Monday, November 1, 2010

Telangana protests on Andhra day

Telangana protests on Andhra day


Telangana protests on Andhra day

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Pro-Telangana protestors tried to disrupt Andhra Pradesh Formation Day celebrations at several locations across the region.


Adarsh Society to fight government in court

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The promoters of the controversial Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society, have decided to move Bombay High Court against the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) and Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) for their decision to disconnect electricity supply to the society and revoke occupation certificates issued to its members.


Adarsh scam: BJP-Sena demand dismissal of govt

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A Shiv Sena-BJP delegation, which is meeting the Governor to demand the government's dismissal over the Adarsh Society scam, has reached the Raj Bhavan.


Adarsh Society scam: Vilasrao vs Chavan

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It's now an all out war in the Maharashtra Congress with former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh blaming Ashok Chavan for the Adarsh society mess. Deshmukh said that when he had cleared the housing society it was only for the retired and serving defence personnel. He claims it was Ashok Chavan who introduced the civilian quota and that's when the problem began.


Orissa: POSCO trouble far from over

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Even after five-and-half years since its inception, the biggest foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the country, the POSCO steel project has failed to take off due to widespread opposition from several quarters.


Adarsh Society scam: Pranab, Antony meet Sonia; discuss Chavan's fate

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi held consultations with senior party leaders on Monday on the fate of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan who has been embroiled in an upscale housing society scam in Mumbai.


Bihar polls: Prominent candidates in Phase IV

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Around 10.04 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 568 candidates, including 58 women in the 4th phase of the polls in Bihar today. Prominent contestants include BJP stalwarts and ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Nand Kishore Yadav and JD(U) minister Damodar Raut.


Young players say they were asked to strip

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The team members from an Under-16 football team from Gujarat have alleged harassment at the hands of their team manager who, they say, asked them to strip. The team captain, 15-year -old Ishan says after the tournament was over on Friday night, their drunk team manager, Hiren Rathod, forced some of them into a room asking them to strip and dance.


Bihar 4th phase polling: FIR ordered against Lalu

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Bihar's capital city, Patna, votes today, and Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife, Rabri Devi, arrived early to cast their vote. Lalu, who like his wife is a former Chief Minister, entered the polling station at the Digha Assembly constituency with his security guards, violating guidelines for the model code of conduct. So, the Patna district administration has ordered that a First Information Report (FIR) be registered against him.


Mobile Number Portability to roll out from November 25

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The Department of Telecom (DoT) will roll out the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) from November 25. To begin with, the service will be introduced in Haryana.


Adarsh Scam: Was this General the mastermind?

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The considerable corruption that seems to have provided the foundation for the Adarsh Society scam included a starring role, say sources, by several senior army officers, some of who have now retired.


Adarsh scam: No decision yet on Ashok Chavan's offer to resign

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Ashok Chavan, the Maharashtra Chief Minister met Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi this evening. The Congress says a decision on Chavan's offer to quit as Maharashtra's Chief Minister will be taken after Mukherjee and his cabinet colleague, AK Antony submit their internal report on the Adarsh Housing Society Scam. Antony is also the Congress General Secretary in-charge of Maharashtra.


Ajmer blasts probe: RSS chief to lead nationwide protests

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RSS leader Indresh Kumar has not been seen since he was named by the Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) in the chargesheet in the Ajmer blasts case. But today he showed up at the RSS conclave in Jalgaon to defend himself. He denied any involvement in the incident in which three persons were killed and 15 others injured.


Land acquisition in some areas 'inevitable': Pranab

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In an apparent message to cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee who is opposed to land acquisition, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said there were some areas where land acquisition was "inevitable".


Adarsh Housing scam: Bureaucrats served themselves

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Top Maharashtra bureaucrats seem to have aided and abetted what is perhaps the biggest case of land grab in the state in recent times. A close look at the final 104 allotments reveals that many of the allottees are related to bureaucrats involved in the clearances granted to the Adarsh Housing Society.


Indresh shows up at RSS meet, claims innocence

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Describing the charges against him as "politically motivated", senior RSS leader and an accused in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case, Indresh Kumar on Sunday denied any involvement in the incident in which three persons were killed and 15 others injured.


Aussies look for return to form in ODIs

Aussies look for return to form in ODIs


Aussies look for return to form in ODIs

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Australia will look to the three-match ODI series with Sri Lanka to rediscover winning form ahead of the Ashes, senior batsman Michael Clarke said.

KP sulking over Ashes ban on WAGs

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:24 PM PDT

The ban on England players' wives and girlfriends until six weeks into the Ashes has not gone down too well with mercurial batsman Kevin Pietersen.

Razzaq hopes win will lift Pakistan

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Abdul Razzaq hopes the century which earned his team a one-wicket win against South Africa will lift Pakistan cricket and silence the critics back home.

ICC upholds suspension of Pak duo

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:16 AM PDT

The International Cricket Council has upheld the suspension of Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer over their alleged involvement in a betting scandal.

Rampaging Razzaq hopes win will lift Pakistan

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Abdul Razzaq hopes the century which earned his team a one-wicket win against South Africa will lift Pakistan cricket and silence the critics back home.

I am clean, not bothered by undercover or overcover agents: Sehwag

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:13 AM PDT

Sehwag said he was least concerned about a radical move by the cricket authorities to send undercover agents to players posing as illegal bookmakers.

Hyderabad dismissed for lowest total in Ranji history

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:23 AM PDT

Hyderabad recorded the lowest total in the history of Ranji Trophy when they were all out for just 21 runs against Rajasthan, as the new season began.

Brazil steps toward post-Lula era with Rousseff (Reuters)

Brazil steps toward post-Lula era with Rousseff (Reuters)


Brazil steps toward post-Lula era with Rousseff (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Brazil's president-elect Dilma Rousseff vowed to step up the fight against poverty without forfeiting economic stability in Latin America's largest nation when she takes over from her charismatic former boss on Jan 1.

Japan in new diplomatic row after Russian isle visit (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:24 PM PDT

An aerial view shows Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan, is seen in this photo taken 2005. REUTERS/KyodoReuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited an island claimed by Moscow and Tokyo on Monday, sparking a diplomatic row with Japan as it struggles to mend ties with rising rival China.


Korean border shooting likely an accident-lawmaker (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:19 AM PDT

A South Korean soldier checks his rifle before patrolling along a fence in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea in Paju, about 50 km (31 miles) north of Seoul in this November 13, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - An exchange of gunfire across the heavily armed border between the two Koreas last week was likely an accident and not a deliberate provocation by the prickly North, a top lawmaker and former army general said on Monday.


Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced a young Canadian to 40 years in prison, but he may serve only a few more years under a deal that included his admission he was an al Qaeda conspirator who murdered a U.S. soldier.

Yemen frees student held over parcel bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT

Men walk past the offices of FedEx in Sanaa, Yemen, October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Yemen on Sunday freed a woman suspected of mailing two parcel bombs found on U.S.-bound planes, saying she had been a victim of identity theft.


Burma: Hope Among the Young (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Burma: Hope Among the Young

Russia leader visits disputed isle, Tokyo protests (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:16 AM PDT

In this photo released by a resident of Kunashiri Island via Kyodo News, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Russian kindergarten teachers and officials during his visit to Kunashiri Island in Japan's Northern Territories Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Medvedev visited the island, known in Russian as Kunashir, part of a group of four claimed by both countries, that Russian calls the southern Kurils, triggering immediate protests from Tokyo, which is already involved in a heated dispute with China over islands to the south. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Russia's president visited an island in the Pacific Ocean claimed by both Russia and Japan on Monday, triggering immediate protests from Tokyo, which is already involved in a heated dispute with China over islands to the south.


Iraqi MPs get handsome pay for little work (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 14, 2010 file photo a member of the Iraqi Parliament makes a phone call before a session of Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi lawmakers have collected their $90,000 stipend, they're raking in $22,500 a month in salaries and allowances, and they're spending free nights in Baghdad's finest hotel — and they've only worked about 20 minutes this year, without passing a single law. As the parliament prepares to hold what will be only its second session since the inconclusive election in March, lawmakers' lavish salaries and privileges are deepening resentment among Iraqis struggling to make ends meet and frustrated with the political deadlock. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi lawmakers have collected their $90,000 stipend, they're raking in $22,500 a month in salaries and allowances, and they're spending free nights in Baghdad's finest hotel — and they've only worked about 20 minutes this year, without passing a single law.


Big task ahead for Brazil new leader Rousseff (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:34 AM PDT

Supporters of Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff wave flags of the Workers Party, in front of a campaign banner that shows her with current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the victory rally in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Governing party candidate Dilma Rousseff was elected Brazil's president, becoming the nation's first female leader, and will take office Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - From three years in a dictatorship's jail cell to just two months away from the presidential palace, the journey has been long for Brazil's newly elected leader Dilma Rousseff, who will be the first woman to direct Latin America's biggest nation.


Cowherds discovering that ticks are for the birds (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:18 AM PDT

In this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 picture, a red-billed oxpecker collects fur from a donkey to build a nest inside an enclosure at the Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre in Mokopane, South Africa. Generations of cattle owners who dipped their livestock in pesticides ended up killing not only the ticks that feast on them, but also the red-billed oxpeckers that eat the ticks. Now environmentalists want to cut out the pesticides, hand the job back to the endangered birds, and in the process save it from extinction. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)AP - South African cowherds are discovering that when it comes to debugging their cattle, nature knows best.


Myanmar junta says will keep power if voters abstain (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Myanmar's military rulers threatened on Monday to cling to power if the public abstained from voting in Sunday's long-awaited election and blamed foreign media for trying to derail the poll.

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:09 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced a young Canadian to 40 years in prison, but he may serve only a few more years under a deal that included his admission he was an al Qaeda conspirator who murdered a U.S. soldier.

'Dude, it's a whale', says boy who rode sea giant (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:57 AM PDT

Photo illustration. An Australian teenager who climbed onto a whale and rode on its back has said he never intended to hurt the animal and had been acting instinctively when he put his arms around the massive sea creature.(AFP/File/Omar Torres)AFP - An Australian teenager who climbed onto a whale and rode on its back has said he never intended to hurt the animal and had been acting instinctively when he put his arms around the massive sea creature.


Istanbul suicide attack highlights Turkey's struggle with militant groups (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:13 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A suicide bomber targeted Turkish police in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing himself, injuring 32, and prompting police gunfire.

Reshaping British Politics from Within (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Reshaping British Politics from Within

Yemeni officials free suspect in Al Qaeda bomb plot (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On Sunday evening local time, the Yemeni government released bomber suspect Hanan Al Samawi and her mother, according to Samawi's lawyer Abdulrahman Barman, of the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms.

New version of 'Kama Sutra'

New version of 'Kama Sutra'


New version of 'Kama Sutra'

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:28 PM PDT

A new version of "Kama Sutra", the ancient Indian book known as the ultimate sex manual, will now be updated as a text-only lifestyle guide.

What women really want!

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Seven sex secrets women wish their partner knew

30, single and happy

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Girls today prefer to wait and watch before they settle for the 'bended knee' moment

Five styles of flirting identified

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:37 AM PDT

An assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas, Jeffrey Hall, has identified five styles of flirting.

How protein 'assassin' kills rogue cells

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:23 AM PDT

A new study has discovered how a protein 'assassin' called perforin punches holes in, and kills, rogue cells in our bodies.

Ramp on the rocks!

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Members of seven well-known rock bands walked the ramp for Rajesh

Exercise for a perfect pout!

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

We give you some simple lip exercises

Tendulkar at a watch launch event

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

The world of luxury timepieces has a major player in Swiss luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet (AP), and that's not news.

Jelly made from Princess Diana's hair on sale

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

A jelly made from the hair of late Princess Diana has gone on sale for 5 pounds in the UK.

Luxury unlimited

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Is the luxury buyer's wish-list getting reinvented as high-end brands lose their elitist tag? Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee finds out