Sunday, November 20, 2011

Mayawati govt to place bill seeking division of UP in Assembly today

Mayawati govt to place bill seeking division of UP in Assembly today

Mayawati govt to place bill seeking division of UP in Assembly today

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:24 AM PST

All set to bring a resolution in the state Assembly to split Uttar Pradesh into four states, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday asked BSP lawmakers to attend in full strength the Winter Session of Vidh...

15 dead, 31 injured in Delhi fire

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:08 AM PST

Fifteen people were killed and 31 others were injured after a fire broke out at a community hall in Nand Nagri in east Delhi on Sunday evening....

Deadly clashes grip Cairo's Tahrir Square

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:45 PM PST

At least 11 people were killed as security forces tried to clear protesters from Cairo's Tahrir Square, casting a dark shadow over Egypt's first elections since Hosni Mubarak's downfall. Police and mi...

Mayawati Govt to move motion in Assembly today on division of UP

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:33 PM PST

All set to bring a resolution in the state Assembly splitting Uttar Pradesh into four, Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday asked BSP lawmakers to attend in full strength the Winter Session of Vidhan Sab...

Hundreds back on Cairo's Tahrir Square after night of clashes

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 05:36 PM PST

Several hundred Egyptians occupied Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, with sporadic clashes between protesters and the police following a night of deadly violence, an AFP correspondent said....

Did Public Accounts Committee influence 2G loss figure?

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 05:01 PM PST

The controversy over how the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) arrived at the controversial loss figure in the 2G scam doesn't seem to end. NDTV has now accessed an internal note which indicates t...

Johnson grabs late winner as Liverpool beat Chelsea

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:13 PM PST

Glen Johnson's 87th minute goal secured Liverpool's 2-1 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and increased the pressure on Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas....

India's last Siberian tiger dies

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 03:33 PM PST

A Siberian tiger, the centre of attraction in the Nainital Zoo, has died apparently of old age, officials said on Sunday....

Jayalalithaa gesture is good news for Advani

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 02:27 PM PST

Among a crowd of thousands that attended what served as the closing ceremony for LK Advani's rath yatra in Delhi were an array of the BJP leader's colleagues - Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swar...

Britain's MI6 helped to capture Gaddafi's son Saif: Report

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 12:02 PM PST

British spy agency MI6 played a key role in the capture of Saif al-Islam, son of slain Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, a media report said. The top-secret 25 million pound mission, dubbed Operation X...

'Memogate': Gilani calls for understanding as Haqqani meets Zardari

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:29 AM PST

As controversy thickened over surfacing of a secret memo, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, met President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday....

Congress has not taken voluntary retirement in West Bengal: Jairam Ramesh

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:06 AM PST

Addressing a meeting in Kolkata today, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that his party does not need any sermons from anyone and that the Congress has not taken Voluntary Retirement from ...

Seven arrested for nun's killing in Jharkhand

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:23 AM PST

Seven people, all residents of Pachwara and adjoining Aloopara village were arrested for the killing of Sister Valsa John. Sister John, 52, had been hacked to death by about 35 to 40 unidentified pers...

'Memogate': Haqqani arrives in Pak; he is lying about memo now, says Ijaz

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 08:44 AM PST

Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani arrived in Islamabad early this morning amidst a raging storm and tension over surfacing of a secret memo. The memo was allegedly sent by Pakistan Presid...

Man kills wife at a police station in Madurai

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 08:40 AM PST

A 35-year-old man is reported to have killed his wife at a police station in Madurai on Sunday afternoon. Kannan and his wife Muththulakshmi had come to the police station for a counseling session, du...

My yatra has ended, but fight against corruption will go on: Advani at Ramlila Maidan

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 08:07 AM PST

Advani yatra: Marking the end of his 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra - a tour he dedicated to promoting clean governance - senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani today addressed a huge public ra...

Occupy Wall Street: Pepper spray video sparks outrage

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:38 AM PST

Protesters sitting on the ground supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement on the campus of the University of California, Davis took a face full of pepper spray at close range from an officer in riot...

Swiss museum clinic tries to cure information junkies

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:25 AM PST

The Libyan war, the Greek debt crisis and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal have all been rich fodder this year for news junkies -- but is today's information overload healthy? A Swiss clinic has set...

'Memogate': ISI chief met Mansoor Ijaz in London, discussed secret memo, says report

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 04:06 AM PST

ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha met Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz in London to verify his claims that he helped deliver to US administration a secret memorandum in which Pakistani gov...

Woman driving Porsche crashes into motorcycle, biker severely injured

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 02:59 AM PST

A woman driving a Porsche car hit a motorcycle on Lodhi Road in Delhi last night, leaving the biker seriously injured....

Sikhs allowed to carry daggers to Olympic Games

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:47 AM PST

Sikh athletes and spectators will be able to wear ceremonial daggers around the London 2012 Olympic sites, organisers said on Sunday....

Three killed, four injured in clash of gangs at wedding party

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:47 AM PST

Three persons were killed and four others injured when members of two feuding gangs fired at each other at a wedding in Sahibabad town of the district. Members of Narender Bhati and Sunder Bhati gangs...

Girl challenges DU admission norms for MA (Music) course

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:42 AM PST

The Delhi University has been asked by the High Court here to explain its stand on a plea, questioning the validity of admission criteria of a student in the faculty of Music and Fine Arts. The Univer...

Indian spiritual guru found guilty of immigration fraud

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 01:35 AM PST

An Indian spiritual guru has been found guilty by a federal jury of selling religious worker visas to Indians for over USD 30,000 each to enable them to enter the US fraudulently. Sagarsen Haldar (31)...
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