Thursday, April 5, 2012

DNA report leads Jodhpur family to accept new-born daughter

DNA report leads Jodhpur family to accept new-born daughter


DNA report leads Jodhpur family to accept new-born daughter

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:53 AM PDT

It took a DNA test to convince Poonam Kanwar and her husband, Chain Singh, that a baby girl delivered 11 days ago is truly theirs.


BJP says Vilasrao must quit over land given to his trust

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:49 AM PDT

The Congress, besieged by allegations of corruption being its Standard Operating Procedure, now has new trouble in Maharashtra. The opposition claims that the state government's auditor has faulted se...


Yale University selects two Indians as 2012 World Fellows

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:31 AM PDT

Two Indians are among sixteen people selected by the prestigious Yale University in 2012 as its World Fellows, bringing the total number of fellows from India to 11 since the programme started in 2002...


Passenger with cerebral palsy takes SpiceJet to court

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:26 AM PDT

The Supreme Court has issued notice to SpiceJet on the plea by a cerebral palsy-afflicted woman, accusing the airline of forcibly deplaning her from a flight to Goa from Kolkata and seeking compensati...


INS Chakra: Top 10 must-know facts

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:18 AM PDT

With the induction of Nerpa, rechristened INS Chakra, into the Indian Navy on Wednesday, India is back in the elite club of nations having nuclear-powered submarines. Here are top 10 must-know facts a...


Former BJP minister arrested in Rajasthan for fake encounter

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:13 AM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Rajasthan's former minister and BJP's Chief Whip in the state Assembly Rajendra Rathore in connection with the Dara Singh fake encounter case.


Jharkhand High Court grants bail to former Chief Minister Madhu Koda

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Jharkhand High Court today granted bail to former state Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who was in prison for over two years in connection with illegal investments and hawala transaction case.


Jharkhand court wants CBI-like inquiry for cancelled Rajya Sabha poll

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:45 AM PDT

The Jharkhand High Court today directed the Election Commission to order an inquiry by a specialised agency like the CBI into circumstances leading to the countermanding of the Rajya Sabha elections i...


Balloons, fish curry at CPM's brainstorming session

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:37 AM PDT

It was in Kozhikode that in 1937, EMS Namboodiripad and a handful of others formed the first Communist cell in Kerala. Much before that, 500 years ago, Portugal's Vasco da Gama landed at a beach near ...


Rahul Gandhi analyses why Congress failed in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:21 AM PDT

Rahul Gandhi is taking stock. In Uttar Pradesh, where despite his leading the Congress from the front, the party fared very poorly in the assembly elections. Over the next two days starting today, Mr ...


Reports on troop movement 'absolutely stupid': Army Chief

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:57 AM PDT

Army Chief General V K Singh today dismissed as "absolutely stupid" a report that the Indian government was alarmed after the Army moved two units towards Delhi in January without informing the govern...


Two baby girls found abandoned; one on roadside, another in hospital

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:21 PM PDT

In a tragic incident, a three-year-old girl has been abandoned by her parents in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. The child, suffering from severe malnutrition, was admitted to the district hosp...


Odisha gives in to Naxals, will swap prisoners for hostages: 10 facts

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:12 PM PDT

In exchange for an Italian and an MLA, the Odisha government will release 27 prisoners, including eight Naxals. The hostages are being held by two rival factions of Naxals.


Supreme Court asked to stop Bikram Singh from taking over as Army Chief

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:50 PM PDT

When General VK Singh, the chief of the Indian Army, steps down at the end of May, he is meant to be replaced by Lt General Bikram Singh, currently the Eastern Army Commander.


Maid's cries cast light on child labor in India

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:21 PM PDT

A 13-year-old girl who worked as a maid reportedly led a life akin to slavery, in a symptom of India's growing middle class and its demand for domestic workers, jobs often filled by children.


In Bangalore, a remake to avoid being "Bangalored"

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:07 PM PDT

India's software industry has discovered it needs to move up the value chain or enter niche areas like gaming to continue growing. In 2008, companies in the United States and Europe saved over $20 bil...


Pawar takes a dig at Chavan's lunch with farmers, says it won't solve their drought problems

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:48 PM PDT

Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday took a dig at Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, saying his act of having lunch with farmers ...


Odisha to release Maoist prisoners in attempt to rescue Italian national, MLA

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:26 PM PDT

The Government of Odisha has decided to release 23 prisoners, eight of who are Maoists. This was a pre-condition for the release of Italian national, Bosusco Paolo, who has been kept hostage by the Ma...


Odisha to release Maoist prisoners in attempt to rescue Italian national, MLA

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:24 PM PDT

The Government of Odisha has decided to release 27 prisoners, eight of who are Maoists. This was a pre-condition for the release of Italian national, Bosusco Paolo, who has been kept hostage by the Ma...


US clarifies Hafiz Saeed bounty for information that will lead to arrest

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 09:22 PM PDT

Hafiz Saeed's open mocking of the bounty on him has made the US clarify that it wants the Lashkar-e-Taiba founder prosecuted and jailed; that the 10-million-dollar bounty it announced is not for infor...


Rahul Gandhi to begin review of UP poll debacle

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:39 PM PDT

The blame-game over the Congress debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is expected to begin on Thursday morning when Rahul Gandhi gets down to analysing the poll outcome which has come as a rude sho...


On campaign tour, Jagan Mohan tells voters to teach Congress a lesson

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:35 PM PDT

On any given day, Jagan Mohan Reddy can be seen touring the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The 38-year-old is holding rallies and going door-to-door to ask for votes. Before the end of May...


Kolkata's top cop transferred; she cracked Park Street rape case

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Kolkata's joint commissioner of police (Crime) Ms Damayanti Sen has been transferred as DIG (training) to Barrackpore, a posting considered low-profile in police circles. The transfer is being see...


Two days police custody for doctor-couple accused of locking up teen

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:24 PM PDT

The doctor-couple, accused of illegally confining and assaulting their teenage domestic help, have been remanded to 2 days police custody. They were arrested earlier in the day, after they were appare...


Young children thrown from top of temple in Karnataka ritual

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:24 PM PDT

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