Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Surjeet Singh, not Sarabjit Singh, to be released, clarifies Pakistan

Surjeet Singh, not Sarabjit Singh, to be released, clarifies Pakistan


Surjeet Singh, not Sarabjit Singh, to be released, clarifies Pakistan

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Hours after reports emerged that Pakistan was to free Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, the presidential spokesman tonight clarified that authorities had taken steps for the release of another...


Cruel summer? You bet. Delhi power prices shoot up

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 01:48 PM PDT

Trying to beat the heat in the city just got tougher, not just because there's no sign of the rain. As the capital swelters with the maximum temperature hitting 43 degrees regularly, power prices ha...


ISI officers gave orders to 26/11 handlers, reveals Abu Hamza: Top 10 developments

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:17 PM PDT

Abu Jundal aka Abu Hamza, whose real name is Zabiuddin Ansari (he has 10 aliases) is being interrogated by intelligence and police officials about his role as a handler during the 26/11 attacks in Mum...


Sania Mirza's letter: Full text

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Here is the full text of Sania Mirza's letter in which she hits out at the All India Tennis Association (AITA), Leander Paes, his father Dr. Vece Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for their roles in the tennis...


Rafael Nadal survives scare to ease into Wimbledon second round

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT

Former champion Rafael Nadal survived an early scare to kick off his bid for a third Wimbledon title with a 7-6 (7/0), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci in the first round on Tuesday.Nada...

Pranab Mukherjee resigns as Finance Minister; PM to take additional charge, say sources

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road residence and resigned as India's Finance Minister today. Dr Singh is expected to take additional charge of the crucial Fin...


Sania Mirza upset about Leander Paes pairing, blames male chauvinism

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has finally broken her silence on the whole tennis row after she was awarded a wild card in the women's doubles event at the London Olympics on Tuesday. In a press rel...


Srinagar on the edge after mysterious fire destroys holy shrine

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar today after its revered Sufi shrine of Dastageer Sahib was burnt in a mysterious fire. Curfew was imposed in most parts of the city to pr...


Sania Mirza, Somdev Devvarman get wild cards for London Olympics

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 10:19 AM PDT

Ending days of speculation, Sania Mirza was on Tuesday awarded a wild card entry along with Rushmi Chakravarthi for the women's doubles tennis event at the London Olympics.Somdev Devvarman, too, was g...


Abu Hamza's journey to the 26/11 control room

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:55 AM PDT

Abu Hamza arrest: As Mumbai gasped for breath, its landmarks on fire, its people taken hostage, a chilling command was issued over the phone to the pair of terrorists who had taken over Nariman House,...


PA Sangma to file nomination on Thursday

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Maharashtra minister denies links with Abu Hamza

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:37 AM PDT

A senior Maharashtra minister today denied any links with the arrested LeT handler of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, Abu Hamza, and said she is ready to face any probe. NCP leader and Minister of Stat...


Gujarat worse than days of emergency: Modi rival Keshubhai

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:36 AM PDT

In a fresh salvo at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, veteran BJP leader Keshubhai Patel today said the situation in the state has become "worse" than the Emergency era.


ISI officers gave orders to 26/11 handlers, says Abu Hamza: Top 10 developments

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:11 AM PDT

Abu Jundal aka Abu Hamza, whose real name is Zabiuddin Ansari (he has 10 aliases) is being interrogated by intelligence and police officials about his role as a handler during the 26/11 attacks in Mum...


AC, first class rail fares may rise from July

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Railway passenger fares in all AC classes and first class may rise by 3.6 per cent from July 1 as there are little indications that Finance Ministry would extend service tax exemption to Railways beyo...


Sarabjit Singh to be released from Pakistan prison: Reports

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has commuted the death sentence for Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh. He is likely to be allowed to return to Punjab soon. He has spent 21 years on death row and is...


Mumbai police wants to bring Abu Hamza and Kasab face-to-face

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Having sought the custody of alleged Lashkar e Taiba handler of 26/11 terrorists Abu Hamza from a Delhi court, Mumbai police are now gearing up to confront him with the lone surviving perpetrator of t...


Nithyananda's troubles now include wildlife: Top 10 facts

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:35 AM PDT

Nithyananda, self-declared godman, has shifted base in recent weeks from his ashram near Bangalore, to Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Here are 10 big facts on why that hasn't checked the controversy for him.

In warm letter, Prime Minister accepts Pranab Mukherjee's resignation

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepted Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's resignation today. In a warm letter, Mr Singh wrote "We will all deeply miss your presence amidst us." Mr Mukherjee met the P...

Virbhadra Singh resigns, adding to Congress' hall of shame

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Union minister Virbhadra Singh has resigned from the Cabinet. His resignation has been by the accepted by the Prime Minister and forwarded to the President. A Himachal Pradesh court had framed charges...


26/11 control room was located in Karachi, says Abu Hamza

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:24 AM PDT

India is getting crucial information from 26/11 handler Abu Hamza (aka Abu Jundal) who has been deported from Saudi Arabia. Abu Hamza has told interrogators that during 26/11, a control room was set ...


26/11 had been planned originally for 2006, reveals Abu Hamza

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:21 AM PDT

The terrorist, Abu Hamza, deported from Saudi Arabia to Delhi earlier this month, has revealed that the attacks unleashed upon Mumbai in 2008 were planned two years before that.

Hot Tuesday in Delhi, no relief in sight

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT

Delhi sweated again on Tuesday although the maximum temperature dipped a bit, but it was still three notches above normal at 40.6 degrees Celsius. Wednesday is expected to be the same.

Guwahati lake filled with money lures divers, one dies

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:53 AM PDT

A youth's body was on Tuesday fished out from a wetland here in which scores of people entered to collect Indian currency notes that were found floating on the water. The youth, in his early 20s, had ...

Guess what? Mom and Dad are online with you

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:12 AM PDT

When her children were ready to have laptops of their own, Jill Ross bought software that would keep an eye on where they went online. One day it offered her a real surprise. She discovered that her 1...


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