Sunday, September 9, 2012

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest: Charges absurd, says Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest: Charges absurd, says Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju


Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest: Charges absurd, says Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:19 PM PDT

A Kanpur-based cartoonist, Aseem Trivedi, was remanded to police custody till September 16 by a Mumbai court on Sunday for allegedly posting seditious content on his website. His website has also been...


Iraq's fugitive Vice President convicted as attacks kill 92

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:12 PM PDT

Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country...


Police officer shot by unknown assailants in Navi Mumbai

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT

A police officer sustained three bullet injuries after he was shot at by unknown assailants in Navi Mumbai today. Doctors say he is out of danger.


Senior Pakistan leader shot dead

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:31 PM PDT

A senior leader of the PML-Q party and his bodyguard were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Punjab province today, police said.

Fire breaks out on ship off Mumbai coast; chemical cargo on board

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:37 AM PDT

A major fire broke out on merchant vessel MV Amsterdam Bridge off the coast of Mumbai this afternoon. The 54,405 ton vessel is carrying chemical cargo which is hazardous and noxious in nature; if rele...


Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi held on sedition charge for 'mocking the constitution'

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been remanded to police custody till September 16 by a Mumbai court for allegedly posting seditious content on his website. The police had arrested Mr Trivedi...


Man tries to smuggle rare monkey in underwear at Delhi airport

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Three Dubai-bound foreigners were arrested today for allegedly smuggling rare species of small monkeys after a simian was found hidden in the undergarments of one of the accused at the Indira Gandhi I...


Homemakers likely to get monthly salary from husbands soon

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:03 AM PDT

Housewives may soon start getting monthly salaries from their husbands with the government mulling a proposal which would make it mandatory for men to share a certain percentage of their income with t...


Kudankulam protests: Villagers hold huge rally amid tight security

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 09:02 AM PDT

As enriched uranium fuel is set to be loaded in the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, protests against the controversial project are likely to intensify again. Villagers in and around the ...


Five crucial factors to watch, 58 days from the US Presidential election

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT

Two months before the election, President Obama and Mitt Romney agree on at least one thing: the collection of states where the race will be decided.


Sivakasi fire tragedy: Cracker factory owner arrested in Madurai

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:19 AM PDT

After being on the run for four days, the owner of Om Sakthi Crackers factory was finally arrested in Madurai today. On Wednesday, a major fire had broken out in the factory located in Sivakasi in Tam...


Monza: Lewis Hamilton's first Italian GP win revives title bid

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Lewis Hamilton recharged his bid for this year's world title on Sunday when he swept to a dominant triumph for McLaren in a thrilling Italian Grand Prix.The 27-year-old Briton, starting from pole posi...

Blast in Manipur: Ten Assam Rifles jawans injured

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:28 AM PDT

At least seven Assam Rifles jawans were injured in a bomb blast in Bishenpur district of Manipur today. The bomb, allegedly planted by militants, exploded at Kumbi area while the personnel were busy i...


Verghese Kurien, father of White Revolution, dies

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:15 AM PDT

Verghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India and the founder of Amul, died after a brief spell of illness early on Sunday at Nadiad in Gujarat. He was 90.


Facebook may give you a call if your profile looks suspicious

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 03:08 AM PDT

Social networking giant Facebook is making a "huge effort" to weed out fake profiles to prevent misuse of such identities, a senior company official has said.


Man attempts suicide, bullet kills mother

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:52 AM PDT

An elderly woman was killed when her son allegedly opened fire to commit suicide in Safdarganj area, police said today. Gulliram attempted suicide with a country-made fire-arm over family dispute i...


Akhilesh Yadav government launches unemployment allowance scheme

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:43 AM PDT

The Akhilesh Yadav government has launched its flagship scheme - the unemployment allowance for youth - at a massive function in Lucknow today. More than ten thousand people were given cheques of Rs 2...


ISRO launches 100th mission; Prime Minister calls it a 'spectacular success'

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:42 AM PDT

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made history as it launched its 100th indigenous mission today. The space agency's old warhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), successfully b...


India's next moon mission depends on Russia: ISRO chief

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:40 AM PDT

India's second moon mission will depend on Russia's decision after a failed inter-planetary mission with China, ISRO chairman said on Sunday, a day when the Indian space agency launched its 100th miss...

Sushma Swaraj 'deserving' choice for PM's post: Bal Thackeray

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has said that senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj will be a "deserving" and "great choice" for the post of the Prime Minister.


Wave of blasts kill 24 in Iraq, French consulate hit

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:08 AM PDT

At least 24 people were killed in 10 blasts across Iraq on Sunday, including a car bomb outside a French consular building. Sunni insurgents and al Qaeda have launched a series of major attacks thi...


Barack Obama asks Hawaiian-born boy if he has a birth certificate

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:31 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama made a rare, light-hearted reference to the controversy over his birth certificate on Saturday at a restaurant in Florida where he met a young boy who, like the president, wa...


Carmakers rain discounts this festive season to beat sluggish demand

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 01:23 AM PDT

Car makers, including Honda Siel Cars, Tata Motors, Ford India and Maruti Suzuki, are offering discounts worth up to around Rs 60,000 in a bid to cash in on the festive season amid a sluggish marke...

US had planned air strike to level Osama's Abbottabad hideout

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:59 AM PDT

The US was initially planning a massive air strike using B-2 Spirit bombers to level the Abbottabad hideout of Osama bin Laden but chose an assault by its elite commandos who killed the world's most w...


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assets worth 10.73 crores, including Maruti 800

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:58 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assets worth Rs 10.73 crore, double that of last year, but a number of his cabinet colleagues are much richer than him.


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