Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Congress, Mamata Banerjee head towards another row

Congress, Mamata Banerjee head towards another row


Congress, Mamata Banerjee head towards another row

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:37 AM 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...


Oil prices reach $102 levels over US-Iran row

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:21 AM PST

Benchmark crude jumped by $4.13, or 4.2 per cent, to end the day at $102.96 per barrel in New York.

City three points clear as Liverpool swept aside

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST

Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League as a comfortable, if eventful, 3-0 victory over Liverpool at Eastlands maintained their incredible home form....


Accused in 1992 Ajmer sex scandal case arrested

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 05:17 PM 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...


Image makeover for political parties ahead of UP polls

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:25 PM 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 03:21 PM 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...


Murdoch's 'wife' an imposter on Twitter

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST

Wendi Deng Murdoch's verified Twitter account turned out to be bogus on Tuesday when someone else admitted to posing as Rupert Murdoch's wife on the microblogging site. ...


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

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:32 PM 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 ...


Oil begins 2012 with a bang, prices up 4%

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:27 PM PST

In Tuesday morning trading benchmark crude jumped $3.86, nearly 4 per cent, to $102.69 per barrel in New York. Brent crude rose $4.05, or 3.8 percent, to $111.43 per barrel in London....

41-vehicle pileup on Kentucky highway after snow showers

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:33 PM PST

Police say eight people have been injured in a 41-vehicle pileup that shut southbound Interstate 75 for hours on a day when scattered snow showers pelted northern Kentucky. Kentucky's Kenton County ...


Row over renaming Indira Bhavan: Congress working with CPM, says Mamata

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:27 PM PST

The relationship between the Congress and the Trinamool hit a new low today in West Bengal over Mamata Banerjee's proposal to rename Indira Bhavan, a building named after the former Congress Prime Min...


Taliban strike deal with Qatar for an office in Doha

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:19 PM PST

The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there in what could be the first step toward peace talks to end more than ...


21 cops involved in Jaya's personal security transferred

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:44 PM 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...


Body found on queen's estate was murder, say British police

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:13 PM PST

British police say a woman's body has been found at the vast rural estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her family celebrated New Year's. Police are treating the case as a murder, and an autopsy was be...


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

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:06 PM 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 12:05 PM 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...

Highlights: Govt can pass Lokpal Bill later with consensus, says Salman Khurshid

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST

Amid much pressure from activist Anna Hazare, the government tabled the Lokpal Bill in Parliament this winter session. However, the bill was passed only in the Lok Sabha where the government has a maj...


Narrow escape for 150 passengers as plane skids off runway

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

An Ohio airport says a plane that arrived from Florida with up to 150 people on board skidded off a runway and got stuck in grass. Travelers waiting at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport to board the ...

Jailed terrorist complains of not being allowed to Skype

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST

In what could be regarded as the height of whining, a Bangladeshi terrorist, who plotted to blow up a passenger jet, has complained that that he is not allowed to use Skype to make low-cost phone call...

Bajaj Auto launches low cost car RE 60, promises 40 km per litre

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:46 AM PST

The company claims that RE 60 would have a mileage of close to 40 km per litre and will have a 200 cc engine....


Firebombings in New York: Suspect seen in security video

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:58 AM PST

It was around 10 p.m. Sunday when a man in a hooded sweatshirt drove up to a home on 170th Street in Jamaica, Queens, and stepped out holding a glass bottle....


FICCI for release of AMRI directors

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:41 AM PST

Nearly a month after directors of AMRI Hospital were arrested in connection with the devastating fire, industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has urged the West B...


Illegal mining: 81 cops let off, Hegde cries foul

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:28 AM PST

Months after the Lokayukta report on illegal mining was submitted by the then Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, it certainly begins to look as if not everybody named in the report will face action. Eig...


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