Monday, February 27, 2012

UP elections: Polling in sixth phase begins

UP elections: Polling in sixth phase begins


UP elections: Polling in sixth phase begins

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:52 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...


Oil firms may raise petrol, diesel prices after state polls

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:37 PM PST

Petrol and possibly diesel prices are likely to be raised by Rs 2-4 per litre, once Assembly Elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, are completed this week. While petrol price were last re...


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

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:11 PM PST

Attempt to kill Russia's Prime Minister Putin foiled

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST

Security services in Russia and Ukraine said on Monday they had foiled a plot to kill Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, but his opponents ridiculed the announcement as a campaign stunt six days before he...


UP elections: Polling in sixth phase to be held today

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:44 AM PST

Polling for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections covering 68 seats spread over 13 districts would be held today that would decide the fate of Rashtiya Lok Dal youth face Jayant Chaudhar...

Millions of workers to go on strike today

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

WikiLeaks new emails allegedly show Dow spied on Bhopal activists

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said.


Prince Charles and Camilla leading separate lives: Report

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:11 AM PST

All may not be well between Prince Charles and his wife Camilla - the two are reportedly leading separate lives as she has been struggling to cope with the pressures of being a royal.


What does strike on Tuesday mean

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:41 AM PST

Outrage as Noida police reveals rape victim's name, suggests she was to blame

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:15 AM PST

Police handling of an alleged case of gangrape, that of a minor in Noida close to the national capital, has caused much outrage. The 17-year-old Class X student was allegedly raped by five men in a ca...


Costa Cruises liner calls for help after fire on board

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:54 AM PST

A liner owned by the same company as the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off Italy last month, sent out a distress signal in the Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire in the engine room left it witho...


New WikiLeaks and the Bhopal link: Top 10 facts

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks today began publishing more than five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor. The online organisation claims to have proof of the firm's c...


Mamata Banerjee admits her calls for bandh were a mistake

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today admitted that resorting to bandhs during her days as opposition leader in the state was a "mistake", as she appealed to people to stay away from tomorr...

Iran uses Oscar win to taunt Israel

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:26 AM PST

Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic's first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over arch foe Israel - even as audiences in Israel packed theatres to watch the movie that beat their country's e...


BJP leadership promised my reinstatement in six months: Yeddyurappa

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST

BJP leader, and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed that the party's central leadership had promised to reinstate him as chief minister in six months when he was asked to ste...

Iran may be "struggling" with new nuclear machines

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:07 AM PST

Iran is still relying on old technology to expand its nuclear programme, in what may be a sign it is having difficulties developing modern machines that could speed up production of potential bomb mat...


Italian firm denies wrongdoing in helicopter deal with India

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:50 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...


India vs Sri Lanka: Wounded India's last attempt to stay alive

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:11 AM PST

Match factsFebruary 28, HobartStart time 1420 (0320 GMT) Big PictureOn a tour of many disappointments for India, Tuesday's contest against Sri Lanka offers them a chance, albeit an extremely difficult...


2G verdict: Govt wants presidential reference on auction of resources

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:59 AM PST

When the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licenses granted in 2008 for mobile network licenses and accompanying spectrum, the two judges who delivered the verdict said all national resources must be distri...


Shooting at Ohio school; victims unknown: Sheriff

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:55 AM PST

Kingfisher says organised funds to pay salaries

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:23 AM PST

Kingfisher Airlines has organized funds to pay overdue salaries, Chairman Vijay Mallya told staff in an email, offering assurances that he would reward employees who stay committed to the debt-cripple...


Hassan Ali case: Ex-employees of UBS Switzerland summoned

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:14 AM PST

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to two former employees of UBS Switzerland to appear before a special court in connection with its multi-crore money laundering probe against Pune stud-...


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

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:08 AM PST

The National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) will not be operationalised on March 1, as earlier notified, reports PTI quoting Home Ministry sources. Home Minister P. Chidambaram, on February 24, wrot...

Bill Clinton, WikiLeaks suspect among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:25 AM PST

A total of 231 nominees are up for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the Nobel Institute said Monday, with Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the EU and US soldier and WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning known t...


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