Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Dimple Yadav, MP? Walkover likely, Mayawati's party to skip the election

Dimple Yadav, MP? Walkover likely, Mayawati's party to skip the election


Dimple Yadav, MP? Walkover likely, Mayawati's party to skip the election

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:50 AM PDT

After officially declaring her candidacy for the Lok Sabha election from Kannauj, Dimple Yadav summed up why people should vote for her: "As the chief minister's wife, I am your best option for gettin...


After Tatra deal, more trouble for BEML: Board wants directors to be probed

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:38 AM PDT

35-lakh toilets not meant only for senior officials: Planning Commission

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:34 AM PDT

The Planning Commission has issued a statement in an attempt to explain why it spent 35 lakhs on renovating two toilets in its office. "It is unfortunate that what is routine maintenance and upgradati...


Response from Planning Commission on toilet controversy

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Meet Aparna, Mumbai's teenage sex educator

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:02 AM PDT

It's a hot Sunday afternoon, but the stifling Mumbai summer air does nothing to curb the enthusiasm of the girls surrounding her. Aparna, a spunky 16-year-old, is in the midst of giving a group of her...


Leon Panetta meets AK Antony; China, Af-Pak discussed

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 02:02 AM PDT

In heat wave, Dalit beaten to death for using water pump

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:52 AM PDT

Police in north India said Wednesday they were hunting for a village strongman accused of beating to death an "untouchable" neighbour who broke strict caste-based rules by using a local hand pump.

Will former Army Chief VK Singh be summoned in defamation case? Court to decide today

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:44 AM PDT

A Delhi court will today decide whether or not to summon former Army Chief VK Singh in a defamation case filed against him by retired Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh. The court had earlier noted tha...


After Education Minister's kids fail exams, he wants academic chief to quit

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:39 AM PDT

A Raja allowed to visit Tamil Nadu on Friday

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:33 AM PDT

Pentagon says India is a global power

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:21 AM PDT

After engine failure, IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Nagpur

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Where is Fasih Mamood asks Supreme Court again, but no answers

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:48 AM PDT

The central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it had never taken into custody Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Bihar who went missing in Saudi Arabia, and was trying to ascertain his ...


Watch: Man in Indore shot dead on camera

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 12:10 AM PDT

CBI to investigate murder of Ranvir Sena chief in Bihar

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:49 PM PDT

SM Krishna to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in China today

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:29 PM PDT

BJP president Nitin Gadkari to meet PM Manmohan Singh today

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:21 PM PDT

Heat wave forces schools to extend summer holidays in West Bengal

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 09:10 PM PDT

After reports of over 30 deaths, apparently due to intense heat wave in southern West Bengal, the state administration has started taking precautionary measures. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ask...


Akash missile's Air Force version successfully test fired

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 08:54 PM PDT

India today successfully test fired its indigenously developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missile of Air Force version from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore, the fifth trial of the ant...


Congress ally Sharad Pawar endorses Baba Ramdev with hug

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 07:53 PM PDT

Anna Hazare targets PM over coal blocks auction issue

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT

Anna Hazare has criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yet again over the auction of coal blocks during the period he held the coal portfolio. Mr Hazare said there was "room for suspicion" and that...


Manmohan Singh to meet infrastructure-related ministries to review status of projects

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

With projects worth Rs. 1.46 lakh crore pending, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting today of all infrastructure-related ministries to review the status of infrastructure sector with an...


Heat wave kills 30 in West Bengal

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT

After reports of over 30 deaths, apparently due to an intense heat wave in southern West Bengal, the state administration has started taking precautionary measures. "We have received reports of 16 unn...


Congress ally Sharad Pawar endorses Baba Ramdev with awkward hug

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:47 AM PDT

After his meeting with BJP president Nitin Gadkari, yoga icon Baba Ramdev took his campaign against black money and corruption to a key member of the UPA coalition, Sharad Pawar. Unlike Mr Gadkari, th...


India's water bodies dying a slow death

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 10:06 AM PDT

On World Environment Day, the story of India's water bodies is anything but positive. In Nainital, for the first time in 25 years , the city's only source of water, and a major tourist attraction, the...


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