Monday, January 16, 2012

Union minister's Mullaperiyar remark irks Kerala

Union minister's Mullaperiyar remark irks Kerala


Union minister's Mullaperiyar remark irks Kerala

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:23 AM PST

Union Science and Technology Minister Ashwani Kumar's statement that the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe has not gone down well in Kerala with ruling front ally Kerala Congress (Mani) on Monday ...


UP polls: Priyanka Gandhi begins her campaign

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:49 AM PST

Priyanka Gandhi has begun her three-day tour of the Gandhi bastions of Amethi and Rae Bareli today. She is expected to hold closed door meetings with Congress workers from 10 Assembly constituencies. ...


India, China begin talks on border issue

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:40 AM PST

India and China today began talks to put in place a mechanism for management of the border between the two nations, an issue that has been an irritant in bilateral relations.


Italy cruise tragedy: 201 Indians rescued, one missing

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:19 AM PST

201 Indians have been rescued after a luxury cruise liner ran aground and tipped over off the Tuscan coast in Italy, leaving six dead. 16 are still missing, including an Indian.


Mumbai hit-and-run case: Alistair Pereira surrenders

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:03 AM PST

Alistair Pereira, whose bail in the 2006 hit-and-run case was cancelled by the Supreme Court, has surrendered at the Sewri court. Seven people were killed after Pereira, driving under the influence of...


Faculty shortage could thwart India's education dream

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:59 PM PST

At one of the better colleges in India's capital, there is just one large room for 140 faculty members to sit and have a cup of tea or grade papers. "If even half show up, there aren't enough chairs,"...


Supreme Court extends Sukh Ram's bail

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:28 PM PST

Sukh Ram's bail plea: The Supreme Court today extended the interim bail granted to former Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram in a 1993 telecom scam.


Bengal hooch tragedy: Main accused Khora Badshah surrenders

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST

After being on the run for over a month, the prime accused in the West Bengal hooch tragedy Khora Badshah finally surrendered in a court today.

What triggered the case against Facebook, Google

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:14 PM PST

India has long faced an uneasy tension between allowing free expression to its citizens and staunching sectarian violence among its people. It was one of the first countries to ban "The Satanic Verses...


Marathon champ shuns 5-star suite to realise Olympic dream

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST

India's veteran marathoner, hawaldar Ram Singh Yadav was truly a man on a mission in Mumbai on Sunday. After almost a year of meticulous planning that culminated in an almost 'top-secret' movement of ...


Congress releases manifesto in Punjab, focus on girl child

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:44 PM PST

The Congress party is promising to eradicate female foeticide and infanticide if it comes to power in Punjab, a state that has a skewed sex ratio.


Delhi High Court to hear Google-Facebook's petition today

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:43 PM PST

The Delhi High Court will today hear the petition filed by Google and Facebook, challenging the summons issued to them by a lower court.


US court rejects blocking of American bank loans to Air India

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:27 PM PST

A US federal court has rejected a bid by an industry body of major US airlines to block a $ 3.4-billion loan to Air India to purchase new Boeing planes.

UP polls: BJP to release vision document

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 08:46 PM PST

With just over three weeks to go before the crucial assembly elections begin in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party will release its vision document for the state.


After fresh snowfall, Jammu-Srinagar highway closed again

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:47 PM PST

Man and machines are trying hard to clear the snow and rubble at Kud, half way of the Jammu and Srinagar highway. After opening for a couple of days, fresh snowfall has blocked the highway again.

Full Transcript: Your Call with Sukhbir Singh Badal

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

Speaking to NDTV about the poll expenditure, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal said the current limit set by the Election Commission is unrealistic and that "no party fights election...


'Nuclear capable Agni-V to be tested soon'

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:55 AM PST

Agni-V, the 5,000-km version of the nuclear capable missile, is in the final phase of testing and is soon set for launch, a senior DRDO official said on Sunday.


Pregnant woman's death: Bengal Govt gives clean chit to Health Department

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST

Two days after a woman died giving birth to twin babies on a pavement in the city, causing public outcry against medical negligence, West Bengal government has claimed that no state-run hospital refus...

India's first woman photo-journalist Homai Vyarawala dies

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:34 AM PST

India's first woman photo-journalist Homai Vyarawala died at a private hospital in the city this morning at the age of 98. She fell from her cot three days ago and was hospitalised at a private hospit...


India, China to begin boundary talks on Monday

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:32 AM PST

China's influential state councillor Dai Bingguo on Sunday touched down in New Delhi for two-day talks on the festering boundary issue and is expected to seal a landmark border mechanism that seeks to...


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