Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Exiled Tibet PM urges intervention over China violence

Exiled Tibet PM urges intervention over China violence


Exiled Tibet PM urges intervention over China violence

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:08 PM PST

The Tibetan prime minister in exile has called on the international community to intervene after violent clashes between locals and security forces in a Tibetan-inhabited area of China.


GRP in a fix over cartridge haul as dealer denies illegality

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:41 PM PST

Rao said he will approach higher police authorities for cancellation of the case registered against him at Ambala's GRP police station.


Jat quota stir: Year on, police summon 150 persons over Mayyar incident

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:39 PM PST

Police have started sending summons to 150 persons, who were identified on the basis of video footage and press cuttings and photographers deployed by IG Hisar range on the day when the incident took place.


Poll norms tie families in knots over 'baraat' cavalcades

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:38 PM PST

Similar is the case of Navdeep, who is scheduled to tie the nuptial knot in Haridwar on the same day.Harish's family has now approached Yamunanangar deputy commissioner to intervene and help them out in this regard.


Team Anna tests Punjab waters

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:24 PM PST

Team Anna arrived in the holy city on Tuesday to launch an anti-corruption campaign and to pursue people to cast their votes only after weighing the creditability of candidates and not to get swayed by populist promises.


Jay Leno's spoof intolerable, says angry SGPC

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 05:02 PM PST

Leno had flashed a picture of Golden Temple during the programme and termed it as a possible summer home of US republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.


Job better than aid, say UP dalits

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST

Has BSP's rule improved Dalit lives? TOI reports from eastern UP.


'Job better than aid'

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST

Has BSP's rule improved Dalit lives? TOI reports from eastern UP.


BJP tars Mayawati and brother in graft paint

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST

The BJP on Tuesday alleged that Mayawati and her brothers had amassed wealth worth thousands of crores of rupees in the past five years and demanded a CBI inquiry.


Uttarakhand polls: Survey a shot in Khanduri’s arm

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST

Tuesday morning Uttarakhand woke up to a pre-poll survey giving BJP an edge and another term. If excitement was missing from the campaign, here was the one BJP was waiting for and Congress could have done without.


Badals promoted themselves: Sonia Gandhi

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

Sonia and Rahul have in successive rallies in UP, Uttarakhand and Punjab been insisting that the Manmohan Singh government has been generous with development funds.


We'll be clean: Rahul Gandhi

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought to turn the tables on BJP on corruption saying it had admitted sacked BSP minister B S Kushwaha into its fold despite pontificating on probity and clean governance.


Bollywood, curry, yoga & all that

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:58 PM PST

The foreign market for Bollywood could be as high as Rs 20 bn.


When science goes boink

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:54 PM PST

India needs to improve its standard of science education and invest more in R&D.


Putting the last first

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:46 PM PST

Progressive laws and policies will improve the lives of millions of the poor and the vulnerable


Superpower in the making?

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:42 PM PST

The country will need smart and inclusive policies that reduce socio-economic disparities and boost growth.


Body building

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:36 PM PST

A wish list of what our institutions — which have held our democracy together — should be like in the future


Two to tango

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:34 PM PST

Why activists must engage with the political elite for real change to happen?


Buck up if you want to be a global power

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:31 PM PST

India should market the skills of its young population to emerge a winner among other competitive countries.


A tale for many cities

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST

Meticulous detail, a sound master plan and the involvement of citizens can make our cities havens of tranquility.


Republic of hope

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:22 PM PST

Most young Indians feel patriotic about the Parade, bullish about the country's future and confident about themselves. But some problems of the present need fixing, finds our survey.


Let's believe in India

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST

The three Indias I have lived in and witnessed are quite different from each other. We have come a long way since 1950, when we became a republic.


Tour operators offer titillating 'human safaris' in Orissa

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST

Royal India Holidays advertises a tribal tour of Orissa, wherein tourist can "see the lifestyle of tattooed, heavily beaded, nearly naked people".


New energy norms hike fridge, AC prices

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:52 PM PST

Prices of refrigerators and air conditioners are rising on the back of the new Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) norms that came into force at the start of the year.


No Pakistani jokes please, we are Indian Army

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:34 PM PST

Irfan Malik and Ali Hasan, known as Pakistan's Laurel and Hardy, were denied permission to put up their show in Mhow after Army got to know of their 'Pakistani origin'.


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