Thursday, August 23, 2012

Gurudwara shooting: US first lady Michelle Obama expected to meet victims' families

Gurudwara shooting: US first lady Michelle Obama expected to meet victims' families

Gurudwara shooting: US first lady Michelle Obama expected to meet victims' families

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama on Thursday was expected to visit the Sikh temple where a white supremacist killed six people earlier this month, offering the community another chance to preach unity and co...

West Bengal government to honour President Pranab Mukherjee with 'civic reception'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:44 AM PDT

The West Bengal government has decided to hounour President Pranab Mukherjee with a "civic reception" next month, a senior Trinamool Congress MP said on Thursday.

Elisabeth Murdoch takes aim at brother on media morality

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:39 AM PDT

Elisabeth Murdoch urged the media industry on Thursday to embrace morality and reject the pursuit of profit at all costs, which her brother James championed before scandal engulfed News Corp.

2G case: Supreme Court verdict today on admitting plea seeking probe against P Chidambaram

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:27 AM PDT

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver verdict on Friday morning on admitting two petitions which seek a CBI investigation against Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G telecom scam.

Woman injured in acid attack by parents

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT

A 26-year-old woman was injured in Haryana's Rewari town when her parents allegedly threw acid on her, police said today.

Fans worry after Pakistan Twitter star goes off line

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Electronic cries of anguish are ringing out across Pakistan's Twitter community over the abrupt disappearance of the popular satirist @MajorlyProfound, beloved for his acid commentary on the powerful ...

Microsoft unveils a new logo, first change in 25 years

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a new corporate logo for the first time in 25 years as the US tech giant geared up for a series of big product launches. The new logo features a square made up of fou...

Controversial cop Vasant Dhoble's wings clipped?

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Mumbai's new Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has asked Vasant Dhoble, the city's controversial Assistant Police Commissioner, to report to the Crime Branch, and not to him directly. Mr Dhoble heads...

Govt vs Twitter provokes angry reactions, hashtags like Emergency2012

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:36 AM PDT

Twitter has told the government that it needs more time to block 28 pages, which allegedly contain communally sensitive material. The micro-blogging site has written to the Department of Information a...

SMS limit increased from 5 to 20 per day with immediate effect

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:09 AM PDT

The government today increased the SMS limit per day from five to 20 with immediate effect. Mobile users were restricted to sending only 5 SMS-es per day from August 18 to check spread of rumours whi...

Mumbai top cop 'promoted' out of office, was blamed for mishandling riot

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who was criticized by some parties for his handling of a riot in the city earlier this month, has been transferred. The city's new police commissioner is Satya...

I cannot replace Dravid, he is a legend: Pujara

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Cheteshwar Pujara relished batting at number three as he struck his maiden Test hundred on Thursday but said it will not be appropriate to suggest that he can replace a legend such as Rahul Dravid...

Suresh Kalmadi named by CBI in Commonwealth Games consultancy contract case

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:31 AM PDT

The CBI has filed a fresh case against Suresh Kalmadi in recruitment of manpower for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi by awarding a dubious consultancy contract to Switzerland-based Events Knowled...

Pakistan told of India's concern over abduction of Hindu girls

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:27 AM PDT

India has expressed its "serious concern" to Pakistan over abduction, forced conversion and marriage of Hindu girls against their will to Muslim men in that country.

Coal controversy: Attack, don't be defensive, said Sonia Gandhi to MPs

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:56 AM PDT

After a cacophonous BJP paralysed Parliament for the third day in a row, demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over what is being called "Coal-gate", Congress president Sonia Gandhi sent out a to...

Centre disowns its reply in Rajya Sabha on auctioning of natural resources

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:52 AM PDT

In the Supreme Court today, the Centre has made the startling revelation that it made an incorrect statement in Parliament that it had accepted in principle that most natural resources should be aucti...

Govt issues guidelines for its departments for using social media

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT

The government today issued guidelines for its departments using social media networks asking them not to post confidential information and "unverified" facts.

Read: Govt's guidelines for its departments for using social media

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:25 AM PDT

The government today issued guidelines for its departments using social media networks asking them not to post confidential information and "unverified" facts.

Indian taxi driver wins Lamborghini in lucky draw

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:09 AM PDT

An Indian cab driver could not believe his luck when he won a USD 245,028 prized Lamborghini Gallardo in a lucky draw at a local shopping mall in Abu Dhabi.

Unable to block 28 accounts, technical difficulties: Twitter to Govt

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:08 AM PDT

Micro-blogging site Twitter has told the government that due to certain technical difficulties they have not been block 28 accounts. The government had asked social media websites, including twitter, ...

The naked Prince: Who said what on Harry's Las Vegas display

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:08 AM PDT

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne and just a month shy of his 28th birthday, spent a wild weekend in Las Vegas living up to his party-loving reputation. The Royal Family and representa...

Gold surges to all-time high, zooms past Rs 31,000 per 10 grams

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:59 AM PDT

Gold prices rose for the fourth day in a row on Thursday to touch a record high of Rs 31,035 per 10 grams on aggressive buying by stockists and investors, driven by a strong rally overseas. Gold gaine...

A claim that dinosaur footprint found at NASA center

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:53 AM PDT

An amateur dinosaur hunter claimed to have discovered a rare cretaceous footprint from a nodosaur at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, most likely left more than 110 million years ago.

India vs New Zealand: Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli rise to the challenge

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Day one of a long season of Test cricket in India was all about Cheteshwar Pujara, with a dash of Virat Kohli thrown in.India's Gen Next rose manfully to the challenge of following in the giant footst...

Who is Cheteshwar Pujara?

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:26 AM PDT

India has a rich pool of cricketing reserves. Proof of it comes days after the retirement of the much accomplished and highly rated VVS Laxman as a man 13 years his junior gets a chance to play in...
Posted by Harshad at 7:09 PM

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