Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Yuvraj Singh looking forward to wear his India jersey again

Yuvraj Singh looking forward to wear his India jersey again


Yuvraj Singh looking forward to wear his India jersey again

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:50 PM PST

Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States for cancer, has expressed gratitude to his fans, and has promised to make a stronger comeback.The stylish southpaw has spoken for the ...


Uttar Pradesh polls: First phase polling begins in 10 districts

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:35 PM PST

Polling for the first phase of the high-voltage Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has begun. A total of 55 seats in 10 districts will go to vote that will decide the fate of two ministers, 31 MLAs a...


ICC ODI Rankings: Sachin Tendulkar only Indian in top-10 ODI batsmen

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:42 PM PST

Sachin Tendulkar rose three places to be the only Indian cricketer in the list of top-ten batsmen in the ICC Player Rankings for Test released here on Tuesday. Sachin is placed at 10th position...


Eichmann exhibit gives glimpse of Israel's Mossad

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:18 AM PST

Lifting a half-century veil of secrecy, Israel's Mossad spy agency is opening its archive this week to reveal the story behind the legendary 1960 capture of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann. The "Operat...


Two Karnataka ministers allegedly watched porn in Assembly

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:05 AM PST

After two Karnataka ministers were allegedly filmed watching porn on a cellphone in the Assembly, one of them held a press conference to deny the accusations. Lakshman Savadi said the cellphone he use...


18 killed, 24 injured in bus-truck collision

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST

At least 18 people were killed and 24 injured when a bus collided with a truck on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place near Haveli village in Oncha area when a bus carrying 36 passengers from...

Baby Falak's mother unlikely to meet her soon, but is reunited with other daughter

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:14 AM PST

A 22-year-old woman, uneducated and impoverished, made innumerable sacrifices and took huge risks to protect her three young children. Today, she was reunited with her elder daughter - three-year-old ...


Five facts on Karnataka's porn scandal

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:53 AM PST

Two ministers in Karnataka were allegedly caught watching pornographic content on their cell phones inside the Assembly today. The ministers in question are Laxman Savadi and CC Patil. Here are five b...


Help the Andhra widow and her paralysed son

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:28 AM PST

Modi says IPL 2009 auction was rigged to favour Chennai

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

Lalit Modi, the former IPL commissioner, has said that the sale of Andrew Flintoff to the Chennai Super Kings during the 2009 player auction was rigged and that he "should have not allowed that to...

Suspect in Mumbai serial blasts claims he trained with Osama for 40 days in Pak

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:19 AM PST

Sources in the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) say that Sheikh handled the funding of last year's terror attacks in Mumbai. Their investigations reveal that Sheikh, 33, met the former Al Qaida ch...


Eurofighter-maker may cut price of fighter to win back India

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:17 AM PST

The UK-based defence major BAE Systems is considering lowering the price of its Eurofighter Typhoon to win back the USD 11 billion Indian contract for 126 combat jets from France's Dassault Rafale. Th...

Hindu, Mulism wives in Kerala donate kidneys to each other's husbands

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:08 AM PST

Andhra widow, unable to pay bills, seeks euthanasia for paralysed son

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:55 AM PST

A 64-year-old widow in Andhra Pradesh has sought euthanasia for her son -- a 36-year-old graduate in aeronautical science who has been paralyzed for 15 years. C Janardhan, an aeronautical science gra...


Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:40 AM PST

Prince Charles led ceremonies Tuesday to mark the 200th birthday of novelist Charles Dickens - a writer as popular today as he was during his lifetime. The heir to the British throne laid a wreath on ...

Fire in crowded suburban market in Mumbai: Reports

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:23 AM PST

Government approves Air India debt recast plan

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:17 AM PST

Air India got a breather when Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh said that a plan to recast debt of Rs 22,000 crore has been approved by the Group of Ministers. The restructuring package comes at a ti...


Woman forces teenage daughter into prostitution

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:58 AM PST

Providing for one's child is an unwritten law that all mothers abide by. But, in the case of one mother, that maternal instinct holds no value. The Ulhasnagar police on Monday arrested a 49-year-old w...

Man who killed self, sons in fire left voicemail

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:44 AM PST

Before killing himself and his two young sons in a deadly house fire, Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore. A news ...

Karnataka, mired in graft, still without Lokayukta

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:12 AM PST

Despite allegations of corruption among some of its most well-known politicians and bureaucrats, Karnataka remains without an ombudsman or Lokayukta. In September last year, Justice Shivraj Patil quit...


India GDP growth to slow to 6.9% for 2011-12

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:47 AM PST

India's gross domestic product or GDP growth is expected to be at 6.9 per cent. This is the slowest growth after 2008-09 when India registered a growth rate of 6.7 per cent. Commenting on the GDP gr...


Marines practice amphibious war, storm US beaches

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:40 AM PST

A small group of Marines trudged onto the beach sands in pitch-black night with an armada of US Navy warships sailing just off the shore. Their mission: root out insurgents that threatened to attack a...

Forest cover in India down by 367 sq km: Environment Ministry

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST

India's forest cover is down by 367 sq km and a startling 182 sq km of that was lost to Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh chopping through forests in Warangal and Khammam, a new government survey shows.


On Twitter, Ayesha Takia vs Sid Mallya

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:06 AM PST

Taking your private life to Twitter is fast becoming a tradition of sorts in modern celebrity existence. Just last week, the Shah Rukh Khan vs Shirish Kunder feud played itself out on the microbloggin...

Age row: No compromise with Army chief, say government sources

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:31 AM PST

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the Army chief's case against the government. Sources in the Ministry of Defense tell NDTV that the government has ruled out any compromise with General VK Singh...


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