Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Power outage does not affect Delhi airport, flights

Power outage does not affect Delhi airport, flights


Power outage does not affect Delhi airport, flights

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:25 AM PDT

Flight operations at the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport remained unaffected today even as power supply was snapped for the second day in a row after collapse of the Northern Grid. Immedia...


Nalanda University to start session from 2014

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:05 AM PDT

The proposed Nalanda International University will embark on its fresh journey from 2014 and will offer courses in History and Ecological Studies in the beginning. Chancellor Amartya Sen said that the...


300 trains affected by today's power crisis

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:25 AM PDT

300 trains in North India have been affected because of the huge power outage in North and Eastern India. Today's crisis comes after seven states and Delhi were without power for many hours yesterday ...


Delhi metro stops; some passengers trapped inside trains

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:15 AM PDT

In a repeat of yesterday's nightmare, the Delhi metro is not running after a massive power outage. Authorities are trying to evacuate trains and stations, where passengers were seen trying to walk to...


Blackout for 19 states, more than 600 million Indians. Delhi Metro stops

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:13 AM PDT

The power supply to as many as 19 states has crashed after three major grids- the Northern, Eastern and North Eastern supply grids -tripped. The crisis was allegedly triggered after four states - ...


18 train fire victims remain unidentified

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:57 AM PDT

Eighteen of the 32 people who died in the Tamil Nadu Express fire in Andhra Pradesh on Monday are yet to be unidentified even as a forensic team on Tuesday inspected the gutted coach. Relatives of mis...


UP Cabinet keeps Lokayukta out of RTI purview

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:46 AM PDT

In a major decision, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet today gave its nod to keep the office of Lokayukta out of the purview of RTI Act. The Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav deci...


Blog: Rained out first impressions

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Years of living in Mumbai and working for a 24-hour news channel are sure-shot ways of hating the rain. So naturally, moving to Delhi meant goodbye to the rain madness. I cannot, for a moment, even re...


After 17-year wait, couple to get refund on car deposit

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:38 AM PDT

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Delhi granted relief to the couple last week on Tuesday, by directing them to recover their money with 9 per cent interest from the date of booki...


After former Army Chief Deepak Kapoor, another senior officer says Adarsh Society isn't a security threat

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Former general officer commanding of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa region, Lieutenant General (Retd) Tejinder Singh told the two-member inquiry panel today that the high-rise was not a threat to milita...


Blast in Assam: Army vehicles targeted; one jawan killed, 7 injured

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:11 AM PDT

At least one person has died and seven others have been injured in a high intensity blast that targeted Army vehicles in Assam's Goalpara district today.


Mumbai Police Commissioner says follow Dhoble's footsteps

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:50 PM PDT

Establishments serving liquor and entertainment in the form of live orchestras, bar dancers and other such activities have much more to worry about, after the commissioner of police issued a new set o...


Army may have to explain Assam delay to Prime Minister

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:30 PM PDT

The Army may have to explain to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh why it took five days to intervene in Assam's communal violence in which more than 40 people were killed. The Army says it had no cho...


Bail for govt officer arrested for sexual assault in US

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:17 PM PDT

Senior Indian Forest Service officer Surendra Prasad Mohapatra, detained by Pennsylvania police and charged with indecent assault after a woman hotel worker complained against him, has been released o...


Anna Hazare apologises for mistreatment of media, warns he won't tolerate a repeat

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Activist Anna Hazare has apologised after crowds at his protest camp got aggressive with media crews covering 75-year-old Anna's hunger strike. "If there is any more misbehaviour, I will end my andola...


In high-security cell, Abu Jundal's voice samples are collected

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:32 PM PDT

At a high-security cell in the Crime Branch's office in South Mumbai, four policemen showed up last week. They left with voice samples of 31-year-old prisoner, Zaibuddin Ansari aka Abu Jundal. The ter...


More than tiger mom, I had a tiger dad: Preet Bharara to NDTV

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:18 PM PDT

He has been called the Sheriff of Wall Street. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara - the man who has successfully brought insider trading cases against the likes of Ra...


Railways Minister Mukul Roy under attack after Tamil Nadu Express fire

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:10 PM PDT

The Railways has already seen at least four train tragedies this year. And on Monday, India woke up to yet another after the S-11 coach of the Tamil Nadu Express caught fire, killing 28 people.


Advani blames Bangladeshi immigrants for Assam violence

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:09 PM PDT

Efforts on to find opening of tunnel between India and Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:22 PM PDT

Even as digging at the international border in the Samba sector of Jammu is going on for three days now, the Border Security Force (BSF) have still not been able to find out the opening of the tunnel ...


Bhakhra Dam water level dangerously low; worry for three states

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:15 PM PDT

Water in the Bhakhra Dam reservoir - the life line of canals in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan - has touched a new low. With rainfall in the hills of Himachal 50 per cent below normal, both Bhakhra and...


NRI woman seeks custody of her 'abducted' sons

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:27 PM PDT

A Goan NRI woman based in Qatar has moved the Bombay High Court in Goa seeking custody of her three minor boys who were allegedly abducted in Qatar and brought to Goa by her former husband.


Ministers' group to meet on drought as rain 20 per cent below normal across India

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:43 PM PDT

With at least six states staring at a possible drought, the special government panel - The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is meeting today to discuss a...


Team Anna apologises for attack on media

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT

The Broadcast Editors' Association (BEA) has strongly condemned a scuffle that broke out between supporters of Team Anna and mediapersons on Monday evening at Jantar Mantar, where Anna Hazare is on an...


Heads roll after North India's worst blackout in 11 years: Top 10 developments

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Action has been taken against power officials in Uttar Pradesh for the massive blackout on Monday. Huge parts of North India spent Sunday night and much of Monday morning without any electricity. A fa...


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