Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Anna Hazare confirms split, asks Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name or photo

Anna Hazare confirms split, asks Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name or photo

Anna Hazare confirms split, asks Arvind Kejriwal not to use his name or photo

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:13 PM PDT

The group once referred to as Team Anna officially split into two rival halves today with 75-year-old Anna Hazare refusing to support the political ambitions of Arvind Kejriwal, who was considered his...

Post split with Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare meets Baba Ramdev

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

After splitting with his team, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare tonight had a hush-hush meeting with yoga guru Ramdev.

Stopped en route to Sanchi, Vaiko's sit-in against Rajapakse continues

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT

The dharna by over a thousand MDMK workers, led by party general secretary Vaiko, stopped on their way to Sanchi to protest against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, continued tonig...

Indian programmer charged with hacking Toyota website

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:02 AM PDT

A computer programmer from central Kentucky who once did contract work for Toyota has been charged with hacking into and damaging computers used by the automobile maker.

France braces for Mohammed cartoons backlash

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

France was braced for a backlash on Wednesday as a satirical weekly magazine that published cartoons featuring crude depictions of the Prophet Mohammed flew off the shelves. Embassies, consulates, cul...

An uneasy win for India against Afghanistan

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Former champions India endured a scare from fearless Afghanistan before recording a 23-run win in the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Wednesday.India, sent in to bat, took advantage of their rivals' butt...

Reebok's ex-MD, COO among five arrested for fraud

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:31 AM PDT

Reebok India's sacked MD Subhinder Singh and former COO Vishnu Bhagat were today arrested along with three others for their alleged involvement in a Rs 870-crore fraud in the company. Singh...

Did Nitish Kumar just put NDA on notice? His comment suggests he's up for grabs

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:28 AM PDT

With the UPA government reduced to a minority after Mamata Banerjee's withdrawal, political alignments are shaping and reshaping themselves virtually by the hour. And regional parties are looking at p...

Stay firm and a stronger government will emerge: India Inc. tells PM

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT

India Inc. is throwing its weight behind the government’s reforms process even as UPA ally Mamata Banerjee has decided to quit UPA II. “Mamata Banerjee has held the government to ra...

BJP keen on special Parliament session to corner government on FDI

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT

With the Trinamool Congress deciding to quit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sees an opportunity to corner the ruling coalition and is planning to demand a spec...

No compromise with Mamata Banerjee; Congress counts on Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjee: Unwilling to give in to Mamata Banerjee's demands, the Congress has virtually written off her differences as irreconcilable and is trying to consolidate the support of other key partn...

Meeting over Cauvery dispute fails; Tamil Nadu will move Supreme Court, says Jayalalithaa

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:18 AM PDT

The meeting to discuss the long-standing water-sharing dispute over the Cauvery river has ended without a solution. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, whose state has been involved in a protrac...

Pakistani accused of blasphemy over Prophet film

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:57 AM PDT

Pakistani officials have said that they have opened an investigation into a businessman who has been accused of blasphemy after refusing to join protests over an anti-Islam video and allegedly trying ...

Mid-term elections? Who is ready, who is not

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:51 AM PDT

As the Congress scrambles to make up the numbers it loses in the Lok Sabha with Mamata Banerjee's exit from the UPA, the threat of mid-term elections is remote but real. The UPA 2, which has ruled wit...

Don't know why Mamata Banerjee says she did not know abut FDI: Digvijaya Singh to NDTV

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has said all efforts were made to get Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on board with the government's decision to hike diesel prices, cap subsidised LPG...

Congress ministers skip Mamata Banerjee's cabinet meeting

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:37 AM PDT

Three Congress ministers in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet skipped a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister today, as the junior coalition partner in West Bengal awaited directions from the central leadersh...

Centre may hike dearness allowance by 7 per cent

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:24 AM PDT

The Central government is likely to hike dearness allowance from 65 per cent to 72 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh of its employees and 30 lakh pensioners, on Friday. "The proposal to increa...

Compromise with Mamata Banerjee unlikely, UPA plans future without her

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:12 AM PDT

UPA plans future without Mamata: Unwilling to give in to Mamata Banerjee's demands, the Congress has virtually written off her differences as irreconcilable and is trying to consolidate the support of...

Call me, maybe? Phones, SMS-es didn't connect PM, Mamata and Sonia

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:24 AM PDT

A series of missed calls and messages is now turning into the centre of a renewed hardening of stands between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as part of the political drama being played ...

Mayawati helps government, her party to skip bandh

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:55 AM PDT

Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has said it will not participate in the nation-wide strike called by opposition parties on Thursday to protest the government's reform measures announced last week...

Prime Minister will make final attempt to change Trinamool's mind on Friday

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:29 AM PDT

The Prime Minister is likely to make a last attempt to persuade the Trinamool Congress to reconsider its decision of exiting the UPA government when its ministers come to resign. The TMC's six ministe...

Compromise with Mamata Banerjee unlikely, UPA plans future without her

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:25 AM PDT

The UPA government is in a minority after its biggest ally, Mamata Banerjee, dropped out last night on account of bold economic measures introduced by the PM last week.

Congress-ruled states to relax LPG subsidy cap from six to nine cylinders

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:18 AM PDT

Congress-ruled states will give three extra subsidised cooking gas cylinders, the party announced today. The Congress-led UPA government had announced an annual six-cylinder cap on subsidised cylinder...

Rise in complaints against Indian doctors in UK

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:11 AM PDT

There has been a record rise in complaints by patients against doctors during 2011, including a rise of nearly 19 per cent in complaints against Indian doctors working in the National Health Service, ...

France to close its embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday fearing Prophet Mohammed cartoon backlash

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:34 AM PDT

France stepped up security and appealed for calm Wednesday after a weekly published naked cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that risked fanning outrage in the Islamic world. Security was reinforced ...
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