Friday, June 22, 2012

BJP workers court arrest in Tamil Nadu

BJP workers court arrest in Tamil Nadu


BJP workers court arrest in Tamil Nadu

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:09 AM PDT

BJP's senior leader K Laxman and Tamil Nadu unit president Pon Radhakrishnan and scores of workers courted arrest in Chennai on Friday as part of the party's nation-wide 'Jail Bharo' protest to highli...


Kamakhya Temple closed for three days for Ambubachi Mela

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:07 AM PDT

The door of the famed Kamakhya Temple, seat of the Shakti cult, has been closed for three days starting today, on the occasion of the annual Ambubachi Mela. Elaborate security arrangement have also be...


IIT Bombay, Kharagpur likely to join revolt, hold own entrance exam: Sources

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:06 AM PDT

A day after Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi rejected the new entrance exam format announced by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on May 28 and said it would hold its ow...


Pranab or Sangma for President? The Math

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:02 AM PDT

India's Electoral College that will vote for a new president July 19 is made up of 4,896 members - 776 members of parliament and 4,120 members of the state assemblies. Between them they have 10,97,012...

Mumbai Mantralaya fire: 2 more bodies found, death toll at five

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:01 AM PDT

Two dead bodies were discovered in the charred remains of the Mumbai Mantralaya today, pushing the death toll from the 12-hour fire up to five. The building in South Mumbai, which is the government...


Major forest fire at LoC spreads to minefield, triggers mine blasts

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:51 AM PDT

A massive forest fire raging at the LoC in the Mendhar sector in Poonch has destroyed the border fence at several places. The fire that spread to Pakistan also reached a minefield triggering many mine...


Huge blow for Mamata Banerjee in battle with Tatas, she loses Singur court case: Top 10 facts

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:47 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjee has lost the Singur court case against Tata Motors. The Calcutta High Court has ruled that the legislation introduced by her that allows the government to recover land leased in Singur...


Relief in every window, but global worry too

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:29 AM PDT

In the ramshackle apartment blocks and sooty concrete homes that line the dusty roads of urban India, there is a new status symbol on proud display. An air-conditioner has become a sign of middle-clas...


'I climbed down the pipe to safety'

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:26 AM PDT

Of the 16 people, who sustained injuries in the major fire at Mantralaya yesterday, one Hemant Khaire, is said to be critical. He was admitted to the ICU at St George Hospital. Doctors said that his l...

Mantralaya fire: When students controlled crowds

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Our nation's obsession with disaster was on display yet again on Thursday, with flocks of onlookers gathering in front of Mantralaya to gape at the rescue operations. But 50-odd students from the Nati...


Mantralaya fire: What went wrong

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:59 AM PDT

A disaster control room, armed with the latest equipment to facilitate disaster management in the state's secretariat building now lies in a heap of ashes - so do crucial documents and papers which re...

Pranab to quit as finance minister on June 26: Report

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:40 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will step down on June 26, rather than the previously expected June 24, as he prepares to stand in July's presidential election, a senior member of the ruling Congres...


Mantralaya fire: The bravery of fire-fighters on display

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:37 AM PDT

An indication of the devastation that spread through Mantralaya may be gauged by the fact that the national flag, which has fluttered proudly from the terrace every day, had to be brought down abruptl...


Pranab is my guru, but I will contest for democracy: Sangma to NDTV

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:27 AM PDT

India retains average monsoon forecast for 2012

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:07 AM PDT

India's crucial monsoon rains are still expected to be average in 2012, the weather office said on Friday, helping to allay concerns over farm output in the major producer and consumer of food stuffs ...


Hillary Clinton identifies Ela Bhatt as one of her 'heroines'

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

IIT Kanpur, Delhi to hold own entrance exam; Bombay, Kharagpur likely to revolt too

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:51 PM PDT

Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development...


30 children die in 20 days in Allahabad's biggest government hospital

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:27 PM PDT

At least 30 children between the ages of 6 months to 2 years have died in the last 20 days in the biggest government run children's hospital in Allahabad. These deaths have blamed on poor facilitie...


BJP's 'jail bharo' protest against petrol price hike today

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:25 PM PDT

BJP will launch a one-day jail bharo agitation across the country on Friday during which party leaders and workers will court arrest to protest against the hike in prices of essential commodities and ...


Another war for water begins between Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT

The Kerala government's plan to construct a dam across River Siruvani has created a fresh row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, who are already fighting each other in court over the Mullaperiyar Dam.


IIT Delhi rejects proposal for new entrance format, adopts four-point resolution

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Following the footsteps of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Senate body of IIT Delhi has rejected the proposal of the new entrance format for the IITs by the Human Resource Development...

President poll: CPM backs Pranab, putting Mamata in a corner

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT

The four parties that make up the Left have decided their stand on the election for President of India. Two - the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), and the Forward Bloc - have said they will s...


Madhavan Nair removed from Bharat Electronics Limited Board of Directors

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has removed former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair from its Board of Directors as he was barred from holding any government post for...

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