Saturday, January 7, 2012

Bangalore land scam: Officials sell off government land to private buyers

Bangalore land scam: Officials sell off government land to private buyers

Bangalore land scam: Officials sell off government land to private buyers

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 01:17 AM PST

Despite the arrest of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and several ministers in his cabinet after allegations of illegally 'denotifying' land in Bangalore, a sting operation by NDTV reve...

UP polls: Election Commission orders removal of state police chief; BSP cries foul

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 01:03 AM PST

With less than a month to go before assembly polls begin in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission has directed the state government to remove state police chief Brij Lal....

Sharjah: Indian woman murdered, government to bring back body

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 12:49 AM PST

Three weeks ago Bala Kava, known as Lucky by her family, was found murdered at her home in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. But that was not the end of the ordeal for her relatives in Ludhiana. He...

Pune bids tearful adieu to Anuj Bidve

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:03 PM PST

Thousands of Pune citizens braved the cold to join the family and relatives of Anuj Bidve, an Indian student slain in Britain, at his last rites conducted here on Saturday evening. ...

I will prove my innocence, says Babu Singh Kushwaha

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:45 PM PST

After causing a week full of problem for the Bharatiya Janata Party, former Bahujan Samaj Party minister Babu Singh Kushwaha has said he won't go to BJP till he was cleared....

Anna Hazare to be discharged today

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

Anna Hazare, who underwent a week-long treatment for an acute bronchitis in a city hospital, will be discharged tomorrow, a hospital spokesman said today. ...

Bhupathi-Bopanna knocked out of Chennai Open

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST

Top seeded Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the doubles event in the semifinals of the Aircel Chennai Open 2012 after losing to Israel's Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich o...

Cantankerous politics hurting India: Sunil Bharti Mittal

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:09 PM PST

Concerned over the Centre's failure to push forward key reforms like the Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail and get legislations passed in Parliament, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal has sa...

One dead, six injured in train collision

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:04 PM PST

One person was killed while six others were injured when a local train hit a stationary train at a platform in West Bengal's Nadia district, railway officials said. The head-on collision took place...

UP polls: Top cop, Principal Secretary Home removed

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:31 PM PST

Atul Kumar will be the new DGP and Manjeet Singh the new Principal Secretary Home for the state of Uttar Pradesh. This move follows the Election Commission directions on Saturday, asking the Uttar ...

Difficult months ahead, growth could fall below 7.5%: Pranab Mukherjee

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:17 PM PST

Pranab Mukherjee said pressure on the rupee will continue and growth in the current fiscal is likely to be less....

After Kingfisher, Air India Express, aviation regulator raps other carriers

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 02:04 PM PST

Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which had come down heavily on Kingfisher and Air India Express for ignoring safety requirements, has also found serious lapses on part of...

Kushwaha approached us, but we refused entry: Rahul

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 12:54 PM PST

Taking on BJP over the induction of tainted former BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, Rahul Gandhi today claimed he wanted to join Congress after being sacked by Chief Minister Mayawati but the party c...

Vigilance gives clean chit to Chandy in palm oil case

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:39 AM PST

The Kerela state vigilance department has given Chief Minister Oommen Chandy a clean chit after investigating if he had any role in the 1992 palm oil imports when he was the state's finance minister....

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas kicks off; Prime Minister to address on Sunday

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the annual congregation of NRIs and PIOs, kicked off here on Saturday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set to deliver his inaugural address on Sunday during which he is like...

Mayawati's statues to be covered for Uttar Pradesh polls

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:41 AM PST

In a setback to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ahead of Assembly elections, the Election Commission has ordered covering her statues and that of elephants in the Noida Park. This is being done ...

CIC says Air India must disclose details of planes rolled out for VIPs

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:24 AM PST

Air India, which is already struggling with cash crunch, has run into fresh trouble. The Central Information Commission, acting on an RTI query, has directed the national carrier to provide details of...

Anuj Bidve's body brought back to Mumbai; last rites today evening in Pune

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:31 AM PST

Anuj Bidve's body was brought back to Mumbai on Saturday morning by his parents. The body will be handed over to the family by the authorities after completing the formalities. The last rites will be...

Top BJP leaders say no to 'campaigning for criminals': Sources

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:51 AM PST

In what can be seen as the highest level of opposition within the BJP over the induction of Babu Singh Kushwaha, sources have told NDTV that senior leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi, Sushma Swaraj and Arun ...

Congress plays down Mamata's threat of 'feel free to leave alliance'

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:10 AM PST

With strained ties between the Congress and the Trinamool out in the open, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Congress today saying, she has always worked alone and the Congress...

Srikkanth defends Dhoni's captaincy, blames batsmen

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:33 AM PST

BCCI Chief selector Krish Srikkanth on Saturday said the two consecutive Test defeats in Australia have a lot do with poor batting rather than Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy which has come under sha...

Former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram sent to 3-year judicial custody

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST

Just two days after his counsel told the Patiala House court that former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram was in a coma, the 86-year-old is being taken to jail in an ambulance....

India-China diplomatic row: Military delegation reduced to 15, to leave for Beijing on Sunday

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:23 AM PST

A 30 member Indian Military delegation scheduled to visit Beijing has been downsized by half, after China refused to grant a visa to a senior Indian Air Force officer from Arunachal Pradesh. Air Force...

Oz media bemoans Tendulkar missing out on 100th ton at Sydney

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 06:09 AM PST

The omens were in "perfect symmetry" for Sachin Tendulkar to hit his elusive 100th international ton at the Sydney Cricket Ground but that was not to be, bemoaned the Australian media after the Indian...
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