Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In letter, Iran says it's ready for talks

In letter, Iran says it's ready for talks


In letter, Iran says it's ready for talks

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:36 PM PST

Iran has told world powers it is ready to resume talks as soon as possible over its disputed nuclear program, according to a letter, an offer that could reflect its difficulty in coping with tough U.S...


'Sticky bomb' blast: Overnight raids in Delhi, several suspects detained

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:20 PM PST

Investigators probing the "sticky bomb" blast that hit an Israeli diplomat's vehicle in New Delhi on Monday have detained several suspects in overnight raids conducted in the capital. Yesterday, the ...


AC Milan sink hapless Arsenal 4-0 at San Siro

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:05 PM PST

AC Milan all but booked their place in the Champions League quarter-finals with a swashbuckling performance to thump hapless Arsenal 4-0 at the San Siro on Wednesday.A Kevin-Prince Boateng blockbuster...


In US, Indian fast-food tries to enter mainstream

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:46 AM PST

Alexis Sugrue'S T-shirt promised "Simple food. Endless choices." Like the stylized elephant logo on her black ball cap and the cheerful step-by-step menu on the wall here at Bombay Bowl, the slogan co...


In dramatic flourish, Rahul rips up paper at rally

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:40 AM PST

Accusing the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) of making "only promises", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today tore a piece of paper at an election meeting to drive home the point t...


Can support Congress if I see BJP coming to power: Mulayam

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:40 AM PST

Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that he is willing to support the Congress in Uttar Pradesh after polls if he sees the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coming to power.


Bomber hired for Delhi's sticky-bomb attack may be of Indian origin, say sources: 5 big facts

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:34 AM PST

The Delhi Police has been searching for a man on a motorcycle who planted a bomb at a traffic signal on a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy. The explosion destroyed the car on Monday just a few fee...


Mumbai civic polls will be a turning point in Maharashtra politics: Chavan

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:23 AM PST

Angry Birds game now on Facebook

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:04 AM PST

The Angry Birds game that has been downloaded 500 million times has been launched as a free version on social network Facebook. In the game, players use catapults to fire infuriated birds at pigs hidi...

More than 300 inmates killed in Honduras prison fire

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:02 AM PST

Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in one of the world's deadliest fires in decades, authorities said on Wednesday. Some ...


Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural, Supreme Court told

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:49 AM PST

The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Sen...

Two Indian fishermen mistaken for pirates, shot dead

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:33 AM PST

Two fishermen, one each from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, in a fishing boat were on Wednesday shot dead by security officials of an Italian cargo vessel in the deep sea after being mistaken for pirates, an ...


Raped in car in Kolkata, police scours Facebook for clues

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:29 AM PST

10 deadliest prison fires in the world

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

The world has seen some really deadly prison fires with the death toll sometimes running into hundereds. The latest fire in Comayagua prison in Honduras is by far the deadliest fire in the world. Bur ...

India-Pakistan visa rules to be eased

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:59 AM PST

India and Pakistan today took a big step forward in strengthening trade relationship by easing visa rules. The move is aimed at normalising trade ties by the end of the year. The revised visa agreemen...


Telenor wants compensation from Unitech for 2G licence cancellation

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:56 AM PST

Norway's Telenor Group made an indemnity claim against Unitech, the construction group and the joint venture partner in Uninor for cancellation of telecom licences and sought compensation for cancel...


Defiant Iran unveils nuclear progress

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:57 AM PST

Iran announced new strides on Wednesday in its nuclear programme, in a defiant blow to US and EU pressure to rein in its atomic activities and amid signs of an increasingly vicious covert war with Isr...


Oil near month-high of $102 a barrel

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:36 AM PST

Mother reunited with baby Falak in hospital

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:21 AM PST

It was an emotional moment for Munni today when she reunited with her two-year-old battered daughter Falak admitted in the ICU of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for life threatening i...


Oil at 1 month high; near $102 on halt of Iran crude exports

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST

UP polls: 56 percent turnout recorded in third phase

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:05 AM PST

Around 56 per cent of the 1.75 crore-strong electorate today exercised its franchise for 56 seats in the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in which Mayawati's ruling BSP is facing a stro...

Bomber in Delhi's car attack may be of Indian origin: Sources

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:04 AM PST

The motorcyclist, who planted a bomb on an Israeli embassy car in Delhi, may have been of Indian origin, according to investigators working on the case. The biker was described yesterday by Home minis...


Stop opposing our Nuclear programme: Ahmadinejad tells US

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:23 AM PST

Iran says it has begun loading domestically-made nuclear fuel rods into its Tehran research reactor, a defiant move in response to toughening Western sanctions.


Iran says using new advanced uranium centrifuges

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:08 AM PST

An Iranian news agency says that the country has started using new advanced centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment site. The semi-official Fars agency reported Wednesday that a "new generation of ...


Why many in Pakistan are vowing 'I'll drink Shezan'

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:07 AM PST

Following a ban by a lawyers' group on Shezan juices that are made by an Ahmadi-owned firm, the company's products are being endorsed with new vigour by progressive Pakistanis.


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