Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney in second US presidential debate: Highlights

Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney in second US presidential debate: Highlights

Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney in second US presidential debate: Highlights

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:27 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney are participating in the second round of national debate ahead of the November 6 elections. Here are the highlights:

CLT20: Highveld Lions beat Chennai by six wickets

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Chennai Super Kings' chances for a semifinal berth in the Champions League Twenty20 suffered a blow as they slumped to their second consecutive defeat in the tournament with a six-wicket loss at t...

Saif Kareena wedding: Ratan Tata, Gauri Khan attend the nikaah

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:59 AM PDT

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have got married again. They signed the marriage registry this afternoon and have now sealed it with a nikaah at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai. The bride wor...

Who will Arvind Kejriwal out today? Why he says politicians needn't worry

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

When Arvind Kejriwal formed his political party earlier this month, he had promised to "expose corrupt leaders." So far, he has focused mainly on Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Son...

Kingfisher lockout: Crucial meeting between management, striking employees today

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:23 AM PDT

With no end in sight to the 16-day impasse over a lockout and strike by its workers, Kingfisher Airlines management has called a meeting with their representatives on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort ...

Haryana IAS officer, who cancelled DLF-Vadra deal, transferred 43 times in 20 years

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has been transferred out of the land registration department three days after he started an inquiry into land deals by Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. There ha...

Barack Obama out to seize momentum from Mitt Romney in second debate

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:59 AM PDT

The pressure is on President Barack Obama to deliver a Goldilocks performance in the second debate: Not too cool, as he was in his first, listless encounter with Mitt Romney. And not too hot, as some ...

IAS officer Ashok Khemka wrong about his transfer and Vadra-DLF deal, says Haryana govt

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Ashok Khemka, a senior bureaucrat in Haryana, is straddling two giant controversies. One is the fact that he has cancelled a 58-crore deal between entrepreneur Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF...

Barack Obama extends slim lead over Mitt Romney in White House race

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama gained ground on Republican rival Mitt Romney for the third straight day, leading 46 per cent to 43 per cent, according to the Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on T...

PM, Sonia Gandhi meet President Pranab Mukherjee amid talk of Cabinet reshuffle on Friday

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:28 AM PDT

The Prime Minister today met President Pranab Mukherjee and was followed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi this evening. The meetings have set abuzz speculation of a cabinet reshuffle again, perhaps ...

IAS officer Ashok Khemka rejects Haryana government's claim that he wanted transfer

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT

The Haryana government has said that IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred for opening an inquiry into land deals involving Robert Vadra, had himself asked to be moved out of the land tra...

From January, no airport development fee for Delhi, Mumbai passengers

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:25 AM PDT

The Civil Aviation Ministry said the fee will not apply from January 1. Domestic fliers pay Rs. 200 at Delhi, and Rs. 100 at Mumbai. International passengers are charged Rs. 1300 in Delhi and Rs. 600 ...

ISRO espionage case: Documents reveal no action recommended against investigating officers

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:21 AM PDT

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the state government's decision of not taking any action against the investigating officers of the 1994 ISRO espionage case was only a continuation of...

Tata Motors to launch new Nano for US market

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Indian carmaker Tata Motors Limited will look to rationalise its product range and overhaul its image, the head of its domestic business said on Tuesday, as he sets about reviving the firm's sputterin...

In a surprise move, Vikram Pandit steps down as Citigroup chief

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:33 AM PDT

Citigroup’s board said on Tuesday that Vikram S. Pandit had stepped down as chief executive, effective immediately, and will be replaced by the head of the bank’s European and Middle Ea...

Text of memo from Citi incoming CEO

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT

Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, surprising Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.

Haryana govt refutes IAS officer on Vadra-DLF deal and his transfer

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:55 AM PDT

The Haryana government says Ashok Khemka, a senior bureaucrat in Haryana, has incorrectly cancelled a 58-crore land deal between Robert Vadra, who is the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi,...

Microsoft Surface RT pricing revealed, 32GB without Touch Cover costs $499

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Pricing details of Microsoft's much awaited Surface RT tablet have finally 'surfaced' online. The details seen in the US store (which now seem to have been taken down) showed that the entry level 32GB...

Hyderabad's last Nizam named all-time richest Indian

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:37 AM PDT

When you think of India's all-time richest people, what are the names that cross your mind? No, it's not the Tatas, Birlas or Ambanis, it's Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam (or ruler) of Hyderabad.

Two die as train catches fire in Karnataka

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:29 AM PDT

Two people -- a woman and a child -- were burnt alive and seven others injured when a passenger train coach caught fire on Tuesday at the Gulbarga station in Karnataka, railway officials said.

Fire at electrical substation in South Delhi's Okhla area

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:19 AM PDT

There are reports of a fire emanating from an electrical substation in Okhla.

Chargesheet filed against Yeddyurappa, sons in CBI special court

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:31 AM PDT

A chargesheet has been filed by the CBI against BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa in a court in Bangalore today. Mr Yeddyurappa has been accused along with his sons of releasing land reserved for public pr...

Saif Kareena wedding: They're officially married

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:59 AM PDT

The first of Kareena Kapoor's two wedding ceremonies today is complete and she and Saif Ali Khan are officially married. The registered wedding took place at Saif's apartment in Bandra this afterno...

Family isn't immunity from graft charges: Arun Jaitley's repartee to Digvijaya Singh

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:55 AM PDT

A day after Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh told NDTV that his party stuck to the ethics of not targetting family members of opposition leaders, the BJP's Arun Jaitley has dismissed this as...

Furore on Twitter over Sachin Tendulkar's Order of Australia award

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 04:45 AM PDT

There was an uproar on the social microblogging site Twitter after Australian Primer Minister Julia Gillard announced Tuesday that Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar would be conferred with the Member of...
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