Friday, July 27, 2012

Foreign Direct Investment in aviation gets a fresh push

Foreign Direct Investment in aviation gets a fresh push


Foreign Direct Investment in aviation gets a fresh push

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:01 PM PDT

In what could be a huge boost for the crisis in the Indian aviation sector, there are clear indications that the government is all set to allow foreign airlines to buy up to 49 per cent stake in India...


Britain stages a spectacular welcome for the world

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 02:15 PM PDT

Britain greeted the world on Friday with an extravagant celebration that included Bond, the Bard and a Beatle — and a formal welcome from no less a figure than its jubilee queen. London's sev...


Who is Narayan Dutt Tiwari?

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT

Anyone who began reading the news in the last 15 odd years, would know Mr Tiwari more for scandals - a sex scandal cost him his job as Andhra Pradesh Governor in 2009. A year before that, he had alrea...


Asif Ali Zardari formally invites Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 11:28 AM PDT

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday formally invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan to bolster bilateral ties and also make a trip to his ancestral village in Punjab provinc...


Did Army let down Assam when it was needed most?

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 11:16 AM PDT

Top generals of the Indian Army appear to have failed Assam - the state which Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh represents in Parliament.


Olympics: Fire breaks out at Weymouth sailing venue

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT

A seafront complex where the British Olympic sailing team was due to hold a news conference was evacuated Friday due to a fire.The evacuation at the Weymouth Pavilion complex, on the south coast of En...


Kokrajhar violence: Ground Zero report

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT

A serious humanitarian crisis is playing out in the riot-affected districts of lower Assam, with as many as four lakh people forced into relief camps across the districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri...

At Team Anna camp, Baba Ramdev is crowd-puller

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:12 AM PDT

At Team Anna's base camp in the capital, pitched as a people's movement, the main ingredient is missing.


Government officer arrested for sexual assault: CCTV footage is examined

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Surendra Mahapatra, 1985 batch Indian Forest Service officer has been detained in Pennsylvania and will be produced in court on the August 2. While the Indian Consulate in New York is trying to help w...


Maruti manager paid for another officer's remarks: Reports

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:51 AM PDT

The senior Maurti Suzuki executive, who was killed in the July 18 violence at the car factory in Manesar, paid for anti-worker remarks made by another executive, official sources said Friday.


Priest climbs to top of temple during flood

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:45 AM PDT

A 50-year-old man spent an entire night on top of a temple and then on an adjacent tree in Maharashtra's Gondia district before being rescued by policemen and local activists this morning. The inciden...


11-year-old Indian roller skater breaks world record

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:36 AM PDT

An 11-year-old Indian boy broke a world record by flattening himself enough to skim under poles just 6.75 inches from the ground, Daily Mail reported on Friday. At first glance it looks as if his body...

J Dey murder case: Journalist Jigna Vora gets bail

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT

Journalist Jigna Vora, an accused in the murder of senior crime reporter J Dey, has been granted bail by a court in Mumbai.


Assam violence: Army came 48 hours after SOS? Top 10 developments

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:08 AM PDT

Eight days after ethnic clashes began in lower Assam, violence has finally ebbed and the focus has shifted to the massive humanitarian crisis at hand: 45 people are dead and almost four lakh homeless;...


Mock drill for Delhi Metro tomorrow, when is a secret

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:01 AM PDT

People travelling on the Delhi Metro on Saturday may face inconvenience in certain areas as a major mock drill involving 12 stations across the city will be conducted to check disaster preparedness.


Assam riots: Of ghost towns and relief camps, 4 lakh people displaced

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Assam violence: 45 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in Assam and nearly four lakh people are now housed in 200 relief camps, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today. He aggressively denied that...


After Narendra Modi interview, Samajwadi Party muzzles Shahid Siddiqui

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT

The Samajwadi Party fiercely guards its pro-Muslim identity. So an allergic reaction to even a remote and insignificant connection to Hindutva mascot Narendra Modi is quite understandable.


Assam violence: If Centre knew, why didn't they send army earlier, asks angry Tarun Gogoi

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Under attack from all quarters for inaction on the huge humanitarian crisis in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has hit back. He said today that he had sought more forces from the Centre and also tha...


Facebook stock falls to fresh low as investors continue to fret

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 07:06 AM PDT

A day after it reported a sharp slowdown in revenue growth, Facebook shares hit a new low of $22.28 as investors punished it for poor performance.

Bomb joke tweeter wins landmark ruling

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 06:40 AM PDT

A British man who joked on Twitter that he would blow up an airport after it closed because of snow has had his conviction for sending a "menacing" message overturned in a landmark ruling for users of...

ND Tiwari's DNA test confirms Rohit Shekhar is his son

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 06:23 AM PDT

ND Tiwari DNA test confirms he's Rohit Shekhar's father: ND Tiwari's DNA test has confirmed that he is the biological father of Rohit Shekhar, the 32-year-old man who filed a paternity suit against hi...


Anuj Bidve's killer gets life, to serve at least 30 years without parole

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 05:04 AM PDT

A Briton found guilty of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26 last year was today sentenced for life, with a minimum term of 30 years before he can be considered for parole.


When Sachin Tendulkar bought a second-hand BMW

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:53 AM PDT

One of the richest cricketers of the world at the moment, Sachin Tendulkar today revisited the time when the not-so-well-off batsman managed to buy his favourite luxury car, albeit a second-hand one.K...


Akhilesh replaces Mayawati's statue, her party blames him for the attack

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 04:51 AM PDT

This morning, a delegation of Mayawati's party met the Governor BJL Joshi. Its leader, Swami Prasad Maurya, accused Mr Yadav's government of orchestrating yesterday's attack on Mayawati's statue. He...


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