Monday, February 20, 2012

Modi is one of our six candidates for PM: Gadkari to NDTV

Modi is one of our six candidates for PM: Gadkari to NDTV


Modi is one of our six candidates for PM: Gadkari to NDTV

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:53 AM PST

Narendra Modi's absence in the heat and dust of the Uttar Pradesh elections has made more news than the presence of many others. Is the BJP's star campaigner sulking? Not at all, says party president ...


Kingfisher cancels more flights, CEO summoned tomorrow for explanation

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:47 AM PST

Kingfisher Airlines scrapped 16 flights this morning, extending a hellish weekend for its passengers. 12 flights out of Mumbai and four from Delhi were cancelled early today. Sanjay Aggarwal, the Chie...


Expert panel begins evaluating treasure found in Padmanabhaswamy temple

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:41 AM PST

The experts' committee constituted by the Supreme Court for inventorying and scientifically documenting the priceless treasures found in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here comme...


Government car stolen, driver runs over two pedestrians in Delhi

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:28 AM PST

A car belonging to the Ministry of External Affairs was stolen for few hours by a cleaner today. He ended up killing two people out for a walk near Ansal Plaza, a mall in South Delhi.


Nitish's letter to PM against new counter-terror body

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST

Terming as "unilateral and hasty" the proposal to set up the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked the Prime Minister to re-examine the issue and ensure the ...


Kolkata's Park Street rape case: 10 big facts

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST

Mamata Banerjee has been caught in a controversy of her own making in West Bengal over a rape that left Kolkata cold. The city is usually considered safe for women, especially when compared to other m...


Politics over Kolkata rape: CPM slams Mamata Banerjee's remarks

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:53 AM PST

Nine months after they lost in West Bengal, the CPM put on a show of strength with a huge rally in Kolkata on Sunday, with former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya saying it was bigger than any ra...


India's decision to import Iran oil a slap on US face: Former US diplomat

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:53 PM PST

India's decision to continue importing Iranian oil is a slap on the face of the United States, which is galvanising the international community to isolate Tehran, according to a former US diplomat who...


Indian fishermen killed: Two Italian crew members to be produced in court today

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:54 PM PST

Two Italian navy personnel who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast last Wednesday, will be produced in court in Kollam district today. Police arrested Latore Massimiliano and...


Differently-abled passenger off-loaded, SpiceJet promises action

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:22 PM PST

Kingfisher cancels 16 more flights, will it be penalised?

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:53 PM PST

Hundreds of passengers booked on Kingfisher flights are stranded, with the cash-strapped carrier cancelling 12 flights out of Mumbai and four of Delhi early this morning. There were large-scale cancel...


Modi orders inquiry after six dead in temple stampede

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:26 PM PST

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has ordered an inquiry in the stampede at the Bhavnath temple in Junagadh district, where six devotees including three women were killed. At least 30 others were i...


Ajit Singh's son seen taking cash at UP rally; booked for poll code violation

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:28 AM PST

Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary, who is the son of Union Minister Ajit Singh, has been booked for violating the model code of conduct during the ongoing polls in Uttar Pradesh.


Indian fishermen killed: Two Italian crew members charged with murder

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:04 AM PST

Four days after two Indian fishermen were shot dead by the crew of an Italian ship, two naval personnel onboard the vessel have been charged with murder. The move came shortly after the armed crew mem...


Stampede at Bhavnath temple in Gujarat; six killed

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:59 AM PST

Baby Falak to undergo fifth surgery

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST

Two-year-old battered baby Falak, who is battling for life for the past 33 days at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is likely to undergo another life saving surgery, doctors said on Sunday...


Tripura Chief Minister becomes latest to join anti-NCTC chorus

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:42 AM PST

The Left Front government in Tripura joined the anti-NCTC chorus with Manik Sarkar becoming the 11th Chief Minister to oppose the proposal even as his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi today accused t...


Over 17 crore kids get polio vaccine across India

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:37 AM PST

Seventeen crore children aged under five were immunised on Sunday in a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, which did not report even a single new case of the disease during the last one year.


Five Indians held in Ghana for economic offences

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 05:52 AM PST

Five Indians and 31 other foreigners were arrested in Ghana for flouting investment laws, the authorities said. GIS spokesman Francis Palmdeti said the foreigners were arrested for breaching the GIPC'...


Jayalalithaa's ex-aide Sasikala's husband Natarajan remanded to judicial custody till March 2

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 04:13 AM PST

A local court today remanded M Natarajan, husband of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged aide Sasikala to judicial custody till March 2. He was arrested in Chennai by Thanjavur police o...


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