Monday, September 24, 2012

FDI in retail won't help or hurt, says Arun Shourie; BJP seeks distance

FDI in retail won't help or hurt, says Arun Shourie; BJP seeks distance

FDI in retail won't help or hurt, says Arun Shourie; BJP seeks distance

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Senior BJP leader Arun Shourie has said that though he agrees with the government's decision to increase diesel prices, reports that he praised the decision to liberalise the retail sector are incorre...

Five-year-old boy murdered for ransom by college student in Pune

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT

The Rawals are still in shock, unable to come to terms with the gruesome murder of their five-year-old son, Shubh. He had gone out to play in the evening but never came back. He was kidnapped and late...

One killed, seven injured in blast in Assam

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT

One person has been killed and seven injured after a blast took place in Sibsagar in Assam.

US marines face criminal charges over Afghan urination video

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Two US Marines are facing criminal charges for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, actions caught on a video that was widely circulated on the Internet, the Marine Corps s...

Phone-tapping: Telecom firms under scanner for eavesdropping?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT

A few big telecom companies would be hearing from the Department of Telecom (DoT) soon, asking them to explain what and how they are using "Off Air" passive Global System for Mobile or GSM monitoring ...

World T20: Match abandoned, West Indies move into super eights

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:20 AM PDT

The West Indies qualified for the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 after their Group B match against Ireland was abandoned due to rain on Monday.Ireland made 129-6 in their 19 overs before...

Govt sets aside Rs 2300 crore for armed forces' One-Rank-One-Pension demand

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:54 AM PDT

In a victory for ex-servicemen, the government has set aside Rs 2,300 crore to partly implement the One-Rank-One-Pension (OROP) demand that has been pending for years. This has been a major irritant b...

A gangrape, an MMS, a father's suicide: A village waits for justice

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT

On Sunday evening, a process of villagers in Hisar moves, holding candles, towards the local police station. A group of Dalits at Dabra village in Haryana's Hisar district are fighting on behalf of o...

Imposter scientist roamed ISRO headquarters for four hours

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:06 AM PDT

A woman in Bangalore has been arrested after she was found carrying a fake ID card that declared she was a senior scientist with the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) in Bangalore. She has...

Should public representatives be punished for holding citizens to ransom?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:35 AM PDT

Should public representatives be punished for holding citizens to ransom?

Hisar rape: Is justice still out of reach for Dalits in India?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:31 AM PDT

Hisar rape: Is justice still out of reach for Dalits in India?

Power reforms: Bailout for state boards; will you pay more?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:29 AM PDT

The cost of power is all set to rise as the Cabinet approves a restructuring package for state electricity boards across the country. One of the major riders for availing the restructuring pack...

Maruti Suzuki to hike car prices within a week

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:26 AM PDT

Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India today said it will hike prices of its vehicles by within a week in order to offset impact of adverse foreign exchange fluctuation and rising inpu...

Congress strikes back. CBI to investigate coal blocks allocated by NDA too

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 08:17 AM PDT

The coal scam, centred on companies faking papers and expertise to corner under-priced coal fields, has so far offered corroborative proof of crony capitalism and circumstantial evidence of corruption...

Cabinet hikes dearness allowance by 7%; to cost govt Rs 7,400 crore a year extra

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:51 AM PDT

The union cabinet on Monday hiked dearness allowance by 7 per cent to 72 per cent of the basic pay for all central government employees. The move will benefit about 50 lakh serving employees an...

One rank One Pension: Cabinet clears Rs 2300 crore package

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:44 AM PDT

In a major victory for ex-servicemen, the government has set aside Rs 2,300 crore to implement the one-rank-one-pension (OROP) demand that has been pending for years. This has been a major irritant be...

J&K: Sarpanch gunned down by suspected militants

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:22 AM PDT

The panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir last April were seen as a victory for democracy against the rule of terror and intimidation in the state. But now that euphoria is giving way to fear again...

Whistleblower alleges harassment after exposing corruption in Sports Authority of India

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Whistleblowing is doubly difficult if the adversary is the same system that is also paying the whistleblower's bills. Ask Raj Kumar, a 46-year-old stenographer in the Chandigarh office of the Sports A...

At IIM Bangalore, a course for women in politics

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:52 AM PDT

In her early 30s, Nagashree has taken a little over two months off to go back to school. So at 10 am on a weekday, dressed in an salwar kameez, she is walking down the corridor of Bangalore's prestigi...

Will government hike sugar prices?

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Focused on reducing its subsidy bill, the government is mulling whether the price of sugar sold at ration shops can be hiked by a whopping Rs. 10 a kg. The Cabinet was expected to discuss the issue at...

International media on Kareena Kapoor in Heroine

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT

Stardom is a vale of tears in Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, about the ups and downs, and downs and downs of Mahi Arora (Kareena Kapoor), a Bollywood queen with a self-destructive flair for making hea...

Three Rajdhani trains stopped for hours by BJP leader in Jharkhand

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:17 AM PDT

For four hours today, three Rajdhani trains from Delhi were stranded in different places in Jharkhand because a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and his supporters sat on railway tracks, holding them hostag...

LPG distributors threaten to go on strike on October 1

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:09 AM PDT

Distributors of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders have threatened to go on a token strike on October 1, opposing the cap on sale of subsidised cylinders.

SBI says 'big sacrifice' possible from Mallya to keep Kingfisher alive

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 05:02 AM PDT

State Bank of India (SBI) officials will meet the founders of Kingfisher Airlines in the next couple of days, S. Vishvanathan, the bank's deputy managing director said, after India allowed fore...

Five murders in single night in this city

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 04:55 AM PDT

Five people were murdered in two separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district late Sunday, police said on Monday.
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