Monday, January 14, 2013

Cleric fires up Pakistanis, demands government resign

Cleric fires up Pakistanis, demands government resign

Cleric fires up Pakistanis, demands government resign

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:23 PM PST

A cleric who has fired up Pakistanis angry at perceived government corruption and indifference demanded the country's political leaders resign in a speech to thousands of his supporters who amassed in...

Lance Armstrong admits doping: Source

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 05:46 PM PST

Cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associat...

Maharashtra drought: fields parched

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:24 AM PST

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has warned that Maharashtra will face its worst drought in the last 50 years - a warning that the state government and agriculture experts also agree with. The ...

Seven-year-old girl allegedly raped in school toilet in Goa

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:19 AM PST

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the toilet of a school in Vasco town on Monday evening, police said.

Mumbai traffic cop's poem on Azad Maidan riots sparks controversy

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:12 AM PST

A poem written by a traffic cop in Mumbai over the riots at Azad Maidan in the city last year has sparked a major furore. Activists have alleged Inspector Sujata Patil's poem of inciting communal hatr...

Robbers dig 100-foot tunnel to raid bank in Germany

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 10:45 AM PST

German police say robbers dug a 30-meter (100-foot) tunnel into the safe deposit room of a Berlin bank and escaped with their haul, setting a fire as they left to cover their tracks.

If we don't get Hemraj's head, let's get 10 of theirs, says Sushma Swaraj

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 10:26 AM PST

India today lodged a strong protest against ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) and voiced concern at the mutilation of the bodies of two jawans - Lance Naiks Hemraj Singh...

Barack Obama lookalike in demand for inauguration season

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 10:12 AM PST

The lanky man has the security detail, the prominent ears and the US flag pin, but substitute teacher Larry Graves is no Barack Obama. He's a professional lookalike for the president.

PM calls Sushma Swaraj, discusses tension along the Line of Control: sources

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 09:53 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley this evening and discussed the tension along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, sourc...

Woman from Karnataka sold for one lakh in Delhi, raped by buyer

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 09:34 AM PST

A 20-year-old married woman from Karnataka was sold in New Delhi for Rs. 1 lakh a week ago by a human trafficking gang and raped by her buyer who kept her at his house, police said today.

Barack Obama says assault weapons ban makes sense

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 09:26 AM PST

President Barack Obama said Monday he thinks an assault weapons ban makes sense, after accepting what he said was a "sensible" list of plans to curb gun violence from Vice President Joe Biden.

Don't ask me to make you ministers: Omar Abdullah tells aspiring leaders ahead of cabinet reshuffle

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 08:45 AM PST

The much-awaited reshuffle of the four-year-old Omar Abdullah cabinet in Jammu and Kashmir will be carried out on Tuesday in the first such exercise after the Chief Minister assumed office and less th...

UK Queen's car fails to start after church service

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 08:11 AM PST

It can happen to just about anyone! Queen Elizabeth II was left waiting as her 10 million pound luxury Bentley failed to start after a church service, but the monarch made light of the situation and r...

A Chinese restaurant where robots cook and serve food

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 07:51 AM PST

No need to tip this waiter! A science-fiction restaurant in China has employed robots to work as waiters, cooks, entertainers and receptionists.

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, top BJP leaders visit martyr Hemraj's house; family calls off fast

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 07:46 AM PST

Two frail women, a martyr's wife and his mother, called off their four-day-long hunger strike today after Akhilesh Yadav, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, paid them a visit in their small Shernaga...

India lodges strong protest against ceasefire violations by Pakistan at flag meet

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:52 AM PST

At a meeting of brigade commanders today, India lodged a strong protest against ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) and also expressed concern at the barbaric way Pakistan...

Government works on creating strap-on GPS device to help people in distress

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:42 AM PST

Next time you find yourself in a spot of bother, or an emergency, can technology come to your aid? Yes, says Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal whose ministry is working on the next big idea.

If provoked we will retaliate, says Army Chief General Bikram Singh

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:36 AM PST

Less than two hours before brigade commanders of the Indian and Pakistani armies met, the Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, said today that the Indian military will retaliate if it is provoke...

Airport Metro Express to undergo safety test on Tuesday

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:16 AM PST

Delhi's showcase Airport Metro Express Corridor will undergo a two-day mandatory safety inspection by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) beginning on Tuesday.

Youngest 'Schindler's List' survivor dies at 83

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:00 AM PST

Leon Leyson, who was the youngest of 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by Oscar Schindler, has died in Southern California at 83.

TCS profit rises 23 per cent, beats estimate

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 04:45 AM PST

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), India's No. 1 software services exporter, posted a 23 per cent rise in quarterly profit, joining rival Infosys Ltd in topping market forecasts and adding to...

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, top BJP leaders visit martyr Hemraj's house; family calls off fast

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 04:41 AM PST

A string of top political leaders visited the family of martyr Hemraj Singh in Shernagar, Uttar Pradesh, today where his mother and wife are refusing to end their indefinite fast.

Facebook helps reunite siblings after 65 years

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 04:33 AM PST

An Iowa man and his sister have reunited 65 years after being separated in foster care thanks to a 7-year-old friend's Facebook search.Clifford Boyson of Davenport met his sibling, Betty Billadeau, in...

TCS Q3 net at Rs 3,550 crore, beats estimates

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 04:09 AM PST

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's biggest software services exporter, beat profit estimates for the October to December quarter reaffirming its leadership in India's $100 billion IT ...

Star witness at former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi sex trial but lawyers seek halt

Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:58 AM PST

The exotic dancer at the centre of a sex trial against Italy's Silvio Berlusconi arrived to testify for the first time in court on Monday but the billionaire's lawyers immediately asked for the procee...
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