Saturday, December 8, 2012

Mohamed Morsi backs down in Egypt crisis after army ultimatum

Mohamed Morsi backs down in Egypt crisis after army ultimatum

Mohamed Morsi backs down in Egypt crisis after army ultimatum

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:30 PM PST

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday backed down in a dire political crisis marked by weeks of street protests, after the powerful army gave an ultimatum to him and the opposition to sit down ...

Indian sports seeks major overhaul after suspensions

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:23 PM PST

The administration of Olympic sports in India could face a major overhaul after world bodies and the government cracked down on the power games played by self-seeking politicians.In a week of dramatic...

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits Malala Yousafzai in hospital

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:21 AM PST

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday visited Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who is recovering in a British hospital after she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls...

Punjab cop murder: I regret what I did, says accused Ranjit Singh Rana

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:03 AM PST

"I apologise for what happened. I regret I did it" - these are the words of Ranjit Singh Rana, the former Akali Dal politician arrested for the murder of Punjab police officer Ravinderpal Singh, who h...

Mamata Banerjee is not a good administrator, says Jairam Ramesh

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:39 AM PST

Union Minister Jairam Ramesh attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, questioning her claim that the Centre was not providing funds to her government and said she was "not a go...

Naveen Jindal extortion case: Zee editors sent to 2-days police custody

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:36 AM PST

Two Zee editors were remanded back in two-day police custody by a Delhi court on Saturday to enable the investigators to confront them with Zee group head Subhash Chandra and his son in a case of alle...

PM to address election rally in Gujarat today

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:31 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will campaign today for the assembly polls in Gujarat.

90 percent of Indians are idiots: Justice Markandey Katju

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST

At least 90 percent of Indians are "idiots" who can easily be misled by mischievous elements in the name of religion, Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju claimed today.

BS Yeddyurappa claims he has support of 10 BJP ministers and 50 legislators

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:40 AM PST

A day ahead of the formal launch of his new party Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa claims that he has the support of around 10 BJP ministers and 50 legislato...

Disabled man tied to car, dragged for nearly a kilometre

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:02 AM PST

A physically-challenged man was allegedly tied to a car by his friend and dragged for nearly a kilometre over differences with him at Tilwara near Jabalpur today, police said.

UN climate package passed in Doha

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:48 AM PST

A UN conference passed a package of agreements on Saturday combating climate change and extended the life of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions...

Sports Minister supports NDTV campaign, says govt will stand by athletes

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:28 AM PST

Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh told NDTV on Saturday that while he is willing to talk to the International Olympic Committee(IOC) to seek a solution to the suspension imposed on the Indian O...

Qatar climate talks fail to break deadlock

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:12 AM PST

Qatar, the host country, today launched desperate measures to salvage the failing climate talks in Doha by proposing a compromise agreement that was low on ambition but kept the Kyoto Protocol and the...

Man kills sister, walks into police station with her head

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 07:27 AM PST

In a brutal case of dishonour killing, a man severed his younger sister's head publicly in South 24 Parganas district after suspecting that she was having an extra marital affair with a rickshaw pulle...

Tough decisions expected: Selectors to pick squad for final Test on Sunday

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:58 AM PST

With India on the verge of conceding a 1-2 series lead to England in the ongoing four-Test rubber, the national selectors are likely to ring in some changes in the squad for the fourth and last Test i...

Only God can help us, says Virender Sehwag as he lashes out at batsmen

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:39 AM PST

India opener Virender Sehwag on Saturday, lashed out at the batsmen for showing lack of patience and held them responsible for putting the hosts on the verge of a heavy defeat in the third Test agains...

TDP shocked after MPs abstain from Rajya Sabha vote on FDI

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:06 AM PST

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is shocked after three of its MPs - T Devender Goud, Y Satyanarayana Choudary and Gundu Sudha Rani - abstained from voting on the AIADMK motion against foreign direct inve...

Man in Rourkela arrested for uploading objectionable picture on Facebook

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:33 AM PST

A 20-year-old youth was arrested here on charge of uploading an objectionable picture on Facebook, police said today. Pintu Sahu was taken to custody by Brahmanitarang police yesterday for posting ...

BJP to keenly watch Yeddyurappa's Sunday show

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:27 AM PST

After months of threats, behind the scene bargaining and public displays of strong emotion, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa finally quit the BJP at the end of November. His next step i...

BJP sacks BS Yeddyurappa loyalist as Karnataka minister

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:22 AM PST

Cracking the whip against BS Yeddyurappa loyalists in BJP and in the party-led government in Karnataka, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today sacked Cooperative Minister BJ Puttaswamy, a loyalist of t...

Nurse who died after Kate Middleton hoax call was from India

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 05:07 AM PST

British police say that a nurse who was found dead days after she took a hoax call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was originally from India. Scotland Yard said Saturday that 46-year-old Ja...

Six-year-old sexually abused by father after being forced to drink alcohol

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 04:47 AM PST

In yet another shocker, a six-year-old girl from Kurumpady in Kerala's Ernakulam district was allegedly sexually abused by her 40-year-old father for six months after being forced to drink alcohol.

3rd Test, Day 4: India on the brink of another humiliating defeat

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 04:23 AM PST

A spineless India were on the verge of a second successive humiliating defeat in their own backyard against England who were within sniffing distance of an emphatic victory in the third cricket Test h...

Tata denies accusing government of inaction

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 04:16 AM PST

Tata Sons today denied that group Chairman Ratan Tata has used words such as "venal" business environment or accused the government of "inaction" in media interviews. "Tata Sons clarifies that ...

Naveen Jindal extortion case: Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra appears before police for questioning

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 03:48 AM PST

Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son Punit Goenka, the managing director of the company, appeared today before the Delhi Police's Crime Brance for questioning in connection with the alleged ...
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