Saturday, November 5, 2011

Kalam to visit stir-hit Kudankulam nuclear plant

Kalam to visit stir-hit Kudankulam nuclear plant

Kalam to visit stir-hit Kudankulam nuclear plant

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:40 AM PDT

With protests against the nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam spreading to neighbouring districts, former President APJ Abdul Kalam will visit the site today to see for himself the safety a...

Five burnt to death as bus collides with fuel tanker

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:22 AM PDT

Five people were burnt to death and 23 others injured as a bus collided with a fuel tanker in Tamil Nadu's Erode district late last night....

At least 69 dead in north Nigeria sect attacks

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Residents fearfully left their homes on Saturday to bury their dead in northeast Nigeria following a series of coordinated attacks that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ...

Advani's yatra to enter Gujarat today, Modi to welcome him

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 06:34 PM PDT

After reportedly being denied permission by Chief Minister Narendra Modi to begin his ambitious Jan Chetna Yatra from the state, senior BJP leader L K Advani will today enter Gujarat on the last leg o...

RTI activist Nadeem Sayeed killed in Ahmedabad

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 05:01 PM PDT

An RTI activist actively involved in exposing illegal slaughter houses was killed in Ahmedabad's Juhupura area today. Around 7.45 am this morning, some unidentified people attacked Nadeem Sayeed with ...

Petrol price hike: Government stands firm, Congress raises doubts

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 04:23 PM PDT

As a political fire rages on over the recent hike in petrol price, the government is feeling the heat, this time from within. With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh firmly backing the rise in petrol price...

Congress gears up for UP; Rahul Gandhi to kickstart campaign from Phoolpur

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PDT

Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have switched into high gear for their electoral campaign for the Uttar Pradesh polls to be held next year. On November 14 - Jawaharlal Nehru's birth anniversary - his gr...

Manchester United mark Ferguson anniversary with win

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Sir Alex Ferguson marked his 25th anniversary as Manchester United manager in subdued fashion as an own goal from former defender Wes Brown handed his team a 1-0 win over Sunderland....

Anna shuts down blog after blogger's outburst

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday said that he has decided to close down his blog. The statement came after claims made by Hazare's appointed blogger Raju Parulekar who said that he (An...

India's new-look bowling attack gears up for first test

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PDT

The hype is back as Sachin Tendulkar once again seeks to record an unprecedented 100th international century, when a near full-strength India take on the West Indies in the first Test on Sunday....

Massive multi-car crash on UK highway; 7 dead, dozens injured

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:26 PM PDT

British police say a huge crash involving 34 vehicles on a highway in southwestern England has killed at least seven people and injured dozens....

Bhupen Hazarika passes away

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Legendary singer-composer Dr Bhupen Hazarika, undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mumbai, has passed away....

Premature blast kills suicide bomber in Pakistan

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PDT

Police say a suicide bomber targeting the country's Shiite minority has killed himself in a premature explosion in southwestern Pakistan. Hamid Shakeel, deputy inspector general in Quetta, the capital...

Team Anna apologises to politicians booed at Hazare's fast

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Team Anna has apologised to all those politicians who were booed at the Ramlila Maidan during Anna Hazare's historic fast demanding the Jan Lokpal Bill....

99-year-old on hunger strike for freedom fighter's pension

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 11:19 AM PDT

A 99-year-old freedom fighter on Saturday began a hunger strike here to get his pension for taking part in India's struggle for independence. His 86-year-old wife is accompanying him. Cheddi Ram, 99 a...

Court indicts seven in Benazir Bhutto murder case

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 10:24 AM PDT

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court hearing the Benazir Bhutto assassination case indicted seven people, including two former top police officers responsible for providing security to the former Premier....

Man attempts to throw shoe at Musharraf

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 09:43 AM PDT

A man tried to hurl his shoe at Pervez Musharraf when he was addressing a gathering in London. This was the second such attempt on the former Pakistan president....

Shriya attacked by Telangana supporters

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PDT

Tamil star Shriya Saran claims that her shoot was interrupted by Telangana supporters in Hyderabad.

Hope Sachin gets 100th ton at Kotla: Dhoni

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 09:34 AM PDT

As anticipation builds up for Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international ton, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Saturday that the team is hoping that the veteran cricketer achieves the milestone...

Malegaon blasts case: Nine men in jail for five years granted bail

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Nine accused arrested in 2006 in connection with the Malegaon blasts case have been granted bail by a special court in Mumbai. This after the National Investigation Agency or the NIA formally told the...

2G scam: Kanimozhi fights back, uses gender again for bail

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 08:49 AM PDT

DMK MP Kanimozhi filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court today seeking bail. On Thursday, a CBI court had dismissed her bail plea along with that of seven others accused in the 2G scam case....

Petrol price hike: Issue will be resolved, says Pranab

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 07:16 AM PDT

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatened to quit the UPA government over the petrol price hike, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the conflict has been resolved...

Missing Nurse: Audio tape adds to theory of affair, blackmail

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 06:36 AM PDT

For 65 days, Bhanwari Devi has been missing from her home near Jodhpur. A minister in Rajasthan was sacked after he was accused of her rape and murder....

Advani questions Sonia Gandhi's silence on corruption

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 06:29 AM PDT

On the latest leg of his anti-corruption 'rath yatra', BJP's veteran leader LK Advani took on Congress President Sonia Gandhi as he questioned her silence on the corruption issue on Saturday. ...

J&K: Formal consultations over AFSPA to begin next week

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 06:16 AM PDT

The Jammu and Kashmir government has convened a crucial meeting of the Unified Command on November 9 to discuss the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)....
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