Saturday, November 19, 2011

'I itch' to kill corrupt civil servants, jokes Medvedev

'I itch' to kill corrupt civil servants, jokes Medvedev

'I itch' to kill corrupt civil servants, jokes Medvedev

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:12 AM PST

Dmitry Medvedev joked that he "sometimes itches" to execute civil servants convicted of corruption, Russian news agencies reported today. "The severity of punishment has never been the most important ...

Advani's Jan Chetna yatra concludes in Delhi today

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:53 PM PST

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani will conclude his 40-day Jan Chetna Yatra with a public rally in the capital on Sunday. The yatra was an attempt to draw public attention to the issues o...

Egypt police clash with protesters ahead of vote

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:47 PM PST

Egyptian riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday to dismantle a protest tent camp, setting off clashes that killed two protesters, injured hundred...

Quake hits eastern Japan, nuclear plant stable

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:40 PM PST

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan on Sunday, but a nuclear plant that was crippled by a huge quake and tsunami in March remained stable, officials said. The quake hit at Ibaraki, 136 kil...

2G case: CBI registers fresh case, raids NDA rule telecom officials & Airtel, Vodafone offices

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:29 PM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered a fresh case over alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation during late Pramod Mahajan's tenure as Telecom Minister. ...

'Memogate': Pakistan summons Haqqani to explain his position

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:50 PM PST

The air is rife with tension in Pakistan after a secret memo, allegedly sent by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to the US warning of and seeking assistance against a possible military takeover aft...

BSP leader claims threat from Mayawati's men, seeks protection

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:29 PM PST

Former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, once considered close to Chief Minister Mayawati, on Saturday accused a state minister and two bureaucrats of conspiring to kill him....

After man dies in rush to catch train, Railways to set up emergency rooms at stations

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:26 PM PST

The Railways have decided to put in place a quick response mechanism in five stations in New Delhi to rescue any passenger, after a person recently died in a mishap at Hazrat Nizamuddin terminal....

PM, Julia Gillard meet in Bali, discuss uranium sale

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard met in Bali on Saturday for a brief interaction to take forward discussions on selling uranium to India and also to review th...

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram gets five years in jail; assaulted outside court

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 03:53 PM PST

For the record, he executed the first official telecom scam in the country. Fifteen years on, the law finally caught up with former Telecom Minister Sukhram as a Delhi court today sentenced him to fiv...

Kambli allegations irresponsible: Pawar

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 03:23 PM PST

Terming Vinod Kambli's allegations that India's 1996 World Cup semifinal against Sri Lanka may have been fixed as "irresponsible", ICC President Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he would rather believe...

Saudi women with 'tempting' eyes may be forced to cover them

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 03:21 PM PST

Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under a new law in the country.

Van Persie's doubles helps Arsenal down Norwich

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:47 PM PST

Robin van Persie scored both goals as Arsenal came from behind to win 2-1 at Norwich City in the Premier League's early kick-off game on Saturday....

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram slapped, kicked by man in court premises

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:40 PM PST

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was today slapped and kicked by a man inside the premises of a Delhi court just moments after he was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in connection with a ...

Gaddafi's eldest son, Seif al-Islam, captured in Libya

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PST

Moammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam - the only member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large - was captured as he travelled with aides in a convoy in Libya's southern desert, Libyan officials ...

India’s exposure to troubled EU countries not very big: Pranab

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 12:19 PM PST

India’s exposure to troubled European Union countries like Greece, Italy and others is not that big,said Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in Mumbai. In a series of programmes in the fin...

Candidates to write exam to get party tickets for polls: Raj Thackeray

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:59 AM PST

Now all aspiring political leaders for the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will have to prove their mettle by passing exams with flying colours....

Man with US passport blows himself up in Pakistan

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 11:08 AM PST

Pakistani authorities say a militant who blew himself up in southern Pakistan during a raid by security forces was carrying a U.S. and a Pakistani passport....

UK plans 'curry college' to teach Indian cooking

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 10:28 AM PST

Can a British cook 'dal tadka' or 'murg masala' to the same taste as any Indian cook? Many British lovers of Indian food certainly can, but now the David Cameron government wants to launch a college t...

UP refutes Jaiaram's allegations, says it is the best performing state on NREGA

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 08:10 AM PST

The Uttar Pradesh government has hit back at Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh following the latter's note to Chief Minister Mayawati. In the note - the second he has sent to Mayawati - the ...

Nine-year-old mentally challenged girl chained by parents for 3 years

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:36 AM PST

Simranjit Kaur of Amritsar has spent the last three years of her life chained in subhuman conditions in a dingy room at her house. The nine-year-old is physically and mentally challenged, and cannot s...

Vinod Kambli's match-fixing claims: Maken demands probe; BCCI not convinced?

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:15 AM PST

Sports Minister Ajay Maken wants the match-fixing claims made by former cricketer Vinod Kambli investigated by the BCCI and says his Ministry might step in if the Cricket Board doesn't order a probe...

CBI calls Sukhram a 'habitual offender', seeks maximum punishment for him in Delhi court

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:43 AM PST

Former Telecom Minister Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 3 lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, today pleaded for leniency in a Delhi court on grounds of his old age ...

Pak prisoner's family in India to plead for his release

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 02:38 AM PST

The family of ailing Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty has come to India all the way from Karachi to plead for his release. The 78-year old virologist, who is critically ill, is serving life senten...
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