biggest telecom players like Uninor, Loop and Etis...


Raja's first year in jail includes badminton, canteen snacks

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST

Having spent a year behind bars for his alleged involvement in the 2G scam, former communications minister A Raja seems to have adapted to life in Tihar Jail, officials said on Thursday. "After a few ...


2G case verdicts: 122 licenses cancelled, auction to follow; Chidambaram verdict with trial court

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:30 AM PST

2G case: The Supreme Court this morning cancelled 122 telecom licenses issued by A Raja in 2008, a decision that will trigger powerful changes in the telecom sector, and in how much India pays for ...


We repeat PM, Chidambaram are in no way responsible: Kapil Sibal on 2G verdicts

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:58 AM PST

2G verdicts: After the Supreme Court cancelled 122 telecom licenses issued by A Raja in 2008, the government has said that the verdict is not an indictment of either its governance or the Prime Minist...


Only 'quality' migrants welcome, says UK

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:47 AM PST

In a move that is bound to create ripples, Britain today announced a shift in focus of its immigration policy which now seeks to welcome only those Indian and other non-European Union (EU) immigrants ...

At DMK meet, promotion may be announced for Kanimozhi

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST

The most senior members of the DMK, the party's general council, will meet in Chennai tomorrow. Sources say that the party may announce new hefty designations for Kanimozhi and her step-brother MK Sta...


Indian-origin man, wife killed for two cellphones

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:24 AM PST

Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar were battered to death in a lump hammer attack in their Birmingham home earlier this month for just two mobile phones and two watches, a media...


Unitech, RCom fall after court scraps 122 licenses

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:05 AM PST

Pak airline crew member jailed in UK for fake passports

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST

A Pakistani national employed as a crew member with the Pakistan International Airlines has been jailed for 32 months for trying to smuggle dozens of counterfeit passports and fake passport materials ...


Baby Falak's condition stable, but she is not out of danger: Doctor

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:01 AM PST

The condition of baby Falak, the two-year-old baby girl brought in a battered condition to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), is stable, a doctor monitoring her condition said. "Baby ...


New screening system to stop Customs queues at Mumbai airport

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:54 AM PST

In a bid to make security checks less frazzling for international fliers after their arrival in the city, the Mumbai airport Customs have adopted an advanced in-line screening system to avoid inconven...

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