Tuesday, May 29, 2012

I am very happy where I am: PM on becoming President

I am very happy where I am: PM on becoming President


I am very happy where I am: PM on becoming President

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:04 PM PDT

With Presidential polls right around the corner, could Dr Manmohan Singh be in the running for country's top post? "I am happy where I am," said the Prime Minister with laughter, when asked this quest...


Govt stands firm on 4.5% sub-quota for minorities; will move Supreme Court

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:15 PM PDT

The Centre will challenge the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that strikes down its 4.5 per cent sub-quota to minorities within OBC reservation in central educational institutions and jobs in t...


Opera seen a Facebook fit but no "For Sale" sign

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Facebook is under pressure to make money from the increasing number of users who access the social networking site from mobiles, making Norway's Opera a good fit for it, bankers familiar with the tec...


Facebook shares plumb new depths, below $30 a share

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Facebook Inc shares slid below $30 to a new low on Tuesday as nervous investors fled the company's shares, concerned about the social network's long-term growth prospects and an initial offering price...


Revolt in BJD ranks against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik?

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:26 PM PDT

A powerful section within the part has fallen out with Naveen Patnaik and has reportedly garnered the support of about 60 of the 104 BJD MLAs. Sources have told NDTV that dissidents have also muster...

Will give up public life if you prove allegations: PM to Team Anna

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT

The Prime Minister responded strongly this evening to allegations by Team Anna that he is permissive of corruption and that his party uses him to shield ministers guilty of graft. "I will give up my p...


Mamata Banerjee riding on Knight Riders' victory?

Posted: 29 May 2012 10:44 AM PDT

The 'City of Joy' got together today to celebrate the victory of Kolkata Knight Riders, the newly-crowned IPL champions. From packed streets to a packed Eden Gardens, tens of thousands of fans came ou...


Army's daredevilry on display at 'Tattoo Show'

Posted: 29 May 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Secret 'kill list' proves a test of Obama's will and principles

Posted: 29 May 2012 09:35 AM PDT

This was the enemy, served up in the latest chart from the intelligence agencies: 15 Qaeda suspects in Yemen with Western ties. The mug shots and brief biographies resembled a high school yearbook lay...


Will give up public life if allegations are proved: PM on Team Anna's corruption charges

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:55 AM PDT

5.8 quake hits northern Italy, 15 dead, buildings collapse

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:47 AM PDT

Defence Minister Antony attacks petrol price hike

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:37 AM PDT

In a dissenting voice from the government over the steepest petrol price hike ever, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said it was "not a correct step." "The oil companies should have shown some p...

CD row: Delhi Police questions Shanti Bhushan

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:35 AM PDT

The special cell of the Delhi Police today questioned lawyer and activist Shanti Bhushan in relation to the controversial CD purportedly containing a conversation between Mr Bhushan and Samajwadi Part...


Police crackdown finds milk being mixed with sewage water in Mumbai

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:33 AM PDT

Indian police said on Tuesday that they had arrested and charged four men in Mumbai who are accused of selling milk mixed with sewage water in plastic packets scavenged from garbage bins.The four vend...

Subhash Ghai's new land problem, this time in Haryana

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:08 AM PDT

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday stayed Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts from performing any activity on a 20-acre plot purchased from a gram panchayat in Haryana, a lawyer sa...

Suu Kyi to embark on first trip abroad in 24 years

Posted: 29 May 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi heads to Thailand on Tuesday for her first trip abroad in more than two decades, ending an era of isolation and cementing her arrival on the global stage.The fo...

Survey declares Manchester United as the most popular club

Posted: 29 May 2012 06:45 AM PDT

A recent survey has found that England's Manchester United are the most popular football club with 659 million followers worldwide. The survey was carried out by leading market research agency, Kant...

Rajat Gupta's trial enters second week, early edge for US prosecutors?

Posted: 29 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT

The trial of Rajat Gupta enters its second week today as court resumes after a long Memorial Day weekend. It has been a damaging opening week for the former Goldman Sachs Director as the prosecution t...


Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar slams Chidambaram over appointments of IPS officers

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today demanded an apology from Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for what he called "unilaterally appointing IPS officers in the state and without taking the state ...


Kingfisher Airlines' accounts frozen for non-payment of tax dues

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Rupee weakens further against dollar; down 48 paise

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:32 AM PDT

A.K Hangal back in action at 97, says age no bar

Posted: 29 May 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Once an actor always an actor. Quite true for 97-year-old A.K. Hangal, who wears grease paint despite the ripe age in a role in the television show Madhubala. He is excited and says work knows no age ...

After three dry days, Chennai to get petrol and diesel today

Posted: 29 May 2012 04:09 AM PDT

Many offices in Chennai allowed employees on Tuesday to work from their homes because petrol pumps remained closed for the third day in a row. It should be back to work tomorrow for the city - Chief M...


Facebook in talks to buy Opera, may pay over $1 billion: analysts

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:40 AM PDT

Man, naked, shot as he chewed on the face of another man

Posted: 29 May 2012 03:37 AM PDT

Authorities in Miami are looking for more witnesses after a police officer fatally shot a naked man who refused to stop chewing on the face of another naked man on a busy downtown highway ramp in Miam...


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