Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hanging row: Parkash Badal to meet President today with clemency appeal for Beant Singh's assasin

Hanging row: Parkash Badal to meet President today with clemency appeal for Beant Singh's assasin


Hanging row: Parkash Badal to meet President today with clemency appeal for Beant Singh's assasin

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 03:18 AM PDT

The pressure to stop the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana is building up on the Punjab government. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Prati...


Chinese President's visit to Delhi provokes Tibetan protests

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 03:16 AM PDT

Mamata's ban on newspapers worse than censorship, say political leaders

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 03:16 AM PDT

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee banned several newspapers in the state-funded libraries, political leaders, especially from the Left, lashed out at the Trinamool leader.


Talks between Air India pilots, management fail

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 02:59 AM PDT

Talks between the representatives of eight unions of Air India pilots and the management failed today in Mumbai. The pilots have been reportedly not been paid their salaries for eight months.

Some leaders ask for Army Chief's removal: 10 big facts

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 02:11 AM PDT

Some political leaders are demanding that the government dismiss the army chief, General VK Singh. A letter from him to the Prime Minister, citing huge deficiencies in the army's equipment, was leaked...


Tibetan activist who immolated himself dies

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 02:08 AM PDT

The 27-year-old Tibetan who set himself on fire in Delhi during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit on Monday, has died. "Jamphel Yeshi who was admitted in Ram Manohar Lohia Ho...


Political outrage over army chief's leaked letter, parties demand action

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:43 AM PDT

Army chief General VK Singh wrote to the Prime Minister earlier this month, warning that army tanks have run out of ammunition and that obsolete technology is putting the country's security at risk. ...


Shirdi temple: New trustees appointed

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:42 AM PDT

Moving swiftly to meet a court deadline, the Maharashtra government has appointed a new board of trustees for a trust that manages the Shirdi Sai Baba temple. The new panel replaces the old set, sacke...


Suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist arrested in Delhi

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:01 AM PDT

A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, an alleged aide of the outfit's elusive chief operative Yasin Bhatkal, was arrested from north-east Delhi with one kg explosives and a detonator, police said o...


Army chief a frustrated man, says Union minister Vayalar Ravi

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Attacking Army chief General V K Singh for reportedly writing to the Prime Minister about state of affairs in the force, Union Minister Vayalar Ravi has said this reflects "frustrations" of an individ...

Can't have ill-will for Jayalalithaa even in dreams, says Sasikala

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:40 AM PDT

The woman who served as J Jayalalitaa's closest confidante for decades has today spoken about their bitter falling-out. In December last year, Sasikala, who lived with the Tamil Nadu chief minister in...


14-crore bribe offer: Army chief to challenge Defence Minister's account

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:28 AM PDT

Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister, shares details of assets

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:26 PM PDT

Akhilesh Yadav has became the first Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to declare his assets publicly. Akhilesh (38), who declared his assets on the UP government website, owns three residential plots - two...

Tibetan activists arrested in Delhi ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:26 PM PDT

Police have cordoned off areas around Tibetan settlements in the national capital, while some Tibetans were arrested from different parts of the city on Tuesday, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's...


Odisha hostage crisis: No sign of breakthrough, rebel mediators seek Chief Minister's intervention

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:52 PM PDT

There is no sign of a breakthrough yet in the hostage crisis in Odisha after only one Italian hostage was released on Sunday. Talks between the state government and the mediators for the Maoists laste...


Open to special forces in Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Maharashtra government is open to setting up a special force in Naxal-affected forest of Gadchiroli district, Home Minister R R Patil told the legislative assembly yesterday.

Mild quake hits Bengal, Bihar

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:28 PM PDT

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit West Bengal and other parts of eastern India early on Wednesday, the meteorological department said. There have been no reports of loss of life or ...

Andhra born Upendra Chivukula to run for US Congress

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:09 PM PDT

Deputy Speaker of New Jersey State Assembly and prominent Indian-American politician, Upendra Chivukula is all set to run for the US House of Representatives in the ensuing national elections slated f...


Kerala High Court asks Italian marines to file a fresh affidavit

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:34 PM PDT

The High Court asked the Italian counsel to file a proper affidavit in the case filed by them, seeking to quash the FIR against two marines of "Enrica Lexie" for allegedly shooting dead two Indian fis...

After midnight crackdown in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh officer resumes protest fast in Aligarh

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:04 PM PDT

Rinku Singh Rahi, the provincial civil services officer in Uttar Pradesh, who was whisked away by the police in a midnight crackdown in Lucknow, has now sat on his protest fast in Aligarh. The Uttar P...


Hanging for Beant Singh assassin, Balwant Singh Rajoana, on Saturday, rules court

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:09 PM PDT

The Punjab government has said that it will not allow the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana on Saturday at a Patiala jail. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for hi...


In Bengal, Mamata to decide what you read

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:03 PM PDT

In West Bengal's 2,482 state run libraries there is a new notice pasted. There will be no English papers to read. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government has banned all English dailies and at least tw...


PM open to visiting Pak to celebrate 'something solid'

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Welcoming Pakistan's move to liberalise trade with India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he could visit that country if there is "something solid" to celebrate.


Clemency politics acquires fever pitch

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:34 AM PDT

Punjab news: For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief M...


CBI meets Army Chiefover alleged bribe offer, detailed response on March 30: Sources

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:42 AM PDT

It now turns out that the offer of the bribe was also recorded on tape, though it's not yet clear who organised the taping. Sources say that the tape has been delivered to the CBI, which was commissio...


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