Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Will the NCP pull out of the government? Sharad Pawar, NCP leaders meet in Delhi today

Will the NCP pull out of the government? Sharad Pawar, NCP leaders meet in Delhi today

Will the NCP pull out of the government? Sharad Pawar, NCP leaders meet in Delhi today

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:34 PM PDT

Sharad Pawar's party, the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, is meeting today in Delhi to decide whether it will quit the union government and provide external support instead to the ruling UPA. Sourc...

6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra: USGS

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:02 PM PDT

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Wednesday, seismologists said, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake struck arou...

Apple profits fall short of expectations, shares fall

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:11 PM PDT

Apple results fell short of Wall Street's expectations as the European economy sagged and consumers held off on buying its flagship iPhone.

Pranab Mukherjee to be sworn in as the 13th President of India today

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:25 PM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee will be sworn in as the India's 13th President in New Delhi today. Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia will administer the oath of office to Mr Mukherjee at 11:30 am.

Team Anna to launch indefinite hunger strike today for Lokpal Bill; Anna will join fast from July 29

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Campaigning for a strong Lokpal Bill, close aides of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will start an indefinite fast today to protest against the government. 75-year-old Anna will also go on a hung...

Nalanda - World's oldest university recreated

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:05 PM PDT

It is the world's oldest university and after centuries, is now set to be recreated. Nalanda in Bihar, a renowned seat of learning and excellence 800 years ago, will soon stand tall again - this time ...

Assam violence claims 32 lives; 1500 more jawans sent

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Ethnic violence today escalated in more areas of western Assam with 11 fresh casualties in clashes and police firing, forcing the Centre to rush 1,500 more paramilitary personnel to control the unrest...

After borewell tragedies, Sonia Gandhi writes about children's safety

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:26 PM PDT

How long will our children be victims of sheer callousness? This is a concern shared by our policymakers, who are alarmed at the rising number of children losing their lives after falling into uncover...

Assam violence: Over 20,000 passengers stranded as 21 trains halted

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:28 AM PDT

With ethnic violence escalating in lower Assam's Kokrajhar area, train services to and from the north east have been severely hit. The railways estimate over 20,000 passengers are stranded at differen...

Ahead of Anna's fast, govt highlights steps taken against corruption

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:12 AM PDT

As Anna Hazare and his team of activists launch the latest installment of their movement against corruption, the government has shared details of the steps it has taken to combat graft.

Athletes rated Delhi Games Village better than London: Maken

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken tweeted on Tuesday that according to the Indian athletes and coaches in London that he had spoken to, the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi was better than t...

Sri Lanka maul India by 9 wickets to level series

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Sri Lanka managed to combine an aggressive bowling attack with ruthless batting to annihilate India by 9 wickets and level the 5 match series 1-1, on Tuesday.The start of the day was on the line...

'This dialogue made me a film star': Rajesh Khanna's recorded message

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:05 AM PDT

The actor who romanced death on screen as often as he did heroines, left behind a special recorded message for his family, friends and fans. 40 years ago, in Anand, his character taped a message for B...

Documentary on Gujarat riots dropped from exhibition in Beijing

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:25 AM PDT

The Indian government has had a documentary film on the 2002 Gujarat riots dropped from a private exhibition in Beijing. The Ministry of External Affairs says it intervened after it received complaint...

Some Delhi Metro stations to close for Pranab Mukherjee's swearing-in

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Three Metro stations in central Delhi will be closed to the public for two hours in the morning on Thursday due to security restrictions in view of the swearing-in of Pranab Mukherjee as President.

Anna Hazare will begin indefinite fast on July 29 despite doctors' advice

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, who is 75, will start an indefinite fast starting July 29. Anna will join his aides like Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia and Gopal Rai, who are launching an in...

Ramayan to be back on small screen

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:46 AM PDT

Popular mythological story Ramayan is set to be retold on the small screen. Zee TV has announced the re-creation of the classic and it is already on the lookout for faces to play the epic's central ch...

Did Akhilesh contradict Mulayam on FDI in multi-brand retail?

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:46 AM PDT

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said that his party would support foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail if it benefitted farmers and manufacturing sector in India.The statement a...

Caretakers object to Ajmer Dargah dewan's views on star visits

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:16 AM PDT

The demand by the religious head of Ajmer dargah to ban visits by film stars and producers to the shrine to pray for the success of their films has drawn flak from the community of khadims (caretakers...

I will not fast for the first four days, says Anna Hazare: Highlights

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:51 AM PDT

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare will launch an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi tomorrow on protest against the government. Here are the highlights of what the 74-year-old activist said at a...

Clean chit for Chidambaram? PM misled by A Raja consistently in 2G auction, says CBI

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:50 AM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee that is probing the 2G spectrum scam that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was consistently misled by A Raja. The inve...

How do you fast for Ramzan when there's neither dawn nor dusk?

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:24 AM PDT

In Rovaniemi, a northern Finland town that straddles the Arctic Circle, the sun rises around 3:20 a.m. and sets about 11:20pm. That means Muslims who observe Ramadan could be required to go without fo...

Pranab Mukherjee showed leadership even as a teenager, says former classmate

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:14 AM PDT

President-elect Pranab Mukherjee had shown sparks of brilliance even as a teenager when he had persuaded a minister to order the renovation of his school's building that had a "thatched roof" and was ...

Denied visa by US, sex workers hold parallel conference in Kolkata

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:14 AM PDT

Hundreds of sex workers from across the world are holding a protest rally in Kolkata today after they were denied visa by the United States to attend an International AIDS conference being held in Was...

Gun culture thrives despite US massacre

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:10 AM PDT

A girl aged five or six tries out a rifle in an Aurora gunshop, oblivious to Friday's massacre in this Colorado town. "Honey, it's too big for you, we will find you another," says her mother.
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