Monday, September 26, 2011

Dawood’s son gets married in Karachi

Dawood’s son gets married in Karachi


Dawood’s son gets married in Karachi

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:12 PM PDT

Don Dawood Ibrahim's son finally got married to a UK-based Pakistani businessman's daughter at his palatial bungalow in Karachi's upscale Clifton area last week.


200 tonnes of silver seized from sunken ship from India

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:29 PM PDT

In one of the largest shipwreck hauls, nearly £150 million worth of silver has been found on a British ship that was travelling from India but was sunk by a German U-boat in the Atlantic in 1941.


Eleven scientists selected for Bhatnagar award

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Eleven scientists have been selected for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology this year.


Ash dam damaged, power supply to five states hit

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT

For nearly a month, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa are coping with reduced power supply after a damaged fly ash dam in Korba grounded power generation at four units of NTPC.


I’ll speak on 2G after PM returns: FM

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:21 PM PDT

The all-round backing for home minister P Chidambaram from key ministers as well as from organizational satraps in the 2G case not always favourably inclined towards him meant that the leadership was at work.


Transfer officer or I’ll kill myself, says dalit MLA

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:20 PM PDT

A dalit BJP MLA declared that he would kill himself if apanchayat officer, who has been at the same post for over 25 years, was not transferred.


Didi changes tack, turns anti-Maoist

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:18 PM PDT

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sent out a stern warning to Maoists saying they can't remain janus-faced and continue their killing spree.


TOI Social Impact Awards: Charge of the Green Brigade in Assam

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:16 PM PDT

On a hot Friday afternoon, Colonel Naveen Sharma and a clutch of jawans troop into Owaguri, a nondescript village on the fringes of the Chirang Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district of western Assam.

Charge of the Green Brigade in Assam

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:16 PM PDT

On a hot Friday afternoon, Colonel Naveen Sharma and a clutch of jawans troop into Owaguri, a nondescript village on the fringes of the Chirang Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district of western Assam.


TOI Social Impact Awards: Preserving nature and helping farmers at one go

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Until a few years ago, farm yields in the tribal areas of Akole tehsil in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district were very low and people found it difficult to make ends meet.

Preserving nature and helping farmers at one go

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Until a few years ago, farm yields in the tribal areas of Akole tehsil in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district were very low and people found it difficult to make ends meet.


Bihar on alert as heavy rains worsen flood scene

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:11 PM PDT

An alert was sounded on Monday as the overall flood situation in Bihar worsened following heavy rains in the catchment areas of the rivers.


UP to get two more districts

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Uttar Pradesh will get two more districts after Hapur. Shamli will to be carved out of Muzaffarnagar and Deoband out of Saharanpur.


Give details of Sadbhavana fast spending, Guj guv tells Modi govt

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:06 PM PDT

The governor-chief minister duel in Gujarat further intensified on Monday with the Raj Bhavan shooting a crisp two-sentence letter to the state government seeking details of the amount of state funds spent during Narendra Modi's Sadbhavana fast from September 17 to 19.


Rahul mum on Afzal Guru clemency

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:02 PM PDT

Two days before an assembly debate on clemency for parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru, Rahul Gandhi kept mum on his party's stand on which way will it vote.


India set to go places

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:59 PM PDT

With the tourism sector opening up, and the Ministry ready to shell out big bucks to restore country's heritage, the Indian Travel and Tourism Sector is all set to witness a sea change.


Vistas 2011 Summit: Catalysing sectoral growth

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:57 PM PDT

The Indian Toursim Sector needs to create growth opportunities, deal with customer expectations, and develop new trends, feel the experts.


PM celebrates another birthday out of country

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:46 PM PDT

Once again it was birthday abroad for P M Manmohan Singh, who turned 79 on Monday during his trip to New York where he attended the UN General Assembly session.


CBI to decide on Loop chargesheet by October first week

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:42 PM PDT

The CBI will take a decision on filing a chargesheet against Loop Telecom and Essar in the first week of October.


Media giving unnecessary attention to finance ministry note: Khurshid

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:40 PM PDT

Union law minister Salman Khurshid on Monday downplayed the row over the finance ministry note on home minister P Chidambaram's stand on 2G spectrum issue.


Sonia steps in to quell war, meets Pranab, Chidambaram

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi stepped in to quell factional fires, and had meetings with P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee on Monday over 2G note controversy.


Govt to cut STT, move to uniform stamp duty rate

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:10 PM PDT

The govt is trying to make India a cheaper place for trading in stock markets by slashing the securities transaction tax and moving to a uniform stamp duty structure across the country.


CBI wants to add stringent charges against Raja, other accused in 2G case

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:03 PM PDT

The CBI on Monday moved a special court to add the charges against Raja, his former personal secretary R K Chandolia and former telecom secretary Sidharth Behura who are all in jail.


SC for 'on bar one vote' norm in apex court Bar Association poll

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:58 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Monday acknowledged that the prestigious apex court Bar Association faced the threat of being hijacked by advocates who seldom practiced there.


Rain hits relief ops in quake-affected Sikkim

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Incessant rain affected relief activities in quake-hit Sikkim on Monday, even as government pressed more personnel into service for the ongoing operation.


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