Friday, December 7, 2012

Murdered Punjab cop's son fears for his family

Murdered Punjab cop's son fears for his family

Murdered Punjab cop's son fears for his family

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:46 PM PST

Murdered Punjab police officer Ravinderpal Singh's son Navpreet is as much gripped by grief as fear. He is scared for his family as it fights a legal battle against former Akali Dal leader Ranjit Sing...

Pakistani Taliban recruits via Facebook

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:13 PM PST

The Pakistani Taliban has set up a page on Facebook to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video, a spokesman confirmed on Friday.

Maldives takes over airport from GMR

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST

At midnight, the Maldivian government took over the Ibrahim Nassir International Airport (INIA) from Indian conglomerate GMR Infrastructure, as per the directions of Singapore court. Sources told NDTV...

Egyptian protesters penetrate barrier at President Morsi's palace

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:56 AM PST

Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around President Mohamed Morsi's palace in Cairo on Friday after breaking through barbed wire barricades and climbing onto army tanks guarding the premi...

Your simple guide to the IOC vs IOA vs Ministry vs Federations conflicts

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:15 AM PST

This will rank among Indian sport's lowest moments ever. The Indian Olympic Association has been suspended and bodies like the Indian Boxing Federation and the Archery Association of India have ...

Sonia Gandhi "spreading lies" against Gujarat government: Narendra Modi

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:53 AM PST

Countering Sonia Gandhi's charges that the ruling BJP's promises were "hollow and false", Chief Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress president saying she was "spreading lies" against his...

Man gets duped of two Audi SUVs, 35 lakhs

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:23 AM PST

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of duping a Delhi-based businessman of his two Audi SUVs on the pretext of selling the vehicles at a reasonable price.

2G auction: Ministerial panel lowers base price of unbid circles by 30 per cent

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:09 AM PST

After poor response to last month's 2G spectrum sale, a ministerial panel on telecom today decided to lower the base price by 30 per cent for radiowaves in the 1800 MHz band in four circles, wh...

Nurse who took prank call about Kate Middleton found dead

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:05 AM PST

A nurse who took a prank call at the London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for morning sickness has been found dead, the hospital said on Friday.

Kate and William 'saddened' by nurse's death

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:59 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate said on Friday they were "deeply saddened" by the death of a nurse who fell victim to a prank call from an Australian radio station seeking details of the du...

Coffee from an elephant's gut fills a $50 cup

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:25 AM PST

In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee.

Government wins vote on FDI in retail in Rajya Sabha

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:59 AM PST

The government's double victory in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail opens the way for financial sector reform bills to ...

Ratan Tata lashes out at 'venal' Indian business climate

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:53 AM PST

The outgoing head of the Tata business empire warned on Friday that a lack of government support was preventing Indian industry from competing with China and lashed out at a "venal" business enviro...

Rajya Sabha member arrives on stretcher to vote

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:51 AM PST

Two Rajya Sabha members were too ill to attend the parliamentary debate on FDI in retail but they came for the voting - with one arriving on a stretcher.

Arvind Kejriwal released after detention over protest at Delhi Chief Minister's home

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:17 AM PST

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and around 200 party supporters were released hours after they were detained by the Delhi Police on Friday for protesting outside Chief Minister Sheila Dik...

5-year-old boy falls into borewell, dies in Andhra Pradesh

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:13 AM PST

A five-year-old boy on Friday died after falling into a 20-feet deep borewell in Pallemkunta village in Andhra Pradesh.

Anna Hazare stable in ICU, say doctors

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:57 AM PST

Social activist Anna Hazare was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon after he complained of acidity and weakness and is now stable, a doctor said on Friday.

Cauvery row: Farmers observe bandh in Tamil Nadu's delta districts

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:30 AM PST

Life came to a standstill in the delta districts of Tamil Nadu, including Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur, as farmers observed a bandh over the Cauvery water crisis today. The protest comes a da...

Sonia Gandhi campaigns in Gujarat, questions use of central funds

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:12 AM PST

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today attacked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claims on development in the state and accused his government of ignoring the welfare of poor and farmers.

Government wins FDI vote in Rajya Sabha: who said what

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:09 AM PST

With help from Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati again, the government has won a vote in the Rajya Sabha on allowing foreign supermarkets such as Wal-Mart to set up shop in India for the first time. Th...

Wing of SpiceJet plane touches lamp post along taxiway

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 04:57 AM PST

In a freak incident, the wing of a Hyderabad-bound SpiceJet plane with 142 people onboard touched a lamp post along the taxiway while taxing out of Delhi airport.

Public offerings: high-tech, high-worth bachelors

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:57 AM PST

When Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, recently, one of the world's youngest billionaires was off the market. But that doesn't mean that there is a dearth...

Indian Boxing Federation suspended by International body, Sports Ministry asks for re-election

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:42 AM PST

After the shock suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) handed over a provisional suspe...

Arvind Kejriwal detained for leading protest to Delhi Chief Minister's home

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:39 AM PST

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal was today detained by the Delhi Police after he led a protest march to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence. He was taken to the Parliament Street police st...

Guwahati molestation case: Court convicts 11, acquits journalist who filmed assault

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 03:38 AM PST

A chief judicial magistrate's court today convicted 11 of the 16 people accused of assaulting and molesting a girl in public outside a pub in Guwahati on July 9. They are yet to be sentenced.
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