Wednesday, November 30, 2011

FDI battle: Advani rejects Pranab's offer, impasse continues

FDI battle: Advani rejects Pranab's offer, impasse continues


FDI battle: Advani rejects Pranab's offer, impasse continues

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:56 AM PST

After a series of meetings all day between the senior most members of the Congress, Finance Minister Pranab Mukheree called LK Advani about the stand-off over the government's decision to allow 51 per...


FDI battle: Traders across country on strike today, BJP backs their bandh call

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:55 AM PST

Around five crore traders across the nation are on a day-long strike today to protest against the government's decision to allow 51% foreign ownership of multi-brand retail stores. The agitation is ba...


Dravid, Laxman, Tendulkar to leave early for Australia

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:13 AM PST

The Test specialists of the Indian squad will leave early for Australia, even as the ODI team completes its home assignment against West Indies....


Mullaperiyar Dam: a long history of mistrust and dispute

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:26 PM PST

When Tamil Nadu banned Dam999, a Hollywood movie depicting the dangers posed by a dam in Banqiao, China, it re-energized a bitter rivalry in South India over the 116-year Mullaperiyar Dam. The movie's...


Ishrat Jehan case: Gujarat High Court to deliver order today

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:20 PM PST

The Gujarat High Court is expected to deliver its order today on which agency will file an FIR and carry further investigations against police officer accused of killing Ishrat Jehan and three others ...

Petrol prices cut by Rs. 0.78 a litre

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:58 PM PST

Providing some relief to consumers battling high inflation, oil companies have reduced petrol prices by Rs. 0.65 per litre excluding taxes from midnight today. This means, in New Delhi, petrol prices ...


2G case: Decision on Chandolia's bail plea likely today

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:26 PM PST

A CBI special court is likely to pronounce its order on the bail plea of ex-telecom minister A Raja's former private secretary R.K. Chandolia, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, today...

Man unleashes snakes upon corrupt government office

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PST

A man in Eastern Uttar Pradesh who was tired of being harassed for bribes by government officers decided to get even by unleashing more than a dozen snakes at a government office in the Basti district...


Long wait for green cards could soon be over

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:16 PM PST

The bill eliminates limits on the number of green cards based on employment that is available annually to each country....


Parliamentary panel divided over inclusion of PM in Lokpal

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST

One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the anti-corruption ombudsman's ambit. The last meeting of the parliamentary standing comm...


Pakistan releases video of NATO airstrikes, says apology not enough

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST

Pakistan's military on Wednesday released footage showing what they said was the aftermath of the NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The video shows, what appear to be, several damaged ...


So far, Heathrow escapes chaos despite huge strike

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:30 AM PST

Airline passengers arriving in Britain escaped chaos early Wednesday despite dire predictions of long waits, as border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters in the country's ...


Six Indian players pull out of World Series Hockey

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:22 AM PST

The multi-million dollar World Series Hockey received a big jolt just days before its start with six top Indian players withdrawing from the league to be held across different cities of the country fr...


Truck runs into classroom, 11-year-old killed

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:48 AM PST

An 11-year-old boy died in his classroom after a truck skidded off the road and fell onto his school building in Nashik in Maharashtra. 20 other students were injured....


Government attempting to weaken Lokpal, says Anna

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:20 AM PST

Slamming the draft of the Lokpal Bill that has been prepared by a parliamentary committee, social activist Anna Hazare today said the government is attempting to weaken the Lokpal....


Two million public sector workers in Britain strike over pension cutbacks

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:16 AM PST

Public sector workers in Britain staged what is being billed as the biggest strike in decades on Wednesday to protest the cash-strapped government's plans to recast their pensions in an effort to redu...


Court orders mental health check for man who slapped Pawar

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:16 AM PST

A local court here today asked Delhi Police to carry out a medical test to ascertain the mental health of Harvinder Singh, the man who attacked Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar last week, and s...

Cannot attend Bonn meet without assurance: Gilani

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:35 AM PST

Following appeals from the US and Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said the country cannot attend the crucial Bonn meet on the future of Afghanistan if Islamabad did not r...


Not working, yet MPs demand added privileges

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:34 AM PST

Parliament may not be functioning and its members may not be working, but just before the House adjourned, the Privileges Committee managed to table its recommendations. And they all go towards increa...


Police releases photo of mastermind of German Bakery blast

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:28 AM PST

The government says that six men who have been arrested are allegedly members of Indian Mujahideen terror group and are responsible for attacks in three cities in 2010. ...


Chidambaram's fresh offer to Maoists: Suspend violence, will give dates for talks in 72 hours

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:27 AM PST

Home Minister P Chidambaram urged the Maoists to give up violence and to come forward for talks with the government. Mr Chidambaram said that if the Maoists suspend violence, the government will issue...

American airlines, crash landing of 'something special in the air'

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:05 AM PST

American Airlines used to bill itself as "something special in the air," and it was. It was the first airline to offer curbside check-in. The first with computerized reservations. It invented the freq...


Pakistan wants UK to mediate with US in row over NATO attack

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:40 AM PST

Reeling under anti-US public sentiments, Pakistan has asked Britain, which has "undoubted influence" over Americans, to mediate with the Obama administration in its dispute over the killing of 24 of i...

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