Germany's President quits over corruption charges

Germany's President quits over corruption charges
Accountability panel questions Omar over 'unlawful' political appointments
Beni Prasad on quota remark row: 'We respect poll panel, it was a slip of tongue'
Nazis 'planted spy in MI5 during World War II'
Drew Smith - Smoke And Mirrors (YouTube Video)
Terror suspect arrested near Capitol in FBI sting
Mumbai elections: Shiv Sena-BJP win; Congress concedes defeat
Pune civic polls: Raj Thackeray makes inroads; Sharad Pawar's NCP dominates again
Shiv Sena-BJP retain power in Mumbai civic polls
Westfield jailed, Kaneria named in spot-fixing case
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's teachings on your phone
On Facebook, Lady Gaga can be Lady Gaga
2002 Gujarat riots: Former judge says there's audio tape with evidence against Modi
Ponty Chadha raids: Official who led probe against liquor baron transferred
Mamata is in Group of 5 who oppose centre's new counter terror body
China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row
Like Mamata, Jayalalithaa sends PM angry letter about anti-terror agency
Centre seeks review of Supreme Court verdict in Vodafone tax case
Sri Lanka thump Australia for first win of the series
Mumbai verdict is slap on Congress' face, says Shiv Sena
Women demand mobile phones, not toilets: Jairam Ramesh
BJP complains to Election Commission on Beni Prasad's quota remark
India strengthening its military against China: US officials
Why Narendra Modi has been missing in UP polls

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:13 PM PST

Germany's president resigned on Friday in a scandal over favors he allegedly received before becoming head of state, and Chancellor Angela Merkel moved quickly to try and head off a domestic political...

Accountability panel questions Omar over 'unlawful' political appointments

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:13 PM PST

Jammu & Kashmir's State Accountability Commission has issued a notice to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for what it calls "unlawful" political appointment of his advisors. The Chief Minister has been as...

Beni Prasad on quota remark row: 'We respect poll panel, it was a slip of tongue'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:08 PM PST

After his controversial remarks regarding the minority quota in an election speech and then daring Election Commission, Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma has taken an U-turn, saying his comments could...

Nazis 'planted spy in MI5 during World War II'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:26 AM PST

German dictator Adolf Hitler managed to plant a Nazi agent in British spy agency MI5 during the initial years of the Second World War, but failed to utilise him, de-classified documents have revealed.

Drew Smith - Smoke And Mirrors (YouTube Video)

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:23 AM PST

The video is one example of the breadth of outsourcing, which has come to include the kind of highly specialized skills - like microchip design, which IBM contracted to an Indian company in 2005 - tha...

Terror suspect arrested near Capitol in FBI sting

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:13 AM PST

Police say a terrorism suspect has been arrested in an FBI sting operation near the US Capitol while planning to detonate what he thought were explosives.

Mumbai elections: Shiv Sena-BJP win; Congress concedes defeat

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:24 AM PST

The Shiv Sena- BJP combine has powered ahead in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, India's richest civi body with an annual budget of 21,000 crore. Here are five big facts on this story.

Pune civic polls: Raj Thackeray makes inroads; Sharad Pawar's NCP dominates again

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:41 AM PST

With the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) results, Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has made deep inroads into the city. The Pune civic polls have traditionally been dominated by the C...

Shiv Sena-BJP retain power in Mumbai civic polls

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:43 AM PST

The Shiv Sena-BJP's 17-year-old reign over Maximum City got another extension of five years from the people of Mumbai today.

Westfield jailed, Kaneria named in spot-fixing case

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

Mervyn Westfield, the former Essex bowler, has been sentenced to four months in jail after admitting his role in spot-fixing on a day where a court heard Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, named...

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's teachings on your phone

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:11 AM PST

NDTV today announced an exclusive partnership with The Art of Living Foundation spearheaded by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, India's prominent spiritual leader. NDTV will have the exclusive right...

On Facebook, Lady Gaga can be Lady Gaga

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:32 AM PST

On Facebook, celebrity has its privileges including the right to use a made-up name.

2002 Gujarat riots: Former judge says there's audio tape with evidence against Modi

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:08 AM PST

In fresh trouble for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, retired judge, H Suresh, who was part of a peoples' tribunal that visited Gujarat in May 2002 has told NDTV that the tribunal has an audio re...

Ponty Chadha raids: Official who led probe against liquor baron transferred

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:22 AM PST

Central Bureau of Direct Tax official SS Rana, who steered raids on the premises of Uttar Pradesh liquor and real estate baron Ponty Chadha earlier this month has been transferred.

Mamata is in Group of 5 who oppose centre's new counter terror body

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:16 AM PST

It's not exactly a good Friday for the Congress. In Mumbai, it's performance in the local elections has been below average. And on the national landscape, it's staring at another huge confrontation wi...

China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:08 AM PST

Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark - side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created ...

Like Mamata, Jayalalithaa sends PM angry letter about anti-terror agency

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:38 AM PST

After West Bengal Chief Minister wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, saying all governments should have been consulted, Tamil Nadu Chief Minis...

Centre seeks review of Supreme Court verdict in Vodafone tax case

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:21 AM PST

The government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court in the Vodafone tax dispute case.

Sri Lanka thump Australia for first win of the series

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:15 AM PST

A rejuvenated Sri Lanka excelled with the ball and in the field to cut down Australia's batting and then raced impudently to their rain-reduced target for an eight-wicket victory and a bonus point in ...

Mumbai verdict is slap on Congress' face, says Shiv Sena

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:09 AM PST

The Shiv Sena today said the verdict in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls was a slap on the face of Congress-NCP. "Mumbaikars have slapped Congress-NCP on the face," Shiv Sena MP and spok...

Women demand mobile phones, not toilets: Jairam Ramesh

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:15 AM PST

Minister's remarks come after a tribal woman was honoured for her campaign to get a public toilet built in her husband's village.

BJP complains to Election Commission on Beni Prasad's quota remark

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:39 AM PST

The BJP too has landed up at the Election Commission's door to complain against Congress minister Beni Prasad Verma for his remark on reservation.

India strengthening its military against China: US officials

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:27 AM PST

For the second time in less than a fortnight, top American intelligence officials have claimed that India is building up its armed forces focused at China's perceived aggressive posture in the Asia-Pa...

Why Narendra Modi has been missing in UP polls

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:02 AM PST

As campaign for Phase IV inches to a close today- there are fears in the party that- that Modi may skip UP totally.