Thursday, November 29, 2012

Fire in GT Express coach; one dead

Fire in GT Express coach; one dead

Fire in GT Express coach; one dead

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:59 PM PST

The fire was reported in air-conditioned coach B1. The passengers were evacuated at Sitholi station, some 20 km from Gwalior.

David Cameron rejects press law after hacking scandal

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:58 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press on Thursday, risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the...

GDP likely grew 5.3 per cent in September quarter

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:53 PM PST

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) likely grew by 5.3 per cent in the second quarter for the current financial year compared to 5.5 per cent in the first quarter, according to the average o...

Supreme Court to hear petition against law used for Facebook arrests today

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:46 PM PST

The Supreme Court will take up today a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a Delhi law student against a controversial law that was used to arrest two young women recently in Maharashtra for the...

Will India be banned by International Olympic body?

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:20 PM PST

The deadline for the Indian Olympic Association to respond to the International Olympic Committee about their upcoming elections expires today. An IOA delegation comprising Hockey India Secretary Gene...

UN vote recognises state of Palestine

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:15 PM PST

The United Nations voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to recognise a Palestinian state, a victory decades in the making for the Palestinians after years of occupation and war. It was a sharp rebuke for ...

65 years later, Palestinians celebrate a UN vote

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:12 PM PST

The black-and-white photos show masses of people yearning for independence, celebrating a vote recognising a state in Palestine. It was a day that generations of pupils would be taught to remember wit...

How younger son Prateek is testing Mulayam's famous political acumen

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:56 PM PST

The Samajwadi Party often faces the charge of furthering dynasty politics with its unabashed and unabated promotion of its First Family. Six members of the Yadav household are already active in politi...

Misleading ads: food regulator steps in

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:10 PM PST

They are snazzy, slick and smooth but do these ads feed us made up research and even glib outright lies every day? Such concerns have prompted the food regulator, the Food Safety Standards Authority o...

Savita Halappanavar's husband to sue Ireland over abortion row

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:24 AM PST

The husband of Savita Halappanavar is planning to sue the Irish government in the European Court of Human Rights after Irish Health Minister did not agree for a public inquiry into the circumstances l...

BS Yeddyurappa will resign from the BJP today

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:38 AM PST

BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is all set to resign from the party and his assembly membership today, severing his 40-year-old association with it.

In Coimbatore, woman searches for parents after 27 years

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST

A woman, who was kidnapped at the age of three around 27 years ago at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, has returned to Coimbatore in search of her parents.

Two SpiceJet pilots argue mid-air over who should land first

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:45 AM PST

Putting the safety of around 160 passengers at risk, two SpiceJet pilots allegedly got into a verbal fight over who should land first.

Indian couple in Norway arrested, allegedly for reprimanding seven-year-old son

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:45 AM PST

Norwegian authorities have reportedly arrested a couple from Andhra Pradesh, Chandrasekhar and Anupama Vallabhaneni, for apparently scolding their seven-year-old son Sai Sriram for wetting his pants a...

British press needs new regulator, report says

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:06 AM PST

After interviewing hundreds of witnesses in months of sworn public testimony, a major inquiry into the standards of British newspapers triggered by the phone-hacking scandal on Thursday singled out Ru...

Gujarat elections: No Muslim on Narendra Modi's poll list

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:57 AM PST

The BJP has not given a ticket to any Muslim candidate in the upcoming Gujarat elections scheduled for next month. In the 182 member assembly, the BJP has announced 181 seats. The only remaining const...

Sukhdev Singh Namdhari charged with murder of Ponty Chadha's brother Hardeep

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:49 AM PST

Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has been accused of the murder of liquor baron Ponty Chadha's brother Hardeep Singh Chadha. Both brothers were killed in a dramatic shootout in their father's farmhouse in south...

UK inquiry says politicians got too close to the media

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:17 AM PST

Britain needs a new independent media regulator to eliminate a subculture of unethical behavior that infected segments of the country's press, a senior judge said on Thursday at the end of a yearlong ...

Chandigarh starts work on a 10-storey building in 48 hours

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:10 AM PST

In a first for India, around 200 engineers, supervisors and labourers have begun assembling a 10-storey building in Punjab's Mohali district. They claim it will take them just 48 hours to complete the...

Abhay Singh Chautala set to become Indian Olympic Association president

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:23 AM PST

Chautala's election as president had become clear last Sunday when his rival Randhir Singh withdrew his nomination for the post but it is now official after withdrawal of nominations ended at 5 pm...

'Doomsday' rumours quashed by NASA

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 06:03 AM PST

Quashing the 'doomsday' rumours, top NASA scientists have assured that the world won't end on December 21, 2012.

Aston Martin not for sale, only looking for funds

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:59 AM PST

British sports car maker Aston Martin said it is in "advanced" talks with potential investors over an injection of capital into the business. Also see: Who will drive Bond's car? Indian com...

India to issue 3,000 visas to Pakistan cricket fans

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:57 AM PST

The Indian government is to issue a record 3,000 visas to Pakistani cricket fans attending a series of limited over matches beginning next month, an official in the interior ministry told AFP on Thurs...

Aakash 2 showcased at the UN: Reporter's take

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:48 AM PST

If passports and maps weren't enough, there is a new India-China controversy over the provenance of the Aakash 2 tablet, which was showcased at the United Nations today, as an example of technological...

Be careful on Facebook, says Maharashtra girl who was arrested

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:26 AM PST

Last week, Renu Srinivasan was arrested for liking a post by her friend on Facebook. Shaheen Dhada had questioned the shutdown of Mumbai when Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray died; Renu liked that co...
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