Thursday, November 1, 2012

Letters suggest Trinamool MPs played dirty against rival cargo firm at Haldia

Letters suggest Trinamool MPs played dirty against rival cargo firm at Haldia

Letters suggest Trinamool MPs played dirty against rival cargo firm at Haldia

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:45 PM PDT

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had said on Tuesday, "Nothing has happened in Haldia." The statement was made a day before Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT), a private cargo handling company op...

Superstorm Sandy: Death toll rises as New York subway rolls again

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:16 PM PDT

The toll of death and suffering from superstorm Sandy mounted on Thursday even as New York struggled back to life, with the first subway trains rolling in four days.

Meet Koshik the elephant who 'speaks' Korean

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:08 PM PDT

An Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech, saying words in Korean that can be understood by speakers of the language, researchers from the University of Vienna say.

World's longest married couple is from Punjab

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Karam Chand and his wife Katari, who have eight children and 28 grandchildren, have been married for 87 years, making them the world's longest married couple.

In these elections, how do you like them apples?

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:37 AM PDT

This is one instance where an apple a day is not going to keep the doctor away. Newton's humble Apple is undoubtedly the flavour of this season and every party, it seems, wants a piece of the 'apple' ...

Government puts hike in price of LPG cylinders on hold

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:30 AM PDT

Hours after announcing a hike of Rs.26.50 per non-subsidised LPG cylinder, the government put its decision on hold. Earlier, taking a politically prickly decision, just weeks ahead of two crucial stat...

Trinamool MPs forced exit of rival cargo firm from Haldia? 10-point guide

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:23 AM PDT

A cargo firm has ended its operations at the Haldia port in West Bengal, blaming law and order problems. Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT) says its workers were operating in unsafe conditions and that Mamat...

1984 riots: Where is the justice?

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:35 AM PDT

Go anywhere in the world and you can find Sikhs. Proud in their turbans and usually a happy go lucky attitude to life combined with determination to excel have set this community apart. I still rememb...

Letters suggest Trinamool MPs played dirty against rival cargo firm at Haldia

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:04 AM PDT

A private firm pulled out of the Haldia port's cargo handling operations yesterday, saying that the West Bengal government was not providing a secure environment to work in. The firm quit after worker...

Rahul Gandhi threatens to sue after Subramanian Swamy accuses Gandhis of 'fraud'

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:02 AM PDT

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy today targeted Sonia and Rahul Gandhi raising questions over acquisition of a company that published the now-defunct National Herald newspaper to which Congress ga...

Chennai ship grounded: Lapse or helplessness?

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:35 AM PDT

Outside Chennai's Fortis Malar Hospital Dr Kshitiji is anxiously waiting for some positive news about his young cousin Rushabh. He is one of the five sailors on board the ship MT Pratibha Cauvery whic...

Despite Salman Khurshid's threats, we have made it here: Arvind Kejriwal in Farrukhabad

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:29 AM PDT

It may not have been a smooth ride to Farrukhabad, but when Arvind Kejriwal finally got there to address a large rally, the activist-turned-politician got straight down to business. "Salman Khurshid h...

Woman stabbed young son 100 times because she was angry

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:25 AM PDT

Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago woman stabbed her 7-year-old son 100 times and a 5-year-old girl about 50 times and slit both their throats because she was angry with her husband.

Coast Guard continues search operations to look for missing five sailors of stranded ship

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:42 AM PDT

Coast Guard helicopters and boats have launched, what it called, a "massive search and rescue operation" to locate five sailors missing since yesterday after trying to leave a ship stranded off the co...

Bangalore garbage to be collected by Sunday

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:40 AM PDT

The Karnataka government has promised that the garbage strewn over the streets of Bangalore would be collected in the next three days. A new landfill near Dodballapur which falls under the Chintamani ...

Over 120 missing in Bangladesh boat accident

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:26 AM PDT

More than 120 people were missing in Bangladesh after their boat capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said on Thursday.

What is the missus called, Digvijaya Singh asks Narendra Modi

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Slamming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for calling union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife a "50-crore girlfriend", Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday asked Modi about his mari...

Before major elections, LPG price hiked by Rs 26.50

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:07 AM PDT

Taking a politically prickly decision, just weeks ahead of two crucial state elections, the government today hiked the cost of non-subsidised cooking gas cylinders by Rs 26.50. This brings the cost of...

'Scandalous abuse': Rahul Gandhi's response to Subramanian Swamy's charges

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has threatened legal action against Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy after he accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul of "a stinking deal"...

Oil Ministry refutes Kejriwal's charges about Mukesh Ambani

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:22 AM PDT

Reacting to activist Arvind Kejriwal's allegations that the Prime Minister sold out the country to allow windfall profits to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance over its contract to develop the countr...

Team Hyderabad interested in Ganguly for IPL 6: Report

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:17 AM PDT

Team Hyderabad -bought recently by Chennai based SUN TV - reportedly wants to rope in Sourav Ganguly in the side. NDTV has learnt that the franchise is interested in having the former India captai...

Happy Diwali! Non-subsidised gas cylinders to cost Rs 26.50 more

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:26 AM PDT

After the hike in prices, a non-subsidised 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi will cost Rs 922, Rs 906.50 in Mumbai, Rs 915.00 in Chennai and Rs 913 in Kolkata. Prices have been revised in keeping...

Enforcement Directorate begins probe against NCP leader Sunil Tatkare in assets case

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:11 AM PDT

A month after the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sought help from the central agencies in connection with allegations against Maharashtra's Water Resource Minister Sunil Tatkare and his family of ...

Govt panel approves partial refarming of 2G spectrum

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:10 AM PDT

An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) said mobile phone carriers will have to give up their airwave holdings beyond 2.5 mega hertz of spectrum in the superior 900 mega hertz band at the time of th...

Sonia, PM will lead Congress off-site on Sunday in Surajkund

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:01 AM PDT

Top Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State with independent charge will meet in a "dialogue session" in nearby Surajkund o...
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