Wednesday, October 3, 2012

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

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


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

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:28 AM PDT

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


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

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:24 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 ...


Sonia Gandhi has not submitted bills for reimbursement from Govt

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 02:21 AM PDT

India in talks to buy first bullet trains: Report

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:53 AM PDT

Moderate earthquakes hits Assam, North East states

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 01:35 AM PDT

Election Commission to announce poll dates for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh today

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:51 AM PDT

High Court stays student body polls in Lucknow University

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:42 AM PDT

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has stayed the polls for student body elections in the Lucknow University.


Sonia Gandhi avoids tit-for tat with Narendra Modi; defends FDI in retail

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 12:01 AM PDT

Sonia Gandhi launched her party's Gujarat campaign in Rajkot today by neatly side-stepping Narendra Modi's best attempts to provoke her into a direct war of words on the foreign travel issue he raised...


Case in Kanpur court against Sriprakash Jaiswal for sexist remark

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 11:39 PM PDT

Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal may have apologised for saying that a wife after a few years of marriage becomes less attractive, but trouble for him over the comment seems far from over. Now, ...


At Rajkot, Sonia Gandhi avoids tit-for tat with Narendra Modi: Highlights

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 10:51 PM PDT

Sonia Gandhi is in Narendra Modi's Gujarat today. She kicked off the Congress' election campaign in the state with a rally in Rajkot's Race Course grounds. Before that she visited the Ramakrishna Ashr...


Supreme Court directs Centre and states to provide basic facilities to students

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 10:38 PM PDT

The Supreme Court today directed all schools across the country to provide basic infrastructure facilities like drinking water and toilets to school children. The order was passed on a petition filed ...


Congress nominates suspended Suresh Kalmadi to parliamentary committee

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 10:05 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 parliamentary committees. Mr Kalmadi was suspended ...


In India, journey to school is loaded with risks

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 09:57 PM PDT

On the day Japneet Singh died, his father dressed him neatly in his crisp school uniform for picture day at his nursery school. At school, Japneet, 4, smiled shyly for the camera. But he never made it...


Sonia Gandhi in Gujarat: Will she take on Narendra Modi?

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 09:53 PM PDT

Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Narendra Modi's Gujarat today amid much political heat generated by the latter's dare that the Congress-led UPA government must detail expenditure on her foreign travel. ...


DMK to hold Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation meeting today

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 09:10 PM PDT

The DMK will hold a consultative meeting of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) today to fine tune its representation to the United Nations on the Lankan Tamils crisis.


Attack on Gen KS Brar: Leaked info, major lapses

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 08:45 PM PDT

On Tuesday night as Lt Gen KS Brar and his wife Meena were speaking calmly, in a matter of fact manner on NDTV, describing the circumstances under which they were attacked in London by what increasing...


Mahatma Gandhi's statue desecrated with beer bottles in Shimla

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 08:24 PM PDT

On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, October 1, miscreants in Shimla strung empty beer bottles together and "garlanded" a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the heart of the hill town of Shimla. A case has been reg...


Gujarat government has not given information on Narendra Modi's travel: RTI activist

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 07:51 PM PDT

In a dramatic twist to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her travel expenses, a Vadodara-based Right to Information (RTI) activist, Trupti Shah, has ...


'Jan satyagraha': 50,000 landless people march from Gwalior to Delhi for rights

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 07:45 PM PDT

In a unique protest of its kind, 50,000 landless people from 26 states under the banner of an NGO Ekta Parishad, are expected to start a jan satyagraha (people's movement) today by walking from Gwalio...


Will the ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves be lifted? Supreme Court to decide today

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 07:24 PM PDT

The Supreme Court is likely to decide on the Centre's request to allow tourism in at least 20 percent of what is known as the core area of tiger sanctuaries. In July, the top court had banned touri...


Amid Narendra Modi's 'foreign trips' attack, Sonia Gandhi to visit Gujarat today

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

In the midst of a raging controversy over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's remarks against her, Congress President Sonia Gandhi will arrive in the state today to launch her party's campaign for ...


After Narendra Modi's claim about Sonia Gandhi rings hollow, BJP tweaks attack

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 07:47 AM PDT

After his claim of nearly 1900 crores being spent by the government on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips rang hollow, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has tweaked his attack. He says the Congress, Mrs ...


Housewives in Goa to get Rs 1,000 to fight inflation

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Housewives in Goa just got a breather from rising inflation -- courtesy Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.


FIR against Thackeray cousins for hate speech

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 07:04 AM PDT

An FIR was on Tuesday filed against MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including sedition, for making alleged...


Sikh elders to study JK Rowling's book for objectionable content

Posted: 02 Oct 2012 06:06 AM PDT

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