Friday, June 22, 2012

Euro 2012: Four-star Germany blast Greece to reach Euro semis

Euro 2012: Four-star Germany blast Greece to reach Euro semis


Euro 2012: Four-star Germany blast Greece to reach Euro semis

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:26 PM PDT

Germany booked their place in the last four of Euro 2012 as Joachim Loew's side hammered Greece 4-2 on Friday after dominating their quarter-final.Germany ran riot as captain Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedir...


Efforts to rescue five-year-old Mahi from borewell hits fresh roadblock

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT

More than 48 hours after she fell into a 70-feet borewell on her birthday, the fate of the five-year-old girl Mahi still remains uncertain, as rescue operation in Manesar hits a roadblock again late o...


Mantralaya fire in Mumbai: Major lapses in safety exposed already

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:49 PM PDT

Mumbai News: Evidence suggests lapses that made a bad situation drastically worse. Fire extinguishers inside the building did not work. It took an hour for the water sprinklers inside to kick into ac...


Pakistan hits back on US diplomat harassment claim

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

Pakistan is responding to US complaints that diplomats are being harassed by the government, saying that all diplomats in the country are treated in accordance with international law.

Witnesses describe brazen attack on resort hotel near Kabul

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT

A minivan pulled up to the entryway of the Spozhmai Hotel just before midnight on Thursday, and what appeared to be seven Afghan women in characteristic head-to-toe blue burqas piled out.

NRI in Canada asked to pay alimony to wife living in India

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is Pakistan's new Prime Minister

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Pakistan's parliament elected former water and power minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as the new prime minister on Friday after the incumbent was disqualified by the Supreme Court.


Pranab or Sangma for President? The Math

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 11:44 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...


Nithyananda in police case for allegedly mixing 'holy' water with drugs

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Police today informed Madras High Court bench they had registered a case against controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda and two others for allegedly providing devotees holy water mixed with drug...


IIT revolt: Sibal calls emergency meet; students caught in between

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 10:20 AM PDT

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


Suicide rates in India are highest in the 15-29 age group: Report

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 09:47 AM PDT

Young Indians are more likely to commit suicide than previously thought, especially those living in wealthier and more educated regions, according to a study on Friday that experts say suggests India'...

Major fire breaks out in commercial building in Kolkata

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 09:23 AM PDT

DMK to stage 'jail-bharo andolan' on July 4 against Tamil Nadu government's alleged oppression

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 08:46 AM PDT

The DMK has decided to stage 'jail-bharo andolan' on July 4 to protest against, what it calls, the ruling AIADMK government's oppressive regime and vendetta politics. The party's executive committee m...

Mumbai rave party: 44 detained test positive for drugs

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT

Who is Raja Pervaiz Ashraf?

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 08:10 AM PDT

Frustrated US mulls new covert raids in Pakistan

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 07:57 AM PDT

US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighbouring Afghanistan that they have considered launching ...

Rs 6,300 cr fine may not be all for cement firms

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Hope no one makes me shout in Rajya Sabha: Sachin Tendulkar to NDTV

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 07:27 AM PDT

NDTV: My guest today is the Go-Karting champion of the Indian cricket team. I also know that he's a very good pool player and this one I can tell you with a lot of guarantee that he's the best table t...

Delhi at 43 degrees, but weekend should bring rain

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:56 AM PDT

Delhi continued to reel under the scorching heat with the maximum temperature recorded at 43 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - and the city's power demand reached a new high of 5,330 MW F...

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Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:40 AM PDT

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Ikea to invest Rs 10,500 cr to set up 25 stores in India

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:04 AM PDT

The IKEA group, which sells office and home furniture, proposes to invest Rs 10,500 crore through a 100 per cent subsidiary in single-brand retail trading in India, sources said. IKEA will invest Rs 4...


Blog: Rio +20 - The Indian Perspective

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Pakistani in London jailed for raping girl 30 times: Report

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 05:56 AM PDT

A 59-year-old Pakistani, ringleader of an Asian sex gang that preyed on white schoolgirls, has been convicted by a British court of raping a minor Asian girl 30 times in 10 years. Shabir Ahmed, a fath...

Nitish Kumar gets thank you call from President-in-waiting Pranab Mukherjee

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 05:55 AM PDT

Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar, received a vote of thanks from Pranab Mukherjee this morning, in advance of the votes Mr Kumar's party has promised him in the election for President of India....


Mantralaya fire: Five dead, fire extinguishers weren't working

Posted: 22 Jun 2012 05:52 AM PDT

A day after a massive fire broke out in the Mumbai Mantralaya, sources say that an audit report has found that safety norms were violated in the building. The audit report, dated 2008, shows that fire...


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