Saturday, April 28, 2012

Taliban threat from Af-Pak real: Air chief

Taliban threat from Af-Pak real: Air chief


Taliban threat from Af-Pak real: Air chief

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan and shifting of terror focus from Af-Pak region would pose a serious security threat to India in the next two years, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. B...


Rahul Gandhi visits drought-hit Maharashtra district

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Freed by Maoists, Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka does a U-turn

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:26 AM PDT

After saying that the government hadn't done enough to secure his release from the Maoists, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Jhina Hikaka has, in a U-turn of sorts, said that he had no idea about the efforts...


IPL 5: Gambhir leads Kolkata's 47-run mauling over Bangalore

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Skipper Gautam Gambhir led from the front with a rollicking 93 as Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 47 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.Gambhir bu...


2002 riots: Sanjiv Bhatt appeals to President to appoint new probe panel

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:18 AM PDT

Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has petitioned President Pratibha Patil to appoint a new Commission of Inquiry to probe the role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in 2002 riots.

Bribery case: Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman gets four years in jail

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Eleven years after he was filmed accepting a bribe in a fictitious arms deal, former BJP president Bangaru Laxman was today sentenced to four years in jail by a Delhi court. He was also slapped with a...


IPL 5: Kings XI Punjab go past Chennai Super Kings by 7 runs

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 09:20 AM PDT

Was it over-confidence or just plain bad thinking on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's part that he sent Wriddhiman Saha in to bat at number four? Saha scored just six from 14 balls, but more crucially, he threw...


UN Chief visits Maharashtra government hospital in Mumbai

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:42 AM PDT

A moderate earthquake has rattled Southern California. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.1 quake struck 8:07 am on Saturday. It was centered along the San Andreas Fault near Devore, in San...

Full text of the Government's statement against Swamy's allegation on Chidambaram

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:22 AM PDT

The government today rejected Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's allegations against Home Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis equity issue saying they were "totally baseless".


Swamy's allegations against Chidambaram baseless: Government

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:15 AM PDT

Infrastructure issues biggest growth impediment in India: Lakshmi Mittal

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:58 AM PDT

As far as ArcelorMittal's steel plants in India are concerned, he said that the company remains interested.


US sees South America as possible China counter

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:41 AM PDT

In these days of shrinking U.S. defense budgets, the Obama administration is looking to South America to help monitor and protect the Asia-Pacific region in the years ahead.


Dog fetches phone, saves owner's life

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Model Aparna Sharma arrested for rash driving

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:12 AM PDT

Model and ex-Miss India contestant Aparna Sharma was arrested in a case of alleged rash driving in which a couple was injured in Mumbai early this morning, police said today.


After getting dumped, woman dentist pulls out ex's teeth

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:10 AM PDT

A woman dentist in Poland is facing jail after she allegedly pulled out all her former boyfriend's teeth because he dumped her for another woman.

This is how Osama bin Laden tried to stay young

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:03 AM PDT

Believe it or not, terror mastermind Osama bin Laden desperately tried to cling to his youth during his last days in Pakistan, and resorted to using hair dye and a type of natural aphrodisiac, a media...


Massive fire breaks out at oil factory in Varanasi

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:19 AM PDT

Firefighters are trying to control a massive blaze which broke out in the Jhunjhunwala Oil Factory in Sarnath, on the outskirts of Varanasi today. Firefighting has been underway for over two hours.


Woman beaten by cops after trying to disrupt Sonia Gandhi's rally in Karnataka

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:13 AM PDT

UK spacecraft to fly up to the sun

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:01 AM PDT

The European Space Agency said on Friday it had awarded a 300-million-euro ($400 million) contract to a British technology firm to build a satellite to examine the Sun from closer up than any before i...

Bribery case: Bangaru Laxman gets four years in jail, fined Rs one lakh

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:40 AM PDT

Apple's new iPad goes on sale in India, minus the hysteria

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:15 AM PDT

"There's definitely not the kind of craze we saw with the earlier iPads."

Govt likely to carry on with first-come-first-served policy in mining sector

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:37 AM PDT

In Haryana, pregnant teachers will have to wait for government jobs

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:56 AM PDT

The Haryana government's education department has issued a new policy. A policy that says women teachers who get appointed for government teaching jobs will not be allowed to join work if they are fou...


Massive North Korean parade visible from space

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:44 AM PDT

In North Korea, the choreography can be part of the geography. The country is famous for organizing crowds of thousands of people using coloured cards to spell out political slogans and images in stad...


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