Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Cong plays down Trinamool plans to contest Goa, Manipur polls

Cong plays down Trinamool plans to contest Goa, Manipur polls


Cong plays down Trinamool plans to contest Goa, Manipur polls

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:01 AM PST

The Congress party has played down plans of key ally the Trinamool Congress to contest Assembly elections in Goa and Manipur, states currently ruled by the Congress. "If I recall, at some point of ti...


Security provided to media houses in Manipur

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:01 AM PST

Security forces and police have been deployed at the premises of some major media houses in poll-bound Manipur following threat from militant outfits, official sources said on Wednesday.


Bhanwari Devi's remains found, CBI says all dots nearly connected

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:53 AM PST

Four months after she disappeared from near her home in Rajasthan, the remains of Bhanwari Devi have been found by CBI officials. Sources say that the nurse was burnt near Jaloda village, about 100 km...


Row over trapped traders: China asks India for 'objectivity and fairness'

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 02:44 AM PST

The safety of two traders from Mumbai who are trapped in a hotel near Shanghai is creating a diplomatic flashpoint for India and China. The traders cannot leave a hotel in Yiwu, a trading hub, because...


Day after joining BJP, Mayawati's ex-minister finds himself raided

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided more than 50 places in Uttar Pradesh today, registering fresh cases related to alleged irregularities in funds allotted to National Rural Health Missio...


Senior citizen gets life in prison for rape and murder of 10-year-old

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST

Aditional Sessions Judge S T Darane sentenced 81-year-old Mohiniraj Kulkarni to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 12,000 on him for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl. Judge Darane als...


Molested Dutch teen can't leave Mumbai yet

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:13 PM PST

The Dutch tourist who was allegedly raped by two auto-drivers on December 26, has expressed her desperate urgency to take leave of the country. But it may be a while before she can return to the comf...


Anuj Bidve's body released to Indian embassy, will be given to family in London

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

The body of 23-year-old Anuj Bidve who was shot dead near Manchester has been handed to the Indian embassy in London. Anuj's family - his parents and his brother-in-law - are heading to London today. ...


Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy gets relief from Supreme Court

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition that asked for Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to be made an accused in a corruption case related to the import of palmolein oil in 1991.


CBSE exams to begin from March 1

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:37 PM PST

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Exams for the tenth and twelfth standards will begin from March 1. All the theory exams will be over by April 13, 2012. The first exam for 12th standar...


LeT building group of 21 female terrorists for attacks in India

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:26 PM PST

The Lashkar-e-Toiba is raising a group of 21 female terrorists at its training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for carrying out sabotage activities in India, Army sources said today. "We have confi...


Bajaj RE60: Target audience of rickshaw drivers offer their review

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:11 PM PST

India has a new ultra cheap small car. Well, sort of. The company that introduced it on Tuesday, Bajaj Auto, best known for making motorcycles and motorized three-wheeled rickshaws, does not even call...


Missing Indian fishermen return home

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:31 PM PST

35 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who had drifted into Sri Lankan waters due to rough weather last week before cyclone Thane hit the state's coast, have returned home safe. The Sri Lankan navy has ...


Congress targets Mamata again, plans rally in Kolkata today

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:49 PM PST

After the FDI, the pension bill and the Lokpal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress seem to be heading towards another confrontation. And this time the issue is Ms Banerjee seeking...


Sonia Gandhi to address poll rally in Haldwani today

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:27 PM PST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally in Haldwani in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand today. This will be her first rally after the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre failed to ge...


Accused in 1992 Ajmer sex scandal case arrested

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:47 AM PST

Rajasthan Police on Tuesday arrested an accused in the infamous 1992 Ajmer sex scandal case in which over 100 schoolgirls were blackmailed with their photographs in compromising positions, officials s...


Law to decide on AMRI directors' release: Mamata on FICCI statement

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:37 AM PST

A day after industry lobby FICCI urged the West Bengal government to release the seven AMRI Hospital directors who were arrested after a fire killed 93 people at the premises, Chief Minister Mamata Ba...


Image makeover for political parties ahead of UP polls

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:55 AM PST

In journalism school, the first thing a student learns is often Marshal McLuhans famous line - the medium is the message. In political schools too, especially Uttar Pradesh (UP) style, McLuhan's advic...


Kashmir student death a 'murder', there is no other way to put, says Omar Abdullah

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST

A day after a 12th standard boy Altaf was killed in firing by jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Baramulla in north Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today strongly condemne...


Anuj Bidve murder case: 'Psycho' Briton remanded to custody until March 20

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:02 AM PST

Embarrassed for not reacting swiftly to the horrific murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester last week, two officers from the Greater Manchester police met the Bidve family at their home in ...


Arrested Jagan aide floated firms to park ill-gotten money: CBI

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:39 AM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing corruption allegations against Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, today alleged that his financial advisor V Vijay Sai Reddy was the kingpin behind the ...


21 cops involved in Jaya's personal security transferred

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:14 AM PST

Twenty one policemen involved in the personal security of Chief Minister Jayalalitha were given transfer orders today, police sources said. This transferred personnel include 17 Sub-Inspectors and fou...


Chief Election Commissioner slams Badal, says, we always work within our mandate

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:36 AM PST

Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has slammed Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal for asking the Election Commission in the state not to over-step its mandate. "I am particularly disapp...


Chief Election Commissioner's letter to Prakash Singh Badal

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:35 AM PST

We have seen with deep dismay media reports quoting a statement emanating from you that questions actions of the Commission's officials during the election period. The reports mention that you have so...

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