Sunday, June 24, 2012

Militant for 10 years in Pakistan, he returned to India to lead a normal life

Militant for 10 years in Pakistan, he returned to India to lead a normal life


Militant for 10 years in Pakistan, he returned to India to lead a normal life

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:35 AM PDT

Mukhtar Ahmed is hoping for some normalcy in his life, now that he's back in his home village in Poonch in Jammu. Mukhtar is not just any villager of the area. A militant, training for 10 years in Pak...


Gadkari's younger son Sarang weds in low-key affair

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:25 AM PDT

Mahi declared dead after being stuck in borewell for 85 hours

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:22 AM PDT

Mahi, the five-year-old girl stuck in a 70-feet borewell at Khaow village near Gurgaon for 85 hours, was declared dead today by hospital authorities. She was pulled out a little before 2pm and rushed ...


Eleven Air India pilots go on indefinite hunger strike

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 01:37 AM PDT

Eleven Air India pilots went on an indefinite hunger strike on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their sacked colleagues. The strike entered its 48th day today and has reportedly caused a revenue ...

After 80 hours, Army reaches Mahi stuck in borewell; but she's still not out

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:56 AM PDT

Mahi, the five-year-old girl stuck in a 70-feet borewell at Khaow village near Gurgaon for over 80 hours will be brought out soon. But the wait since morning has been long and agonising. The rescue te...


India to become 8th largest shareholder in IMF

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:27 AM PDT

India is set to become the eighth largest shareholder in the IMF after quota reforms which are likely to be finalised at the multilateral agency's Annual Meeting at Tokyo in October.


Delhi, Mumbai to get missile defence shield

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:13 AM PDT

Mantralaya fire: Maharashtra govt to re-construct damaged files in three steps

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:44 PM PDT

As a part of efforts to re-construct all damaged files in wake of the devastating fire at the state secretariat, Maharashtra government has made three classifications to retrieve the documents.


Full transcript: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defends 10 billion contribution to IMF

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:53 PM PDT

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh spoke to the media on his way back from Mexico where he attended the G20 meet, after which he participated in a conference in Rio, followed by a brief stopover in Sout...


Amarnath yatra flagged off from Jammu

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:33 PM PDT

The annual Amarnath Yatra has been officially flagged off from Jammu; thousands of pilgrims are reaching the base camps in Jammu, Pahalgam and Baltal for the darshan through snowbound and treacherous ...


400 panchayat members quit in Jammu and Kashmir after threats from militants

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:01 PM PDT

The recent Panchayat election was a major milestone in the history of Jammu and Kashmir - a state ruptured by years of violence. The newly-elected panchs and sarpanchs were infusing fresh lease of lif...


Steps will be taken to stabilise falling Rupee, says PM

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:32 PM PDT

With the Rupee hitting a record low over Rs 57 a dollar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed confidence that some measures being taken to tackle fiscal management will help return the Indian c...


Air India pilots to go on indefinite hunger strike from today

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:35 AM PDT

Upping the ante as their agitation enters the 48th day, Air India pilots will today begin an indefinite hunger-strike in the national capital to highlight their demands relating to career progression ...


Not given up hope on Trinamool supporting Pranab, says PM

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:26 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manohan Singh today said he has still not given up "hope" on key ally Trinamool Congress supporting the candidature of UPA's Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee and expressed confiden...


Govt will work to restore growth momentum: PM

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that his government will work its way to restore the momentum of growth in the wake of the economic slowdown and sought cooperation from all political parties,...


Entrance test row: IIT Directors discuss compromise formula proposed by Kapil Sibal

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:49 AM PDT

It's a compromise formula devised by Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal ahead of a crucial meeting of the IIT Council on June 27 on the new entrance format for the Indian Institutes...


Pranab visits ancestral home in Bengal, promises market booster on Monday

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Drums and dancing tribals greeted the man who may just be India's next president, Pranab Mukherjee, at his native village Mirati in West Bengal's Birbhum district today. He hasn't shaken off his Finan...


Five-year-old Mahi stuck in borewell for over 72 hours, rescuers still struggling to reach her

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:43 AM PDT

It's been more than 72 hours, but five-year-old Mahi Upadhyay still remains trapped inside a 70-feet borewell she fell into on Wednesday night in Khaow village close to Gurgaon. A team from the Delhi ...


Heat wave unabated in North India, two die in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:24 AM PDT

Two persons succumbed to sunstroke in Uttar Pradesh as most parts of the northern plains simmered at temperatures above normal, even as some places witnessed light showers.


Govt to announce measures to boost market on Monday: Pranab Mukherjee

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 06:07 AM PDT

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams headed to space in July

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 05:56 AM PDT

Indian-American Sunita Williams, a record-setting astronaut who lived and worked aboard the International Space Station for six months in 2006, is headed to the space once again in July.


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