Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Telemarketers could be fined Rs 2.5 lakhs per call or SMS

Telemarketers could be fined Rs 2.5 lakhs per call or SMS


Telemarketers could be fined Rs 2.5 lakhs per call or SMS

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Those endless calls and sms-es from telemarketers will soon come with serious punishment for offenders.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has gone public with its recommendations.


WikiLeaks: Pakistan's army is 'the problem' says India

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Conveying India's view on its neighbourhood to the US, a top Indian official had told US' Af-Pak envoy in 2009 that most of the problems in Pakistan can be traced to its military's intentions and informed him that post 26/11 India had consciously not attempted to take any measures that would destabilise the civilian government there.


2G Scam: Supreme Court questions Raja's decision to ignore PM's reservations

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The perfect storm of the 2G scam continues to rage. The Supreme Court has questioned the decision by A Raja to ignore the objections raised by the Prime Minister and others on the allocation of 2G spectrum.


Kamala Harris is California attorney general

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Four weeks after election day, Democrat Kamala Harris, daughter of an African American father and Indian Tamil mother, finally sealed a narrow but historic win making her the first woman attorney general of California.


India's leadership unknown to much of world: Survey

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As New Delhi seeks to cement its place as a world leader with its bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, a survey released today said that the Indian leadership is not much known in the world.


At 80, Tintin speaks in Hindi

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Iconic Belgium comic cub-reporter Tintin's famous catchphrase "Great Snakes" becomes "Baal ki khaal" and his best friend Captain Archibald Haddock would say "Karod kasmasate kaale kacchuve" for his trademark "billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles," as their adventures across the world gets translated into Hindi.


Govt to give Radia tapes to Supreme Court

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The government has agreed to hand over the Niira Radia tapes to the Supreme Court. The hard drives, CDs and tapes will be submitted in a sealed cover.


Thomas will not supervise 2G inquiry by CBI

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The government has told the Supreme Court that PJ Thomas will not supervise the CBI's inquiry into India's biggest scam. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court questioned how Thomas, as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), would objectively be able to supervise the inquiry into the 2G Scam, which centres on 2G spectrum being undervalued by the Telecom Ministry in 2008. The court stressed that while he was Telecom Secretary, Thomas had justified many of the decisions now under investigation by both the court and the CBI.


WikiLeaks: US analysed India's military contingency plans

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American embassy cables leaked by whistleblower website WikiLeaks reveal that the US conducted its own secret analysis of India's military contingency plans codenamed 'Cold Start', the Guardian reported.


How India's cities are splitting at the seams

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Mahitosh Sarkar came here from his distant village in West Bengal 12 years ago looking for a better life, and he found it. He abandoned the penniless existence of a subsistence fisherman to become a big-city vegetable seller. His wife found work as a maid.


No government aid for children with AIDS

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Even as World AIDS Day is being observed today with slogans reiterating commitment to mitigate the impact of HIV-AIDS, a question mark hangs over the future of thousands of affected and infected children.


Uncle in, Jagan Mohan Reddy supporters out of Cabinet

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Thirty-nine ministers took oath today as Kiran Kumar Reddy's Andhra Pradesh Cabinet was sworn at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. 16 of these 40 ministers (including Chief Minister Kiran Reddy) are from Telangana, 15 from coastal Andhra while nine are from Rayalaseema region.


Manipur's top rebel leader Meghen arrested

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For the first time, the Indian government has made public the arrest of RK Meghen alias Sanayaima, Chairman of the banned UNLF, a prominent militant group from Manipur. It is probably the biggest arrest in recent times.


Gear up for mid-term elections, says Naidu

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Hoping to return to power, Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party is banking on a revival of its fortunes and possible mid-term Assembly poll in the wake of the churning in state's ruling Congress following the resignation of rebel MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy.


Right-wing activists attack Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz in Delhi

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The Youth Wing of the BJP attacked Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car on Tuesday when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's club in New Delhi to attend a seminar.


Nitish’s new law to ensure work done in time

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In a bold move to weed out corruption, the Bihar government will soon enact a law, making it mandatory for state agencies to extend services to people within a stipulated time frame, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said.


Teargas at BJP protest in Kolkata

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Hundreds of BJP workers on Tuesday allegedly broke barricades and tried to march into the state secretariat in Kolkata during a protest march against price hike among other issues, prompting the police to lob teargas shells to disperse the protestors and arrest a party leader.


Not ordered inquiry on Radia tapes: Chidambaram

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Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is inquiring into alleged leak of tapes of telephone conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and politicians, journalists and industrialists.


China says won't take sides in Korea dispute (Reuters)

China says won't take sides in Korea dispute (Reuters)


China says won't take sides in Korea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

South Korean maritime policemen conduct a drill on a patrol ship near Yeonpyeong Island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas, 11 km (7 miles) from the North, about 115 km (71 miles) northwest of Seoul, June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Yang Hee-SeokReuters - China, which has refused to condemn North Korea's attack on a southern island, said on Wednesday it would not favor any side but wanted to help resolve the dispute as a "responsible great power."


Russia's Putin warns West over missile defense: report (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Berlin in this November 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told CNN television that Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and "strike forces" if it were shut out of a Western missile shield, adding punch to a warning from President Dmitry Medvedev.


World leaders call for stronger OSCE at Kazakh summit (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:05 AM PST

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivers a speech at the start of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Summit in Astana December 1, 2010. The OSCE opened its summit in Kazakhstan's capital amid tight security on Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from Afghanistan to terrorism and drug trade. REUTERS/Francois LenoirReuters - The United States on Wednesday called on Europe's main security watchdog to lend more support to the war in Afghanistan and resolve "frozen conflicts" across the former Soviet Union.


China arrests hundreds of hackers, says situation "grim" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:16 PM PST

Reuters - China has arrested more than 460 hackers from start of this year to the end of November, but the prospects to prevent future assaults on computer security remain grim, the ministry of public security said.

"Don't hunt down my son," says mother of WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:24 PM PST

Reuters - The mother of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday she was distressed by an international police alert for her son's arrest and did not want him "hunted down and jailed."

Thailand's Scourge: Is the Thai Military Torturing Muslim Detainees? (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Though the current WikiLeaks diplomatic deluge might help bury the last one about torture in Iraq, those allegations still resonate in Thailand. When it comes to torture, Thailand and America's histories are intertwined

Clinton seeks more European help in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:17 AM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the start of the OSCE Summit at the Palace of Independence in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday Dec. 1, 2010. The OSCE Summit, the first ever to be held in Central Asia, offers an opportunity to address urgent security challenges including transnational threats such as terrorism and trafficking, and the recent unrest in Kyrgyzstan and the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.


Iran hangs former soccer player's mistress (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

AP - Iran on Wednesday hanged a former soccer player's mistress — known as a "temporary wife — who was convicted of murdering her love rival, the player's wife, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Post-election violence reported in Haitian town (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:20 PM PST

People walk through smoke coming from burning trash in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010.  International observers played down allegations of widespread fraud in Haiti's critical post-quake Sunday election as ballots began to be counted. Results are not likely until Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Protesters demanding cancellation of Haiti's weekend presidential election clashed with U.N. peacekeepers Tuesday, the United Nations mission and Haitian radio reported.


Islamists crushed in Egypt election (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:20 PM PST

Mohammed Badie (L), the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, holds a press conference about the parliamentary election in Cairo. The Brotherhood fielded 130 candidates, compared with about 800 for the NDP, after more than a dozen were disqualified and at least 1,200 supporters arrested.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party wiped out its Islamist opponents from parliament in the first round of a disputed election, according to official results.


Ex-official implicates China leaders in AIDS scandal (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:58 AM PST

Volunteers from Red Cross China take part in an AIDS-awareness event to mark World AIDS Day in Beijing. A retired senior Chinese health official on Wednesday called for two of the country's most powerful leaders to take responsibility for a huge 1990s blood-selling AIDS scandal.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - A retired senior Chinese health official on Wednesday called for two of the country's most powerful leaders to take responsibility for a huge 1990s blood-selling AIDS scandal.


Canada growth disappoints, rates to stay low (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:06 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's economy disappointed in the third quarter with the weakest growth rate in a year, while the economy shrank outright in September, adding pressure on policy makers to safeguard the patchy recovery.

Anti-whaling activists launch 'Godzilla' speedboat (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:32 PM PST

This handout image released on November 29, 2010 by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and taken by Eye In The Sky Magazine shows the latest sea Shepherd speedboat AFP - Militant anti-whaling campaigners said Wednesday they had launched a new "Godzilla" speedboat to chase Japanese harpooners hunting the giant mammals in Antarctic waters.


Ecuador and Venezuela compete to praise WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It's a rare day when Ecuador can out-Chávez Hugo Chávez.

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange on Secrets, the U.S. and China (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' founder, says China may be easier to reform than the U.S. The leaker of State Department secrets also tells TIME that there is a role for secrecy

WikiLeaks release: How China sees North Korea (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:03 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - ̢ۢ A daily summary of global reports.

Kenya PM's Call to Arrest Gays Jeopardizes HIV Prevention (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:39 PM PST

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Nov 30 (IRIN/PlusNews) - Gay Kenyans will be driven further underground and away from HIV prevention, treatment and care services following a recent call by Prime Minister Raila Odinga for a nationwide crackdown on homosexuals, activists say.

6 stages to attain sexual nirvana

6 stages to attain sexual nirvana


6 stages to attain sexual nirvana

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Not having sex on a regular basis can take the fizz out of your relationship. Keep these tips handy to add some spark in your sex life...

Sure shot ways to know she's flirting

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Rachel Fernandes gets the men to reveal some of those sure shot signs that the lady is flirting

Things not to say on a date

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Ever wondered why the blue-eyed girl suddenly left you amidst an interesting conversation? We tell you things you shouldn't say on a date.

Winter skin care with aromatherapy

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

The chill is back and so is the havoc that the whether plays with our skin and body. Aromatherapist Dr. Naresh Arora of Chase Aromatherapy brings you some easy solutions...

Eggs-traordinary facts about eggs

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Organic, premium, vegetarian…the variety of eggs today in the market can baffle you. We ask the experts to show you the sunny side up.

Saying goodbye with grace

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Make everything creative, make the best out of the worst -- that's what I call `the art'.

Promiscuity may be in your genes

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:28 PM PST

A new study has pointed out that some people may be genetically programmed to be unfaithful to their partners.

The secret to longer-lasting sex

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:31 AM PST

A new study shows that the real secret to longer lasting sex really lies in your arteries and not just physical desire.

Sex and salvation

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Salvation is the destination. Love is the way. However, sex provides three interesting detours

The lech said, come to my lap

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Twenty one models on their train back from Ludhiana were harassed by a group of men – till they decided to fight back

Radiant, inside out!

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Keep all those creams and lotions aside, we tell you how some changes in your lifestyle can help you achieve flawless skin

When Hinduja rocked!

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

It was a great start to Day 1 of the Clean & Clear Bombay Times Fresh Face 2010 contest.

Indulge your cheesy side!

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

With a wide range of exotic cheeses now easily available across the city, the only challenge is to use them to their full potential. We tell you more

Sanjeev Kapoor’s Food Channel in HD

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Sanjeev Kapoor's 24x7 Food Lifestyle Channel 'Food Food', to start in early in 2011, will be the first Indian channel entirely shot in high definition.