Monday, July 23, 2012

Why Mayawati says history will never forgive Akhilesh Yadav

Why Mayawati says history will never forgive Akhilesh Yadav


Why Mayawati says history will never forgive Akhilesh Yadav

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:13 PM PDT

What Mayawati can, Akhilesh Yadav can do better. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister yesterday changed the names of eight districts in the state, which had been earlier named by his predecessor, Bahujan ...


Guwahati molestation case: Main accused caught, says Varanasi Police

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:36 PM PDT

Two weeks after he was filmed as he led a mob of 50 in molesting a young woman in Guwahati, Amar Jyoti Kalita has been found in Varanasi, the Deputy Inspector General of Varanasi Police has said. Loca...


Wasteful expenditure must be avoided: Pranab Mukherjee to NDTV

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT

With Pranab Mukherjee all set to be sworn-in as President, there is much anticipation of how a 'political President' will give shape and form to Rahstrapati Bhavan. Speaking to NDTV, hours after his o...


Sharad Pawar skips PM's dinner, but no decision yet on pulling out of Government

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:40 AM PDT

Sharad Pawar was not among the ministers present at the PM's dinner tonight for outgoing President, Pratibha Patil. Mr Pawar's RSVP, at a crucial point in back-channel talks with the Congress, is mean...


Petrol prices raised by 70 paise, Mamata wants rollback

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:35 AM PDT

State owned oil companies have raised petrol prices by at least 70 paise per litre effective midnight. In Delhi, petrol will now cost Rs. 68.48 per litre.


Air Force drill ahead of Pranab's swearing-in showed poor planning

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:18 AM PDT

It was meant to be an exercise to check the preparedness of the Indian Air Force to prevent a 9/11-like attack when the 13th President of India takes oath on Wednesday. Instead, poor planning meant th...


Lakshmi Mittal and son will carry Olympic Torch

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT

Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who is the main sponsor of the giant ArcelorMittal Orbit near the Olympics Stadium, will be among the individuals who will carry the Olympics Torch a day befor...


Batman shooting: Suspect appears in court for first time

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:21 AM PDT

The suspected gunman in the Colorado theatre massacre headed to his first court appearance on Monday, but authorities said he refuses to talk, and it could take months to learn what prompted one of th...

Praful, kuch kuch hota hai: Leaders tease him about Congress stand-off

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:44 AM PDT

The occasion was a formal farewell at Parliament for President Pratibha Patil. But for most of us, who were covering the proceedings from the press galleries, all eyes were on Nationalist Congress Par...


Praful, do something, joked Sonia; please don't, teased Sushma

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:43 AM PDT

With the stand-off between her party and the NCP continuing, Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today heard asking NCP leader Praful Patel to "do something" to end the crisis. Mrs Gandhi's remark in ...


Tens of thousands across Australia receive death threat SMS

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT

People in Australia's New South Wales state are getting a mobile phone text message that warns them they will be killed unless they send $5,000 to an email address. The message reads: "Sum 1 paid me t...

Group of 30 speeding bikers hit Delhi cop, four held

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:41 AM PDT

A Delhi traffic policeman was injured here in an attempt to stop a group of 30 speeding bikers, police said Monday. Four people were arrested. Gajender Pal Singh, Sonu, Sohan Singh and Faizan were arr...


Maruti's Manesar unrest: Haryana appoints special prosecutor

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:33 AM PDT

Here are the top ten developments.


Woman, stepson forced to leave village for living together

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:31 AM PDT

A 22-year-old woman and her stepson of the same age, who were allowed by a village court to live as a couple, have left their home in Bihar's Buxar district after threats of social boycott, police sai...


Petrol prices to go up by at least 70 paise per litre

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:17 AM PDT

After two sets of reductions in petrol prices last month, oil marketing companies will raise petrol prices by 70 paise-91 paise effective midnight tonight, Indian Oil said in a release. The effective ...


Pratibha Patil asks MPs not to voice dissent at cost of serious debate

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:39 AM PDT

President Pratibha Patil on Monday cautioned MPs not to voice their dissensions in Parliament at the cost of serious debate and legislations and maintained that they should keep abreast of new develop...

Pranab Mukherjee's swearing-in will have mega Bengal presence

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:13 AM PDT

It is 'Delhi Chalo' of a different kind. With West Bengal's Pranab Mukherjee all set to take over as India's president on Wednesday, his family members, relatives and political colleagues are now boun...


All lies, don't want his property, says Rajesh Khanna's partner

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:08 AM PDT

Rajesh Khanna's Bandra home, Aashirwad, has become the subject of a bitter dispute between his family and his reported live-in partner, Anita Advani of eight years. But Ms Advani has now rubbished a...

Coordinated Iraq attacks kill 103

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Bombings and shootings ripped across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 103 people in the deadliest day this year. The coordinated attacks in 13 cities sent a chilling warning that al-Qaida is slowly re...


Monsoon deficiency: PM directs weekly monitoring

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:38 AM PDT

With the monsoon rain recording a 22 per cent deficiency, a concerned government has swung into action, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directing all departments and ministries to coordinate with s...


Jayalalithaa to Prime Minister: Ask Lanka to release fishermen immediately

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:28 AM PDT

The Prime Minister's mailbox may well be overflowing! Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has been writing at least a couple letters to him every week. In her latest communication to Dr. Manmohan S...


Afghan sisters shot dead for running away from home

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:57 AM PDT

An Afghan man shot his two teenaged daughters dead when they returned home four days after running away with a young man, Daily Mail reported on Monday. The father has been detained on murder charges ...


Assam violence: Toll rises to 19, Rajdhani Express stopped in Kokrajhar

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:50 AM PDT

The ethnic clashes in South Assam have now claimed 19 lives. Two more bodies were recovered today in the violence in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD).


Pressure grows in China to end one-child law

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT

Pan Chunyan was grabbed from her grocery store when she was almost eight months pregnant with her third child. Men working for a local official locked her up with two other women, and four days later ...


Syria acknowledges it has stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:11 AM PDT

The Syrian regime acknowledged for the first time on Monday that it possessed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and said it will only use them in case of a foreign attack and never interna...

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