Monday, January 23, 2012

Five big facts about UP's health fund scam

Five big facts about UP's health fund scam


Five big facts about UP's health fund scam

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:12 AM PST

As Uttar Pradesh heads for elections, the Mayawati government finds itself bearing the weight of a scandal of huge proportions. Money sent by the centre for improving health care has disappeared over...


Full transcript: In conversation with Oprah Winfrey

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:11 AM PST

Talk show queen and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, in a session moderated by NDTV's Barkha Dutt at the Jaipur Literature Festival, spoke on her India trip, the Mumbai traffic which seemed straight out of ...


Pathribal fake encounter case: Army refuses to probe officers involved

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:55 AM PST

Breakthrough in 13/7 Mumbai blasts case; arrests made, says ATS

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:41 AM PST

Two people have been arrested in the July 13, 2011, Mumbai triple blasts and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claims it has put the pieces in the case together. But the mastermind, Yasin Bha...


Cold wave persists but no fog today

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:20 AM PST

Corruption chorus grows against Sikkim chief minister Chamling

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:57 AM PST

The government in Sikkim faces serious accusations of corruption, and the Supreme Court has now intervened. Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, the Centre and the CBI have all been asked to respond t...


Full Transcript: Your Call with Dr Deepak Chopra

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:38 AM PST

NDTV speaks to Deepak Chopra whose life is truly an extraordinary one - someone, who has been described as a prophet of alternative medicine by Time magazine; a new age superstar by others.


Lucknow official accused of health funds scam shoots himself

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:26 AM PST

Sunil Verma, an officer among those accused of stealing crores worth of funds meant for better health facilities in Uttar Pradesh, has died after he shot himself in the head in his government flat in ...


Russia hands over nuclear attack submarine to India

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:54 AM PST

Russia's Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine was handed over to the Indian Navy at a ceremony in the far eastern port of Primorye, making India the sixth operator of such subs in the world.


British teacher arrested for 'inappropriate chat' with boy

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:38 AM PST

A British national heading an international school here has been arrested on charges of "inappropriate conversations" with a seventh standard student, police said. Head Master of the British Internati...


UP polls: Revolt in BJP over promotion of Rajnath Singh's son

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:19 AM PST

Anxious not to let internal dissent derail its poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party today tried to stem the revolt in the party's state unit following the appointment of senior l...


Total Salman Rushdie blackout? New trouble over video link with writer

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:14 PM PST

Salman Rushdie: The controversy over Salman Rushdie - first his presence, and then his absence - and the Jaipur Literature Festival has driven a new chapter today.


Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's 115th birth anniversary today

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:51 PM PST

Controversy over who kept Salman Rushdie out of Jaipur Literature Festival

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST

Salman Rushdie: The literary fest in Jaipur is drawing big crowds, but also bigger controversies, courtesy Salman Rushdie. The heated debate over several authors reading from his The Satanic Verses, a...


Indian couple's nightmare: SM Krishna may talk to Norway

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:34 PM PST

As an Indian couple battles in Norway for the custody of their two children - taken away and sent to foster care by the Child Protective Services - External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is expected to ...


Why I read from The Satanic Verses: An author's explanation

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:22 PM PST

How did Bawanthadi Canal develop cracks? Maharashtra to probe

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:17 PM PST

The 26-kilometre Bawanthadi Canal has run into trouble even before its inauguration. The inter-state project between Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, that was to supply irrigation and drinking water to...


Former DMK minister arrested on land-grabbing charges

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:29 PM PST

Another former DMK Minister, Vellakovil Swaminathan, has been arrested in Tamil Nadu this morning. Mr Swaminathan, who was the Highways Minister till last April in the government of M Karunanidhi, has...


Authorities vacate shelter for homeless after misuse exposed

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:26 PM PST

As the misery of the cold wave continues to grip northern India, it's the homeless who are bearing the maximum brunt. One of them is Dhaniram, who lives in an under-construction building in the Chindw...


Family of Indian killed in Nigeria attacks shocked

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST

A 23-year-old Indian national, Kewal Rajput, was killed in the coordinated bombings and gun attacks in Nigeria by an Islamic sect that has left more than 180 people dead. As the news reached his famil...


Pak developments are of deep concern, says SM Krishna

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:09 AM PST

After controversy, Madhya Pradesh minister says no to shoes with laces

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 06:34 AM PST

Madhya Pradesh Cooperative Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen, who landed in a controversy after he was caught by TV cameras getting his shoe laces allegedly tied by a boy, on Sunday swore before media that...


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