Thursday, April 19, 2012

Blast in Assam ahead of Prime Minister's visit; no casualty reported

Blast in Assam ahead of Prime Minister's visit; no casualty reported


Blast in Assam ahead of Prime Minister's visit; no casualty reported

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:12 PM PDT

A blast has been reported in Assam's Sibsagar district. There are no reports of any casualty. The blast occurred on the railway track in the district; three trains - Kamrup Express, Rajdhani and Inter...


Drug addiction is a growing problem in Punjab

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:21 PM PDT

In this village not far from the Pakistani border, the wheat harvest is only days away. Water buffaloes are resting in the shade. Farmers are preparing their fields. And drug addicts like Pargat Singh...


IPL 5: Chennai Super Kings beat Pune Warriors by 13 runs

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Chennai Super Kings rode on a half century each from Subramaniam Badrinath and Faf du Plessis and a disciplined show from their bowlers as they beat Pune Warriors by 13 runs in their Indian Premier Le...


Mining mafia allegedly tries to run over woman revenue officer in Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:34 AM PDT

In the backdrop of the recent murder of an IPS officer, allegedly by the mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh, a woman revenue officer was nearly run over in the state's Dewas district on Wednesday allegedl...


US ambassador-designate Nancy Powell arrives in India

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:25 AM PDT

US ambassador-designate Nancy J. Powell arrived in New Delhi on Thursday, following her March 29 confirmation by the American Senate as the first woman head of the US mission in India.

CBI books BEML chief on charges of cheating, corruption

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:54 AM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) chairman VRS Natarajan for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with the tender pr...


Now, pay Rs 1 more for mobile recharge above Rs 20

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:06 AM PDT

"TRAI has today (Thursday) issued amendments to the Telecommunication Tariff Order (TTO) enhancing the ceiling on processing fee from Rs 2 to Rs 3 for certain category of top-up vouchers," the regulat...


IPL chief seeks match referee's report on Preity Zinta incident

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Indian Premier League chairman Rajiv Shukla on Thursday said that he has sought a report from the match referee over the incident involving Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta during her side's IPL mat...

Portugal tells India it doesn't want Abu Salem back

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:48 AM PDT

The government of Portugal has told India that they are not interested in the return of gangster Abu Salem to Portugal. The Portugese authorities conveyed this information to the Indian team which inc...


Missiles of the world: A look at countries' arsenals

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:22 AM PDT

Before India entered into the elite club with the Thursday launch of Agni-V missile, only five countries - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain - had the capability to launch nuclear capable long...


Woman crashes through supermarket injuring 10

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT

A woman in the US state of Florida has been charged with careless driving after her car crashed through a supermarket on Saturday, injuring ten people. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) charged the 76-...


My brother was dying, nobody helped: Murdered college student's brother

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Nine people, arrested in connection with bludgeoning Class XI student Ansh Agarwal to death in Mumbai, have been sent to police custody till April 25. The other three arrested, who are minors, have be...


New alliance for presidential polls? Samajwadi Party, Trinamool, AIADMK discuss candidates

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:11 AM PDT

Mr Kiranmay Nanda, a Samajwadi Party leader from West Bengal and a Rajya Sabha MP met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday for over an hour. He is believed to have discussed alignme...


IPL 5: Kevin Pietersen takes Delhi Daredevils atop with a ton

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:41 AM PDT

Deccan Chargers dropped Kevin Pietersen three times on his way to 103, the second century of IPL 2012. It was an innings that condemned Chargers to their fourth defeat this season and left them wi...


UPA should leave aside ego and pass Lokpal Bill: Anna Hazare

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Indonesian eight-year-old smoker kicks habit

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:34 AM PDT

Groom thrashed for being late, bride marries someone else

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:19 AM PDT

Being late for his own wedding proved costly for a bridegroom as he and his relatives were beaten up by irked family members of the bride who was married off to another person.

Taliban vow revenge over photos of militants' remains

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Afghanistan's Taliban on Thursday condemned photographs of US soldiers posing with the remains of their militants, calling the two-year-old photos "inhuman" and vowing revenge.

Viral gang-rape phone video shocks South Africa

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT

Seven young men appeared in a South African court on Thursday to face charges of gang-raping a mentally handicapped teenage girl and recording the act on a cell-phone video that then went viral.


India welcomes Kayani's statement on Siachen

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:12 AM PDT

India today welcomed Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's remarks on resolving the Siachen issue and demilitarisation there and said the money spent on deployment of troops can be spent ...

Kingfisher gets nod to directly import aviation fuel

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:01 AM PDT

Force India team close to firebomb blast

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:58 AM PDT

The close proximity of civil unrest and danger in Bahrain was made clear to the Force India Formula One team on Wednesday night when a firebomb exploded as they returned from the Sakhir circuit to the...

Govt to bring FDI in aviation to cabinet next month

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:37 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Civil Aviation Minister Ajit singh met today to discuss Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the avia...


Drunk flyer blames airline for free drinks

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT

Nashik resident Madan Lal Sharma and his wife Veena had landed at 3 am on a Dubai-Emirates flight ET 500, and lost their temper when Customs officials, who grew suspicious of Madan's behaviour, had as...

Maoists produce Jhina Hikaka in 'people's court'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:48 AM PDT

Maoists on Thursday produced abducted ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka before a people's court to decide his fate, a day after the Odisha government said it would withdraw cases against 13 pris...


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