Sunday, October 2, 2011

J&K custodial death: Opposition politicising issue, says Govt

J&K custodial death: Opposition politicising issue, says Govt


J&K custodial death: Opposition politicising issue, says Govt

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Under fire over the custodial death a National Conference (NC) activist, the Jammu and Kashmir government today shot back at the Opposition, accusing it of "politicising" the issue....


Bharatpur violence: Minority panel slams Gehlot government

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:09 PM PDT

Trouble seems to be mounting for the Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan. Two weeks after nine people were killed in alleged police firing in Bharatpur during violent clashes between two communit...


Anthrax scare for US Vice President Biden's brother, packet sent from India

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT

The younger brother of US Vice President Joe Biden spent the night in hospital after opening a package from India that contained white powder initially feared to be anthrax, reports said Sunday....


Trinidad & Tobago stay alive with win at Chennai's fortress

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Trinidad & Tobago stayed alive in the tournament by beating Chennai Super Kings in their fortress, at their own game of choking oppositions out on a slow and low Chepauk track....


School students held for making MMS clip of teenage girl

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Fourteen people, including school students, have been arrested in connection with making an obscene MMS footage of a teenage girl in Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, police said on Sunday....


Tottenham inflict Arsenal's fourth loss

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Tottenham inflicted Arsenal's fourth loss of the Premier League season on Sunday, winning the north London derby 2-1 to give Arsene Wenger a miserable start to his 16th year as Gunners manager....


Pro-Telangana activists stage protest at Rajghat

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:03 PM PDT

The Congress may have tried to put the issue of statehood for Telangana on the backburner, but pro-Telangana leader K Chandrashekhara Rao, or KCR as he is known, is determined not to let his agenda sl...


NSW beat Mumbai after initial stutter

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:55 PM PDT

No Australian domestic side has lost to an IPL team in three seasons of the Champions League T20, and that trend continued after New South Wales beat Mumbai Indians in a low-scoring encounter in Che...


US sent a message that they need Pakistan: Gilani

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:13 PM PDT

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has claimed "victory" in the recent stand-off with the US, saying he has received a message from Washington that America needs Pakistan's support to win the war on te...


Montek meets PM on poverty line, to make statement tomorrow

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:38 AM PDT

Amid a raging controversy over the Rs 32 per capita per day poverty line definition, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today and will clarify...


Yemeni jet mistakenly bombs army post, kills 30

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:10 AM PDT

A government warplane has mistakenly bombed an army position in southern Yemen, killing at least 30 soldiers and wounding many more, military and medical officials said on Sunday....


Warne confirms engagement to Hurley

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:53 AM PDT

Former Australia cricketer Shane Warne says he and British actress Elizabeth Hurley are engaged.


Pak counter-terror measures not effective: Obama to Congress

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Pakistan's counter-terrorism measures have failed to yield results this year with insurgent activities gaining ground and operational situation facing the military there continuing to deteriorate, US ...


British PM sorry for 'disrespectful' comments to female MPs

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:11 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologised, in an interview published today, after he was criticised for being disrespectful in comments he made to two female lawmakers....


Listen to Gandhi's speech at Kingsley Hall in 1931

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 07:44 AM PDT

In October 1931, Mahatma Gandhi spoke at the Kingsley Hall. He called this address as his spiritual message....


Kanpur: Cancer patient fights for right to die

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 06:04 AM PDT

In Kanpur, a 21-year-old girl, suffering from blood cancer for the past nine years, has moved court with a euthanasia plea. She took this decision as she is running out of funds to undergo weekly bloo...


US warns of revenge attacks after hits on Al Qaeda

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:46 AM PDT

The United States warned its nationals today of the "potential for retaliation" after two key Al Qaeda figures were killed in an air raid in Yemen....


Didn't question Tendulkar's greatness: Afridi

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:34 AM PDT

Just a day after claiming that he saw Sachin Tendulkar's legs trembling while facing Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan's former captain Shahid Afridi has now stated that he did not intend to question the Indian...

Mahatma Gandhi remembered; Sonia makes first appearance post-surgery

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:26 AM PDT

After undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment over a month ago, Sonia Gandhi today made her first public appearance when she attended a prayer meeting at Rajghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandh...


Captured militant says Pakistan Army is running training camps

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:10 AM PDT

There is a sudden increase in infiltration attempts by militants in north Jammu and Kashmir. At least nine militants were killed in two separate encounters in the last week in the Kupwara district. ...


Resignation reports? All 'bunkum' says Pranab

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 03:52 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has dismissed as "bunkum" reports that he had offered to resign following controversy over a note of his Ministry on the 2G issue....

Haryana: Land diverted for Chief Minister's family

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 03:50 AM PDT

There seems to be some more trouble brewing for Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda over land acquisition in the state. This time, the state government has been accused of diverting 42 acres ...


Pakistan denies Afghan allegations on Rabbani killing

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:08 AM PDT

Pakistan today described as "false and baseless" the Afghan government's allegation that it had evidence of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani's assassination being planned on the outskirts of Quett...


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