Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Barack Obama Facebook threat gets US student probation

Barack Obama Facebook threat gets US student probation

Barack Obama Facebook threat gets US student probation

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:17 PM PDT

A Florida man has been sentenced to three years' probation for posting threats against President Barack Obama on Facebook.

Coal report: Nothing less than PM's resignation will do, says BJP

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT

The BJP, unyielding in its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation, did not allow Parliament to function again today. Sources say the party plans to continue disruptions till the end of...

Is anybody really upset about naked Prince Harry photos?

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry has been caught on camera doing something embarrassing - again. Celebrity gossip website TMZ on Tuesday posted photos of the 27-year-old royal cavorting nude with an unidentifie...

Elisabeth Murdoch set for biggest speech of career

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:38 AM PDT

Elisabeth Murdoch steps out of the shadows this week to deliver the biggest speech of her career, a chance to show her credentials to take over father Rupert's empire as her brothers' claims to lead i...

Nehru Cup: India beat Syria 2-1 in opener

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Balkrishna, aide of Baba Ramdev, booked in money laundering case; may be arrested

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:31 AM PDT

Amid mounting trouble for yoga guru Baba Ramdev, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today registered a money laundering case against his close aide Balkrishna even as the agency is all set to close in o...

Prithviraj Chavan not in favour of transferring Mumbai top cop: Sources

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:27 AM PDT

With Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik under attack from some quarters, including the ruling ally NCP, for what they say is the mishandling of the protest at Azad Maidan on August 11, sources ha...

Indian at Warren Buffet's charitable trust guilty of theft

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:42 AM PDT

An Indian man who worked for billionaire Warren Buffet's charitable foundation has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from the organization and could face up to 20 years in prison.

Blog: Riots, rumors and mass exodus

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:39 AM PDT

The spurt of killings which began in Bodoland autonomous region of Assam in North-East India and spread to many regions of the country, has been dubbed as India's biggest-ever internal displacement so...

World's most powerful women: What's Sonia's rank?

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:37 AM PDT

Forbes magazine ranked German Chancellor Angela Merkel the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row in the annual list dominated by politicians, businesswomen and media figures.

Has naked Prince Harry undone his recent good work?

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Pictures of a naked Prince Harry were published on a U.S. website on Wednesday, showing the grandson of Britain's Queen Elizabeth cavorting with a nude young woman in a hotel room in Las Vegas.

Evade becomes India's costliest SUV at Rs 8.5 crore

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:20 AM PDT

Some of the exciting features include a retractable TV, roof-mounted searchlights and a night-vision camera.

Man who fought euthanasia law dies

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:10 AM PDT

Tony Nicklinson found living with locked-in syndrome so difficult that he petitioned Britain's High Court to overturn his country's ban on euthanasia. On Wednesday, his lawyers announced he died at ho...

Coal-gate: CBI to submit report on alleged corruption by Sept 1

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:58 AM PDT

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing possible corruption in the sale of coal concessions to private companies, it said today, as the affair dubbed "Coal-gate" caused uproar in Parliame...

Ratan Tata asks for govt report on how Radia tapes were leaked

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:45 AM PDT

Industrialist Ratan Tata has asked the Supreme Court for a copy of the report submitted by the government explaining how the Radia Tapes were leaked.

Fareed Zakaria quits Yale board

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:38 AM PDT

Hit by plagiarism charges, celebrated Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria has resigned from the board of Ivy League Yale University, citing the need to focus "on the core of my work".

Geetika Sharma suicide: Gurgaon women to hold candlelight march to Jantar Mantar

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:38 AM PDT

Various women's organisations will hold a candlelight vigil on Thursday at Delhi's Jantar Mantar for Geetika Sharma, a former flight attendant who committed suicide on August 5.

FDI in retail to harm Indian workers: Report

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:36 AM PDT

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail without adequate safeguards will lead to widespread displacement and poor treatment of Indian workers in logistics, agriculture and manufacturing,...

Sleepy woman flies Pakistan to France, and back again

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT

A Frenchwoman endured an 18-hour journey from the Pakistani city of Lahore to Paris and back again after sleeping through her plane's stop in the French capital, officials said on Wednesday.

21-year-old Goan kills himself after MMS clip goes viral

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:27 AM PDT

A 21-year-old in Goa has killed himself after an MMS that featured him with his girlfriend went viral. The police says that Arjun Mainkar from a village in North Goa, hanged himself on August 5 . His ...

2G scam: BJP walks out of JPC meet

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:24 AM PDT

Five BJP members today walked out of a meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that is examining the 2G telecom scam, alleging that Congress members had used "unparliamentary" language and ...

Indian business travellers top spenders in Asia-pacific

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:11 AM PDT

Indian business travellers are among the top spenders along with Singaporeans in the Asia Pacific, according to a survey by hospitality major Accor.

Mars rover Curiosity prepares for test drive

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:09 AM PDT

Scientists were preparing to send Curiosity on its first test drive over the billion-year-old rocks of Mars and said a busted wind sensor wouldn't jeopardise its mission of determining whether life co...

Dhoni not invited to Laxman's late night party

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:39 AM PDT

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday added more fuel to the intense speculation about his strained relationship with VVS Laxman, saying he was not invited for a late night party thrown...

After warning from government, Twitter promises cooperation: 10 facts

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:39 AM PDT

Micro-blogging site Twitter has promised to cooperate with the government after the Prime Minister's Office complained to it about objectionable content on six accounts resembling the PMO's official a...
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