Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Harvard University removes courses taught by Subramanian Swamy

Harvard University removes courses taught by Subramanian Swamy


Harvard University removes courses taught by Subramanian Swamy

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:12 PM PST

The Harvard University has dropped courses taught by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy because of a controversial article he wrote this summer that was deemed to be offensive to Muslims. After ...


Rs 5 bribe lands stamp vendor, salesman in jail for 2 years

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 05:02 PM PST

A stamp vendor and her salesman were today sent to two-year rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court. The reason: they demanded a bribe of Rs 5. ...


Lokayukta raids house of municipal peon finds assets of 10 crore

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:54 PM PST

Lokayukta police today raided the residence of a Class IV employee of the Ujjain Municipal Corporation here and found documents showing assets worth Rs 10 crore, officials said....


Denied food stamps, mother shoots children in welfare office

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:35 PM PST

A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children bef...


2G scam: Court to pronounce order on Subramanian Swamy's plea against Chidambaram

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

A trial court in Delhi will today pronounce its order on a petition filed by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy in the 2G scam case. Mr Swamy is demanding that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram ...

Economy in tough times, doesn't mean we start eating lizards: Pranab

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Although the economy is in a difficult situation, things have not come to such a pass that people should start eating lizards, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday....


Ghulam Nabi Fai pleads guilty of spying for the ISI

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:53 PM PST

US-based Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, accused of being an ISI agent and trying to influence American policy on Kashmir today pleaded guilty on federal charges of spying for the Pak...


Mamata has her way again, 8750 crore package for Bengal

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 02:04 PM PST

Amid an unsteady political equation with Mamata Banerjee, the government has cleared a financial bailout of Rs. 8,750 crore for West Bengal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared th...


Lokpal Bill likely to be taken up in Lok Sabha on Dec 19: Sources

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:35 PM PST

The government is prepping to begin a debate in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill on the 19th. Sources say the government is also leaning towards accepting some of the demands made by activist Anna Hazare...


What the parliamentary committee recommends for Lokpal

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:29 PM PST

A parliamentary committee today adopted its report on the contentious Lokpal Bill leaving it to the wisdom of Parliament to decide on inclusion of Prime Minister in its ambit while Congress members ga...

Why did Bhanwari Devi's husband try to escape CBI questioning?

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

Amar Chand, the husband of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi Amar Chand allegedly attempted to escape on Wednesday from the CBI questioning centre here when confronted with some disturbing questions by the ...

Govt suspends FDI in retail, Left says it's a rollback, Parliament gets to work

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:40 PM PST

FDI in retail: The reforms in retail that were meant to signal the end of the government's policy paralysis, have been suspended. The Finance Minister shared this decision with all political parties t...


Sikh man burnt alive in Mercedes, death trap allegedly laid by student

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST

A young medical student, Mundill Mahil, ordered two men to kill 21-year-old millionaire Gagandeep Singh in London to punish him for trying to rape her a few months earlier....


Foreign currency case: Police names Karmapa in chargesheet

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:17 PM PST

Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's name was today included in a chargesheet filed by the police in a Himachal Pradesh court on the seizure of foreign currency worth Rs.7...

Unwell Zardari leaves Pak, his govt denies reports that he will quit

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:11 PM PST

Pakistan's embattled President Asif Ali Zardari will remain in hospital in Dubai until further notice after suffering a minor heart attack and undergoing an operation, officials said on Wednesday....


Karzai vows to confront Pakistani government over Kabul suicide bombing

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:04 PM PST

Afghanistan's president vowed on Wednesday to confront the government in Islamabad over a devastating suicide bombing against a Shiite shrine in Kabul that he said originated on Pakistani soil....


Bill Gates developing nuclear reactor with China

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:38 AM PST

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new kind of nuclear reactor....

Will Taj Mahal be laser scanned?

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 11:12 AM PST

The Supreme Court today directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey and submit a report on how safe the four minarets of the Taj Mahal are. The court has sought the report wi...


China president tells Navy to prepare for military combat

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST

The navy should 'accelerate its transformation and modernisation in a sturdy way, and make extended preparations for military combat in order to make greater contributions to safeguard national securi...


MS Dhoni's security heightened after reported threats

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:43 AM PST

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's security has been beefed up in Jharkhand following intelligence inputs on threats to him from the Maoists and terrorists, a police official said here on...


Lokayukta Bill passed in Bihar, Nitish says it delivers zero-tolerance for graft

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:33 AM PST

In a landmark legislation aimed at combating corruption in public life, the state assembly on Thursday passed by voice vote the Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011, for constitution of a strong and effective L...


Sidhu's car refused to stop at toll gate in Andhra Pradesh

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:32 AM PST

BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has denied that his security assaulted a guard at a toll gate. Mr Sidhu was going from Chennai to Venkatachalam in Nellore district to participate in a function organized by...


Bangalore metro stops because of plastic bag on tracks

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:26 AM PST

The Bangalore metro was stopped for half an hour early this morning after a plastic bag was found on the train track. ...


Will 22 Indian diamond traders be freed by China today?

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:00 AM PST

Thirteen diamond traders from India, who have been in jail in China for nearly two years, have been found innocent of smuggling charges and will be deported soon. The Gujarat government says they owe ...


Anna on Lokpal: Highlights

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 09:57 AM PST

Team Anna has its own version of the bill, called the Jan Lokpal Bill. After 74-year-old Anna's epic fast in August, parliament formally agreed to consider Anna's three must-haves for the Lokpal...

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