Tuesday, January 3, 2012

FICCI for release of AMRI directors

FICCI for release of AMRI directors

FICCI for release of AMRI directors

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:11 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 02:58 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...

Mullaperiyar row: Empowered Committee rejects Kerala's demand

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:27 AM PST

The five-member Empowered Committee - appointed by the Supreme Court - over the raging controversy on the Mullaperiyar Dam today rejected Kerala's demand to reduce the water level to 120 feet in the d...

Mamata, Congress clash over renaming building

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:21 AM PST

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

Dey murder: Jigna Vora's custody extended

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST

A Mumbai court today remanded all the 11 accused in the J Dey murder case, including journalist Jigna Vora, to judicial custody till January 16.

Army chief age row: Letter to Defence Minister 'personal opinion', says Capt Amarinder Singh

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 02:06 AM PST

As the row over the age of Army chief General VK Singh threatens to snowball into a major controversy, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today said that his letter to Defence Minist...

China has overtaken India in the field of science: PM

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:18 AM PST

Noting that India's position in the field of science has been overtaken by China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought an increase in spending on scientific research to at least two per cent of ...

India asks traders to stay away from China's Yiwu trade hub

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST

The two Indians traders, who were virtually held captive by locals in China's Yiwu trade hub, have now been shifted to a hotel for "safety" reasons by the police, even as India issued an advisory aski...

Don't over-step your mandate: Parkash Singh Badal tells Election Commission

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:09 AM PST

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked officials from the Election Commission in the state not to over-step their mandate. He issued a press brief saying "They should treat the observance...

Seven-year-old girl sacrificed for "better harvest"

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:04 AM PST

Two men have been arrested in central India for allegedly killing a 7-year-old girl and cutting out her liver in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest, police said on Monday. Lalita Tati disap...

Akhilesh Yadav takes his Kranti Rath Yatra to western UP

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:54 AM PST

As campaigning reaches fever pitch in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav kickstarted the ninth phase of his 'Kranti Rath Yatra' today.

Candlelight vigil held for Anuj Bidve; Accused killer 'Psycho' remanded to police custody

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 12:48 AM PST

As anger still simmers over the horrific murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester last week, a candlelight vigil was held on Monday evening by his friends in the city as a mark of a silent pr...

J&K student death: Inexcusable, excessive use of force, says Omar

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:04 PM PST

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

Mangalore crash: Supreme Court notice on Rs.75 lakh compensation

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:44 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the central government and Air India on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh each for the 158 passengers killed in the May 2010 air c...

Lokpal Bill is well thought out: Amartya Sen

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:49 PM PST

Amid the fiasco in Parliament over the Lokpal bill and strong criticism of some of its clauses on Lokayukta by different political parties, Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen on Monday said that...

Paid news case: Supreme Court to hear Chavan's plea against Election Commission

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 08:15 PM PST

The Supreme Court will today take up former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's appeal challenging the jurisdiction of Election Commission in deciding the paid news case against him.

Team Anna rethink anti-Congress campaign

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:19 PM PST

Team Anna's plans to campaign against the Congress in the five poll-bound states this year have hit a roadblock with Anna Hazare in hospital. The anti-corruption crusader has been hospitalised for wha...

Indian cyberspace hit by Kim Jong-Il spam

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 10:01 AM PST

Indian computer security analysts have detected and alerted internet users against "malicious spam mails" in the name of the dead North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il leading to hacking and crashing of vul...

Disproportionate assets case: Jagan Mohan Reddy's auditor Vijayasai Reddy arrested

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 09:11 AM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested Vijayasai Reddy, the auditor of companies owned by Jagan Mohan Reddy in connection with the disproportionate assets case against the YSR Congre...

I'm psycho, says Anuj Bidve's alleged killer; UK cops visit family in Pune

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:05 AM PST

The 20-year-old man arrested for shooting Anuj Bidve near Manchester today described himself in court as "psycho." Asked to confirm his name and address, Kiaran Stapleton said his name is "Psycho. Psy...
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