Tuesday, March 27, 2012

PM open to visiting Pak to celebrate 'something solid'

PM open to visiting Pak to celebrate 'something solid'


PM open to visiting Pak to celebrate 'something solid'

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PDT

In Bengal, Mamata to decide what you read

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:53 AM 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...


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 Chief over 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...


What playing for India gave me - In Dravid's words

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:34 AM PDT

A humble Rahul Dravid on Tuesday revealed that while most may choose to talk of what he has done for India, Dravid himself has managed to reflect back on how playing for the nation shaped him.The ...


Beant Singh's assassin, Balwant Singh Rajoana, to be hanged on Saturday, rules court

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT

Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, is to hang as scheduled on March 31, a Chandigarh court ruled tod...


Will Balwant Singh Rajoana be hanged on Saturday? 10 big developments

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:49 AM 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...


Rs 14-crore bribe offer to army chief exposes scam worth crores in Tatra trucks

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:48 AM PDT

The revelation by the Army chief, General VK Singh, of an offer of a 14-crore bribe has sharply brought into focus what was really at stake. The bribe was allegedly offered by a lobbyist for a truck s...


Harry Potter adventures go on sale in e-book form

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Parliamentarians hit out at Team Anna; attacking MPs now a trend, says Sharad Yadav

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:22 AM PDT

In the wake of comments made by Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal calling parliamentarians rapists and murderers, Members of Parliament across party lines lashed out at Anna Hazare and his team members...


Glad Rahul's family will get some time with him now: MS Dhoni

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PDT

India's legendary batsman Rahul Dravid was felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday. Former teammates, members of the present Indian team, Bollywood celebrities a...

Rs 14-crore bribe offered to Army chief VK Singh recorded on tape: Sources

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:51 AM PDT

Dramatic new twists emerged today in the case of the 14-crore bribe that was offered to the Army chief General VK Singh in 2010. Defence Minister AK Antony told Parliament that the Army chief had refu...


Taliban talkback: Militants answer your questions online

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:24 AM PDT

Want to know why the Afghan Taliban opened talks with the United States even though they have fought the world's most advanced military to a virtual stalemate or prospects for girls' schools if they r...

Sebastian Vettel calls Narain Karthikeyan an 'idiot'

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:11 AM PDT

After a collision with HRT driver Narain Karthikeyan in the 46th lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix, World Champion Sebastian Vettel has called the Indian an 'idiot'.  Red Bull driver Vettel reffered to...

8 days on, anti-Kudankulam activists call off hunger strike

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:06 AM PDT

S P Udhayakumar spearheading the anti-Kundankulam nuclear plant agitation has withdrawn his hunger strike. 14 others also have called off their strike. As a result of this, regulatory orders in areas...

Naxals blast CRPF bus; 12 jawans killed, 28 injured

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:31 AM PDT

In a major Naxal attack, 12 CRPF personnel were today killed and 28 others injured when naxals triggered a landmine blast in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. A total of 40 troops were travellin...


Pranab rules out roll-back of gold duty hike

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:25 AM PDT

Rs 14-crore bribe offered to army chief recorded on tape: Sources

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:12 AM PDT

Was the bribe offered to the Army Chief recorded on tape? Sources say details have now emerged which suggest the army chief may have proof of the bribe offer on tape. Sources have also told NDTV that...


Parliament discusses bad language used by Team Anna: Highlights

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PDT

Kingfisher stops flying to many cities, staff asked to "stay at home"

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:14 AM PDT

Karnataka's Waqf land scam worth Rs 2 lakh crore: Five facts

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT

In Karnataka, nearly half of the 54,000 acres that is in the custody of the Waqf board has been misused. Property worth an estimated Rs 2 lakh crores has been illegally transferred to private institut...


Woman who fled Iraq suffers brutal end in US

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 04:13 AM PDT

Shaima Alawadi and her family fled Iraq nearly two decades ago as Saddam Hussein crushed a Shiite uprising, settling in the US, so they would no longer face persecution, a family friend said.

Salman Rushdie: From exile to everywhere

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:23 AM PDT

German public workers strike, hundreds of flights cancelled

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:11 AM PDT

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled as workers at several German airports have joined other public employees staging short-term warning strikes in a pay dispute. The ver.di union wants a 6.5 per c...


Anna takes on politicians for 'who are you to question us' attitude

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:56 AM PDT

This evening, member of Parliament are scheduled to hold a formal discussion on language used by Team Anna against them. Sharad Yadav of the Janta Dal (United) has said he would like to move a resolut...


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