Sunday, January 22, 2012

Anna writes to PM again, asks how could you betray the country?

Anna writes to PM again, asks how could you betray the country?


Anna writes to PM again, asks how could you betray the country?

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:58 AM PST

Breaking his silence for the first time on the Lokpal Bill after his fast in December last year, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accusing him...


Indian couple's Norway nightmare: SM Krishna urges envoy to lodge protest

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:08 AM PST

As an Indian couple battles in Norway for the custody of their two children - taken away and sent to foster care by the Child Protective Services - External Affairs Minister SM Krishna today called th...


Regret shoelace incident happened in public, says Madhya Pradesh minister

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:49 AM PST

A day after he was seen getting his shoelaces tied by a boy at a public function in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, Cooperatives Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen has admitted the act was wrong. He says the ...


UPA's approach on Centre-state ties 'authoritarian': Advani

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:59 AM PST

Slamming the UPA government for its "authoritarian" approach towards states, BJP veteran L K Advani today said all those who believe in strong Centre-state relations should come together on it even as...


Rajasthan police invented plot to keep me away, tweets Salman Rushdie

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:38 AM PST

The Salman Rushdie row that has hung heavily over the Jaipur Literature Festival has just got bigger. Two days after he officially cancelled his visit to the Litfest, citing intelligence reports that ...


Kashmir Valley reels under cold

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:25 AM PST

More infant deaths in Bengal's Malda hospital, toll now 20

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:24 PM PST

Four more infants have died in the last 24 hours at the Malda Medical College in West Bengal, taking the number of infant deaths there to 20 in less than a week. The four deaths come just after an obs...


Railways to procure high-speed accident relief trains

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:42 PM PST

Aiming to put rescue and restoration work on fast track, Railways is finalising a plan to procure high-speed self-propelled accident relief trains (SPART) and hydraulic cranes with telescopic boom.


Nigeria attacks: Indian among 162 killed

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:23 PM PST

An Indian was killed in a terror attack in the Nigerian city of Kano that left about 162 people dead, said authorities. Another six Indians, including two children, were injured in the attack.


Air Force rescues 1100 stranded passengers in Jammu

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST

With hundreds stranded in Jammu and Kashmir due to inclement weather, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday ferried 1,100 people, including 250 army personnel, between the state's twin capitals.


CWG scam: IOA seeks report on Kalmadi's 'exact' situation

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:42 PM PST

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has written a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), seeking a report on sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi.


Illegal mining caught on camera: A hill on Aravalli destroyed

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:04 PM PST

Despite the Supreme Court's direct intervention to stop illegal mining in Rajasthan's Aravalli range, it continues unabated, a fact that was caught on NDTV cameras, just ahead of a hearing in the apex...


Pilot avoids collision with bus on runway

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:43 PM PST

The pilot of an IndiGo Airlines flight, carrying 168 passengers, had to use emergency brake while preparing for takeoff as a bus ferrying people to an Air Force plane appeared on the runway at the air...


Police demand tapes of authors reading from Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses'

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:34 PM PST

A day after author Salman Rushdie made it clear that he would not be coming to India, alleging that he was told that underworld hitmen were out to get him, the raging debate at the Jaipur Literature F...


Reading 'The Satanic Verses' in India: Is it Illegal?

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:27 PM PST

Did Amitava Kumar, Hari Kunzru and other authors who read passages from Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," which is banned in India, Friday evening at the Jaipur Literature Festival violate Indian...

Nightmare in Norway: Indian couple fights to get children back

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:13 AM PST

As an Indian couple battles in Norway for the custody of their two children - taken away and sent to foster care by the Child Protective Services - the grandparents of the children, accompanied by CPM...


Headley's wife watched 26/11 'show', congratulated him: NIA

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:35 AM PST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a Delhi court on Saturday that Pakistani-American David Headley was congratulated by his wife for the success of the November 26 terror strike in Mumbai.


From Number One state, Punjab has fallen behind: PM

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:52 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday launched a scathing on the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab, saying the state which was once a frontrunner in all spheres ...


Man arrested for throwing shoe at Team Anna

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:40 AM PST

A man was arrested when he tried to throw a shoe at Team Anna here today, police said. The man has been identified as Kishan Lal [35] who hails from Prem Nagar locality of Dehra Dun city. The inciden...


Mumbai Police denies Rushdie's death threat claims, Rajasthan government says inputs came from Centre

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:13 AM PST

A day after Salman Rushdie skipped the Jaipur Literature Festival alleging death threats, security agencies from Mumbai and Rajasthan have come up with different reports on the matter. The Rajasthan H...


Congress using 'Rushdie dish' to woo Muslims: Uma Bharti

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:41 AM PST

Amid the controversy over author Salman Rushdie's India visit, BJP leader Uma Bharti has said that the Congress will be looking to exploit the issue to the hilt to win over Muslims voters in Uttar Pra...


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