Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Salman Rushdie: From exile to everywhere

Salman Rushdie: From exile to everywhere


Salman Rushdie: From exile to everywhere

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:15 AM PDT

Asked Army chief to take action, he refused, says Defence Minister on bribe bomb

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:04 AM PDT

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...


Akali Dal leaders are 'cheaters': Beant Singh's assassin

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:56 AM PDT

Former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana has hit out at Punjab's ruling party - the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). In a letter sent to the media through his sister Kamalje...


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

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:44 AM PDT

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


2G scam: High court notice to CBI on Kanimozhi's plea

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:23 AM PDT

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea by DMK MP Kanimozhi to quash charges against her in the 2G spectrum allocation case.


Lucknow: Whistleblower bureaucrat whisked away from protest site at midnight, taken to psychiatric ward

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 02:04 AM PDT

A provincial civil services officer in Uttar Pradesh, who began a hunger strike outside the Lucknow Assembly on Monday, was allegedly whisked away by the police in a midnight crackdown. The officer, R...


PM, Gilani greet each other at Seoul summit

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 01:43 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani today exchanged pleasantries, their second informal chat in two days at the Nuclear Security Summit here. Singh and Gi...


Naxals blow up CRPF vehicle in Gadchiroli, 15 jawans killed

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 01:41 AM PDT

Akhilesh wants metro rails in major UP cities

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 01:25 AM PDT

With new Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav prioritising the mono rail and metro rail projects for major cities in Uttar Pradesh, officials are working overtime to prepare a feasibility report on the proje...

Nellore man conquers the Andes in Latin America

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 01:22 AM PDT

Thirty-seven-year old Malli Mastan Babu is the only Indian to have scaled the tallest peaks of the Andes in South America. He also holds a Guinness record for having climbed the seven summits of the w...

Sadananda Gowda appointed Council Floor Leader

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PDT

For the first time in the history of Karnataka politics, a Chief Minister has been appointed as the Floor Leader in the Upper House of the State Legislature. Legislative Council Chairman D H Shankar M...


14-cr bribe offer: CBI probe on, Army chief to give written statement

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:59 PM PDT

Army chief General VK Singh is likely to give a written statement to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today over the 14 crore bribe bombshell. The General, in an interview to the Hindu newsp...


Karnataka Wakf Board scam runs into Rs 2 lakh crore: Report

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:55 PM PDT

A report on the alleged scam of over Rs 2 lakh crore, involving the Wakf Board land, is likely to be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly today. The state-govt appointed committee submitted the 7,000-page...


Shutdown in Telangana over suicides for separate state

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:52 PM PDT

The demand for a separate state for Telangana swept through Parliament again this morning, with leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) demanding an urgent discussion on the matter in the Lok Sabha.

Goa budget proposes to reduce petrol price by Rs 11 a litre

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:31 PM PDT

In a step that will make petrol in Goa the cheapest in India, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday proposed a reduction in prices of the fuel by Rs.11 per litre in the state. Petrol for as cheap ...


Kudankulam row: Protesters say they are ready for talks but won't give up agitation

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:18 PM PDT

Continuing his fast against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), S P Udhayakumar, has said the protesters are "ready" for talks.


Punjab fights death sentence for assassin: 10 big developments

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:03 PM PDT

A court in Punjab will today take up a petition seeking deferment of Balwant Singh Rajoana's execution. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death in 2007 by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for his role in t...


Odisha hostage crisis: Maoists want media to mediate

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:50 PM PDT

Even as one Italian national was released by the Maoists in Odisha, hectic negotiations are on to ensure safe release of the second Italian national and a ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA still held c...


Indian student jailed in Australia in visa scam

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:31 PM PDT

India stakes claim to membership of exclusive nuclear clubs

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 08:02 PM PDT

India has made a strong pitch for membership of four exclusive nuclear clubs contending that it would help strengthen its export control systems and maintain highest international standards of its nuc...


14-crore bribe offered to Army chief: Many missing pieces of information

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:08 AM PDT

In the morning, the Army chief disclosed that he has been asked for a 14-crore bribe by a retired defence officer in 2010. By the evening, the controversy had expanded to question why General VK Singh...


He would not have harmed children: Says wife of US soldier

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 08:15 AM PDT

Italy has accepted the jurisdiction of Indian courts in the case of two Italian marines shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, Indian sources said here Monday.


Punjab govt won't execute Beant Singh's assassin on Saturday: Top 10 developments

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 08:10 AM PDT

The Punjab government has said it will not execute Balwant Singh Rajoana on Saturday. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death in 2007 by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for his role in the assassination o...


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