Thursday, January 19, 2012

No respite from fog in Delhi, flights and trains delayed again

No respite from fog in Delhi, flights and trains delayed again


No respite from fog in Delhi, flights and trains delayed again

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:51 PM PST

Mansoor Ijaz cries foul after music video featuring him surfaces

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST

The complex political and legal drama Pakistani reporters call "Memogate" veered into unexpected territory on Wednesday, when an American businessman who claims that Pakistan's government asked the Un...


Mansoor Ijaz issued visa to Pakistan

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:03 PM PST

Modi fasts for communal harmony in Godhra today

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:00 PM PST

Almost 10 years after the Godhra train carnage, which set off one of the worst communal riots in the country's history, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is all set to take his sadbhavna mission to...


Bangladesh coup foiled, claims military; Anti-India group plotted coup?

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:42 AM PST

The Bangladesh military has foiled a plot by hardline Muslim officers, their retired colleagues and Bangladeshi conspirators living abroad to overthrow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a military spokesm...


Apple launches iBooks 2, its interactive textbooks software

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

Apple is launching a new version of its iBooks software, tailored to present vivid, interactive textbooks for elementary and high school students on the iPads.


Gilani drives his SUV to Supreme Court, wins reprieve

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:28 AM PST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani came out of the Supreme Court smiling today. He had earned himself a reprieve - the court has given the civilian government time till February 1 to respond...


Rick Perry drops out of US presidential race

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:36 AM PST

Texas Governor Rick Perry on Thursday dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed Newt Gingrich, adding a fresh layer of unpredictability to the campaign two days b...


Mumbai airport: Main runway off-limits for next few months

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:24 AM PST

If you are travelling to or from Mumbai, bring a book. Delays are expected starting tomorrow because the international airport's main runway is being closed from 9 am to 5 pm for the next four months.


Kalmadi granted bail, may return as head of Indian Olympic Association

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:44 AM PST

Suresh Kalmadi, arguably one of India's more controversial politicians, left Delhi's Tihar Jail today after being granted bail. The fact that Mr Kalmadi was imprisoned on charges of corruption has app...


Bengal hospital horror: Mamata blames the Left for 40,000 infant deaths each year

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:37 AM PST

In just 48 hours, 15 babies have died in a government hospital in Malda, West Bengal. The government quibbles that it is 11 deaths in two days, not 15, a number no less shocking. Four of the babies di...


Student dies after tweeting, 'Thank you God'

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:29 AM PST

A student at Gardner-Webb University has died after she collapsed in class on her 21st birthday. A spokesman says Ariane Noelle Patterson was in a religion class at the Boiling Springs school when she...

Pepe stamps Messi's hand, earns press' ire

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:14 AM PST

The sporting press splashed front-page pictures of Pepe's stamp on a prostrate Messi in the Spanish Cup quarter-final in the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday."Pepe, a public danger, was the biggest ...


Vodafone's $2.5 billion tax dispute: Five big facts

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:12 AM PST

Vodafone claims that India cannot levy taxes because the transaction was made between non-Indian companies outside the country. Vodafone lost its case in the Bombay High Court in 2008 and then appeale...


Army chief meets Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:07 AM PST

A day after Pallam Raju accused the Army chief of setting "an unhealthy precedent," the Minister of State for Defence met General VK Singh. Mr Raju said yesterday that the General's decision to take t...


Doctors tell woman to go home, she delivers at roadside stall

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:00 AM PST

When Parvati Majhi, who was pregnant, felt some pain, she didn't want to take any chances. So the 22-year-old headed straight to the Medical College and Hospital in Burdwan, which is around 100 kms no...


Umar Gul helps Pakistan rout England in first Test

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:55 AM PST

Pakistan emphasised the effectiveness of their revamped approach to cricket, which is resolute but unspectacular, by hurrying England, the No. 1 Test side, towards a 10-wicket defeat inside three ...


Team India can beat any side: BCCI chief

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:45 AM PST

BCCI chief N Srinivasan has defended the shoddy performance of Team India Down Under on Thursday saying that the side continues to have a lot of potential.Speaking to Shekhar Gupta on NDTV's Walk ...


Bangalore autodriver returns five lakhs left behind

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:41 AM PST

When an auto-driver found five lakhs left behind in his three-wheeler, he knew exactly what to do. K Panduranga drove straight to the police station and handed over the bag full of money. Senior Bang...


In twist to the usual tale, student rejects University of Oxford

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:41 AM PST

Receiving a rejection letter from the University of Oxford is common, but one applicant has turned the tables by sending a 'rejection letter' to the prestigious varsity on the ground that it is not up...

Don't be over-sensitive about relations with China: Krishna

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:14 AM PST

Team India goes shopping; Laxman prefers to practise

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:41 AM PST

Beleaguered batsman VVS Laxman was the only Indian batsman to come out for practice, while some of the members chose to go shopping ahead of the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide.After arriv...


10 facts about the new developments in Pakistan

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:32 AM PST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appeared at the Supreme Court today to respond to a contempt notice. In a show of support, many leaders and ministers from the ruling coalition, including...


Rushdie goes silent on Twitter, no hints about his India visit

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 03:28 AM PST

Even as uncertainty looms over Salman Rushdie's appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the India-born author himself is not giving any hints about his plans to visit India and has maintained a ...


Protest in Mumbai over three-year-old found dead in garbage

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 03:25 AM PST

Over 100 women from a slum in south Mumbai on Thursday demonstrated outside two police stations after a three-and-half-year-old girl from the area was found murdered, police said. Identified as Karish...

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