Friday, June 1, 2012

'Butcher of Bihar' shot dead; top cop heckled in violent backlash

'Butcher of Bihar' shot dead; top cop heckled in violent backlash


'Butcher of Bihar' shot dead; top cop heckled in violent backlash

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 03:01 AM PDT

Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, who headed the banned, upper caste militia Ranvir Sena in Bihar, was shot dead on Friday morning by unidentified people in Arrah in the state's Bhojpur district. A violent backlas...


General Bikram Singh: 'Let us remain a secular force'

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:33 AM PDT

Bikram Singh: General Bikram Singh, the 25th Chief of the Indian Army, assumed office today and wasted no time in establishing that he wants to distance himself from his controversial predecessor and ...


'Butcher of Bihar' shot dead, triggering spurts of violence

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:31 AM PDT

Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, who headed the banned, upper caste militia Ranvir Sena, was shot dead on Friday morning by unidentified people at his village in Bihar's Bhojpur district. Buses and offices have b...


It's Focus India for Obama administration

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:22 AM PDT

The US has decided to give top priority to its ties with India, which is reflected in an unprecedented series of high-level exchange visits between the two countries this month. The visits are aimed a...


'Apology for what?' asks General VK Singh after BEML threatens to sue him for defamation

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:14 AM PDT

Without naming Narendra Modi, BJP magazine appears critical of the chief minister

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:48 AM PDT

First, LK Advani used his blog for unsubtle criticism of BJP president Nitin Gadkari. A day later, the BJP's mouthpiece echoes a few of the points that Mr Advani made. And in a section that's being in...


Bandh impact: At Rs 300 crore, Mumbai is the biggest loser

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:48 AM PDT

The nation-wide bandh called by the NDA yesterday crippled the commercial capital of the country, causing it to incur losses worth Rs 270-300 crore. MiD DAY spoke to economists, who revealed that the ...

Survivors of Doon Express mishap recount horror

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:39 AM PDT

Passengers who escaped the Doon Express accident at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh arrived in the state capital on Friday and recounted their ordeal and horror of the previous afternoon.A special rescue tra...

Full transcript: Bill Gates interview with Vikram Chandra

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:38 AM PDT

Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates, who was in India recently, spoke to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on the India story, his similarity with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and what makes him happy.


Air Force version of 'Akash' missiles successfully test fired

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:06 AM PDT

India today successfully test fired its two indigenously-developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missiles of Air Force version with a strike range of 25 kilometre from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chan...


Missing Bihar engineer: Supreme Court wants info by June 6

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:51 AM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday granted time to the central government for filing its reply to Nikhat Parveen's plea seeking whereabouts of her husband Fasih Mohammad, a Bihar engineer who has been missin...


Ajit Singh on roadmap for Air India

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 12:36 AM PDT

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh addressed a press conference on the new pay and career progression norms for employees of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India to ensure parity in the merged nati...


All tiger deaths to be treated as cases of 'poaching'

Posted: 31 May 2012 11:49 PM PDT

In a strongly worded letter to all tiger states across the nation, The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has said that henceforth all tiger and leopard deaths will be treated as 'poaching',...

Team India is not over-confident, complacent: Sachin to NDTV

Posted: 31 May 2012 11:40 PM PDT

Russian president Putin meets chess king Viswanathan Anand for tea

Posted: 31 May 2012 11:31 PM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and runner-up Boris Gelfand over a cup of tea in his residence on Thursday. Mr Putin lauded both players for "an outs...

Air India pilots may call off strike: Sources

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:59 PM PDT

Jagan Mohan Reddy's interim bail plea to be heard today

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:40 PM PDT

Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is currently in jail, will be hoping for relief as a special CBI court in Hyderabad will today hear his interim bail plea. Mr Reddy, who is the chief of the YSR Congress, was ar...

Summer sun scorches North, East India

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:37 PM PDT

The northern and eastern parts of the country baked at above normal temperatures on Thursday due to the scorching summer sun and hot winds. The capital Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 45.4 deg...


Who is General Bikram Singh?

Posted: 31 May 2012 01:52 PM PDT

General Bikram Singh assumed charge on Thursday (May 31) as the Chief of Army Staff. He became the 25th chief of the world's second-largest army.


Doon Express derailment: 4 killed, Mamata floats sabotage theory

Posted: 31 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT

After a train accident in Uttar Pardesh's Jaunpur district which killed four people and 10 injured others, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banrejee floated a sabotage theory. The Railways Minister,...


India feels pressure as growth rate is worse than predicted

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:19 AM PDT

India's growth rate fell to its slowest pace in almost a decade last year, according to government estimates published Thursday, putting further pressure on a fractured coalition government in New Del...


Bharat Bandh: Over 800 protestors detained in capital

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Over 800 people, including Left and BJP leaders like Prakash Karat, Sanjay Joshi and Ananth Kumar, were detained on Thursday at various places in New Delhi during the Bharat Bandh which passed off pea...


Govt launches austerity drive, bans meetings in 5-star hotels

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government today banned the creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels. The government also impose...

Bharat Bandh total failure in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit

Posted: 31 May 2012 08:10 AM PDT

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday described the Bharat Bandh by the NDA and Left parties as a "total failure" in the state and accused the BJP of forcibly blocking roads to create inconv...


CBI receives complaint about Coal-Gate, may investigate coal field allocations

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:38 AM PDT

The country's premier investigating agency, the CBI, has been asked to conduct a preliminary investigation on whether there was a scam in how coal fields were allotted to private companies during 2006...


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