Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Health scam: CBI conducts raids in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, files new cases

Health scam: CBI conducts raids in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, files new cases

Health scam: CBI conducts raids in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, files new cases

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:14 PM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted search operations at four places across Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in connection with the National Rural Health Mission scam. It has also filed n...

Real Madrid beat Barca 2-1 to lift Spanish Super Cup

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT

Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo struck first-half goals as Real Madrid beat 10-man Barcelona 2-1 to lift the Spanish Super Cup before a full house at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.With last...

Ban on tiger tourism to continue; Centre asked to frame guidelines

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT

Extending the ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas till September 27, the Supreme Court today indicated it was not averse to permit regulated tourist activities, subject to the Centre evolving s...

Full transcript: Salman Bashir on current state of relations between India and Pak

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:43 PM PDT

Ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir...

Assam: Militant violence, not ethnic clashes?

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT

20 minutes from Kokrajhar town through lush green fields and a forest is Pakritol village. Not a recent habitat but a very old settlement with neat rows of houses. We hesitate to enter knowing that pe...

Uttar Pradesh health scam: Court slams CBI for poor investigation

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has expressed dissatisfaction with the CBI probe into the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam and the murder of two Chief Medical Officers (...

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit opens today

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Amidst Western efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear programme, the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement will open in Tehran on Thursday with issues like Syrian crisis and Palestine statehood se...

Narendra Modi rules out apology for 2002 Gujarat riots

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:13 PM PDT

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has refused to apologise for the 2002 riots in the state.

NDTV's Mid-Term Poll 2012: Should Priyanka Gandhi enter active politics?

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:09 PM PDT

In the Hindi Heartland, Priyanka Gandhi's popularity soars. And not just with Congress voters. Of all respondents, 80% believe she should enter politics.

Supreme Court upholds Ajmal Kasab's death sentence, says he 'waged war against India'

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. The court rejected a plea by Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008,...

Coal-gate: 8 blocks allotted to Sriprakash Jaiswal's relatives, alleges BJP

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:37 AM PDT

In a fresh salvo, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has targeted Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal alleging that eight of his relatives are among the beneficiaries of the 34 coal blocks which were allot...

Samsung unveils ATIV S, world's first Windows Phone 8 device

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Samsung has unveiled the first Windows Phone 8 device in the world at company's Mobile Unpacked event at IFA on Wednesday. Dubbed as Samsung ATIV S, this smartphone features a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED...

NDTV Mid-Term Poll 2012: Should Narendra Modi be Prime Minister?

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Gujarat seems to want Narendra Modi back for a third term. Respondents give him a two-third majority for this year's Assembly elections. Not that they are at all averse to him being Prime Minister.

Millionairess's mails revive interest in Swedish Prime Minister's 1986 murder case

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:44 AM PDT

The unsolved 1986 murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme is front page news again in Sweden after newspapers published excerpts of emails written by millionairess Eva Rausing before her death saying she ...

Samsung announces Galaxy Note II with Jelly Bean, 1.6GHz quad-core processor

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Korean manufacturer Samsung has announced the launch of its Galaxy Note successor at its Mobile Unpacked Berlin episode. Dubbed as Galaxy Note 2, the phablet features Android 4.1 aka Jelly Bean out of...

Loss of radio contact prompts Amsterdam plane hijack scare

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:34 AM PDT

The Netherlands intercepted a Spanish airliner with two fighter planes and then sent security forces to surround it on the tarmac at Amsterdam's airport in a hijack scare caused by a loss of radio con...

Iran's connection to India's Sikhs

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:15 AM PDT

NAM Summit: It could simply be lore now, but if the story Jugal Kishore, the principal of Tehran's new Kendriya Vidyalaya told us is true, Iran's province of Zahedan was named for the Sikh gentlemen, ...

Naroda Patiya riots case: Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani among 32 convicted

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Ten years after a mob killed 95 people in Naroda Patiya, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad during the 2002 riots, a special court today convicted 32 people, including former BJP minister Mayaben Kodnani a...

Fire on 5th floor of Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi brought under control

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:57 AM PDT

A fire that broke out on the fifth floor of the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi this evening has been brought under control. No casualties or injuries have been reported.

Ajmal Kasab's death sentence upheld by Supreme Court: Excerpts from the judgement

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:24 AM PDT

Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, wanted the death sentence ...

Ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik hospitalised

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:20 AM PDT

Former Mumbai Commissioner of Police Arup Patnaik has been admitted to Jaslok hospital in South Mumbai after he reportedly complained of chest pain.

Asaram Bapu's helicopter crash lands in Gujarat

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu and four others had a miraculous escape when their helicopter crashed just ahead of landing at a local college today, police officials said.

Timeline: From Lord's to Lord's, Andrew Strauss does the full circle

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:02 AM PDT

1997Playing for the Middlesex county's second XI, Andrew Strauss gets a call up in the senior XI for a match against Kent at the Lord's. Little did he know that the hallowed venue would be a par...

How you helped the Rajasthan couple who sold their baby for Rs 40,000

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 06:55 AM PDT

The couple from Sriganganagar in Rajasthan who decided to give up their 8 day old child for adoption in exchange of Rs 40,000 so that they could fund their two-year-old child's treatment, have now rec...

Coal was not sold, so nobody benefitted: Sibal

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 06:33 AM PDT

The government on Wednesday said there was no question of anyone benefiting from coal block allocation as the mineral was never sold and accused the BJP of raking up the issue for no reason because of...
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