Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Kuwait arrests man over Prophet Mohammad tweets

Kuwait arrests man over Prophet Mohammad tweets


Kuwait arrests man over Prophet Mohammad tweets

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 02:17 PM PDT

Kuwaiti authorities arrested a local man for insulting the Prophet Mohammad on his Twitter account, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, in a rare case of alleged blasphemy using social media.


Tatra denies any link to bribe offered to Army Chief

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:34 PM PDT

'Pushed to a corner', Iran could drop a bomb?

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:22 PM PDT

Pre-emptive military strikes aimed at forcing Iran to abandon its nuclear activities may end up having the opposite effect: convincing the Islamic Republic's leaders they need an atomic arsenal to sec...


Not bound by 'unilateral' sanctions on Iran: BRICS

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PDT

The BRICS group of countries have broadly agreed they are not bound by "unilateral" sanctions on Iran, measures that threaten higher global oil prices and could result in supply shortages, South Afric...


Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana after Badal meets President

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Punjab news: The Centre has stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The...


Mamata Banerjee's party seeks distance from libraries controversy in West Bengal

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Political outrage over Army chief General VK Singh's leaked letter, parties demand action

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT

The chief of the Indian Army, General VK Singh, may have skidded past the point of no-return on his collision course with the government. A letter from him to the Prime Minister, warning that India's ...


'Tens of billions' of habitable worlds in Milky Way

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Astronomers hunting for rocky planets with the right temperature to support life estimate there may be tens of billions of them in our galaxy alone. A European team said on Wednesday that about 40 per...

Chief Information Commissioner writes to PM, says don't dilute RTI act

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:24 PM PDT

Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Sailesh Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against diluting the Right to Information (RTI) act to shield nuclear safety regulators from coming und...


Months of acrimony for army chief and the government

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:45 AM PDT

The furore over Army chief General VK Singh's letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that has been leaked, is just one among a series of incidents that have severely strained ties between the General...


Gaddafi family assets worth 1.1 billion Euros seized in Italy

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:38 AM PDT

Italian tax police said on Wednesday it had seized Italian assets worth more than 1.1 billion euros belonging to members of the Gaddafi family. In a statement, the tax police said the assets include s...

Shah Rukh Khan visits award-winning animator Charu Khandal in hospital

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:18 AM PDT

Actor Shah Rukh Khan today visited award-winning animator Charu Khandal who is battling for her life in a Mumbai hospital after meeting with a horrific accident on Sunday. Ms Khandal had worked on the...


Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of cl...


BRICS Summit in Delhi: Why it's important

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 08:48 AM PDT

The BRICS group of emerging world powerhouses - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - is expected to launch plans this week for a joint development bank and measures to bring their stock exc...


BRICS summit in Delhi: Your 10-fact cheatsheet

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 08:44 AM PDT

Penalty for Vettel for flipping off Karthikeyan?

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 08:35 AM PDT

The FIA could sanction F1's world champion Sebastian Vettel for his behaviour during Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.Before calling HRT's Narain Karthikeyan an "idiot" in the wake of their collision, Ve...

Mamata's ban on most papers at government libraries attacked

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:56 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.


Narayana Murthy among greatest entrepreneurs: Fortune

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:49 AM PDT

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

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 06:56 AM PDT

The chief of the Indian Army, General VK Singh, may have skidded past the point of no-return on his collision course with the government. A letter from him to the Prime Minister, warning that India's ...


H1-B visa applications open April 2, says US immigration agency

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Eight Air India unions threaten strike from April 2, international flights could be hit

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:45 AM PDT

Chinese President's visit to Delhi provokes Tibetan protests

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:35 AM PDT

Burglars targeting Asian homes for gold, says UK police

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:24 AM PDT

More incidents of burglars targeting gold and jewellery in houses belonging to British-Asians have come to light, with police issuing guidelines to the community that is known to traditionally preserv...


Iran says nuclear talks to resume on April 13

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:10 AM PDT

Long-stalled talks between Iran and world powers are to be revived on April 13 at a place yet to be agreed, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Wednesday. The talks carry hopes of d...


Kobad Gandhy discharged in unlawful activities case

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:16 AM PDT

A Delhi court today put on trial top Naxal leader Kobad Gandhy for alleged cheating, forgery and impersonation while discharging him on charges under stringent anti-terror law. Paving the way for the ...

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