Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Facebook row: Officials to meet today to review Information Technology Act

Facebook row: Officials to meet today to review Information Technology Act

Facebook row: Officials to meet today to review Information Technology Act

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:11 PM PST

Amid the raging debate over freedom of expression in the social media and instances of arrests of people, officials are meeting in Delhi today to review a controversial section in the Information Tech...

Samajwadi Party stops construction of temple for Mulayam Singh Yadav

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:59 PM PST

For Samajwadi Party (SP) workers in Aligarh, politics is their religion and Mulayam Singh Yadav is God. And the latest example of sycophancy was a temple dedicated to the SP chief coming up in the cit...

Trinamool Congress minister heckled by farmers in Singur

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:31 PM PST

After just 18 months of coming to power, the Trinamool Congress seems to be in trouble in West Bengal. The state's new Minister of State for Agriculture Becharam Manna faced angry protests from farmer...

26/11 accused David Headley, Tahawwur Rana to be sentenced in January 2013

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:13 PM PST

The sentencing of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been fixed for January 17 next year while that of his accomplice Tahawwur R...

Teenager in Palghar detained for Facebook post against Raj Thackeray

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:26 AM PST

A 19-year-old boy has been detained by the police in Palghar near Mumbai for allegedly writing an "abusive" Facebook post against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. The police has n...

Will travelling anywhere on Earth in four hours be a reality?

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:19 AM PST

A small British company with a dream of building a re-usable space plane has won an important endorsement from the European Space Agency (ESA) after completing key tests on its novel engine technology...

Ratan Tata: Fabric of Indian values and ethics slowly deteriorating

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:15 AM PST

Tata Group head Ratan Tata has said that though India had many changes of government, the outlook "might not be as bad" as one might think. However, Tata, who was awarded an honorary Doctorate ...

France: We have a buyer for ArcelorMittal site

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:21 AM PST

The French government has found an industrialist willing to invest 400 million euros to renovate ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks in northeast France, a minister said on Wednesday. Indus...

Singapore's first strike in 26 years ends in two days

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:21 AM PST

Singapore's first strike in 26 years ended on Wednesday when mainland Chinese bus drivers demanding higher pay reported for duty after two days of protest that angered the city-state's government.

Three held for Bulandshahr 'honour' killing

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:15 AM PST

Three men were arrested on Wednesday for the alleged honour killing of Mohammad Hakim, who was shot dead on November 22 on G.T. Road in Bulandshahr, for marrying Mehwish against their families' wishes...

Naveen Jindal's men hid cameras in watches, buttons to film Zee meetings

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:08 AM PST

The Delhi Police says that Zee News misreported the facts while reporting on the company owned by Congress MP and steel tycoon Naveen Jindal. "There was an element of deception involved," investigator...

Barack Obama to host Mitt Romney for lunch in their first encounter since US elections

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:49 AM PST

US President Barack Obama will host his defeated Republican foe Mitt Romney for a conciliatory private lunch at the White House on Thursday in their first encounter since a bitter election.

Gujarat elections: Amit Shah to contest from Naranpura

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:34 AM PST

Amit Shah, a former minister in Narendra Modi's Gujarat cabinet and a powerful BJP leader will contest next month's assembly elections from Naranpura in Ahmedabad. Mr Shah is one of the accused in the...

With a double PhD, this man was begging in the streets

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:18 AM PST

Till this afternoon, Dinesh Dwivedi, age 50, a retired school teacher, spent large parts of his day begging in the streets of Jaipur.

Eden Gardens pitch curator sidelined after he refuses to prepare spin track

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:01 AM PST

Prabir Mukherjee, the pitch curator at Kolkata's Eden Gardens, has been sidelined after he refused to prepare a rank turner for the third Test against England, as requested by Indian captain MS Dhoni....

In Nitish's Bihar, a village's power cut has lasted 17 years

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:56 AM PST

For three months in 1995, Afaur village in Bihar's Saran district had electricity. Villagers fondly talk about fans that worked light at night and watching television much like they would recount the ...

Veteran Eden Gardens' curator admits being sidelined

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:54 AM PST

Veteran Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee on Wednesday, said he will not have much of a say in preparation of the pitch for the third India-England Test, beginning Dec 5, with the East Zone cu...

Moustafa Ismail: The man with 31 inch upper arms

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:52 AM PST

 Don't tell Popeye. It turns out you don't need to eat your spinach to get the world's biggest arms.Massachusetts bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail eats seven pounds (three kilograms) of protein, nine poun...

Navin Jindal's men hid cameras in watches, buttons to film Zee meetings

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:48 AM PST

The Delhi Police says that Zee News misreported the facts while reporting on the company owned by Congress MP and steel tycoon Navin Jindal. "There was an element of deception involved," investigators...

In Kerala, incest case estranges a mother from her daughter, son

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:47 AM PST

In a small room of a cemented building with faded white paint on the outside, a 13-year-old girl, separated from her family for the first time, says she has no wish to see her mother. For two years, s...

IOC to propose suspension of Indian Olympic Association

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:30 AM PST

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, made it clear that it will propose the suspension of IOA in its Executive Board Meeting early next month if the upcoming IOA elections are held un...

Three injured in grenade attack in Anantnag, J&K

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:25 AM PST

Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a civilian were injured in a grenade attack by militants in Anantnag district of south Kashmir today, police said.

In Cold War, US planned to blow up the Moon: Report

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:13 AM PST

The US planned to blow up the Moon with a nuclear bomb during the Cold War as a show of strength, a British media report said on Wednesday.

Allegations against Robert Vadra 'false, based on hearsay': PM's Office

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:01 AM PST

Allegations against Robert Vadra "appear to be false, vexatious and based on hearsay", the Prime Minister's Office has said, responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Allahabad Hig...

CBI court denies Jagan Mohan Reddy bail in disproportionate assets case

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 04:53 AM PST

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Hyderabad on Wednesday rejected a statutory bail plea filed by YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy earlier this month.
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