Friday, January 20, 2012

2G scam: Subramanian Swamy to argue on why Chidambaram should be summoned

2G scam: Subramanian Swamy to argue on why Chidambaram should be summoned


2G scam: Subramanian Swamy to argue on why Chidambaram should be summoned

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:12 PM PST

Victory for Internet blackout protest: US Congress puts off piracy bill

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:08 PM PST

US Senate majority leader Harry Reid said today that he was delaying next week's scheduled vote on a controversial bill aimed at cracking down on online piracy.


US Senate postpones vote on Internet piracy bill

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:39 AM PST

US Senate leaders announced Friday they were delaying next week's vote on an anti-online piracy bill that Wikipedia, Google and other Web giants have denounced as a threat to Internet freedom.


Rushdie skips Jaipur; Satanic Verses reading as form of protest is cancelled

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

Pak crisis: Zardari, Kayani meet again

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:02 AM PST

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met today, their second meeting since the memo scandal broke out, sparking off a tense stand-off between the civilian and milita...


Manipur girl raped in Delhi: 48 hours on, no breakthrough; North East community angry

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:57 AM PST

The notoriety of being considered the most unsafe city for women continues for Delhi as the city was witness to yet another rape, this time of a 20-year-old Manipuri student. The girl, working at a sp...


Godhra: Narendra Modi begins one-day 'sadbhavna' fast, six activists detained

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:09 AM PST

Delhi temperature three degrees below normal, warmer weekend likely

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:42 AM PST

Delhi and the whole of north India has been reeling under severe cold since last few days. On Friday, Delhiites experienced another chilly day with maximum temperature dropping to 14.6 degrees Celsius...


Pathribal encounter: Supreme Court suggests case be tried by the Army

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:34 AM PST

Reliance Q3 net profit falls 13.6% at Rs 4,440 crore

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:59 AM PST

Reliance buyback of shares at Rs 870 per share

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:06 AM PST

Bangladesh coup attempt: 5 members of banned Islamist outfit arrested

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:40 AM PST

Bangladesh's elite counter-terrorist force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested five members of the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Dhaka, a day after the army said it had foiled a coup att...

Actress banned from returning to Iran after posing nude

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:25 AM PST

Actress Golshifteh Farahani, who played Leonardo DiCaprio's love interest in 'Body of Lies', has been banned from her home country Iran after she posed nude for a French magazine.


New normal on Wall Street: smaller and restrained

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:00 AM PST

With firms like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reporting weak results for last year, Wall Street is having to confront doubts about itself.


Congress minister who called didi a dictator, allowed to quit

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:32 AM PST

Kalmadi will step aside, but not quit

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:24 AM PST

Suresh Kalmadi has been famous in politics for being a survivor.  And by refusing to step down as President of the Olympic Association, despite serious corruption charges and nine months in jail,...

Samajwadi Party's 'GeNext' manifesto promises computers for students

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:58 AM PST

If there was any doubt that the baton has been handed in the Samajwadi Party to the next generation, here is the proof. The Akhilesh Yadav stamp is all over the party's manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh...


Where is my lal batti, tweets Omar, stuck on plane in fog

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:49 AM PST

France suspends Afghan training, mulls withdrawal

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:46 AM PST

France on Friday suspended all training and joint operations in Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier shot dead four of its troops, and President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was mulling an early withdrawal.

Vodafone wins 2.5 billion dollar tax case

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:45 AM PST

In a 2.5 billion dollar sigh of relief for Vodafone, and for other companies eyeing assets in India, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Vodafone. The court has said that the Indian tax departme...


Fake Lieutenant General arrested in Pakistan

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:38 AM PST

Pakistani police have arrested a man who pretended to be an army lieutenant general and called up government ministers and politicians and fooled them into doing him favours.

Investigations against SM Krishna will continue, says Karnataka High Court

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:33 AM PST

Four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:24 AM PST

France is suspending all training operations for Afghan troops and threatening to pull its entire force out of Afghanistan early after an Afghan soldier shot and killed four French soldiers on Friday.


Accused of knifing open womb to steal a baby

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:00 AM PST

A South African woman appears in court today for murder over allegations that she sliced open a pregnant woman, kidnapped the baby and left the mother for dead, police said. The 29-year-old woman from...


Salman Rushdie cancels his India visit: Has the government failed?

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:37 AM PST

Salman Rushdie cancels his India visit: Has the government failed?


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