Sunday, November 25, 2012

Cellphones reshape prostitution in India, imperil AIDS fight

Cellphones reshape prostitution in India, imperil AIDS fight


Cellphones reshape prostitution in India, imperil AIDS fight

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 01:50 AM PST

Millions once bought sex in the narrow alleys of Kamathipura, a vast red-light district in Mumbai. But prostitutes with inexpensive mobile phones are luring customers elsewhere, and that is endangerin...


In new book, David Headley says Bal Thackeray was 'sitting duck'

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 01:36 AM PST

Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Headley, who had surveyed most of the 26/11 targets, had also conducted a recce of Bal Thackeray's heavily-guarded residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra in 20...


Hasan Ali Khan case: Government approaches Swiss authorities

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:38 PM PST

Government has asked the Indian Mission in Berne to get in touch with banking authorities of Switzerland for obtaining details of businessman Hasan Ali Khan's Swiss bank accounts in connection with th...


New seating arrangement for Trinamool MPs likely from Monday

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 11:26 PM PST

Bitter homecoming for cross-border families in Kashmir

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:48 PM PST

Four accused to be put on trial for coal blocks allocation

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:42 PM PST

Two officials of a panel of the Union Ministry of Steel, along with a private firm and its director have been ordered by a Delhi court to be put on trial on cheating, forgery and corruption charges in...


Ponty Chadha murder probe: Police recover gun allegedly used by Namdhari

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:16 PM PST

Nearly 10 days after the murders of controversial liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep, the Delhi Police have found the gun they believe was used by Mr Chadha's aide Sukhdev Singh Namdhar...


Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party to hold first official meet today

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:49 PM PST

A day after its name was announced, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will hold its first official meeting today. Key strategies are likely to be discussed at the meet scheduled for this evening in Ne...


Boeing team to inspect snags in Dreamliner fleet

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:25 PM PST

Wooing allies over FDI: Ghulam Nabi Azad likely to meet Karunanidhi

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:30 PM PST

Senior Congress leader and union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is likely to meet DMK chief M Karunanidhi today to try and bring the ally on board on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-...


Man gunned down in Bulandhshahr, allegedly by his wife's cousins

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:35 PM PST

Foreign media on Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:40 AM PST

Gujarat elections: BJP, Congress face revolt from ticket aspirants

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:16 AM PST

The ruling BJP and the Congress faced massive dissidence as the filing of nominations for the first phase of the Gujarat elections ended today. Party members openly revolted, switching loyalties or de...


BJP to organise public rallies at 55 venues in Gujarat on Sunday

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:58 AM PST

CBI chief appointment row: BJP says strict action will be taken against Ram Jethmalani

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 08:40 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today hinted at disciplinary action against Ram Jethmalani, who has disagreed with its stand on the appointment of the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) direct...


IK Gujral admitted to hospital, condition serious

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 07:54 AM PST

13 of marriage party killed, 40 injured in Jammu and Kashmir accident

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 07:11 AM PST

At least 13 members of a marriage party were killed and 40 others injured, when the bus, in which they were travelling, skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge at Dudu in Udhampur district thi...


I was made to sign 2G report with Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss figure, says former auditor

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 07:07 AM PST

Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh today claimed he was directed by his superiors - through a "written order" - to sign on the final 2G spectrum audit report that put the p...


Mamata Banerjee slams Opposition, media for 'negative publicity' to Bengal

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:54 AM PST

In an apparent attack on her political opponents and a section of the media, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused them of trying to harm the state by giving it negative publicity.


Gujarat polls: Congress candidate can't submit form as 'mandate' is snatched

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:43 AM PST

Gujarat Congress on Saturday seemed to have lost the Visavadar assembly seat before the elections, as the party could not provide 'mandate' to its candidate, paving way for a straight contest between ...


Aakash tablet makers deny it's a cheap Chinese import

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:14 AM PST

'Go Gadkari' chorus grows in BJP: Shatrughan Sinha backs Yashwant Sinha's demand

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:58 AM PST

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today said he was 'ideologically' with Ram Jethmalani and Yashwant Sinha who have sought the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari over allegations of corruption.


Facebook arrests row: Guilty cops won't be spared, says Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:57 AM PST

The Maharashtra government today assured strict action against police officials if a probe report on the arrest of two girls, who made Facebook comments on Bal Thackeray's funeral, found them to have ...


Abu Salem has malaria, refuses treatment at hospital

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:44 AM PST

Will ensure there is no family rule in Aam Aadmi Party, says Arvind Kejriwal

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 03:57 AM PST

Arvind Kejriwal's party that was launched nearly two months ago amid much hype finally has a name. Aam Aadmi Party, which means the party for the common man who Mr Kejriwal claims to represent, will f...


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