Saturday, March 24, 2012

J&K minister's son, allegedly drunk, thrashes shopkeeper

J&K minister's son, allegedly drunk, thrashes shopkeeper


J&K minister's son, allegedly drunk, thrashes shopkeeper

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 02:38 AM PDT

Women lead protests at Kudankulam nuclear power plant site

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 01:47 AM PDT

Protests continued for the sixth day on Saturday at the site of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant despite prohibitory orders. Thousands of villagers, mostly women, are continuing with their indefinit...


Orissa abduction: Uproar in assembly

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 01:10 AM PDT

Odisha MLA's abduction fallout of factional rivalry between Maoists?

Posted: 24 Mar 2012 01:01 AM PDT

A tribal MLA of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha, Jhina Hikaka, has been abducted by Maoists in Koraput district. The abduction comes 10 days after the Maoists took two Italians hostage from...


Suspected Maoists kidnap BJD MLA in Odisha's Koraput district

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PDT

The Odisha assembly was adjourned today due to ruckus after a tribal MLA of the ruling BJD was abducted by Maoists in Koraput district in the early hours today. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik called f...


Harvard University meet on where India is headed

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PDT

International leaders from government, business, non-profit, media and entertainment sectors are meeting in Boston over the weekend to discuss where India stands currently and where it is headed over ...

PM leaves for South Korea to attend Nuclear Security Summit

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:57 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an Saturday left for a four-day visit to South Korea where he is expected to unveil steps conceived by India to tackle challenges of nuclear terrorism before fifty seven ...


Kudankulam: Women power vs nuclear power

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:27 PM PDT

Protests at the Kudankulam nuclear plant show no signs of subsiding. Thousands of villagers, mostly women, continue with their indefinite fast at Idinthakarai demanding the scrapping of the nuclear pl...


Flourishing illegal mining in Madhya Pradesh: Are politicians involved?

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Almost a month after Indian Police Service(IPS) officer Narendra Kumar Singh was slain by the sand mafia in Morena, an NDTV investigation reveals that illegal mining is still being carried on despite ...


Uttarakhand BJP legislators whisked away to Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:50 PM PDT

Amidst fears of poaching, 30 newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators of Uttarakhand have been sequestered in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh ahead of a trust vote on March 29.


Resolution respects Lankan sovereignty: Indian envoy to NDTV

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:09 PM PDT

A day after India voted against Sri Lanka and supported US' resolution, India's envoy to the United Nations Dilip Sinha in Geneva tells NDTV that the resolution ensures Sri Lanka's sovereignty is resp...


Prime Minister fails to break Lokpal logjam at all-party meet

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 01:14 PM PDT

There were no surprises as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's all-party meet failed to evolve a consensus on the Lokpal Bill on Friday. BJP leader Arun Jaitley, after the meeting, aptly put it as "the on...


PM to unveil India's plan to meet nuclear terror threat

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Amid global worries about threat of nuclear terrorism and concerns over safety, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will unveil before the world the steps conceived by India to meet these challenges when he...


Cabinet clears major changes in marriage, adoption laws

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 09:52 AM PDT

A Bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband's property was approved by the Union Cabinet today. Apart from giving women the right to their husband's property, the Marriage Laws (Amendment) B...


Aviation Ministry opens 11 new routes to Air India, private airlines

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Heeding to the demands of private airlines, the government on Friday announced 11 new international routes which will allow them and the state-run Air India to further expand their global network. The...


Pakistan shares grief of Baby Falak's death

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Battered baby Falak may have passed away but the two-year-old's struggle for survival continues to move many hearts, not only in India but also in Pakistan. It has been seven days since Falak, who was...


Team Anna gears up for protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Street plays, pamphlets to drum up support and a series of meetings to form teams of volunteers and take care of logistics -- Team Anna is working overtime to ensure that their Sunday protest at Janta...


Govt increases Dearness Allowance by 7 percenty points

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Giving relief to its employees and pensioners from inflation, the central government today announced a seven percentage point increase in dearness allowance (DA) which will cost the exchequer an addit...


Norway custody row: Indian government and parents reconcile

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 05:05 AM PDT

After hitting near-crisis mode, India's case to bring back two young children placed in foster care in Norway appears to be back on track. Sources say that the Indian government has finalized the ter...


Online counselling for medical courses from this year

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 04:49 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today gave a green signal to the Health Ministry's proposal to start online counselling for post-graduate medical courses in the All India Quota. This means that students need not be...

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