Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Norway custody row: Norway Child Welfare Services gives children's custody to uncle

Norway custody row: Norway Child Welfare Services gives children's custody to uncle


Norway custody row: Norway Child Welfare Services gives children's custody to uncle

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:04 AM PST

The Child Welfare Services (CWS) of Norway have decided that the custody of two children of the Indian couple, Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya, should be given to the uncle, Arunabhash Bhattacharya. ...


Russian nuclear submarine to reach Indian shores in mid-March

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:21 AM PST

India will become the world's sixth operator of a nuclear-powered submarine next month when Russia's K-152 Nerpa attack vessel reaches the country's shores ahead of its formal induction into the India...


Nationwide bandh by trade unions: Top 10 developments

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:13 AM PST

Eleven major trade unions, supported by about 5000 smaller unions, across the country and across political affiliation, have called for a 24-hour strike today to protest against what they call the "an...


Fishermen deaths loom over Italy, India; senior ministers meet in Delhi

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:11 AM PST

Italy's foreign minister Giulio Terzi met with SM Krishna, India's External Affairs minister this morning in Delhi. Mr Terzi expressed his regret over the deaths, but underscored that Italy wants the ...


Army chief General VK Singh denied permission to travel to Israel

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:54 AM PST

The Ministry of Defence has reportedly denied General VK Singh permission to travel to Israel. The ministry has cited "critical situation prevailing in the Middle-East" as the reason for the denial.


Bhanwari Devi case: CBI likely to file second chargesheet tomorrow

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:40 AM PST

Don't mar marriage prospects of rape victims: Katju to media

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:18 AM PST

Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today advised the media to exercise restraint while reporting crimes on women, particularly sexual assault, saying this would hit their 'chances...

Italian firm denies wrongdoing in helicopter deal with India

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:18 AM PST

Finmeccanica denied any wrongdoing over a 560 million euros helicopter deal after Indian authorities launched a corruption probe into the contract which sent shares in the Italian defence and aerospac...

UP polls: When Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was reminded to vote

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:12 AM PST

Anna Hazare's close aide Arvind Kejriwal, who has been campaigning relentlessly for better democracy, found himself on the other end of a civic lesson today when he had to be reminded that he had a vo...


Indians forced daughter-in-law into life of 'servitude and sexual abuse'

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 01:21 AM PST

A US court has convicted three members of an Indian family on charges of sexually abusing their daughter-in-law, who moved to America after an arranged marriage.


Sonia Gandhi travels abroad for medical checkup

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:57 AM PST

UP polls phase six: 38 per cent voter turnout reported till 1 pm

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:57 AM PST

Thousands of voters queued up outside polling booths in western Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for the sixth and penultimate round of the assembly elections being held in 68 assembly constituencies across 1...

Govt in trouble in Supreme Court for differing stands on gay sex

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:49 AM PST

Another Bengal rape is 'concocted', according to Mamata

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:41 AM PST

Mamata Banerjee blames the opposition CPM for reports of a rape in West Bengal's Katwa district on Saturday. The chief minister says the account of the rape is "concocted" - the second allegation of t...


356 leopard deaths in India in 365 days

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:19 AM PST

The observation that India is losing its leopards faster than any other wild cat will soon be proved true as according to the latest report by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) 356 leopa...


How Chhota Rajan's words incriminated Jigna Vora

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:43 PM PST

After the Mumbai Crime Branch filed a supplementary chargesheet against Jigna Vora in the J Dey murder case on February 21, MiD DAY has acquired a copy of a crucial transcript of a conversation betwee...


Norway custody row: India will get children back at any cost, says Krishna

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:27 PM PST

The Bhattacharya family's battle to get the custody of their children in Norway seems to be getting longer. The family was hoping that India's special envoy's presence in Norway will bring One-year-ol...


Kerala shuts down because of nationwide strike

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:25 PM PST

Normal life was disrupted in Kerala today due to the country-wide strike called by central trade unions to protest the "anti-labour" policies of the UPA government.


Nationwide bandh by trade unions: Banking services hit; transport affected in some parts

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:03 PM PST

Nationwide bandh by trade unions: Major trade unions across the country have called for a 24-hour strike today to protest against "anti-labour" policies of the government. The strike has so far evoked...


Searching for ship-wrecked brother, Kevin faces racial abuse

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:40 PM PST

Kevin, brother of Russel Rebello who went missing after the ill-fated ship Costa Concordia keeled over near the Tuscan coast on January 13, has been very delicately poised since the disaster. Looking ...

German national deported for allegedly funding protests against Kudankulam N-plant

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:53 PM PST

Dharun Ravi trial: Friend testifies in webcam spying case

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:25 PM PST

A friend of Indian American student Dharun Ravi, charged with spying on his gay roommate, has testified that she received text messages from Ravi while she was questioned by police about the alleged a...

Mamata admits her calls for bandh were a mistake

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:22 PM PST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee admitted that resorting to bandhs during her days as opposition leader in the state was a "mistake". Her remarks came ahead of the nationwide industrial stri...

UP elections: Polling in sixth phase begins

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:09 PM PST

Polling for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections has begun. This phase covers 68 seats spread over 13 districts - Saharanpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam-buddh Nagar, Aligarh, Muzaffarnag...


National Counter Terrorism Center will not be operationalised on March 1: Home Ministry

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:22 AM PST

Under attack from non-Congress Chief Ministers, Government has put on hold the launching of the NCTC scheduled for March one and the anti-terror body may take shape only after a meeting of state polic...


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