Thursday, November 24, 2011

2G scam: Kanimozhi's bail hearing in Delhi High Court today; will she walk out of Tihar Jail?

2G scam: Kanimozhi's bail hearing in Delhi High Court today; will she walk out of Tihar Jail?


2G scam: Kanimozhi's bail hearing in Delhi High Court today; will she walk out of Tihar Jail?

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:02 AM PST

Will Kanimozhi get bail? The Delhi High Court will today hear the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and five others accused in the 2G spectrum scam....


Pakistan's JuD members protest against MFN status to India

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:13 AM PST

Hundreds of members of Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), an Islamist charity linked to outlawed militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, have been protesting in Lahore against the granting of Most Favoured Na...


Live Blog: Delhi High Court to hear Kanimozhi's bail plea

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:07 AM PST

The Delhi High Court will today hear the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and five others accused in the 2G scam instead of the originally scheduled December 1....


The iPhone 4S now selling in India

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:02 PM PST

The iPhone 4S was launched at midnight and is now available in stores across India through service providers Airtel and Aircel....


Sharad Pawar attacked: Only one slap, asks Anna Hazare

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PST

In a classic case of doublespeak, veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today, in response to the attack on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, first reacted with sarcasm and then hurriedl...


Sharad Pawar slapped for 'price rise', NCP workers protest in Maharashtra

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was today slapped by a man at the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) centre in New Delhi. The minister was attacked as he was leaving the premises after att...


Companies Bill cleared, to be taken up in Winter Session

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:41 PM PST

The Cabinet on Thursday cleared Companies Bill 2011, which will now be tabled in the Winter Session of Parliament. ...


Cabinet clears 51% FDI in multi-brand retail

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:21 PM PST

After years of dithering, the Indian government has decided to allow global retail giants like Wal Mart, TESCO and Carrefour to enter India. The cabinet cleared 51 per cent foreign direct investmen...


J.K. Rowling says reporter put letter in her child's bag

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:19 PM PST

Author J.K. Rowling told a U.K. media ethics inquiry on Thursday she felt "under siege" from intrusive journalists, who staked out her house, conned personal details from her husband and slipped a not...

Jagan-loyalist MLAs to support TDP's no-trust motion

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:02 PM PST

The MLAs who are loyal to Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy would support the no-confidence motion against the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh if it moved "with sincerity" by the main opposition T...


Bal Thackeray visits ailing RK Laxman at home

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:50 PM PST

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today met ailing cartoonist RK Laxman at his residence in Pune. Mr Thackeray was accompanied by his son Uddhav and grandson Aditya....


Crores of rupees being spent to malign my team, blogs Anna

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:26 PM PST

Alleging that crores of rupees are being spent to jeopardise the Jan Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare said on Thursday that the activists will not lose sight of their goal and will not reply to continuous inn...


'Consensus' in parliamentary panel for making Lokpal a constitutional body

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:23 PM PST

The parliamentary panel looking into the Lokpal Bill today arrived at a "broad consensus" on making the body a constitutional authority. Towards that end, an agreement was also reached for the need fo...


We plan to break a few Indian hearts: Sammy

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:20 PM PST

Even as Sachin Tendulkar stood on the threshold of scoring a record 100th international ton, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy said his team is already mulling ways to break a few Indian hearts on Fr...

Maoist leader Kishenji killed by security forces

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

Top Maoist leader Kishenji has been killed by security forces in a fierce gunfight in West Bengal.


Sharad Pawar slapped by man in Delhi, PM condemns attack

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:45 AM PST

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was today slapped by a man at the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) centre in New Delhi. The minister was attacked as he was leaving the premises after att...


India 'jealous' of China's growing clout, says Chinese state media

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao, the state-run media here today said India was "jealous" of China's growing influence in Asia and charged it...


3rd Test: Sachin, Laxman take India to safety on Day 3

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:24 AM PST

India ended Day 3 of the second Test match at 281/3, 309 runs behind West Indies' first innings total of 590 runs....


Cabinet to decide on FDI in retail, Companies Bill

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PST

The Union Cabinet will shortly decide on the long pending issue of opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investment. A decision in favour of 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-...

Mukesh Ambani meets Prime Minister

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:05 AM PST

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Parliament House today. The meeting comes in the backdrop of the oil ministry looking to disallow some of the exp...

Kudankulam N-plant: Protesters allege threat to lives

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:59 AM PST

Days after talks between government representatives and villagers protesting against the setting up of a nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu failed, protesters are alleging a threat to the...


Parliament paralysed for third consecutive day

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:56 AM PST

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the third successive day today after an uproar by members of the Congress and the Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) over the Telangana issue....


Lakshmi Mittal named most powerful Asian in UK

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:06 AM PST

Lakshmi Mittal, the NRI steel tycoon with a fortune estimated at 15.5 billion pounds, is the most powerful Asian in Britain, according to a new list of eminent Asians in the country. ...

Bangalore student suicide reports anger friends

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:40 AM PST

Friends and relatives of Pranay Singh, a second semester B E (E&C) student of PES Institute of Technology, staged a protest in the college campus on Wednesday. Pranay had committed suicide in his host...


No comments:

Post a Comment