Thursday, September 6, 2012

No end to water protest in Madhya Pradesh

No end to water protest in Madhya Pradesh

No end to water protest in Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:06 PM PDT

Demanding justice for villagers whose homes will be submerged after the state government ordered opening all the gates of the Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, the 'jal satyagraha' entered its 13th d...

Four found dead, with throats slit, in Kolkata house

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Four people, including a septuagenarian woman, were found murdered with their throats slit at a house in Behala on the southern fringes of the city on Thursday night.

Exclusive: Coal scandal - Did Dardas make 100 crores from a single coal block?

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Until now, the CBI's investigation into the coal scandal has focused on charges that companies with inadequate expertise and finances managed to land captive coal blocks with millions of tonnes of dep...

Sivakasi fire tragedy: 38 dead, 12 arrested, factory owner remains absconding

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the massive fire that broke out at a fire-cracker factory near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu yesterday. 38 people have been killed and at least 60 others h...

Sivakasi fire tragedy: 12 arrested, cops hunt for the owner of the factory

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT

Twelve people were arrested on Thursday in connection with the tragedy at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Sivakasi that has claimed 38 lives so far. The Tamil Nadu government has ordered a magisteri...

Washington Post's article on Manmohan Singh: PM's office sends a strong rejoinder

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:50 AM PDT

As a Washington Post article on the allegedly poor leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh created a strong reaction in Delhi, the influential US daily's correspondent said he stood by the story a...

Petrol price hike by Rs 5 a litre likely soon

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:40 AM PDT

Petrol prices are likely to be hiked by Rs 5 in a day or two, sources told NDTV. Oil companies have got the go-ahead from the government to increase prices after the monsoon session of Parliament, ...

Respond to leave applications promptly: Defence Minister AK Antony tells armed forces

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Defence Minister AK Antony today reportedly asked the armed forces to adopt a liberal approach to pleas for leave. Chairing a meeting to review cases of fratricides and suicides in the armed forces, M...

Coal scam controversy: Kapil Sibal launches counter-offensive against Opposition

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Launching a counter-offensive against the BJP on the coal block allocation scam, the government today released letters written to the Centre by the BJP and other non-Congress Chief Ministers, strongly...

Woman police officer, journalists charged with abetment to suicide after teen kills herself

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:59 AM PDT

The Punjab government today ordered a First Information Report or FIR to be registered against a woman police officer after a college student, Shivali, committed suicide in Jalandhar a day ago. The po...

13 injured in Assam blast triggered by suspected militants

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:44 AM PDT

Thirteen people, including two policemen, were injured in a blast triggered by suspected militants at Doomdooma in Assam's Tinsukia district today.

Students' protest turns violent in Gurgaon

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:41 AM PDT

A protest at a private engineering college near Gurgaon over the death of a girl student turned violent on Thursday, with the agitators smashing window panes of vehicles and setting a college bus on f...

Jet returns to Philadelphia over hoax phone call

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:32 AM PDT

A security scare that prompted authorities to recall an airborne flight to Philadelphia was the result of an apparent hoax, authorities said Thursday.

Clashes outside Odisha assembly: Protestors thrash woman cop

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:26 AM PDT

Thousands of Congress workers in Bhubaneshwar clashed with police after trying to storm the Assembly building there, to demand the resignation of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, alleging his involvemen...

West Bengal government introduces compensation scheme for victims of rape, natural disasters

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT

The West Bengal government has announced that the state will provide monetary compensation to women who are raped. In a decision taken on Thursday, it said that minors, who are raped, will be given co...

Anna Hazare announces new action plan; not to form party

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:52 AM PDT

Following erstwhile Team Anna's dissolution, activist Anna Hazare today announced a new action plan, which includes appealing people to vote for the "right" candidates, instead of forming a political ...

Infosys scouting for acquisitions to strengthen product line: Shibulal

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:01 AM PDT

Infosys on Thursday said it is scouting for acquisitions to grow its products and platform business, which it expects will contribute one-third of its revenue in the next 5-7 years. "We are loo...

Samsung says Galaxy S III sales hit 20 million

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT

Samsung says global sales of its Galaxy S III smartphone have surpassed 20 million in a little more than three months. Samsung Electronics Co. launched the flagship smartphone powered by Google's A...

ECB says no limit on new bond buys; benchmark rate unchanged

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:37 AM PDT

The European Central Bank will not set a limit on how much sovereign debt it can buy under its new bond-buying programme and will not expect better treatment than other creditors as it has in the p...

Boy with Down syndrome not allowed to fly first class

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:30 AM PDT

A California family not allowed to board a cross-country flight said on Tuesday that they believe they were discriminated against because their son has Down syndrome.

Barack Hussein Obama, seeking re-election, asks for patience

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:23 AM PDT

US President Obama is making the case that while progress is slow, he is taking America to a better place - and that he will be a better president over the next four years than the last.

Mamata Banerjee among 50 most influential in financial world

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee figures in the list of 50 most influential people in the world of finance as rated by Bloomberg Markets magazine. "Her Trinamool Congress party, part ...

ECB holds rates as inflation eclipses growth risks

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:05 AM PDT

The European Central Bank held its main interest rate at a record low of 0.75 per cent on Thursday, holding fire after a pick-up in inflation last month offset pressure to breathe life into the fla...

Coal scandal: Why the Sancheti deal weakens the BJP's attack

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:03 AM PDT

The coal scandal has singed the Congress on many fronts. The opposition BJP has paralysed parliament, making it nearly impossible for any legislation to be considered, as it demands the Prime Minister...

Virtual world, real police stations: India's cops will now patrol cyberspace

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:58 AM PDT

The Union Home Ministry plans an ambitious project to arm every state with a cyber police station, a specialized cyber forensic unit and a cyber-training unit. People assigned to these will patrol cyb...
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