Tuesday, February 21, 2012

US confident of sorting out Iranian oil issue with India

US confident of sorting out Iranian oil issue with India

US confident of sorting out Iranian oil issue with India

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:24 PM PST

The Obama administration has exuded confidence that it would comfortably sail through the challenging phase in its relationship with India on the issue of purchase of oil from Iran.

Mystery Mayawati baffles with late campaign surge

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST

The maverick BSP chief anyway has flummoxed pollsters by her unconventional way of campaigning. While her rivals were toiling for over two months, Mayawati started her election campaign just a week before the first phase.

BSP dropped charges against tainted netas: Kapil Sibal

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:10 PM PST

A day after Kanpur administration lodged an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for violating the model code of conduct, Union telecom minister Kapil Sibal accused CM Mayawati of patronizing politicians with criminal antecedents.

'Sim cards hold key in MP scribe's murder case'

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

The probe into the brutal murder of journalist Chandrika Rai (43), his wife and two children at Umaria in Eastern Madhya Pradesh, has taken an unexpected turn.

Did loo punishment kill 6-year-old boy?

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST

The family members of a six-year-old dalit boy have alleged that their kid, who was locked for several hours in his school bathroom for failing to turn in his homework, suffered a trauma that created severe health complications leading to his death.

CBI: Bhanwari case sleuths under threat

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:58 PM PST

The CBI on Tuesday told the Rajasthan high court that it's receiving threats and facing political pressure in the course of its investigation into the Bhanwari Devi case.

Now, use cellphones to set village roads right

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST

If you are not happy with the quality of construction of a centrally funded road in your village, just click a picture on your mobile phone and send it to the Union ministry of programme implementation . Chances are, action will swiftly follow.

Pratibha Patil most merciful President in 30 years

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:52 PM PST

President Pratibha Patil , seems to be the most merciful of all presidents during the last three decades. She has commuted death sentences of 23 petitioners to life imprisonment, which is over 90% of the total pardons granted since 1981.

Hindu group admits role in Haryana blasts

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:51 PM PST

Five people arrested by Patiala Police in connection with a series of blasts in Haryana are associated with a Jind-based Hindu terror group, Azad Sangthan. The five accused had been arrested earlier by Haryana Police on similar charges but were released on bail.

Former babu denies Unitech MD’s charge

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:45 PM PST

A former Registrar of Companies (RoC) official on Tuesday refuted in a Delhi court Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra's allegation that he had acted at the behest of the CBI in writing some words on documents relating to the change in the object clause of some alleged Unitech group firms.

Lukewarm response from private sector for NHAI top job

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST

The government's bid to attract global talent from private sector to head the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received a lukewarm response.

Unending wait to reach Hazur Sahib from Punjab

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:57 PM PST

Paying obeisance at the Hazur Sahib in Nanded of Maharashtra for the people from Punjab is increasingly becoming an unending wait.

HC quashes extension to retired official, fines Punjab govt

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:54 PM PST

Weird grounds preferred by Punjab government in retaining a retired Lt Colonel as district Sainik welfare officer, Jalandhar, failed to impress the Punjab and Haryana HC, which on Tuesday quashed the appointment

Ab to maan ja Hooda ji mhari ye guhhar...

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:51 PM PST

Even as the deadlock between agitating Jats and the district administration continues, adding flavour to the ongoing tussle are Bhajan Mandlis singing Raagni and Saangs (Haryanvi folk songs), who have started camping at the site of agitation.

For namesake's visa, Harbhajan gets a googly

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:45 PM PST

Cricketer Harbhajan Singh may have tormented many batsmen with his bowling but this is one googly he may fail to comprehend himself.

Rusticated school student fires at guard in Hisar, escapes

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:43 PM PST

A rusticated student of class XI in Vishvas Senior Secondary School in Hisar on Tuesday allegedly shot at and injured a school guard at the main gate and escaped.

Murrahs clear first round on ramp

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:41 PM PST

Contrary to apprehensions, murrah buffaloes on Tuesday qualified the first round of catwalk during a rehearsal organized at Arjun Stadium in Jind.

DSP murder: 4 cops shifted to Ludhiana

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST

With the EC allowing transfer of four old Ludhiana hands in the police force back to the mega city of Punjab, the department is hopeful this would give a major boost to the ongoing investigation in the DSP Baljit Gill's case.

DMK minister harassing 2G witnesses, Swamy writes to PM

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:11 PM PST

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, one of the petitioners in the 2G scam, has accused the income tax and the customs and central excise departments of harassing witnesses in the 2G scam.

Praful Patel refutes change of aircraft charge, asks Ajit Singh to order probe

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:09 PM PST

Stung by an RTI reply suggesting that a larger aircraft was deployed to accommodate his family, Union minister Praful Patel's urged civil aviation minister Ajit Singh for a probe into the change of aircraft by Air India.

India, Pak extend agreement on reducing risks from nuke mishaps

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:08 PM PST

India and Pakistan on Tuesday extended for another five years the agreement to reduce the risk from accidents related to nuclear weapons. The agreement had entered into force on February 21, 2007 for an initial duration of five years.

PM seeks to placate CMs hostile to NCTC

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:03 PM PST

PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday sought to placate state governments over their strenuous opposition to the NCTC by writing to 7 CMs and assuring that home minister P Chidambaram will consult them over the agency's functioning.

SC issues notice to Jayalalithaa in 1992 DA case

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:57 PM PST

The CBI on Tuesday challenged a Madras High Court decision quashing an unaccounted wealth case of nearly Rs 3 crore against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.


SC issues notice to Jayalalithaa in 1992 DA case

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:57 PM PST

The CBI on Tuesday challenged a Madras High Court decision quashing an unaccounted wealth case of nearly Rs 3 crore against Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

India hardens stand on arrest of Italian Naval guards

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:55 PM PST

Italy rushed its junior foreign minister to India on Tuesday in the face of New Delhi's hardened stand while invoking its own extra-territorial jurisdiction to justify the arrest of the Italian marine security guards accused of killing two Indian fishermen.
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