Thursday, February 9, 2012

Maldives unrest: Nasheed calls for fresh polls; new president says he won't be arrested

Maldives unrest: Nasheed calls for fresh polls; new president says he won't be arrested


Maldives unrest: Nasheed calls for fresh polls; new president says he won't be arrested

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:30 PM PST

A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, one day after his supporters rampaged in the capital and his claim of being ousted by a coup left unclear th...


Election Commission censures Salman Khurshid for his remarks on minority quota

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:27 PM PST

The Election Commission has censured Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his minority remarks and says he violated the election code of conduct. The Commission says Mr Khurshid violated the model c...


Boy dies trying to imitate suicide scene from TV

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:09 PM PST

A 12-year-old boy died here when he reportedly tried to imitate a suicide scene he had seen in a movie, police said on Thursday. The Class 5 student of a Sarvodaya school, Suhail, was found hanging fr...


Thousands shake a leg with Michelle Obama for 'Let's Move'

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST

She did some wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns and pulsing fist pumps. Michelle Obama busted out a few new moves on Thursday to mark the second anniversary of her campaign against childhood obesity...


Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner: Judge

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:44 PM PST

A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges. Judge "Jay" Hurley ordered Bray to buy a birthday card and flowers for his wif...


NASA releases stunning timelapse pictures of solar storm hitting earth

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:40 PM PST

Spectacular new images of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, have been released by the US space agency NASA after their capture by a new time-lapse photographic technique. NASA has taken numerou...

Maldives crisis: India keeps Air Force on standby to evacuate its citizens

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:06 PM PST

US recognises new government of Maldives

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST

Mamata maange more: Realignment after Uttar Pradesh polls?

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:49 AM PST

Army Chief Vs Govt in Supreme Court: Top 10 developments

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:43 AM PST

UP polls: Priyanka's children remind Amethi of Rajiv era

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:58 AM PST

Rehan and Miraya Vadra, accompanying mother Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as she campaigns in Uttar Pradesh, makes for more than just a rare photo-op. For, the older denizens of Amethi say it makes for a walk...

Earphones plugged in, bus driver hits 6-year-old

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:49 AM PST

A young girl in Mumbai is in hospital after her school bus hit her and then dragged her along for a few metres. Six-year-old Zahraa Shaikh had just stepped off the bus and was waiting for her two brot...


Kashmir's Education Minister allegedly used office to help son cheat in exam

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST

Omar Abdullah's government is dealing with allegations that the Education Minister used his office to ensure his son was allowed to cheat in his Class 10 exams. The minister, Peerzada Mohmmad Sayed, i...


Rs 60 million looted from Qatari royal family on Pak hunting trip

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:23 AM PST

Unidentified armed men looted around Rs 60 million from a member of the Qatari royal family while he was on a hunting expedition in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday, TV news ch...

Rescued dog bites TV anchor during broadcast

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:08 AM PST

An 85-pound Argentine mastiff dog dramatically rescued a day earlier from an icy lake was impounded Wednesday after viciously biting a Denver television news anchor on her face during a live in-studio...


Clean chit to Narendra Modi in Zakiya Jafri case: Sources; petitioners file fresh plea

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 08:01 AM PST

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court says it has found no "prosecutable evidence" of Narendra Modi's alleged complicity in the 2002 communal riots, sources say. The SIT sub...


Pak man fights police over fees to view 40-foot shark

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:54 AM PST

Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors 20 rupees (22 cents) each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he ...


Nashik dips to 2.7 degrees, coldest in 40 years

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:44 AM PST

Reeling under intense cold wave since over a week, Nashik city today recorded a temperature of 2.7 degree Celsius in the early hours, the lowest in last 40 years here, Met sources said. The drop in te...


Karnataka advocate general quits over Jayalalithaa's corruption case

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:39 AM PST

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, already battling debilitating scandals, is now caught in a new controversy. State advocate general B V Acharya has resigned, accusing the party of...


Court raps Vilasrao Deskhmukh for land deal with Subhash Ghai

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST

Greek debt crisis eases, but drama is not over

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 06:55 AM PST

Greece's political leaders struck a historic deal Thursday to make deep cuts in government jobs and spending to help save the country from a default that could shock the world financial system. The de...

Student allegedly stabs teacher to death in Chennai school for being strict

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 05:25 AM PST

A Class 9 student allegedly stabbed his Hindi teacher in the classroom today at a private Chennai' school. The 39-year-old teacher, Uma Maheshwari, has died. At about 10.50 this morning, the student ...


10 facts on today's big relief for Narendra Modi

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:27 AM PST

Indian-American student charged with sex, hate crimes in webcam spying case

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:12 AM PST

Dharun Ravi has been charged with secretly using a webcam in September 2010 to film his roommate Tyler Clementi kissing a male friend in his room. Clementi found out about this, complained to college...


'Once upon a secret': Mimi Alford on her affair with Kennedy

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:50 AM PST

The author of "Once Upon a Secret," Mimi Alford, had an affair with President John F. Kennedy before she was old enough to vote. Having kept this story under wraps for almost 50 years, Ms. Alford now ...

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