Thursday, August 30, 2012

Naroda case: Quantum of sentence to be pronounced today

Naroda case: Quantum of sentence to be pronounced today

Naroda case: Quantum of sentence to be pronounced today

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 12:07 PM PDT

A special court will pronounce the quantum of punishment for 32 convicts in the 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case today.

Rescues continue as Hurricane Isaac floods Louisiana, Obama declares federal emergency

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT

Isaac dropped unrelenting rain Thursday, flooding areas north and south of New Orleans, and officials had to scramble to evacuate and rescue people as waters quickly rose. Inside the city, there were ...

Speed up 26/11 trials: PM Manmohan Singh tells Zardari

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:52 AM PDT

India told Pakistan Thursday that expeditiously concluding the trial of the 26/11 Mumbai attack's perpetrators would be the biggest sub-continental confidence building measure.

Bangalore journalist, 10 others arrested in Karnataka for terrorist links

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Eleven people including a journalist, working for an English daily, were arrested by the Karnataka police for alleged links with terrorist organisations like the Huji and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Among the ar...

NAM Summit: Asif Ali Zardari invites Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Pakistan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:39 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari today began a key meeting in Tehran, amid clear indications that terrorism will be the prime focus of the Indian side. President Z...

NDTV Mid-Term Poll 2012: In Bihar, it's Nitish, Nitish, Nitish

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Bihar loves Nitish Kumar and wants him to remain Chief Minister. So much, that fewer respondents think he should head to the Centre as Prime Minister.

NDTV Mid-Term Poll 2012: Does knowledge of English improve your prospects in life?

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 11:09 AM PDT

A whopping 87% of respondents from all over India said an emphatic Yes when asked if English helps improve your prospects in life.

Andres Iniesta wins UEFA Best Player in Europe award

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:46 AM PDT

Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta received the UEFA Best Player in Europe award on Thursday after pipping Cristiano Ronaldo and club-mate Lionel Messi in a journalists' poll.It is his seco...

UEFA Champions League draw: final groups announced

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Champions League groups after the group-stage draw held here on Thursday:Three-time champions Manchester United were drawn in Group H alongside Portugal's SC Braga, Galatasaray of Turkey and Romania...

Hurricane Isaac: Dam in danger of falling, Louisiana orders evacuation

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Louisiana officials have ordered evacuation of low-lying, sparsely-populated areas along the Tangipahoa River because an Isaac-hammered dam at a state park lake in southwest Mississippi near the Louis...

Aamir Khan makes the cover of Time magazine

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Aamir Khan has become the third Indian actor to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Aamir, fresh from the success of season one of his TV show Satyamev Jayate, has made headlines in India by ex...

Six siblings seek death in Dimple Yadav's constituency

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT

Six orphan siblings on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the district magistrate of Kannauj, 125 km from here, seeking permission to kill themselves as they had no food. Kannauj is the parliamentary...

St Stephen's won't let Unmukt Chand take his exams; MS Dhoni tweets support

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:11 AM PDT

India's latest cricket sensation 19-year-old Unmukt Chand, denied permission to appear for first year BA examinations by his college St Stephens, has found support in Team India skipper Mahendra Singh...

Jamnagar: Nine Air Force officials dead as two IAF helicopters collide

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Nine air force officials, including five officers, were killed after two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters collided mid-air near Jamnagar in Gujarat today, said an air force spokesperson.

Rioters who desecrated Amar Jyoti Jawan nabbed

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:42 AM PDT

The Special Investigating Team or SIT of the Mumbai Crime Branch, which is probing the August 11 violence, has arrested both the rioters responsible for desecrating the Amar Jyoti Jawan Memorial.

Postcard from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:25 AM PDT

While owning Persian carpets represents oriental luxury at its best in the West, here in Tehran their traders are finding it tough to put food on the table every day. Their market, made up mainly of f...

Court summons to Raj Thackeray for alleged hate speeches

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:05 AM PDT

A Delhi court on Thursday issued summons against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for his alleged hate speeches against north Indians and instigating violence against them on various occ...

Sunita Williams to take spacewalk to fix up space station

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:54 AM PDT

Two astronauts - an American and Japanese - are taking a spacewalk to replace failed equipment at the International Space Station.

2005 Delhi cinema twin blasts: Accused sentenced to seven years

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:44 AM PDT

Five people accused in the 2005 Liberty and Satyam cinema blasts case of May 22 2005, have pleaded guilty before a trial court in Delhi. As they pleaded guilty, the court accepted their pleas and conv...

Voice of developing nations should increase globally, says PM at the NAM Summit: Full speech

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Amidst Western efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear programme, the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement opened in Tehran today with issues like Syrian crisis and Palestine statehood set to domi...

In Kashmir, families of missing people move human rights panel

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:21 AM PDT

More than 500 families of missing persons in Jammu and Kashmir have filed cases before the state Human rights panel seeking that DNA tests be conducted on the thousands of unmarked graves in northern ...

Watch: Modi attributes malnutrition to 'beauty conscious' girls

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:18 AM PDT

US daily the Wall Street Journal has quoted Mr Modi as explaining the challenge of malnutrition in Gujarat thus, "Gujarat is by and large a vegetarian state. And secondly, Gujarat is also a middle-cla...

Narendra Modi under fire for attributing malnutrition in Gujarat to 'beauty conscious' young girls

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:16 AM PDT

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly attributed malnutrition problems in his state to young Gujarati girls being figure-conscious.

Arun Jaitley to NDTV on coal controversy: Highlights

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:50 AM PDT

BJP leader and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley speaks to NDTV exclusively on the coal controversy that has led to ruckus in Parliament for over a week.

Vidya Balan signs Rs.5 crore sari endorsement deal

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 04:40 AM PDT

Actress Vidya Balan has signed a whopping Rs.5 crore deal for endorsing a sari brand. The elan with which Vidya carries the traditional Indian attire, has prompted a well-known Chennai-based sari b...
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