Sunday, July 1, 2012

Indian kids fitter than American kids: Professor Bob Pratt

Indian kids fitter than American kids: Professor Bob Pratt


Indian kids fitter than American kids: Professor Bob Pratt

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 05:28 PM PDT

American children are more prone to obesity due to their sedentary lifestyle, observed Bob Pratt, professor of Kinesiology, Saginaw Valley State University, USA.


NIA sweats, 1st case against saffron terror flounders

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:56 PM PDT

The case against Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, appears to be floundering even before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) takes him into custody.


Flaws in contract terms stall $275m ARV deal

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:19 PM PDT

The $275 million armoured recovery vehicle deal has run into fresh trouble relating to specification mismatch that has been red-flagged by defence ministry.


Montek wants hike in diesel, LPG prices

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has backed an increase in the prices of diesel and cooking gas apart from easing the rules for FDI in civil aviation and retail.


BJP in a bind over Yeddyurappa

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:05 PM PDT

The BJP leadership has conveyed to former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa that he cannot be reinstated to the post now in view of the graft cases against him.


Gadkari puts Karnataka rebels on notice

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:55 PM PDT

The BJP has decided to crack the whip on two former chief ministers — Karnataka's B S Yeddyurappa and Gujarat's Keshubhai Patel — as the party feels that the leadership cannot be seen as succumbing to pressure.


Pawar had refused to join UPA with Sonia as PM, claims NCP

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:54 PM PDT

Nationalist Congress Party chief and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar had refused to join the UPA government if it was led by Sonia in 2004, recalled party spokesperson D P Tripathi.


No records of PM-Raja 2G meets: PMO

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:28 PM PDT

The Prime Minister's Office does not have any information about meetings held between PM Manmohan Singh and the then telecom minister and 2G scam accused A Raja, between August 2007 and July 2008.


Touting illegal, yet why do so many of us fall prey to them?

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:17 PM PDT

A huge chasm exists between demand and supply positions in India. It has created a very conducive atmosphere for touts. They thrive in every sector where demand outweighs supply.


Jundal to be face-to-face with understudy

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:14 PM PDT

This is one LeT operative that 26/11 handler Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal would neither like to meet nor identify. Lalbaba Mohammed Sheikh, lodged in Pune's Yerwada jail facing charges of reconnaissance for terror acts, is the man who knows Jundal most closely.


Nothing off limits for consumer courts, say experts

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:10 PM PDT

For a 74-year-old professor from Borivli, almost getting crushed under a defective cupboard was the last straw in a long drawn out struggle against a cheating local furniture store.


Lashkar-e-Taiba has dedicated internet team: Abu Jundal

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT

Jundal has told interrogators that LeT operatives are trained in 'internet activities' & the outfit has a team who looks after the entire online activities.


NSG to pull out 900 men from VIP duty for terror operations

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:46 PM PDT

For the first time in many years, the country's elite counter-terror force NSG has decided to pull out its over 900 commandos rendering VIP security duties and put them to perform specialist counter-terror and counter-hijack operations.


NSG to pull out 900 men from VIP duty for terror operations

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:46 PM PDT

For the first time in many years, the country's elite counter-terror force NSG has decided to pull out its over 900 commandos rendering VIP security duties and put them to perform specialist counter-terror and counter-hijack operations.


‘India will miss 2015 millennium development goals’

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:42 PM PDT

India will fail to achieve some of the most important Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets like reduction in maternal and child deaths, and increase in child immunization rates by 2015.


Divorce driving people to suicide: Report

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Divorce, "illegitimate pregnancy" and professional/career problems seem to be pushing more people to commit suicide. According to the NCRB report, in 2011, at least 16 people committed suicide every hour and the total figure was 1.35 lakh.


14,000 farmers ended life in 2011

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:34 PM PDT

As many as 14,004 farmers committed suicide in 2011 countrywide, the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau has noted.


With 2,174 arrests, Maharashtra atop con women table

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:23 PM PDT

Maharashtra seems to have become the biggest playing field for women con artists. From 2007 to 2011, the police arrested 2,174 women under sections 419 and 420 (both on cheating) of the IPC.


Five die every day due to fall in pits, manholes

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:18 PM PDT

The recent case of five-year-old Mahi dying after falling into an abandoned bore well might have grabbed the nation's attention but every day, at least five people in India die in such incidents.


17L lawyers will strike work on July 11 & 12

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:13 PM PDT

Intensifying its opposition to the proposed Higher Education and Research Bill, which seeks to divest the elected, statutory Bar Council of India of its jurisdiction over legal education in the country, the Council has announced a two-day national-level court boycott.


Split in Nepal Maoists spells trouble for India

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT

The breaking away of a significant chunk of Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists is also likely to impact the Maoist movement in India.


UPA presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee to visit Lucknow on July 3

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT

Senior Congress leader and UPA nominee for President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Lucknow on July 3 to seek support from party members and other political and opposition party leaders.


36 Naxals arrested in Andhra Pradesh

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT

Among those nabbed is top Naxal commander Lambayya who carries a reward of Rs 30,000 on his head.


Two earthquakes hit northeastern states

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Two earthquakes of moderate intensity hit northeastern India on Sunday. The first measured 4.8 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre located at the Arunachal Pradesh-Tibet border.


Kingfisher pilots go on strike over non-payment of salaries

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:26 AM PDT

Following the strike, the airline management has deployed executive pilots to carry out truncated operations, sources in the airline said.


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