Friday, August 31, 2012

Unmukt Chand blasts bureaucracy in DU, says nobody took up his case

Unmukt Chand blasts bureaucracy in DU, says nobody took up his case

Unmukt Chand blasts bureaucracy in DU, says nobody took up his case

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 11:42 AM PDT

Under-19 World Cup winning Captain Unmukt Chand has finally been allowed to move into second year. This on condition that he will have to give his remaining first year exams along with his 2nd year on...

7-year-old girl, 12-year-old boy found beheaded in Afghanistan

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 10:41 AM PDT

The decapitated bodies of a 7-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy found Friday in the country's south and east continued a spate of grisly beheadings in Afghanistan this week.

Sahara says all well after Supreme Court order on Rs 24,400 crore refund

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Sahara conglomerate to refund Rs. 24,000 crore it had raised from millions of small investors, reaffirming an order from market regulator Securities and Exch...

Highlights: Narendra Modi's Google+ Hangout anchored by Ajay Devgn

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 09:25 AM PDT

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi I interacted with people and answered questions on Google+ Hangout. The event was anchored by actor Ajay Devgn.

UK crackdown on Indian-origin 'rogue landlords'

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:51 AM PDT

Britain on Friday launched a major crackdown on landlords -- many of them of Indian origin - who construct illegal extensions to their houses dubbed as "beds in sheds" and rent them out to illegal imm...

Watch Live: Narendra Modi's Google+ Hangout anchored by Ajay Devgn

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:27 AM PDT

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi answers questions on Google+ Hangout, anchored by actor Ajay Devgn.

Exam row: Pappu pass ho gaya, tweets Unmukt Chand after battle with college

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:22 AM PDT

U-19 cricket World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand has been allowed to move to his second year at St. Stephen's College, but he has to clear his first year exams, Delhi University Vice Chancellor...

Coal controversy: Won't resign, BJP should wait till 2014, says PM

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:22 AM PDT

The Prime Minister, who is on his way to Delhi from Iran, has said there is no question of resigning over the alleged "coal-gate" affair. "I have to maintain the dignity of the office of the Prime Mi...

New Jersey supermarket shooting: Store worker fatally shoots 2 employees, self

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 08:05 AM PDT

A shooting at a New Jersey supermarket early on Friday killed three people, and the gunman is believed to be among the dead, a law enforcement official said. The shooting happened around 4 am inside a...

Chidambaram had my phone tapped, says BJP's Yashwant Sinha

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said that his phone was tapped by union minister P Chidambaram. Mr Sinha said he challenges Mr Chidambaram to prove him wrong.

Osama's dead body was identified by young girl: Book

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 07:53 AM PDT

The dead body of Osama bin Laden was identified by a young girl who was in the room where he was killed after his wives refused to name the elusive Al Qaeda chief, a new book by an ex-US Navy Seal has...

Tsunami warning lifted for Japan, Taiwan after 7.6 quake in Philippines

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 07:07 AM PDT

A 7.6-magnitude undersea quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, triggering tsunami warnings across the region. At least one house collapsed and power was knocked out in sev...

Coal-gate: The growing controversy around Subodh Kant Sahai

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 06:19 AM PDT

Union minister Subodh Kant Sahai said again today that he did not influence the decision to help a company linked to his brother land a valuable coal field in 2008.

Naroda Patiya riots: Former minister Maya Kodnani gets 28 years in jail

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 06:14 AM PDT

A court in Ahmedabad pronounced quantum of punishment for 32 convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case today in a 1900-page verdict. For the first time, a former minister has been convicted and s...

Government announces new rules for cellphone radiation

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 06:01 AM PDT

Though it's still unclear if there is any connection between cellphone radiation and it's adverse impact on human health, the government is set to roll out its new norms on cell phone radiation.

Supreme Court allows Jaya Jaitly to visit George Fernandes

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:59 AM PDT

Former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly was today allowed by the Supreme Court to meet her party colleague and former Defence Minister George Fernandes once every fortnight for 15 minutes. Mr Ferna...

Migrant workers pulled off train, harassed, by alleged BJP youth workers

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:40 AM PDT

Nine people, most of them allegedly from the BJP's youth wing, the ABVP, have been detained in Karnataka for verbally and physically assaulting migrant labourers who were on a train headed to Bangalor...

Sibal asks Stephen's Principal to let Unmukt Chand write his exam

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:30 AM PDT

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday, requested St Stephens College Principal Valson Thampu to use his discretionary powers to ensure that junior cricketer Unmukt Chand, the captain of U-19 World Cu...

I hope Rahul Gandhi will consider taking a more proactive role, says PM

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:27 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he has invited Rahul Gandhi to be a minister several times and hopes the Congress general secretary will give it a serious thought now. "I have always been of...

Man falls from second floor at Delhi mall

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:14 AM PDT

A 25-year-old man was critically injured after he accidentally fell from the second floor of a shopping mall in the capital on Friday, police said.

Emotional ties to Obama may be central to the election

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:52 AM PDT

Through three nights of gauzy videos, sentimental testimonials and, finally, his own address to the nation Thursday, Mitt Romney worked hard to show he has a heart.

Timeline of other major shooting incidents in the United States

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:49 AM PDT

Several people are reported dead at a supermarket in New Jersey after a gunman opened fire. Unconfirmed reports say the gunman is among those killed. Here is a timeline of some of the other worst s...

UPA government most corrupt: Arun Jaitley

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:43 AM PDT

Sticking to its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation for the irregularities in coal block allocation, the BJP today termed the UPA government as "most corrupt" and demanded cancellat...

2nd Test: Ross Taylor's ton powers New Zealand against India on Day 1

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:41 AM PDT

Ross Taylor hit a magnificent century that embodied the phrase 'leading from the front' to steer New Zealand to 328 for 6 at the end of the first day of the second Test against India at the M Chinnasw...

Naroda Patiya riots: Former minister Maya Kodnani gets 28 years in jail

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:28 AM PDT

A court in Ahmedabad pronounced the quantum of punishment for 32 convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case today.
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