Tuesday, October 4, 2011

South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama, worse than Aparthied says Desmond Tutu

South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama, worse than Aparthied says Desmond Tutu


South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama, worse than Aparthied says Desmond Tutu

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Calling it "worse than the apartheid" regime, an angry Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday lambasted the South African government over its failure to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, and warned it to "w...


Apple announces the iPhone 4S

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:51 PM PDT

Apple has launched the iPhone 4S which maintains the same design as the iPhone 4, but now comes with Apple's dual core A5 processor, boasts of 7 times more powerful graphics....


Apple iPhone 4S officially announced

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:42 PM PDT

Apple has finally announced the highly anticipated successor to their iPhone 4. The latest iteration of the smartphone will be called the iPhone 4S....


New South Wales in semis, Chennai knocked out

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:50 PM PDT

David Warner's unbeaten hundred not only booked a semi-final berth for the New South Wales but also knocked out defending champions Chennai Super Kings....

India agrees to train, equip Afghan army: Sources

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today finalised the details of a strategic partnership between the two nations. A total of three bilateral agreements were signed this e...


Apple begins new iPhone event

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT

An Apple event has started during which the company is expected to unveil a new iPhone. It's the first major product event in years that Steve Jobs isn't presiding over. ...


Tiger Woods leads Forbe's top sports brand list

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:53 PM PDT

Tiger Woods, a 14-time major golf champion who has not won a title in nearly two years, and baseball's New York Yankees lead Forbes magazine's lists of top sports brand values released on Tuesday....

Anna Hazare warns Congress ahead of elections

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:41 PM PDT

At a press conference in his home town of Ralegan Siddhi, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare explained his focus for the next few months....


Rahul Gandhi rides the Delhi Metro, then takes radio taxi

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:35 PM PDT

He may be one of the most carefully-protected VIPs in the country, but Rahul Gandhi took not one but two types of public transport today....


Sodhi wins gold in World Cup shooting final

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:14 PM PDT

Defending champion Ronjan Sodhi won gold in double trap shooting at the World Cup final defeating China's Hu Binyuan in a nail-biting tiebreaker finish at Al Ain in the UAE on Tuesday....


Mahatma Gandhi was wrong, says London mayor

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Boris Johnson, the maverick mayor of London, today said Mahatma Gandhi was wrong in stating in 1948 that India's future lay in its villages as the Conservative party politician felt the country's futu...


Muslims fund, organise this Ramlila

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Naseem Khan is satisfied with the modest earnings from his small tailoring shop. But every year around Dusshera, Khan turns slightly worried. He starts accepting orders in bulk to raise his income, no...


Farmers threaten protest against Indian Grand Prix

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:01 PM PDT

The farmers say that they have not been adequately compensated for the land that was given to race organisers to build the $350-million circuit in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi....

Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70 including children and parents

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:54 AM PDT

Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb on Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Somalia's capital, killing at least 70 people and wounding dozens, a rescue official said. Among the dead wer...


After bear entered his home, he needed 70 stitches

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

A man attacked by a bear inside his central Pennsylvania home says it took 70 stitches and staples to close the gaping wound on the back of his head....

The Occupy Wall Street movement gets noticed

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:41 AM PDT

“I think a good deal of the bankers should be in jail.” That is what Andrew Cole, an unemployed 24-year-old graduate of Bucknell University, told me Monday morning in Zuccotti Park, the...


Italy appeals court clears Amanda Knox of murder

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Amanda Knox headed home to the United States a free woman on Tuesday, the morning after an Italian appeals court dramatically overturned the American student's conviction of sexually assaulting and br...


In letter to Mamata, Naxals list preconditions for ceasefire

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Maoists and interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have laid out their preconditions for a ceasefire in Junglemahal in West Bengal....


Six children, four adults from same family commit suicide

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:07 AM PDT

In a tragic incident, 10 members of a family, including six children, allegedly committed suicide today by jumping into a canal at Vikasnagar town near here, police said....

Home Ministry asks Gujarat govt to ensure Sanjiv Bhatt is safe in prison

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:14 AM PDT

The Home Ministry has asked the Gujarat government to ensure that security is provided to arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt and his family. Mr Bhatt was arrested on Friday. His wife, Shweta, had wr...


SBI hits 2-year low after Moody's downgrades stand-alone rating

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 09:37 AM PDT

Global credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded the stand-alone rating of India's largest PSU bank State Bank of India (SBI). The downgrade comes ahead of the second quarter earnings and...


SBI's downgrade triggers selloff; Sensex down for 3rd day

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Indian markets capitulated under global weakness and negative domestic news Tuesday, falling sharply lower for the third straight day. The Sensex declined 286.59 points, closing below the 16,000 ma...

Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess win Nobel physics prize

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT

Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a study of exploding stars that discovered that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sci...


No compromise with Modi Govt: Sanjiv Bhatt

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Suspended Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, known for taking on Chief Minister Narendra Modi, made it clear today that he will not compromise with the Modi government in any way, even if that mean...


J&K custodial death row: Opposition steps up offensive

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:56 AM PDT

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned indefinitely for a second day in a row today after the Opposition refused to let the House function. Opposition parties wanted to debate the death of Syed ...


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