Thursday, September 27, 2012

BJP's 'makeover': A more positive campaign

BJP's 'makeover': A more positive campaign

BJP's 'makeover': A more positive campaign

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

At the BJP conclave in picturesque Surajkund on the outskirts of Delhi, the party president's speech started with UPA bashing. The audience comprising top BJP leaders started settling in for more of w...

In resignation, Ajit Pawar's gamble for the big league

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

A simmering rift over succession in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) now threatens to split the party. It's a face-off between a young and ambitious nephew Ajit Pawar versus the party patriarch an...

Benjamin Netanyahu says world must draw 'red line' for Iran

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer and urged the world the draw a clear "red line" to stop it in its tra...

World T20: West Indies beat England by 15 runs

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:10 AM PDT

West Indies edged out defending champions England by 15 runs in an exciting finish to the World Twenty20 Super Eight group one match at Pallekele stadium on Thursday.Chasing a daunting 180-run target,...

16-year-old Delhi student allegedly raped, MMS circulated

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:48 AM PDT

In yet another case of rape being filmed to blackmail the victim, a 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a driver in Delhi while his friend recorded the crime on a mobile phone and circulated th...

The impact of Mulayam calling the shots

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT

It seems like eons ago, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his coalition government once inspired very high expectations. They were going to stoke India's economy, improve education, help the poor,...

Supreme Court decision on auction of natural resources: Who said what

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:10 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today clarified that it does not believe that all national resources must be auctioned -the opinion, delivered by five judges, provides relief for the government, partly because it ...

100 million to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate: Report

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:39 AM PDT

More than 100 million people will die and the global economy will miss out on as much as 3.2 percent of its potential output annually by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report comm...

Proceeds from United Spirits stake sale won't be used for Kingfisher Airlines: Mallya

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:39 AM PDT

The United Breweries Group will be unable to use any proceeds from a possible stake sale in United Spirits to infuse funds into Kingfisher Airlines, the debt-laden airline’s promoter Vijay Ma...

AC fares dearer by more than 3% from Oct 1

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:15 AM PDT

With the exit of Trinamool Congress from the UPA, the Finance Ministry has decided to levy a service tax on AC and freight services fares, which are set to increase by up to 3.7 per cent from Octob...

Telangana Million March banned by government will take place, vow activists

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:10 AM PDT

At Hyderabad's Osmania University today, for four hours, a group of 200 students tried to defy the police stationed there to march towards the state government's headquarters. The purpose of the rally...

Congress takes offense to Mamata Banerjee mimicking Prime Minister

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:57 AM PDT

Congress has criticised Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today for her 'personal attack' on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said such 'impulsiveness' violated political decorum.

Nitin Gadkari sues activist who said he didn't want irrigation scam exposed

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:39 AM PDT

BJP president Nitin Gadkari has sued an RTI activist, Anjali Damania, who told NDTV that he wanted to suppress information about the irrigation scam worth 72,000 crores in Maharashtra.

Auctions not a must: Political boost for 'reformist' Govt?

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Auctions not a must: Political boost for 'reformist' Govt?

Highlights: Supreme Court's opinion on auction of natural resources

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:30 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today clarified that it does not believe that all national resources must be auctioned. The opinion, delivered by five judges, provides relief for the government; partly because it a...

World Twenty20: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in a thrilling Super Over

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:20 AM PDT

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in a one over eliminator after the 40-over Super Eights contest was sensationally tied at Pallekele stadium on Thursday.With both teams tied on 174 runs at the end of 40 ove...

Protests against anti-Islam film at US Consulate in Kolkata

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:06 AM PDT

Hundreds of Muslims marched towards the American Centre in Kolkata today to protest against an anti-Islam video and to demand that the US authorities apologise for it.

Wrote poetry for Meena Kumari: Yash Chopra to Shah Rukh Khan

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:04 AM PDT

Yash Chopra, the grand old man of Bollywood directors, turned 80 today. And as a birthday treat, actor Shah Rukh Khan hosted a very special live chat with Mr Chopra who has directed SRK in Darr, Dil T...

Don't touch anyone's feet, Nitin Gadkari tells BJP workers

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Don't touch any colleague's feet in order to go up the party ladder, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

BJP releases 2002 letter in which Manmohan Singh had opposed FDI

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:33 AM PDT

The BJP today released a letter reportedly written by Dr Manmohan Singh in 2002 to the chairman foreign trade committee, opposing Foreign Direct Investment in retail.

Jammu & Kashmir sarpanches meet Rahul Gandhi

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:59 AM PDT

It was a special invitation from Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi that got a delegation of sarpanches from Jammu and Kashmir to the national capital. Fear, concern and anger are the over-riding...

Auctioning resources not necessary, says Supreme Court, but public good is

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT

The Supreme Court today clarified that it does not believe that all national resources must be auctioned -the opinion, delivered by five judges, provides relief for the government, partly because it ...

If not satisfied with safety measures, we can stop Kudankulam plant: Supreme Court

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT

The Supreme Court has said that it will not hesitate in stopping the Kudankulam nuclear power plant if it finds that safety measures at the plant in Tamil Nadu are unsatisfactory. The court made these...

Delhi court orders FIR against Raj Thackeray for hate speech

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:41 AM PDT

A Delhi court today asked the city police to lodge an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly describing migrants from Bihar as "infiltrators" in Mumbai. At a s...

Finance students are the most promiscuous: study

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Students who graduate in economics have been found to be the most promiscuous of all the pupils on campus, a new study in the UK has found. A survey of 4,656 undergraduates found that economics...
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