Monday, June 25, 2012

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Now file your I-T returns at a kiosk, mobile van near you

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:17 AM PDT

For the first time, the Income Tax department has decided to set up special 'tax kiosks' in residential areas and localities for facilitating a host of taxpayer related services in view of the forthco...


Corruption case against Union Minister Virbhadra Singh

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:13 AM PDT

A court in Himachal Pradesh has framed corruption charges against Union Minister Virbhadra Singh. Mr Singh was chief minister of Himachal Pradesh from 2003-2007. The charges are based on a CD that...


Amarnath yatra begins, Governor offers prayers

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:57 AM PDT

The annual Amarnath yatra has began with pilgrims from both the base camps starting their journey to the cave shrine where Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra offered prayers amid holy chants on Mond...


How Indian Navy is expanding and modernizing

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:54 AM PDT

Last fortnight, Vikramaditya, formerly Adm. Gorshkov, a 45,000-tonne displacement aircraft carrier built in Russia began its sea trials, six months before it is handed over to the Indian Navy on Decem...


India's premier defence academy reports recruitment scam

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:44 AM PDT

A serving Colonel was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Mumbai on Saturday after allegations of certain irregularities in the recruitment process for the post of Lower Division Clerks...


Anuj Bidve's murder trial begins today

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:33 AM PDT

The trial of 'Psycho Stapleton', a Briton accused of the murder of an Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26 last in Salford begins in the Manchester Crown Court today. The trial of Kiaran Stapleton...

Pranab da called, but didn't ask for support: Advani

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:20 AM PDT

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani revealed on Monday that Pranab Mukherjee had called him soon after his candidature for the president's post was announced, but did not ask for s...


50 Mumbaikars pledge to help cops shut down pubs

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:13 AM PDT

About 50 residents of the western suburbs, from between Oshiwara to Bandra, have formed a forum - Citizens for Free Mumbai - with the aim of helping cops in their crackdown on the city's nightlife, wh...


Gujarat High Court launches online bail application system for prisoners

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:06 AM PDT

In a first, the Gujarat High Court has launched an online bail application system, made available to all convicts and undertrial prisoners of Sabarmati Central jail from today.


1,000 protest against Dhoble, 'the cop with the hockey stick'

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:58 AM PDT

One thousand protesters flocked to Carter Road and staged a protest for two hours. In addition to the usual sloganeering and placards that decried the archaic laws and their arbitrary implementation (...


NDA job racket busted; Colonel among 6 held

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:48 AM PDT

Busting a major recruitment process scam in the National Defence Academy (NDA), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested six people, including a serving colonel, for taking large sums of mon...


Tallest family from Pune hope to set world record

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:07 AM PDT

The Kulkarnis, stand out wherever they go, as they are the country's tallest family. They are now hoping to set a new world record with their combined height. Sharad Kulkarni, 52, stands at 7ft 1.5-in...


26/11 attacks, Delhi Police, 26/11 handler

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:06 AM PDT

In a major catch, the Delhi Police claim to have arrested Indian Mujahideen member Sayeed Zabi-ud-Deen alias Zabi Ansari alias Riyasat Ali - one of the six handlers involved in the 26/11 operation - f...


Angry clashes in Srinagar after fire destroys ancient Sufi Shrine

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:51 AM PDT

Clashes broke out between angry protesters and police in the old town of Srinagar following a blaze that gutted one of the most revered shrines in Kashmir. The Sufi shrine of Hazrat Shaikh Abdula Q...

Congress MP blames Vijayamma's 'tears' in letter to Sonia

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:51 AM PDT

A Congress MP from Guntur, Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, has blamed his party's debacle in the recent elections on the tears of Vijayamma, the wife of former Andha Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Rajasekhara Red...

It is an emotional day for me, says Pranab Mukherjee as Congress bids farewell

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:50 AM PDT

The Congress bid farewell today to one of its most crucial and longstanding members, Pranab Mukherjee, when the party's highest decision-making body, its working committee (CWC), met this morning at p...


Mantralaya resumes work after four days

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Four days after a major fire gutted four of its seven floors, work resumed in the Maharashtra state secretariat, Mantralaya, in Mumbai on Monday.

Mantralaya flag heroes say govt has yet to call them

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:46 AM PDT

The team of seven, who fought to save the national flag atop Mantralaya while the building burned on Thursday even as others rushed out, have suddenly become poster boys that political parties want to...

Highlights: Congress after its Working Commitee meet to bid farewell to Pranab Mukherjee

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:43 AM PDT

The Congress' highest decision-making body, its working committee (CWC), met this morning at party President Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath residence with the primary agenda of bidding farewell to one of i...

Jagan Mohan video-conferences with court, will meet PA Sangma in jail

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:36 AM PDT

Presidential hopeful PA Sangma is busy trying to rally support among political parties for his contest against Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. As part of his campaign, Mr Sangma planned to meet And...


'Dewani Tours - treat your wife to a killer holiday' t-shirts spark outrage in South Africa

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:32 AM PDT

Selling of T-shirts carrying objectionable slogan referring to the gruesome murder of Indian-origin Anni Dewani have sparked a fresh controversy in Johannesburg, attracting criticism from different se...


Don't expect doctors to resort to strikes, says disapproving Supreme Court

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:24 AM PDT

The Supreme Court has appealed to doctors to cancel a strike that began today. The judges said they do not expect doctors to resort to strikes, and asked them to explain their stand within four weeks.

7 Indians missing off Oman coast, kidnapping suspected

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:11 AM PDT

Seven Indians on board a fishing boat have gone missing from Masirah waters in Oman and may have been kidnapped by pirates, a media report has said.


Sushil Kumar Shinde appears before Adarsh panel for questioning

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will today appear before a two-member commission probing the Adarsh Society scam.


After Mahi, Howrah youth falls into well, dies

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 07:41 PM PDT

Rescuers today pulled out the body of the youth who fell into a well in West Bengal's Howrah district, more than 10 and half hours after he fell into the well. Rausan Ali Mondal, a mason by profess...


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