Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Obama, Romney clash on economy in first debate

Obama, Romney clash on economy in first debate

Obama, Romney clash on economy in first debate

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:41 PM PDT

Primed for a showdown, US President Barack Obama accused Republican rival Mitt Romney in campaign debate on Wednesday night of wanting to "double down on the top-down policies" that led to a devastati...

Michelle Obama: Debate 'worst way' to spend anniversary

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:36 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama is marking his 20th wedding anniversary Wednesday by squaring off against rival Mitt Romney in their first debate -- and First Lady Michelle is less than thrilled.

US Presidential debate: Who is the better speaker?

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:32 PM PDT

US Presidential debate: Who is the better speaker?

For three hours, major security compromise at Mumbai airport

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

For three hours at the Mumbai International Airport today, security was thoroughly compromised. Sources say that a fight between customs officials and the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force), whi...

Cabinet likely to approve pension, insurance bills: 10-point cheat sheet

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

The government is all set for its next round of big-ticket reforms; the Cabinet is expected to approve a proposal today to hike the cap on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector from ...

Two phase election in Gujarat, polling on Dec 13, 17; Himachal Pradesh polls on Nov 4

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Dates for the elections to Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have been announced. Gujarat will have a two-phase poll, voting on December 13 and 17. Himachal will have a single-phased one, starting November...

What taint? Suresh Kalmadi, A Raja back on parliamentary committees

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:17 PM PDT

Politicians A Raja and Suresh Kalmadi may have recently spent about a year in jail each, but both men, who are Lok Sabha MPs, have been nominated to important parliamentary committees.

Rahul Gandhi visits Jammu and Kashmir today; with him Ratan Tata, Kumarmangalam Birla

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:44 AM PDT

Rahul Gandhi, who is going to be in Srinagar today, has invited a group of the country's top-most industrialists and corporate leaders to join him there as well. They include Ratan Tata, Kumarmangalam...

Kingfisher CEO to meet Delhi staff at 9 am

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:23 AM PDT

Kingfisher CEO Sanjay Agarwal is planning to meet employees in Delhi at 9 am and the Bangalore staff at 4 pm on October 4. On October 5, he is scheduled to meet Chennai employees. Talks between...

Two arrested for taking photos of Dreamliner

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:07 AM PDT

Two passengers who got out of New Delhi-bound Air India's Dreamliner plane after taking pictures of the aircraft's interior in Chennai were arrested on Wednesday, police said.

Increase FDI in telecom to 100%, says Parekh panel to PM

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:21 AM PDT

A high-level committee, headed by HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh, has submitted its interim report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on reforms and suggestions on how to find the funding needed for the in...

Petrol may get cheaper by Rs 1.60 a litre

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Petrol price may be cut by about Rs 1.60 per litre later this month as appreciation of rupee against the US dollar has helped state firms make profit on the fuel. Indian rupee appreciated to fi...

Shah panel gives clean chit to Narendra Modi's govt in land allotment cases

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

On a day when dates of the Gujarat elections were announced, a commission probing corruption allegations against the Narendra Modi government has given it a clean chit.

India-Russia defence talks: Aircraft carrier delay to top agenda

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit, the defence ministers of India and Russia will hold talks in New Delhi on Thursday during which the delay in the delivery of the aircraft carrier INS...

Price of non-subsidised LPG cylinders hiked to nearly Rs 900

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:34 AM PDT

State-owned oil companies have hiked price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 127 per cylinder to Rs 883.5 on account of increase in international oil prices.

On Narendra Modi's turf, Sonia Gandhi focuses on economic reforms, FDI

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:34 AM PDT

Sonia Gandhi today neatly side-stepped Narendra Modi's best attempts to provoke her into a direct war of words on the foreign travel issue he raised recently, and instead launched her party's Gujarat ...

Cabinet to likely approve hike in FDI cap in insurance and pension sectors to 49%

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:30 AM PDT

The Cabinet will likely approve a proposal to hike the cap on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance and pension sectors to 49 per cent from 26 per cent tomorrow, 4 October. The Bill ...

MP rests his hand on head of Gandhi's statue

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:17 AM PDT

Paying respects to Mahatma Gandhi took on an entirely new meaning in Pali district in Rajasthan. Badri Ram Jakhar, a local Congress MP from the area, garlanded Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the town squa...

Lathicharge during President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Bihar

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:16 AM PDT

President Pranab Mukherjee was received by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the airport today, but not everyone was as welcoming. After the Chief Minister and the President arrived in Darbhanga, c...

Why Infosys shares can fall 40% from current levels

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:06 AM PDT

Infosys shares dropped sharply Wednesday after global brokerage major CLSA's sales team said share prices can fall up to 40 per cent from current levels. CLSA has an "underweight" ca...

Sonia Gandhi has lost 'moral right' to raise corruption issue: BJP

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT

Stung by Congress President Sonia Gandhi's attack on the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government, the BJP today hit back saying she has no "moral right" to raise the issue of corruption as scams worth la...

Who's the undecided voter? It may be the 'Walmart mom'

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:26 AM PDT

Sometimes seen as the great prize of U.S. electoral politics, this elusive citizen is more likely to be female, white, lacking a college education and earning less than $25,000, according Reuters/Ipso...

Cabinet likely to approve pension, insurance bills

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:10 AM PDT

The cabinet will approve amended bills on Thursday that seek to permit 26 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the pension sector and 49 percent in the insurance sector, a minister told reporter...

The 70,000-crore scam: In advances to contractors, some see kickbacks

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:46 AM PDT

When Ajit Pawar resigned as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra a week ago, he said he was being maligned by allegations that a 70,000-crore scam played out during his term as the state's Irrigation ...

The name that Kapil Sibal wants Narendra Modi to use

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:38 AM PDT

Another shot has been fired in the acerbic war of words being waged between two known exponents - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal - over the lo...
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