Saturday, March 3, 2012

Two senior forest officials abducted by militants in Assam; one crore demanded as ransom

Two senior forest officials abducted by militants in Assam; one crore demanded as ransom


Two senior forest officials abducted by militants in Assam; one crore demanded as ransom

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:36 PM PST

Assam Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) Abhijit Rabha and a range officer have reportedly been abducted in the Karbi Anglong district by militants who have demanded a ransom of Rs one crore for the du...


Kushwaha arrest: BJP says CBI is 'Congress' Bureau of Investigation

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:25 PM PST

Moments after the seventh and the final phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections were over, former Family Welfare Minister of the state was arrested by the The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in con...


Team India comes home to a quiet welcome

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:04 PM PST

After a disastrous Australia tour the vanquished Indian cricket team, barring a couple of players, returned home to a quiet welcome on Sunday.Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag...


Minority quota remark: Poll panel lets off Beni Prasad Verma with a warning

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:55 AM PST

The Election Commission (EC) tonight let off Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma with a warning for his remarks on Muslim sub-quota and closed the model code of conduct violation case against him accepti...


Exit polls predict Samajwadi Party win in UP

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:41 AM PST

Exit polls on television channels today projected Samajwadi Party emerging as the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh assembly poll with one of them giving it a clear majority while Congress is set ...


Sachin Tendulkar needs to introspect: Ian Chappell

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 09:18 AM PST

Former Australian captain Ian Chappell says Sachin Tendulkar should now introspect whether he is playing cricket for right reasons. "When a player of Tendulkar's ability starts blaming other peop...


UP polls: State records 62 per cent voting in final phase

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:40 AM PST

Voting in the seven-phased Assembly elections in the politically sensitive state of Uttar Pradesh was at all time high recording an overall turnout of around 60 per cent with the last phase today regi...


Lieutenant General Bikram Singh to be the next Army chief: Govt

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:01 AM PST

Ending the suspense, Government today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Bikram Singh as the next Army Chief from May 31 to succeed General V K Singh. 59-year-old Lieutenant General Singh...


UP health scam: CBI arrests former Family Welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:48 AM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Babu Singh Kushwaha, former Family Welfare Minister of Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) sca...


12-year-old raped, murdered; body dumped in gunny bag

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:24 AM PST

Bhupathi-Bopanna claim Dubai Open title

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:22 AM PST

Mahesh Bhuapthi and Rohan Bopanna won their first title together after pipping the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the summit clash if the ATP Dubai Open, here on Saturday...

India rejects reports of US troops on its soil

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:13 AM PST

India has denied as "factually incorrect" a report that US special forces were stationed in the country as part of counter-terrorism cooperation. Media reports quoted top Pentagon commander Admiral Ro...


Mexico City to retire last iconic VW 'Bug' taxis

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PST

Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkswagen "Bug" taxis. Officials said on Friday that the last of the old-style VW Beetles will have their cab licenses expire by the end of the year,...

Stargazers wait to see Mars tomorrow

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:06 AM PST

Full text: Lieutenant General Bikram Singh to be the next Army chief, says govt

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:05 AM PST

Wreck of fishing vessel near Kollam located

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:03 AM PST

Refused touch screen mobile, 11-year-old commits suicide

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:40 AM PST

Goa: With 81 per cent polling, state records highest voter turnout ever

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:34 AM PST

Tainted Congress leader Kripashankar Singh's security withdrawn

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:52 AM PST

A day after the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police raided and attached properties owned by former Mumbai congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family, the tainted leader is back in the ci...


Hungry three-year-old boy kept in 'cell' eats own hair

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:42 AM PST

Uttar Pradesh elections: Around 62 per cent voter turnout

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:01 AM PST

Polling for the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections covering 60 constituencies began today with 51.90 per cent of voters exercising their franchise till 3 pm.


Centre puts off meet on NCTC to March 12

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 04:50 AM PST

The Home Ministry has postponed a meeting of top police and civil officials of all states scheduled for March 9 to end the logjam on NCTC and it will now be held on March 12. The meeting of the Chief ...


27 dead, one town 'gone' as tornadoes rip central US

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 03:42 AM PST

Rescue workers searched for survivors on Saturday after more than six dozen tornadoes tore across the central United States, killing at least 27 people and wiping out whole communities.


Worst Australia tour in 45 years: Team India departs for home

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 03:39 AM PST

Outplayed on the field and dogged by persistent reports of a rift in the team, the demoralised and jaded Indian cricketers left for home on Saturday after the worst tour of Australia in the last 4...

20 kgs of plastic in dead giraffe: Indonesian zoo

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 03:24 AM PST

A male giraffe that died in an Indonesian zoo was found to have 20 kilograms of plastic in its stomach, officials said on Saturday, and the latest suspicious animal death at the facility.


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