Thursday, March 1, 2012

Murder case in Italy against marines who shot Kerala fishermen

Murder case in Italy against marines who shot Kerala fishermen


Murder case in Italy against marines who shot Kerala fishermen

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 03:11 AM PST

The Italian government says that two of its marines, currently in a Kerala jail for shooting two fishermen from Kochi, will be tried for murder in Italy. This is part of Italy's attempts to persuade ...


Tougher fines and jail term for traffic rule violations: What it will cost you

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:56 AM PST

The union cabinet has cleared an array of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act. This increases punishment for various offences. The new rules will apply across the country, if they are approved by Parl...


Baby Falak taken off ventilator; chances of survival greatly improved

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:53 AM PST

Two-year-old girl Baby Falak has shown remarkable improvement in her medical condition with doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) stating that she is "stable" and able to brea...


Suspected terrorist arrested in Jharkhand to be handed over to Delhi Police

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:31 AM PST

A suspected terrorist who was arrested in Jharkhand and on whose tip off two more alleged members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba were arrested in the national capital yesterday will be handed over to the Delh...


Files being burnt in Kripashankar's backyard

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:17 AM PST

The question is, after allegedly cooking the books, was Kripashankar Singh burning them on Wednesday? Staff members of the former Mumbai Pradesh Congress chief were seen incinerating bundles of files ...


Traffic rule breakers, beware. Tougher fines and jail term

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:06 AM PST

Those who like to talk on their cellphones while driving need to revise their habit. The union cabinet has approved an array of amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act. These will amp up the punishment fo...


Kerala woman was made to sleep in walk-in closet by US employers

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 02:05 AM PST

India, China Foreign Ministers meet amid protests by Tibetans

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:56 AM PST

Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi met his Indian counterpart S M Krishna in New Delhi. The talks were primarily focussed on the upcoming Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa or BRICS Summit in De...


No bail for Mamata's nephew; he slapped traffic cop

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:49 AM PST

Porn-and-politics inquiry a half-hearted attempt?

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:08 AM PST

Invite for Sanjay Gupta's Shootout at Wadala

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:48 AM PST

Tibetans hold protests in Delhi against India-China border talks

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:40 PM PST

About a dozen Tibetans, including women, today staged a protest outside the Hyderabad House objecting to the border talks between India and China claiming that Beijing cannot discuss the issue before ...


Fodder scam: CBI court frames charges against Lalu

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST

Mamata's nephew in court today for slapping traffic cop

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:04 PM PST

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, Akash Banerjee, who was arrested here yesterday for allegedly slapping a traffic policeman, will be presented in court today. He has been charged with a non-ba...


Andhra Pradesh policemen caught on camera slapping teen repeatedly

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:07 PM PST

On camera, a policeman is seen slapping a young boy repeatedly. That footage - filmed by a local TV channel in Karminagar in Andhra Pradesh, has prompted an inquiry by the state's human rights commis...

Space department has refused to reveal reasons for blacklisting me: Ex-ISRO chief Nair

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:15 PM PST

Former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, G Madhavan Nair, has said that the Department of Space (DoS) has refused to reveal the reasons, sought by him under an RTI query, for bl...


NCTC row: 'Disappointed' Naveen Patnaik writes to PM again, asks for chief ministers' meeting

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:16 PM PST

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has once again taken the row over the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In a fresh letter written to Dr Singh, his third ...


CBSE board exams begin today

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:56 PM PST

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board exams for Class X and XII will begin today. For Class XII students, the first paper will be of English and for class X pupils, it will be the pain...


Maharashtra Congress alleges foreign NGOs funding Jaitapur N-plant protests

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:46 PM PST

Following the Prime Minister's statement that the opposition against the nuclear power plant in Kudankulam was being fuelled by foreign funded NGOs, the Congress in Maharashtra has written to the Prim...


Cops beating teen caught on camera in Andhra Pradesh

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:42 PM PST

A day after a sixteen-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up by police in full public view at Jagtial town in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, the state human rights commission today directed the ...


Poll panel chief SY Quraishi joins Twitter

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:22 AM PST

India's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), SY Quraishi has joined micro-blogging site Twitter. And Mr Quraishi says he has to thank the youth of the country and his son for it. Posting his maiden tw...


BJP alleges ambulance scam in Rajasthan, company linked to two ministers' sons

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:49 AM PST

The BJP says that a company with connections to the sons of two senior union ministers has gypped the government of crores of rupees in Rajasthan where it's been hired to supply ambulances across the...


Bhanwari Devi case: Former minister Maderna charged with murder

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:16 AM PST

The CBI says former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Singh Maderna and a former Congress MLA Malkhan Singh together plotted the abduction and murder of nurse Bhanwari Devi, and has charged both men with mur...


PM waits on stage at rally as audio system fails

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh suffered acute embarrasment after the failure of the public address system at an election rally at Sanquelim, 40 kms from state capital Panaji. The public address system ...

Government not to challenge Supreme Court order on 2G licences

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:39 AM PST

The Indian government will decide by the end of this week what action it would take on the Supreme Court's order quashing 122 licences issued in 2008, Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said on Wednes...


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