Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bharat Bandh: Maintain normalcy, Mamata Banerjee tells West Bengal

Bharat Bandh: Maintain normalcy, Mamata Banerjee tells West Bengal


Bharat Bandh: Maintain normalcy, Mamata Banerjee tells West Bengal

Posted: 30 May 2012 01:09 PM PDT

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had already hit the street protesting the hike in petrol price, appealed to the people to maintain normalcy during NDA-called 12-hour bandh today over t...


BJP gears up to make Bharat Bandh a success; asks other parties to join in

Posted: 30 May 2012 01:03 PM PDT

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a call to all parties opposed to the Rs 7.54 hike in petrol price to join hands with it in holding an all-India strike today against the measure by organisin...


Probe ordered on defamation plea against Army Chief General VK Singh

Posted: 30 May 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Fading away into the sunset, like many of his predecessors, isn't an option available to General VK Singh, who arguably is the most controversial Chief of Army Staff in contemporary Indian history.


Bandh over petrol price hike in Delhi: Areas to avoid

Posted: 30 May 2012 12:30 PM PDT

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a Delhi bandh today to protest against the recent hike in petrol prices. As part of the agitation, BJP workers would block traffic and stage demonstrati...


Bharat Bandh: India set for sweeping protests over petrol price hike

Posted: 30 May 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Bandh: Opposition parties have planned a national strike today in protest against the steepest petrol price rise in India's history, seeking to exploit popular anger with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...


Mumbai University question papers leaked twice in a week

Posted: 30 May 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Over 20,000 students of Mumbai University are angry and confused after they were affected by two leaked question papers within a week. Though initially university officials had denied a leak, later th...

Two Mumbai children suffocate to death after getting locked into car: Police

Posted: 30 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT

The children lived in a MHADA colony at Badlapur and the Maruti Zen was parked in the compound. Relatives say that the children went missing from Tuesday afternoon after they went out to play. The par...


Blog: A coup that never happened

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:59 AM PDT

What, no spellcheck? Romney app misspells 'America'

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:41 AM PDT

White House hopeful Mitt Romney has meticulously spelled out his vision for a better America while on the campaign trail this year. But in his new mobile app? Not so much.


Jagan's mother launches campaign with stand-out numbers at rally

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:39 AM PDT

The heat and the wait did not deter nearly thousands who showed up in Narasannapet this afternoon. When Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother arrived, the crowd roared its support. "I am grateful," said Vijayal...


Why Bengal Governor landed in trouble over KKR celebrations

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:33 AM PDT

After yesterday's celebrations at the Eden Gardens, West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan, is, in a way, having to eat his words. During the celebrations, the usually reticent governor seemed to have got ...

Bill Gates meets Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Revolt against Naveen Patnaik flops, but highlights his weaknesses

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Amid reports that a powerful section within Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had fallen out with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJD chief is cutting short his London trip to firefight the dis...


Who is India's greatest sportsman of all times?

Posted: 30 May 2012 09:26 AM PDT

Who is India's greatest sportsman of all times?

Top BJP leaders attend wedding reception of Yeddyurappa's granddaughter

Posted: 30 May 2012 08:32 AM PDT

Federer beats Connors' Slam record at French Open

Posted: 30 May 2012 08:31 AM PDT

Roger Federer set a new record of 234 Grand Slam match wins on Wednesday when he overcame a mid-match wobble to beat Romania's Adrian Ungur 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 and reach the French Open third rou...

Viswanathan Anand beats Boris Gelfand to win World Chess title

Posted: 30 May 2012 08:08 AM PDT

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand showed immense resilience to beat challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in a tense rapid chess tie-breaker to win the World Championship crown for the fifth time over...


Clintons make 'great neighbours,' but for how long?

Posted: 30 May 2012 08:08 AM PDT

Prime Minister's office rebuts Team Anna's charges of coal scam

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:58 AM PDT

After the Prime Minister promised to resign if "even an iota of truth" was found in the charges of corruption levelled against him by Team Anna, the activists have urged him once again to commission a...


Rupee at record closing low of 56.24 against dollar

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Bikram Singh vows to address concerns on Army's modernisation

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:55 AM PDT

Lieutenant General Bikram Singh will take over as the new Army Chief on Thursday with a resolve to strengthen the work culture of the force and address the "hollowness" of the modernisation process.

DMK reverses out of threat to quit UPA over petrol prices

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:39 AM PDT

As his party held protests against the new petrol prices in Tamil Nadu, the chief of the DMK, M Karunanidhi, warned the UPA to reverse the price hike announced last week. The DMK is a key member of th...


Facebook India not excused from civil suit that deals with objectionable content

Posted: 30 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT

A Delhi court has dismissed an appeal by Facebook India that asked for the internet company to be dropped from a civil suit that accuses websites of hosting objectionable content. Facebook had argued ...


No one to look after young siblings who lost parents

Posted: 30 May 2012 06:41 AM PDT

10-year-old Omkar Kamble and his younger sister Sakshi are staring at an uncertain future after losing their father Shrikant, mother Nirmala and elder sister Shraddha in the accident on the Pune-Mumba...

International prostitution racket busted in Delhi

Posted: 30 May 2012 06:39 AM PDT

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