Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Sonia, Manmohan in top 20; Obama most powerful person: Forbes 2012 power list

Sonia, Manmohan in top 20; Obama most powerful person: Forbes 2012 power list

Sonia, Manmohan in top 20; Obama most powerful person: Forbes 2012 power list

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:51 PM PST

PM Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi have been named among the top 20 most powerful persons in the world by Forbes magazine in its annual power rankings which placed Barack Obama as number one for a second year in a row.

Nasa releases satellite imagery of India on Diwali night

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 07:58 PM PST

Nasa, the national space agency of the US, today released a black and white satellite imagery of India this Diwali night, cautioning people against the fake image in circulation on the social media.

Foreign companies will exploit farmers: Harsimrat

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:59 PM PST

SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal argued against FDI in retail in the Lok Sabha and termed it as an anti-farmer and anti-people policy.

Maya, Mulayam see through FDI in LS, tougher game in RS

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

In the contest in LS over desirability of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail, parties accounting for 261 members took strong positions against govt's decision.

Ex-servicemen to get timely pensions

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:59 PM PST

The defence ministry on Wednesday took several decisions to ensure ex-servicemen get their pensions in time, stung by criticism over the huge delay in former NSG commando Surender Singh getting all his dues.

Bill seeks plain packs for tobacco in India

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:55 PM PST

Days after Australia stripped glamour off cigarette packets by becoming the first country to make plain packaging of tobacco packs mandatory, the clamour for India to walk the same road has only got louder.

Rashtrapati Bhavan to host foreign guests

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:46 PM PST

Nearly two decades after the practice fell into disuse, with a handful of exceptions, President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed the desire to refurbish the guest wing of Rashtrapati Bhavan to allow foreign dignitaries to stay at the sprawling estate rather than at a hotel as has been the case for several years.

Zee group head seeks anticipatory bail

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:43 PM PST

Zee group chairman Subhash Chandra and his son Punit Goenka have moved a trial court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case against two senior editors of Zee for their alleged bid to extort Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal's group firm.

Indo-China border issue disrupts LS

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:41 PM PST

Question hour was briefly disrupted on Wednesday when the BJP and other opposition parties protested against the government's response to a query on Chinese infiltration.

MHA: No proof of terror funds being laundered via stock market

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:37 PM PST

Exactly a month after home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde claimed to have "credible intelligence" suggesting that terrorist outfits are investing in stock markets through various means, his ministry on Wednesday said that the government had no "specific inputs" to this effect.

700 scientists quit DRDO in last six years, defence minister says

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST

Defence minister A K Antony, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, disclosed that while 637 scientists had resigned from the DRDO during the 2007-2011 time frame, 50 more had quit this year till October 31.

700 scientists quit DRDO in last 6 years

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:31 PM PST

Almost 700 scientists have quit the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which has a network of over 50 labs and establishments around the country, in the last six years. Significantly, it's the younger scientists and not the senior ones who have left for greener pastures.

Government trying to escape FDI vote in RS: Jaitley

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:24 PM PST

"Since the very first day, the government does not seem to be serious about the conduct of business, especially in the Rajya Sabha," leader of opposition Arun Jaitley said.

Sharma’s defence fails to cut ice

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST

Commerce minister Anand Sharma built his defence of FDI in multi-brand retail around the contention that BJP-led NDA regime had harboured similar plans in the past and that he kept UPA's promise to consult chief ministers and political parties.

A midnight raid that changed course of history

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:42 PM PST

On the night of Dec 22-23, 1949, an idol of Ram Lalla "mysteriously" appeared inside Babri Masjid, which led to events that changed the Indian politics in later decades.

Here young ones vote for progress

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:38 PM PST

In the Red Zone, the tightest security cordon that envelops the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi, there are 64 boom barriers that separate fettered lives from normality.

Islands of sanity in turbulent temple town

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:35 PM PST

In the aftermath of Babri demolition, when communal frenzy started gripping the ground zero, there were numerous islands of sanity which provided shelter to the hapless victims.

Left accuses UPA government of manoeuvring ‘majority’

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:21 PM PST

Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati, leaders of the SP and BSP — parties which abstained from a vote on FDI in multi-brand retail — are being probed by the CBI for alleged corruption amid deeply entrenched suspicion that the investigations may have been influenced by the Centre's political imperatives.

BJP leader squares scores with Congress allies

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 02:10 PM PST

Junking her usual serious mien, Sushma Swaraj resorted to humorous barbs to deftly pin down opponents, turning telecom minister Kapil Sibal's words at him, presenting Lalu Prasad with a sharp couplet and reminding BSP chief Mayawati of backroom negotiations.

It’s CBI vs FDI, says Opposition as SP, BSP bail out government

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:50 PM PST

SP and BSP walked out before the vote on FDI in multi-brand retail on Wednesday, citing reasons like 'communalism' and 'dissatisfaction with govt reply'.

Pranab escapes facing poll trial, SC bench knocks out Sangma plea 3:2

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:45 PM PST

President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday escaped an election trial in the Supreme Court as a five-judge Constitution bench dismissed by a 3:2 majority a petition by Purno Sangma seeking quashing of Mukherjee's election to the top constitutional post.

Changes in Armed Forces Special Powers Act on cards, government tells Supreme Court

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST

The Centre said it was considering amendments to the Act, which provides sweeping powers to security forces in areas disturbed due to militancy.

Not prudent to repeal AFSPA in northeast, government tells SC

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:12 PM PST

Govt informed SC that it was considering amendments to AFSPA, which provides sweeping powers to security forces in areas disturbed due to militancy.

Sena ‘memorial’ may go soon

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:03 PM PST

If the Shiv Sena does not remove the makeshift memorial built to deceased party chief Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park, then the BMC will remove the temporary structure after December 6.

CAG digs out Rs 500 crore diamond export scam

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST

A few diamond 'exporters' in league with government banks took loans against their shipments to Hong Kong where the buyers later went untraceable, resulting in the banks losing their advances.
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