Rs 5 lakh reward for info on cop's killers
HYDERABAD Police on Saturday announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for any person providing information which would lead to the arrest of the culprits behind the killing of a police constable here on Friday |
Togadia files complaint against Zakia, her son
Dr Pravin Togadia, international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday filed a complaint at an Ahmedabad police station charging Tanvir and Zakia Jaffri,son and widow of slain for |
77-year-old clears XII board exam in TN, wants to do MA
PROVING the adage right that learning knows no age limits, a 77-year-old retired clerk has cleared the class XII Tamil Nadu board examinations with over 60 per cent marks but felt his score was short |
CASTE CENSUS: SONIA'S MISTAKEN NOD?
The Congress leaders cannot speak against party president Sonia Gandhi openly but murmurs have begun in the party that she is a foreigner and hence did not understand the caste sensitivity of the Indi |
BJP-JMM deal: Munda will be Jharkhand CM
FORMER Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda (42), presently a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Jamshedpur, will be the new chief minister of the state, following the party yielding to |
SIT takes over probe into Hyderabad firing incident
HYDERABAD Police Commissioner A K Khan said on Saturday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has taken over the probe into the killing of a police constable by three unidentified assailants
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Shekhawat was a close friend: Vajpayee
FORMER prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Saturday condoled the death of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, saying he was a
"close friend, a tall leader and one of the Bharatiya Janata |
New UK govt may impose bonds on Indian students
BRITAIN'S new Immigration Minister Damian Green has indicated that students from India and other non-European Union countries will have to furnish a bond of a specified amount before com- ing here to |
HC allows restricted use of loudspeakers in silence zone
THE Bombay High Court on Saturday allowed the use of loudspeakers with restric- tions during the five-day 44th Senior National Kho- Kho Championship begin- ning on Sunday at Shivaji Park. The Vacat |
Nagpur University may adopt credit-based assessment system
VICE-chancellor S N Pathan has hinted at the possibility of Nagpur University starting a credit-based system of assessment from June. The system will initially be imple- mented only for those streams |
Chain-snatcher lynched in Virar
TWO men, who attempted to snatch the gold chain of a woman, were beaten up by angry locals at a village near Virar leading to the death of one of them, police said on Saturday. The incident took pl |
RPI (G) mahila chief murdered
UNKNOWN assailants killed a woman chief of RPI (G) in cold blood when she was returning after lodging a complaint with the police station. According to the police, RPI leader Ramatai Pujari was att |
No trace of Maha officer kidnapped in Arunachal
THERE has been no trace of high-ranking Maharash- tra forest officer Vijay S Bardekar who was allegedly kidnapped by suspected Bodo militants in Arunachal Pradesh, where he was on a vacation, a Minist |
State leaders pay rich tributes to Shekhawat
POLITICAL leaders from the State paid glowing tributes to former Vice President Bha- iron Singh Shekhawat, who died in Jaipur on Saturday. Heavy Industries Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, terming Shekh |
Three poison self in Thane district
Three persons have ended their lives in different incidents by consuming poison in the district. All of them who were admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) breathed their last |
Photo exhibition on 'Maha culture'
A photography exhibition that is currently on at Thane Kala Bhavan is the place where every Thane resident who cares for external as well as internal beauty has to be as inter- nationally-acclaimed ph |
Self-help groups to maintain wells, borewells
The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) recently handed over the responsibility of maintaining wells and bore wells to the self-help groups considering their past work record. The decision was taken |
Thane coastal area on high alert
FEARING another terror attack from the seas, the coastal region in Thane district has been kept on high alert. Acting on a tip-off from Central Intelligence agencies, coastal police stations in Th |
Jumbo block on WR today
To carry out maintenance work, a jumbo block will be taken from 10.35 hrs to 15.35 hrs on Sunday, on Dn local lines (i.e. slow corridor) between Marine Lines and Mahim sta- tions. During the period |
Mega block on CR today
Central Railways will operate mega block on its suburban sections for carrying out maintenance work on Sunday as under - On Up Fast line between Mulund and Matunga stations from 11.00 am to 4.30 pm - |
Toddler smothered to death
A two-year-old toddler was allegedly abducted and later smothered to death in Gittikhadan here over the non-payment of a private loan taken by his father, police said on Saturday. The incident took pl |
Man attacked for money recovery; two arrested
IN A case of recovery of borrowed money, two people allegedly attacked a person of the dead relative when he had gone to a cemetery to offer prayers. Following the incident, Byculla police took the |
Youth beheaded over land dispute
A 25-year-old youth was murdered today over a land dispute near Kadarabad here, police said. The accused identified, as Saklaji Bhusare surren- dered before the police after the incident, they said |
MED NEGLIGENCE CASES SOAR AS GOVT DITHERS
JUSTICE DELAYED
EVER wondered why sporadic incidents of patient violence against doctors or other staff is on the rise with increasing number of patients alleging medical negligence on part of hospital staff ? One pr |
City water cut may be reviewed as levels dip
WITH water reserves of the lakes supplying water to the City depleting sharply, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to review the water cut percentage imposed since July 2009. With |
Arginine, an anti-cancer agent: BARC
ARGININE, a common dietary amino acid, has been found to act as an effective anti-cancer molecule if used in proper dose in an alkaline medium, and can prove to be a natural alternative to painful che |
Citizens of distant suburbs have resigned to perennial outage
THE longing look in the eyes of Suresh Kamat, a retired official living at faraway Tit- wala, cannot belie that the fact that he is waiting for the clock to strike 5:45 pm, when the day's load-sheddin |
FORMER UK MINISTER ATTACKED BY KNIFE-WIELDING MUSLIM WOMAN :
FORMER
BRITISH MINISTER AND SENIOR LABOUR MP STEPHEN TIMMS ESCAPED DEATH NARROWLY AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A KNIFE-WIELDING MUSLIM WOMAN, A RESIDENT OF HIS CONSTITUENCY.
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Thailand erupts again, 6 die in street clashes
SIX people were killed and 31 injured as street fighting cont\inued for the third day in the Thai capital with the country's military setting up buffer grounds around protesters demanding Prime Minist |
TAX CODE: Govt may scale down I-T relief
THE expected tax relief for people with Rs 10 lakh in- come may not materialise as was originally proposed in the Direct Taxes Code with the Finance mnistry mulling to tweak the slabs for offset- ting |
28 persons inside bus electrocuted
Wedding festivities ended in mournful wailing for the relatives of 28 persons who were electrocuted on Friday when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a high voltage electric pole. Gi |
Radiation hotspots in market marked
Mayapuri area in West Delhi is "not a safe zone for human beings", environment organisation Greenpeace said on Friday after its team visited the scrapyard where a person died from radiation last mont |
Shahzad aide nabbed in Pak
Pakistan has arrested a militant who acted as an accomplice of Faisal Shahzad, the man who attempted to bomb Times Square, while three Pakistanis have been arrested in the US for providing money to h |
Indonesia busts 26/11-type plot
A plot to assassinate the President and other top offi- cials, massacre foreigners in Mumbai-style attacks and declare an Islamic state, has been uncov- ered by the Indonesian police.
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Last WORD
MODI READIES OWN CHARGESHEET
ALIT MODI, the suspended chairman of the IPL, is preparing to strike back at the bigwigs of the league's governing council with his own chargesheet after finalising his reply to the no- tice served by |
Khushboo dumps Cong, joins DMK
In a surprise development, popular south Indian actress and television personality Khushboo, who made her debut in Bolly
wood with `Thodisi Bewafaii,' joined the ruling DMK in the presence of Chief M |
Nitin Gadkari plunges into another row
BJP President Nitin Gadkari appears to have stoked a fresh controversy by participat
ing in a Sikh religious function allegedly with his shoes on. Gadkari had arrived here to participate in a |
TERROR SCARE IN HYDERABAD
OUR days ahead of the third anniversary of the Mecca Masjid blast, suspected terrorists struck in the old city of Hy- derabad, killing an unarmed policeman posted at a picket in the sensitive Old City |
MEN IN BLUE GET SET FOR GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS
controlled reshuffle of sorts is on the cards in Indian cricket: For one, some players in the current squad - such as Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Yusuf Pathan - are likely to be rest- ed for the fo |
Indian craze for cars pushing oil price: Obama
US President Barack Oba- ma has asked automobile- loving Americans to depend more on public transporta- tion as Indians and Chinese are buying more cars and this, in turn, is pushing oil prices higher |
Bihar's Super 30 in Time Magazine best list
SUPER 30, Bihar's free coaching centre which helps economically backward students crack the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), has been selected by The Time Magazine |
Chastised over studies, boy kills dad, granny
FRUSTRATED at being frequently scolded for not being serious towards his studies, a class 12 student shot dead his policeman father and grandmother here Friday, police said. Seventeen- |
Ban on LTTE extended by another 2 yrs
THE Government on Friday extended the ban on LTTE by another two years following intelligence reports that rem- nants of the Sri Lankan Tamil terror outfit were trying to re- group in Tamil Nadu. A |
Monsoon onset over Kerala by May 30
SOUTHWEST monsoon, critical for the farm-based economy of the country, is expected to reach Kerala on May 30, two days before its normal onset date in the
coastal state. "The south-west monsoon is l |
SIT submits report in SC on Modi, Togadia POST-GODHRA KILLINGS
THE Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in post-Godhra killing of ex-Congress MP Ehasan Jafri on Friday submitted its report to the Suprem |
Chautala braves flak, bats for khap demand
UNDETERRED by criticism over his support to Khap pan- chayats demanding a ban on same gotra marriages, INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala on Friday said his party favours an amendment in the Hindu Marriag |
'84 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE
Order on framing of charges today
NEW DELHI
A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Saturday its order on CBI's plea to frame charges of murder and rioting against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti- Sikh riots cas |
'Business of riots': Congress demands ban on Sriram Sene
CONGRESS on Friday demanded a ban on Sri Ram Sene after the right wing outfit's chief Pramod Muthalik was allegedly caught on cam- era accepting money to vandalise an art exhibi- tion. "If these fa |
Gates meets Health Secretary
MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates met Union Health Secretary Sujatha Rao in New Delhi on Friday and the duo reportedly discussed health-related issues prevailing in India, like polio and vaccination. "IT i |
Zardari gets back Bhutto trusts, hits jackpot
Pakistan's Federal Shariat Court has ordered the concerned agen- cies to give back the authority of two trusts, which were founded by late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and have properties worth |
Once upright father, now hiding in humiliation
Air Vice-Marshal Bahar ul-Haq's life has taken a twist he would have never imagined, considering the fact that he was always regarded in Pakistani society as an 'enlightened, upright' man, who brought |
86 KILLED, THOUSANDS RELOCATED IN CHINA RAINSTORMS:
AT LEAST 86 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED AND 16 MISSING DUE TO FLOOD AND LANDSLIDES CAUSED BY RAINSTORMS THAT LASHED CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.
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NEW S T A R T TREATY
OLD FOES FINALLY END THEIR COLD WAR
Describing their new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) as a key step towards nuclear disarma- ment, the US and Russia have declared that it marked the 'final end of the Cold War'. The new STA |
Luckiest man in the world gives up his fortune
LONDON:He has cheated death seven times, celebrated his fifth marriage and now given away his lottery worth 600,000 pounds. Frano Selak, dubbed the world's luckiest man, is grateful for hi |
Nigeria's ex governor arrested, granted bail
ABUJA: A former governor of Nigeria's oil rich state of Delta who fled the country after indictment by an anti-corruption agency, has been arrested in Dubai and released on bail. James Ibori was accus |
US court seeks DNA of Chinese who killed NRI
CHICAGO: The Chinese doctor, who killed Indian-American Yale physi- cian Vajinder Toor last month, has been ordered by a US court to give his DNA sample to authorities investigating the case. Lishan W |
Shekhawat hospitalised
FORMER Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has been admitted to the ICU of a hospi- tal here after he complained of uneasiness and breathing trouble. Shekhawat (87) was admitted to the ICU of Swai |
Heat wave claims 26 in AP
THE severe heat wave in Andhra Pradesh Friday claimed 26 lives, taking the toll to 44 in two days, officials said. Almost the entire state is in the grip of a heat wave with the temperatures hov- erin |
Four cops nabbed for supplying weapons to Naxals
FOUR policemen were arrested for alleged- ly supplying arms and ammunition to Naxals and anti- social elements, taking the total number of those nabbed in the scam to 10, police said on Friday. Consta |
Spl helpline for women harassed by stalkers
NOW, help is just a call away for women being harassed by stalkers in the capital with Delhi police starting a special helpline from Saturday. Victims can call the helpline to file their complaints |
DHONI & CO GET READY FOR ROUND...
tri-series, also involving Sri Lanka. Dhoni is under fire for his tactical blunders during the World Cup and according to a source, the selectors want to exert pressure on him by putting him on not |
DRASTIC DECISION
GOVT BANS URANIUM MINING AMID PROTESTS
DESPITE dire need of indigenous nuclear fuel for which India is totally dependent on foreign suppliers, the Environment and Forest Ministry on Friday announced rejection of a proposal for urani- mum m |
Jaya Bachchan's RS renomination unlikely
AMID speculation that SP may field its national spokesperson Mohan Singh to one of two Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh falling vacant, chances of outgoing mem- ber Jaya Bachchan's renomination ap |
SCUFFLE BETWEEN SCRIBES AND HALAPPA'S AIDES:
BANGALORE: HIGH-drama was witnessed
at the Victoria Hospital here on Thursday as a scuffle broke out between mediapersons and aides of former minister H Halappa, arrested on rape charge, when he was |
Govt still dragging feet on filling up CVC posts
PM Manmohan Singh has set up a 3-member panel of experts to suggest measures to expedite process of disciplinary and vigi- lance proceedings against cor- rupt officials, but on the other hand he is hi |
Goa Constable surrenders in court DRUG-MAFIA LINK DRUG-MAFIA
A Goa Police Constable, who was evading arrest for over two months in a police-drug ped- dler nexus case in which six of his colleagues and seniors are behind bars, surrendered before a local court on |
Maoists kill five near Lalgarh
JHARGRAM/PURULIA (WB): FOUR CPI-M supporters and a party worker were on Thursday shot dead by Maoists after they suspected them to be police informers and their bodies dumped on the highway at West Mi |
$% education loan for poor students
NEW DELHI: THE Government is planning to provide education loans at four per cent interest rate to help students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies. Discussions are on between th |
Triple record of BJP Durg leader in record books
THE Bharatiya Janata Party's 42-year-old Saroj Pandey fig- ures in the Limca Book of Records for setting a national record as the first woman to hold three elected positions simultane- ously as Mayor, |
Old rivals Shukla and Jogi lobby for RS berth
CHHATTISGARH'S two Congress stalwarts and bitter foes, V C Shukla and Ajit Jogi, are lobbying hard for a Rajya Sabha berth in elec- tions due next month, Congress sources said on Friday. Two Rajya Sab |
GHASTLY ACT
Husband stitches wife's private parts with wire!
I N a hair-raising incident, a hus band stitched the private parts of his wife with wire in Jharkhand's Dhanbad city after her request to visit her parents enraged him, police said on Friday.< |
Gadkari's gaffe
BJP President Nitin Gadkari played straight into the hands of his critics by his verbal excess at a public rally in Chandigarh. Though what he said was right and proper, and based on a t |
Parliamentary logjam
THE Government failed to get Parliament to ratify two important pieces of legislation on its urgent list in the recently concluded Budget session . One was the Women's Reservation Bill. After securing |
TRAGEDY IN TRIUMPH
THERE IS certainly some thing common between the Jairam Ramesh episode and the not-so-subtle manner in which the UPA government has managed to produce a comfortable majority during the b |
BIG B BATS FOR DHONI AND CO.
THE under-performing Indian cricket team and their captain M.S.Dhoni have received some much needed support from Amitabh Bachchan himself after their shocking ouster from the ongoing World T20 to |
SCRIBES SHOULD BECOME GARDENERS: SARDESAI
EMINENT journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Friday tweeted that some journalists should become "gardeners" as they had become "experts in planting stories". Sardesai was reacting to recent medi |
BINDRA TAKES A POTSHOT
Abhinav Bindra, the Olympic gold medallist, has proved that he is just as adept at shooting from his lip as with a gun when he tweeted, "Happy to see the BCCI has come out in support of players ev |
Pragmatism, not principle, rules post-poll Britain
GLOBAL VILLAGE
WINSTON Churchill's objection to a circular House of Commons after the Palace of Westminster, as the parliamentary buildings are called, were bombed during World War II was not only because of tra- di |
Pak's Supreme Court summons Law Minister
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday summoned Law Minister Babar Awan to explain why the government had not fully imple- mented its verdict annulling a graft amnesty that benefited President |
21 killed in China coal mine gas blast
BEIJING: In yet another coal mine accident, 21 miners have been killed in China's southwest Guizhou Province, rescuers said yesterday. The accident occurred on Thursday night at Yuanyang Colliery in t |
Indian student dies in accident in Texas
WASHINGTON: An Indian student from Bangalore, who did MBA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania early this month, has died in a car accident in the southern American State of Texas where he had |
Iceland airport to close due to ash cloud
REYKJAVIK: Iceland's main Reykjavik-Keflavik airport will close from 1230 IST on Friday until the end of the day due to the volcanic ash cloud, airport officials have said. "The airport is due to shut |
Padma Lakshmi named sexiest chef by-
Victoria's Secret
LONDON: Padma Lakshmi is the sexiest chef, according to bosses at lingerie firm Victoria's Secret. And singers Carrie Underwood's legs, Taylor Swift's hair and actress Christina Hendricks' curves help |
7 killed, 100 injured as troops, Red Shirt clash in Thailand
Seven people were killed and over 100 injured Friday in Thailand after troops fired on the "Red Shirt" protesters in the heart of the capital Bangkok. He protes- tors are trying to bring down the gove |
US CONSIDERING TERROR `TAG' FOR PAK TALIBAN
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pak- istan (TTP) is a terrorist organisation, even if it has not been officially designat- ed yet, a top US official has told his lawmakers. The US now says that the Pakistani |
After initial fear, car near Union Square gets `all clear'
A suspicious vehicle with two gas canisters caused a brief scare near Union Square in New York forcing the police to clear several blocks, but they gave the 'all clear' after investigations, saying th |
Mumbai-style plot to kill Indonesian prez bared
A plot to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other top offi- cials, massacre foreigners in Mumbai-style attacks and declare an Islamic state, has been uncovered by the Indonesian polic |
GOODS TRAIN SNAG HITS HARBOUR LINE SERVICES
THE pantograph of a goods train plying from Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) towards Kurla got entangled in the overhead electric (OHE) wire at a crossover near Wadala Road, blocking both Up and Dn corridors o |
Chinai, MVLU in limbo: Students face bleak future!
BLOCKED ADMISSIONS
WITH education becoming a fundamental right of chil- dren, 600-odd students who could have been admitted to the And- heri-based Chinai & MVLU College have been denied this right for the last two acade |
BMC to fete fastest Census enumerators
AFTER kick-starting the Census 2011 exercise with much fanfare, the BMC -the Census executing agency - is now focussing on removing any possible internal glitches that may hit the drive. In fact, the |
Azmi's killers made calls via VOIP from Bangkok
CONSPIRATORS who planned the murder of defence lawyer Shahid Azmi from Bangkok made calls to the killers through VOIP, besides opening an e-mail account to upload the victim's photo to target him. |
'Encounter specialist' Sharma denied bail
A local court today rejected the bail application of dis- missed senior police inspector Pradeep Sharma, arrested in the Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case. On Thursday, the court had also rejected th |
Kurla-Thane section to be free of long-distance trains
FOLLOWING the completion of works of two additional tracks on the Kurla-Thane section by August-end this year, train commute is set to become much easier with the section getting clear of the long-dis |
Bagwe in trouble, Cong seeks report
THE Congress today asked Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to ascertain the veracity of 19 serious offences registered against Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe in Pune, which also led the authorities |
STATE MEDICAL COUNCIL - A HEADLESS CHICKEN
HEIGHT OF NEGLIGENCE
WHILE the Union Government has dissolved the scam-tainted Medical Council of India - the statutory body that regulates medical colleges, their affiliates, doctors' registration, etc - the medical coun |
Revoke lease to private clubs, Kamat to Mayor
PROVIDING relief to several housing societies which lack recreational centres or play- grounds, Minister of State for Communications & Informa- tion Technology Gurudas Kamat on Friday asked Munic- ipa |
Mumbai
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Fire in hospital ICU; patient dies
ONCE again stressing the need for a comprehensive appratus to fight such an eventuality in the emerging industrial hub of Nashik, fire broke
out in a super speciality hospi- tal that claimed the lif |
Indian Naval Sailing Vessel to return from epic voyage
An Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV), named Mhadei and led by Commander Dilip Donde, is set to return from an epic voyage of solo circumnavigation after covering 21,600 nau- tical miles or 40,000 km. |
Murder near Al-Kausar English school
In an incident of killing out of enmity, 44-year-old Aslam Hasan Huse was stabbed to death by Alma Shahbuddin Gil on Friday. Police stated that the deceased was a trustee of Al- Kausar English School |
Kho-Kho Association seeks HC help for using loudspeakers
THE Maharashtra Kho-Kho Associa- tion has moved the Bombay High Court urging a direction to use loudspeakers for its five-day 44th Senior National Kho- kho Championship to be held at Shivaji Park begi |
COACH REVEALS WHY INDIA LOST
EAM India's Coach Gary Kirsten T seems to be going the Greg Chap pell way. The former South Africa player, who has been coaching Team India since 2008, will submit a report to the Boa |
Modi email row: BCCI climbs down
THE BCCI secretary, N. Srinivasan, seems to have decided to bring the curtains down on the public exchange of e-mails with Lalit Modi. In a climb down, BCCI has assured the suspended chairman of th |
FAST-TRACK COURTS FOR TERRORISTS
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HP hills simmer at 42 degree Celcius
: The hills of Himachal
Pradesh continued to simmer on Thursday with temperatures in some parts touching 42.2 degrees Celsius. Una town, adjoining Punjab, was the hottest in the state with a high of |
Sania staging comeback
Sania Mirza will
return to tennis with the $600,000 Aegon Classic tennis in Birmingham as a warm-up for the Wimbledon Championships next month. Sania, who married Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik las |
Man offloaded from aircraft
A 50-year-old man
was arrested for allegedly making "mischievous remarks" on board a London-bound flight at the Indira Gandhi International airport here. Nurul Huda, a resident of Saharanpur in Utta |
Gadkari apology fails to cut ice
BHARATIYA Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari's "regret" for his remarks -likening Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad to "dogs who lick the feet of the Congress" -- failed to cut ice with the two Ya |
JAIRAM ON WAY OUT, BUT NOT NOW
UNION Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh may be shown the door, not immediately but in the first reshuffle of the UPA-II government towards month-end, on the pretext that he needs to be re |
Pak must shun India 'obsession', advises Obama
NOTING Pakistan's 'obsession' with India, US President Barack Obama has said that Islamabad must shun the 'bad' custom of viewing its neighbouring nation as a primary threat and realise that it was ex |
IPL NOT CRICKET: KERALA MINISTER SNUBS KOCHI TEAM
KERALA Sports Minis- ter M Vijayakumar has refused to bat for the controversial Kochi IPL team. Vijayakumar, who belongs to the Communist Party of India (Marxist),refused to meet representatives of |
SAME GOTRA MARRIAGE
Law amendment to stop honour killings
THE Home Ministry has circulated a proposal to various ministries for amending Article 320 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to slap the direct charge of murder on the "Khap Panchayats" (ca |
Couple moves SC for protection
AMIDST a number of incidents of "honour killings," the Supreme Court has stayed the criminal trial proceedings initiated against a boy belonging to Haryana's powerful Jat community allegedly by the in |
Major changes soon in defence research body
UNHAPPY at the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) doing little to reduce India's dependence on the foreign suppliers for its defence requirements, the government on Thurs |
Gates visit: Maya blames Congress for migration
UTTAR Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday
refused to make any comment on recent visit of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates with Rahul
Gandhi to rural areas of the state but blamed the Congre |
Mamata for early Assembly polls in West Bengal
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has sought early Assembly elections in West Bengal. Talking to reporters here, Banerjee said West Bengal could have Assembly polls by
this year i t s e |
RESTORING RELATIONS
RUSSIA READY TO BROKER DALAI AND CHINA TALKS
In a major shift, Russia yesterday said that it is ready to assist in the dialogue between China and the Tibetan spiritu- al leader the Dalai Lama to resolve the vexed Tibet issue. "If all the part |
Bhutto kids settle their `family scores' on Twitter
Slain former Pakistan pre- mier Benazir Bhutto's children are using the social networking website Twitter to defend their father President Asif Ali Zardari and to settle scores with their cousin Fatim |
`FAKE DIVORCES' IN CHINA TO BUY SECOND HOME
Forty two-year-old Li Guoliang is planning to divorce his wife, not to end an unhappy marriage, but to buy a second home as house prices in China continue to skyrocket. Li took the decision after |
Two detained in Germany for plotting plane hijack
Two Russians were detained on Wednesday at Berlin's Tegel Airport on the suspicion of intending to hijack an Air Berlin flight to Moscow, a police spokesman said. A woman overheard two men, aged 49 an |
Indian national commits suicide in Abu Dhabi
A 35-year-old Indian national from Gujarat allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the bow of a boat in the UAE, where he was working for the last two years. Kanti Beku Tandil, the captain |
Lebanese PM to meet Obama on May 24
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will embark on his first official visit to the US later this month, and will discuss with President Barack Obama issues of regional peace and security. Hariri, on h |
Indian cultural centre or a virtual pub?
Liquor was also sold openly outside the ICC auditorium, a bad example for children
The newly opened Indian Cultur- al Centre (ICC), an Indian initiative to strengthen the subcontinent's cultural ties abroad has hit the headlines in Nepal for a different reason: a row over alcoholic |
EIGHT DEAD IN BLAST IN RUSSIA'S DAGESTAN
: EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED YESTERDAY
IN A BOMB ATTACK IN RUSSIA'S SOUTHERN REGION OF DAGESTAN, THE LATEST UNREST IN THE TROUBLED NORTH CAUCASUS, OFFICIALS SAID.
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RUSSIA PLANS `INVISIBLE' HELICOPTERS
Russia is planning to build a combat helicopter that would be able to attack fighter jets and remain 'invisible' to radar, officials said Thursday. "We are working on the con- cept of the fifth-gen |
Man awarded USD 96,000 for false detention
A Chinese man, who spent 11 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of murder, has been paid a compensation of USD 96,000 by a court in China. Zhao Zuohai, 57, received the compensation yesterday |
Kanishka bomber faces fresh trial next month
Air India Kanishka bombing convict Inderjit Singh Reyat, who was released last year after spending 15 years in jail, will face a fresh perjury trial starting June 22 coinciding with the 25th anniversa |
Paintings by Saddam's doctor to be on display soo
An exhibition of paintings by Ala Bashir, a former personal physician of Saddam Hussein, will begin here on May 15 and is expect- ed to provide a chilling insight into Iraq's recent history. On till J |
Art on post-9/11 `racism' defaced in Chicago
In a racist incident, an exhibit highlighting post-9/11 racial profiling and hate directed against Muslims, was allegedly defaced at an art school. The exhibit on racial profiling and the rise of viol |
Polanski lawyers say extradition request is unfair
Roman Polanski's lawyers have issued a lengthy statement faulting a request for his extradition from Switzerland as incomplete and unfair. They said, however, that if true and complete facts were pres |
Pope rallies priests as crowds flock to Fatima
Pope Benedict XVI told priests to stand firm in their faith as he arrived in Fatima for the highlight of his four-day visit to Portugal cheered by fervent crowds. Benedict arrived by helicopter from L |
Lebanon sentences 33 al-Qaida-inspired militants
Lebanese judicial officials say 33 men convicted of belonging to an al-Qaida-inspired militant group have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 15 years. The officials said the men, members of the F |
CONGRESS STILL REMAINS A DIVIDED HOUSE
WHY did the Congress agree for a caste-based census in principle when the party is divided on this issue? Those, who are against, have not recov- ered form the shock. Some suspect a deal between the C |
Caste-based census
Your editorials - "Checking abuse", M V Kamath's "The politics of corruption" and "Just ignore it" - are cause for concern. After the Gujjars, now it is the turn of Khaps. Soon after the caste-based c |
Water crisis
This refers to the article 'Water starvation hunts vil- lages in Maharashtra'. Just few days earlier Maharashtra celebrated the50th year of formation and till today it is facing with the problem of wa |
Eves do better in World Cu
It is heartening to note that our Women's cricket team has reached the semifinals in the T20 World Cup being played in the same West Indies where our men's team had to make an exit, with not a single |
God of cricket Sachin
After the pathetic performence of India in world T20 tournament one wonders whether the situation would have been different if the god of cricket Sachin had gone and played for the contry. Certainly i |
[AT HOME AND ABROAD]
CASTE IS AGAIN THE KING
THERE can now be no escape from the caste- based census that inde- pendent India wisely never had before. Even in British days when caste of everyone was recorded during the enumera- tion of populatio |
New Coalition after New Labour
THE formation of a Conservative-Liberal-Democrat coali- tion in Britain was the inevitable outcome of a fractured mandate. Any other combination would have run counter to the voter preference. That in |
Holy anger
SO, we are back to our favourite pastime. After the disap- pointing performance by Team India in the on-going T:20 championship, it is open season once again against Dhoni and his boys. So no stone is |
THE OTHER SIDE - Brain study sheds light on 'eureka' moment
A new study supports the idea of "a-ha" moments in the brain that are associated with sud- den insight. Published in the Cell Press in the May 13 issue of the journal Neuron, the study provides intrig |
Poor show
At a time when two Asian Countries Sri Lanka and Pakistan entered the knock out stage of the T-20 World Cup, Team India was pitted against best tal- ent in the world but bowed out of the with nary a f |
Frivolous PIL's
This refers to the report "New CJI Kapadia warns against frivolous PIL's". The Chief Justice of India issuing such message against the frivolous filing of PILs is a welcome step. Cases filed for the s |
Forcing conversions
This refers to the report, 'Muslim man's nikah void if woman fails to convert'. The Allahabad High Cort has held that a Muslim man's marriage to a woman of another religion shall be considered void an |
Countering terror
The American President has diagnosed the exis- tence of thriving terrorists camps on Pakistani soil as a cancerous growth. He has called upon its trust- ed ally to treat this disease first, rather tha |
New Chief Justice
The new Chief Justice of India [CJI], SH Kapadia will have to learn to live with comparisons with his pred- ecessor, KG Balakrishnan for a couple of months. The latter had a long tenure as the CJI. |
Chargesheet filed in Shahid Azmi murder
THE conspiracy of killing lawyer Shahid Azmi was hatched in Bangkok, investiga- tions have revealed, said the Mumbai Police chargesheet that was filed here on Thursday. Ten people allegedly belongi |
MONSOON COMING, BUT NULLAHS STILL CHOKED
A different Mayor, but the same old story. For another year in running, the Mayor's visit to the ongoing desilting and widening works in the East- ern suburbs, revealed a dismal, stinking picture, wee |
'No need for load-shedding'
THE TPC officials at a press briefing here said there was no reason for R-Infra, a distributor for the nearly 2.8-lakh customers in Mumbai suburbs, to threaten them with load-shedding, as both the tot |
MIRA ROAD TENSE AFTER LOCALS ATTACK DEMOLITION TEAM
TENSION prevailed in the Muslim-dominated Naya Nagar area of Mira Road, fol- lowing an attack on the civic demolition gone to raze an under construction masjid on Thursday afternoon. An anti-encroa |
Swabhimaan against borewell proposal
MUMBAI: Nitesh Rane, president of the Swabhimaan NGO, has voiced his opposition to the BMC's Rs 41-cr proposal of digging 300 new borewells across the city. "There are 12,406 total wells in Mumbai. If |
700 Sahar PAPs to be rehabilitated
MUMBAI: Around 700 project-affected persons (PAPs) at the site of the Sahar elevated access road project of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will be rehabilitated at the Ku |
7/12 papers available at e-service centres
Mumbai: The 7/12 and 8 A documents will now be available through e-service centres. These docu- ments will no longer require an attestation by a talathi. The authenticity verification of these docu- m |
Short circuilt leads to fire in Andheri mall
At least 15 fire engines and eight water tankers were rushed to douse out the massive fire that broke out in the famous Shangrila Heera Panna mall in Andheri West on Thursday morning while in another |
COURT REJECTS BAIL PLEA OF SURYAVANSHI, 3 OTHERS
A local court today rejected the bail applications of senior police inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi and three others in Ram Narayan Gupta encounter case. Six police officers, including encounter spec |
PARADIGM CHANGE
Schools, academics wary of new evaluation system
May 10, 2010 - The Maharashtra gov- ernment issued orders on Monday direct- ing all schools in the State not to detain or fail any student between Classes 1 to 8.
marked on a scale of 1 to 10.
W |
ANIL KNOCKS AT PM'S DOOR
AFTER losing the legal battle to secure cheaper gas for his power plant from the gas fields of estranged elder brother Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani came call
ing on Prime Minister Manmohan Sing |
9 slaughtered in Chinese nursery
Yet another deadly
"social revenge" attack shook China on Wednesday when a person armed with a kitchen cleaver slaughtered seven children, their teacher and her 80-year-old mother at a kindergarten |
Fixed parliament term in Britain?
Promising a "proper and full coalition government," Conservative leader David Cameron on Wednesday moved into No.
10 Downing Street as
Britain's new prime minister.
Cameron, one of Britain's y |
Darul clarifies on working women
Darul Uloom
Deoband, India's foremost Islamic seminary, on Wednesday denied asking Muslim women not to work along with men and said it only suggested that working women should dress "properly". "We |
Last WORD
STOP MAKING EXCUSES DHONI, SAY EX-CAPTAINS
AFTER their disappointing exit from World Twenty20, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to blame the Indian Premier League for the team's performance but said the late night IPL parties w |
Radioactive scare at BARC
AN employee at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre was exposed to radiation while transferring radioactive material in the complex. The staffer -- whose name and rank has not been disclosed -- was t |
188 cities are battling slums
MUMBAI may have the largest population living in slums but there are now 188 other cities and towns in India that are also battling with the problem of slums. The Census data of 2001 shows that An |
GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT
India's coastline to be mapped
THE Government on Wednesday initiated mapping and delineation of the hazard line along India's 5500-km long coastline to study the impact of the global warming and assist in protecting coa |
NEW FACE OF TERROR: RADICALISED IN US, TRAINED IN PAK
ALMOST nine years after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, a worrying number of American citizens and longtime US residents are becoming radicalised and training to be terrorists in Pakistan, US c |
When Bill Gates spent the night out in Amethi
FOR Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, it was a night out with the people of a remote village in Amethi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The world's richest man, who was on |
Court orders probe into headscarf row
THE Alappuzha Chief Magistrate's court has launched a direct probe into the expulsion of a Muslim girl from a Christian school for wearing a headscarf (maftha). Magistrate Muhammed Waseem took the |
40 terror camps active in Pakistan, says Antony
OVER 40 terror training camps are still functioning in Pakistan, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday, asking Islamabad to dismantle the ter- rorist infrastructure operating from its soil to sh |
SC SAYS `NO' TO KARKARE PROBE
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition for a probe into the killing of Hemant Karkare, head of Maharashtra Police's anti-terrorist squad, during the 2008 Mumbai ter- ror attack. The pe |
Nithari killings: Koli gets death for minor's murder
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Wednesday sentenced a business- man's domestic help, Surender Koli, to death for murdering seven-year-old Arti from Noida's Nithari village. So |
Gadkari ridicules Cong `dynasty'
Chiding the Congress Party for promoting dynasty poli- tics, BJP president Nitin Gad- kari on Wednesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee cannot even think of ev |
My caste is Indian, declares Amitabh
WHILE the debate over caste census intensifies with most parties rooting for it, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is clear where he stands on the controversial issue. If ever asked to me |
US WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF INDO-PAK DIALOGUE :
The US has welcomed
the resumption of peace talks between India and Pakistan which begin in Islamabad between the foreign ministers of two countries in July, but said the pace and scope of it would |
Kasab's confessional statement presented before Pak SC
THE confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks was presented before the Pakistan Supreme Court. Khawaja Sultan Ahmed, lawyer for Zakiur Rehma |
ment, the Daily Times reports.
Telgi sentenced to 7 years imprisonment
A Delhi Court on Wednesday sentenced fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years imprisonment for entering into criminal conspiracy with public servants, including a Delhi Police In |
Privilege move against Karunanidhi
TAMIL Nadu Assembly Speaker R Avudaiyappan on Wednesday referred a privilege issue raised by AIADMK against Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to the Privileges Committee and suspended six of its members fo |
New CJI Kapadia warns against frivolous PILs
HOURS after assuming the office of Chief Justice of India, Justice S H Kapadia on Wednesday spoke his mind for conducting the business of the Supreme Court by saying that any attempt to push frivolous |
Rajya Sabha to go digital, to eliminate paper wastage
THE Rajya Sabha will go digital in a move set in motion to eliminate huge wastage of paper in the day-to-day functioning of the House. Yet another brainchild of the 73-year-old chairman M Hamid An |
Just ignore it
HARYANA'S Ill-famed 'khaps' have competition. The Sunni Muslim seminary, Darul Uloom Deoband, has decreed against working Muslim women, saying that it is 'illegal' for a family to ac |
The politics of corruption
[ ODD MAN IN
I F there is one thing the aver age Hindu would want to feel proud of, it is that he is not intolerant. Think of this: The ruling party is today headed by an Italian-born Roman Catholic |
Think it Over
The past is never dead. It's not even past. William Faulkner
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THE OTHER SIDE
Stressed? Talk to your mom!
LONDON: Are your stressed out? Wherever you are, just pick up the phone and talk to your mother, for a new study says that her voice is the best stress relief. Researchers have car- ried out the st |
103 dead in Libyan plane crash
A Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crashed today on approach to Tripoli's airport, killing at least 96 people, the transport minister said. A 10-year-old Dutch boy was the only known sur- vivor. The |
Five dead in Internet-based suicide pact in SKorea
Five people were found dead in a car in an apparent Internet-based group suicide in South Korea on Wednesday, police said. The five youths, four women and a man, inhaled toxic fumes after burning c |
Swedish cartoonist attacked in Stockholm
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who sparked controversy by drawing Prophet Mohammed was attacked while giving a lecture at a university, police said. "The man was sat in the first row and suddenly h |
`Jupiter loses one of its stripes'
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has lost one of its iconic red stripes, according to the most recent images taken by astronomers.
The gas giant is usually dominated by two dark ban |
PAK NATIONAL ARRESTED AT US EMBASSY WITH TRACES OF EXPLOSIVES
A Pakistani national, who was arrested at the American Embassy in the Chilean capital of Santiago with traces of explosives, has no link with the Times Square incident, US offi- cials said here. Th |
OBAMA SEES `TOUGH TIMES' AHEAD IN AFGHANISTAN
PEACE TA L K S
US President Barack Obama predicted Wednes- day there will be heavy fighting in Afghanistan in the months ahead as US and Afghan security forces move into areas controlled by the Taliban. During a |
RINFRA HINTS AT HIKE IN POWER TARIFF
If TPC withdraws 350 Mega Watt
STUNG by the deadlock over the power purchase agreement, service provider for the city's suburbs Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Wednesday announced that if Tata Power Company (TPC) withdraws "the |
Minister pulls up State for neglect of Shivaji forts
HE meeting of the Maharashtra State Cabinet that took place in Mantralaya on Wednesday witnessed a totally dif- ferent scene wherein a senior Minister took potshots at the Government for not taking pr |
Cultural body seeks HC help to host programme at Shivaji Park
A cultural organisation has moved the Bom- bay High Court to allow it to host a two-day pro- gramme at Dadar's Shivaji Park to earmark the centenary of the "legendary escape" of revolu- tionary freedo |
Chartered Accountant hangs himself to death
IN an incident of suicide that took place in Kurla, a 30-year-old Chartered Accountant (CA) working with a Churchgate-based firm died after he hanged himself from the ceiling fan at his Kurla (West) r |
RLYS CHIP IN BMC'S CENSUS DRIVE
WITH the Census 2011 data collection programme facing opposition, especial- ly from enumerators, the Brihanmum- bai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a novel idea to sensitise the public to |
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT CENSUS 2011
What is Census?
he Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characteristics), Economic Activity, Literacy & Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urb |
State gives away cultural awards
The recipients of the prestigious Cultural awards of Maharashtra govern- ment for the people setting new benchmarks in the fields of arts, music, dance and theatre were declared on Wednesday. Prabhaka |
Another year wait for Virar-Dahanu train link
THE already delayed project of connect ing Virar and Dahanu by local trains will have to wait a bit longer, due to rake unavailability, say railway officials. The
much-awaited services |
New colour for coaches in MUTP Phase II
After the batch of white and purple rakes for Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase I, the MRVC is mulling changing the colour scheme for the next batch of rakes that shall come under MUTP Phase |
HC respite for mobile cos towers
THE Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has directed Nagpur Improvement Trust to remove the seals put on 52 mobile towers in the city. The bench also directed not to take any coercive action against |
Decision on Suryavanshi's bail today
AGRUMENTS in the bail plea of suspended senior inspector Pradeep Suryavan- shi, one of the accused in the alleged fake encounter case of Lakhan Bhaiyya alias Ramnarain Gupta, conclud- ed in the sessio |
Dolls shows the way to sanctity of marriage
With the view of propagating the concept of marriage in the era of live-in relationship, a marriage ceremony was held in Thane. This marriage ceremony was not just any wedding but the marriage of t |
2 oldest city colleges on verge of closure
FOR over three years, two of Mumbai's oldest colleges- Chi- nai College and MVLU College located in Andheri (East), have been on the brink of a closure, even as students, parents and teachers continue |
Fire at Dadar station
Commuters waiting for their train on Dadar's platform no 1 on the Western Railway were in for a surprise on Wednesday evening, when a minor fire broke out on a metal board that was hung atop the platf |
Singing competition for visually challenged
The National Association for the Blind (NAB) will be organizing a singing competition for the visually challenged at their main centre NAB Department of Rehabilitation at Mahalaxmi between June 3-5. T |
Suspected oxygen leak in JJ Hospital
JJ Hospital staffers faced tense moments when the oxy- gen supply suffered miniscule malfunction leading to slightly heightened oxygen flow that lasted for a couple of hours. Relatives of patients |
KASAB CAN BE HANGED IN A YEAR'S TIME: GOVT
The Government today
said Ajmal Amir Kasab, who has been sentenced to death in the Mumbai terror attacks case, may be hanged in a year.
"I don't think it (execution of Kasab's sentence) should t |
Don't refer to me as `then' chairman'
SUSPENDED IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi today strongly objected to the Cricket
Board referring to him as "then chairman" while announcing the appointment of an advisor to interim chairman Chirayu Amin |
GOVT WON'T BOW TO KHAP DIKTATS
EVEN as Congress MP Naveen Jindal drew flak from various quarters, including his own party on Tuesday for his support to Haryana's notorious khap panchayats (community councils), Law and Justice Minis |
GRASSROOT REFORM
OBC QUOTA IN LOCAL BODIES VALID, SAYS SC
HE Supreme Court today upheld the constitu- tional validity of reservation for backward classes in rural and urban local bodies, in- cluding posts of chairpersons, and rejected the plea that the cream |
INDIA'S FAST FORWARD ON DIALOGUE WITH PAK
IN a fast forward move to re-engage Pakistan in dialogue af- ter 17 months of the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, India on Tuesday lined up three-level talks, all in Islamabad to bridge the remaining |
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
If you have to use a stern eye, than it is okay; but never use your hands to create violence. It shows your weakness. -- Brahma Kumaris.
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MLAs who cornered prize flats face probe
AFTER Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) on Monday said it will launch an inquiry into how serving and former state legislators got High Income Group apartments in
Mumbai all |
Pakistani held at US embassy
A 28-year-old Pakista man was arrested after he entered the US embassy in the Chilean cap tal with traces of an explosive substance on his body. The man will b charged with violating gun control law i |
Jairam mum on China row
"I will not take any question on China. Don't waste your time here.You can go if you want. This meeting is on green house emissions, not on China." This was the reply from Environment Minister Jair |
Anand retains world chess title
Viswanathan Anand held his nerve and focus way better than his opponent Veselin Topalov here on Tuesday to win the 12th and final game to retain his World Chess Championships title. The 40-year- old I |
Muslim man's nikah void if woman fails to convert: HC
HE Allahabad High Court has held that a Muslim man's marriage to a woman of another religion shall be con- sidered void and against the tenets of Islam if he fails to get her converted to the religion |
Notice to Kerala on quota for poor students
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Kerala on a petition challenging Constitutional validity of a government order allowing reservation of seats for economically weaker students of forward c |
VEDANTA VARSITY CLEARANCE PUT ON HOLD
EW DELHI: The Environment and Forest Ministry on Tuesday put on hold a clearance it granted last month to NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal of Britain to set up a controversial Rs 150-billion multi-discipl |
6th UPA anniv: PM to face `aam aadmi'
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Kerala on a petition challenging Constitutional validity of a government order allowing reservation of seats for economically weaker stu- dents of forward |
Court confirms conviction of 2 in Hindu activist's murder
THE Gujarat High Court Tuesday confirmed the con- viction of two people under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) for attacking a Surat-based lawyer and rightwing Hindu activist Has- mukh Lalwala a |
India to launch satellite to check GHG emission
NEW DELHI:INDIA will launch a dedicated satellite by 2012 for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and aerosols, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Tuesday. "India needs to have an aggressive |
26/11 terrorist Rana's trial may begin Nov 1
CHICAGO:THE trial of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Rana, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks, is expected to begin on November 1, with a US district court judge here saying on |
Heat wave in Raj; mercury on the rise in north India
HEAT wave swept across Rajasthan on Tuesday as mercury continued to rise in the northern region with Barmer in the desert state reeling at 45 degrees Celsius. Temperature rose in the national capit |
TN denies that Prabhakaran's mom has rejected conditions
TAMIL Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday dismissed reports in a section of the media that slain LTTE leader V Prabakaran's ailing mother Parvathi Ammal had rejected the conditions laid down |
Denied consent for tying knot, lovers end lives
KANPUR:FACING stiff opposition from family members, a boy and a girl, in love, on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at Govindnagar area here. Kishan (25) and Se |
Chautala didn't discuss same-gotra wedding, asserts Home ministry
FORMER Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala did not seek an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages between individu- als having the same ancestral origin when he met Home Minister |
Even rich mineral resources are under them
THE existence of rich mineral resources all along the Red Corridor has added a new dimension to the battle against the Maoists, say security experts. According to intelligence sources, Maoists and PLG |
GOVT PREPARED FOR CASUALTIES IN NAXAL WAR!
JUST days after Naxals dealt fresh blow to Central security forces by killing eight CRPF personnel in an IED blasts, Union Home Secre- tary G K Pillai on Tuesday said casualties are "inevitable" as th |
Head scarf row: Muslim girl's father moves court
AN IMAM whose daughter was allegedly given Transfer Certificate (TC) by a Church- run school for insisting on wearing head scarf has filed a petition in a court here seeking action against the princip |
Army: China incursions still continuing on LAC
E troops are contin
CHINESE troops are contin- uing their "transgressions" along the 646-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian Army commander said |
Pranab plays down rift with TC
PLAYING down the breakup of the alliance between Con- gress and Trinamool Congress for May 30 Kolkata civic body poll, Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today indi- cated it would not affect the |
Picturesque Srinagar among India's four dirtiest cities
KASHMIR Valley may be called paradise on earth, but its capital Srinagar has the igno- minious distinction of being the fourth dirtiest city in India, according to sanitation ratings by the urban deve |
Rahul takes Gates to `Gandhi' bastions
MICROSOFT chief Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men, accompanied Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for a day-long visit aimed at giving the global philanthropist a glimpse of social devel |
SC dismisses Jaya's plea in assets case
THE Supreme Court today dismissed a petition of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa seeking quashing of a disproportionate assets case, trial in which is to com- mence in Karnataka. A b |
100-year-old ends life by jumping into Goa river
centenarian committed suicide by jumping into the Mandovi
river here. Shreeram Sagun Naik, who celebrated his 100th birthday two months back, took the extreme step yesterday after being fed up due t |
Commando found dead in VHP chief's house
An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commando,
deployed as part of security provided to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international president Ashok Singhal, was Tuesday found dead at the latter's resi |
Verdict on Rathore's plea on May 2O
A Sessions court here will pronounce verdict on former
Haryana DGP S P S Rathore's plea challenging the six-month sen- tence awarded to him by a CBI court for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra on |
AP Cong leaders against Ramesh's re-nomination
There seems to be no end to troubles for Union Minister
Jairam Ramesh, who is now facing stiff opposition from some partymen in Andhra Pradesh over his re-nomination to the Rajya Sabha.
Ramesh wa |
'UPA IS UNLIMITED PROBLEMS ALLIANCE'
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has dubbed the UPA as "Unlimited Problems Alliance" and said the Congress led coalition has been a failure on all fronts.
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Think it Over
All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality. David Allan Coe
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SHACKLING INNOCENTS IN CASTE POLITICS FETTERS
NO ALIBI
THE Congress has bowed to popular sentiment and we are going ahead with the first Census since 1931 which will enumerate caste. I have mixed feelings about this. I use the term literal |
Caste is the culprit
AT one level, life is a constant struggle between tradition and modernity. And progress is the outcome of triumph over tradition. Man would still have been living in caves had he not m |
THE OTHER SIDE Brain scanners 'can be used as lie detectors'
BRAIN scanners can also i be used as lie detectors, according to US researchers. Scientists at Stanford University claim it can help to know if a witness is lying when identifying a |
The Brown Man's Burden in Britain!
Many, many, years ago the British came to India to trade. To protect their trade they fortified themselves.
To stabilize trade they conquered India. As conquerors they ruled Ind |
US envoy assures of access to Headley
THE doors to David Headley - the US national accused of having played a crucial role in the 26/11 terror attacks - are open for India and it should take place at the appropriate time, said US ambassad |
Regulating body needed to curb child porn
THE case of Lieutenant Colonel Jagmohan Balbir Singh, who was recently arrest- ed for uploading and down- loading child pornographic material, has once again brought to the fore the slack regulating s |
Sharma was framed, argues defence
THE bail pleas of encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma and the suspended senior inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi, two of the seven accused in the Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case, came up for hearing in |
Bhujbal, Munde laud SC move on OBC quota
The decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutional validity of reservation for other back- ward classes (OBC) in rural and urban local bodies, including posts of chairper- sons, has been w |
Politicking in garb of water rhetoric
EVEN as the City braves a hot, dry summer with the ongoing water crisis making it worse, politicians are leav- ing no stone unturned to ensure that they make hay while the sun shines, literally. For, |
BMC GUNG-HO ON MONSOON
AFTER promising to bring back the City's roads and footpaths to a state of normalcy by May 10, Mayor Shraddha Jadhav on Tuesday pushed back the deadline further to May 31. However, she said that w |
170 buildings to have rainwater harvesting
THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants the city to follow in its own footsteps when it comes to rainwater harvesting. In fact, BMC chief Swadhin Kshatriya announced on Tuesday that the civ |
Huge charas haul; 2 held
Two persons, including one from Jammu & Kashmir, were arrested by the Narcotics Con- trol Bureau (NCB) allegedly for being in possession of 40 kilo- gram charas earlier on Sunday. Gurmeet Singh (24 |
Only pass, no fail: Govt tells schools
IN what may seem as a step towards stemming student suicides, with three students ending their lives after al- legedly failing in their school examinations, the State Government has decided to make th |
PM TICKS OFF RAMESH FOR TAKING ON CHIDU
STRONGLY disapproving of Jairam Ramesh's remarks against the Home Ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress today repri
manded him even as the Opposition BJP demanded action against hi |
Brown's Labour lost?
Advantage Cameron
IN a dramatic develop- ment, Prime Minister Gor- don Brown said today he will step aside as leader of the Labour party and offered to help forge an alliance with the Liberal Democrats to form a 'progr |
Another poll if no deal by May 25
Britain's major
political parties have time only till May 25 to clobber together a deal for the formation of the next government. In the event that does not happen, the country faces the prospect of |
SHOLAY'S `SAMBHA' MAC MOHAN DEAD
VETERAN Bollywood actor Mac Mohan,
immortalised in the role of Gabbar Singh's sidekick Sambha in Ramesh Sippy's 1975 blockbuster 'Sholay', died here today. The actor breathed his last at the Koki |
Modi buys time, asks Board for proof of charges
LALIT MODI, the sus- pended chairman and com- missioner of the Indian Pre- mier League (IPL), has tossed the ball back into the crick- et board's court by seeking a pile of documents to firm up his an |
Sensex shoots up 561 points
THE Bombay Stock
Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday registered its biggest single day gain of 561 points in ten months after EU and IMF agreed on a 1 trillion dollar emer- gency fund for the Union |
India can still bounce back
TO
stay in the hunt in the World T20 here, India will not only have to beat last year's finalists Sri Lanka by 20 runs in their last Group F match of the Super Eights but also hope that the West Ind |
Mulund blast accused held
Seven years after a
bomb ripped through a suburban train and killed 13 commuters at Mulund, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday traced and arrested one of the prime accused, Wazhul Qamar Khan a |
Prabhakaran's mom can visit India, says Centre
The Central Government has finally agreed to permit Parvathi, the ailing octogenarian mother of slain LTTE leader Prabakaran to visit India for medical treatment three weeks after immigration official |
Rathore's counsel concludes arguments
CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana top cop S P S Rathore's counsel on Monday concluded her arguments before a local court hearing three pleas relating to the conviction of the ex-DGP for molesting teenager Ru |
CID seeks extension of Halappa's judicial custody
The state CID has sought extension of judicial custody of former Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister H Halappa by 15 days in connection with a rape case filed against him by his friend's wife. |
Goa safe haven for Maoist elements: BJP
Goa has become a safe haven for Maoist ele- ments, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged here Monday after two rebels were arrested in the state last week. Former state BJP president Rajendra Ar |
India may get access to Headley by month-end NEW
INDIA is likely to get direct access to David Headley within this month as it has informed the United States that a team of investigators was ready to visit America to question the Pak- istani-America |
JHARKHAND SUSPENSE FOR YET ONE MORE DAY
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday kept the suspense on for at least one more day over who becomes the new chief minister of Jharkhand as its central parliamentary board convened to decide the |
Godman gets chargesheet copy in flesh trade cas
A Delhi court on Monday provided the copies of chargesheet to self-styled Godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi and others, including six alleged call girls, in a flesh trade racket case. Metropolitan Magistrate |
Forget Oz, uranium will come from Kazakhstan
India and Kazakhstan will discuss a wide-ranging cooperation in civilian nuclear energy, and will formulate a mechanism for the supply of uranium for Indian nuclear plants during Exter- nal Affairs Mi |
Two die, several injured in storm
Two persons were killed and several others were injured yes- terday when a big tree fell on an auto-rickshaw and a pandal collapsed on girl students at Kharda and Panihati respectively in North 24- Pa |
CONGRESS SEEKS PROBE INTO HIMACHAL IPL MATCHES
The opposition Congress on Monday demanded a probe into the financial affairs of the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) and the conduct of two Indian Premier League matches (IPL) the state ho |
Tagore's paintings under threat in Nepal
As the 150th birth anniversary cele- brations of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore begins in India, some of his legacy lies unrecog- nised and unappreciated in neighbour- ing Nepal, in dire danger of |
SC okays paternity suit against Tiwari
The Supreme Court on Monday asked a Delhi High Court judge to decide the issues for the trial of the paternity suit filed by a young man claiming to be the biological son of veteran Congress leader N |
Nirupama's boyfriend moves high court for CBI probe
PRIYABHNASHU Ranjan, the boyfriend of Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak who was found killed in her home in Jhark- hand April 29, Monday filed a writ petition in the Jharkhand High Court seeking a Cent |
Indian physicist awarded Sydney Peace Prize
DISTINGUISHED Indian physicist and environmen
talist Vandana Shiva has been awarded the prestigious Sydney Peace Prize this year, in recognition of her works in the field of social justice. 57-year-o |
Togadia grilled for three hours over riots
Pravin Togadia, internation- al general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad was on Monday grilled for over three hours at the headquar- ters of the Supreme Court appointed Special Investiga- tion T |
States oppose key provisions of NCHER bill
KEY provisions of a draft bill for setting up an overarching body in higher education has not found favour with many states which have opposed them as violation of feder- al principles. Major provi |
PF scam: Transfer of 3 judges put on hold
A recommendation of the Supreme Court col- legium to transfer three High Court judges whose names were allegedly in the list of beneficiaries in the multi-crore Provident Fund scam has reportedly not |
Call for Hindu Nepal at Mumbai meet
A three-day religious meet that kicked off in India is
seeking fresh action to restore Nepal as a Hindu state. The interna- tional meet on Hinduism that began on Sunday in Mumbai is being addressed |
Priest loses life saving three from drowning
A 38-year-old Catholic priest lost his life after he rescued
rescued three youths, swept away by high currents at the Galjibag sea shore, 60 kms from here. The incident took place on Sunday when Fr |
Court to hear Ajmer blast accused narco petition today
A local court on Monday decided to hear on Tuesday a
revision petition of Devender Gupta, arrested in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast, challenging the proposed narco test on him. Th |
Apex court stays death penalty of American Centre blast convict
THE Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sen
tence of Jamiluddin Nasir, who was convicted for the 2002 American Centre bomb blast in Kolkata. Nasir and Aftab Ansari were sen- tenced to death for |
Rahul slams CPI-M for its 'politics of violence'
TAKING on the CPI-M in its bastion, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed it for indulging in "politics of vio- lence" and asked Youth Con- gress workers not to get pro- voked by it ahead of |
Nalini's mobile call records under further probe
T H E Tamil Nadu government on Monday said that Nalini, serving life-term
in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, had made several calls from the mobile phone recovered from her cell in the hig |
BABUS WOES: CVC ASSERTS ITS AUTHORITY
THE Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asserted its authority to probe complaints against the secre- tary-level officers of the Union Gov- ernment and heads of the Public Sec- tor Undertakings (PS |
JAYA GETTING SECURITY AS PER 'Z PLUS' CATEGORY: STALIN
Rejecting AIADMK's claims that its leader Jayalalithaa was not being provided adequate security, the
Tamil Nadu government today said it was ensuring all requirements as per her 'Z plus' security ca |
Bruni 'kept the Queen waiting while she had sex with Sarko'
FRENCH First Lady Carla Bruni reportedly kept the British Queen waiting, during an official trip to the UK shortly after her marriage two- years- ago, while she had sex with hubby Presi- dent Nicolas |
No racial profiling in wake of failed NY plot: US
The US has ruled out conducting "racial profiling" as an anti-terror measure in the aftermath of the failed Times Square bombing incident in which a Pakistani-origin suspect has been arrested, arguing |
Ten killed in Philippine poll violence
Ten people were killed in outbreaks of violence as millions of Filipinos went to the polls in nationwide elections on Monday, local authorities said. The latest incident took place just outside the |
Sophia Loren among 10 most beautiful women
THEY are old, but
still beautiful. Veteran actresses Helen Mirren, Catherine Deneuve and Sophia Loren have made it to the list of 'World's Top 10 Most Beautiful Women'.Clothing firm Wizard Jeans cam |
Pak knows where Laden is: Hillary
After some tough talk on Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says some people in its government are aware of the whereabouts of elusive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Afghan Taliban c |
politically motivated.
US envoy meets with Suu Kyi
EXPRESSING concerns about the legitimacy of the military-run country's upcoming elections, a top US official on Monday met Myanmar's detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Kurt Campbell, assistant |
Anwar's trial begins in Malaysia
THE trial of
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on charges of sodomy resumed here on Monday after he failed in his final attempt to get the charges dropped. 62-year-old Anwar, whose wife Wan |
Harry weeps after his favourite pony dies during a polo match
PRINCE Harry literal
y broke down after his favourite pony died during a polo match ollowing a fatal heart attack, a media report said. In fact, the 25-year-old third-in-line to the British throne |
Salary hike for MPs
There is a proposal to increase the salary and perks of MPS - from Rs 16,000 to Rs 80,000 per month. Many other perks too are to be enhanced. The pro- posal is expected to be tabled in the next mon |
Set process right
Sonia Gandhi who was instrumental in gifting the nation 'Right To Information Act', has again stepped in to save the transparency Act from being diluted at hands of Union government's nodal-functionar |
Biased observation
This refers to report "There will be more Kasab's". Sarfaraz has only toed the line of Pakistan and Kashmiri jihadists who are still clamouring for the autonomy of Kashmir. Justifying the brutal ki |
Two-nation principle
This is with reference to the article, 'There will be more Kasabs...' by Sarfaraz Arzoo was nothing short of advocating surrender to the terrorists! The writer implicitly justifies the violent acts of |
Pressuring judiciary
It is a sad state of affairs that without judicial inter- vention many a task, which the executive should have disposed of, is bogged down in courts. The lat- est example is Bombay High Court's causti |
Equip our Jawans properly
This refers to report 'Maoists strike again, kill 8 CRPF men'. History, which is bad experience, should not be repeated. In in case of India it this is false because still history is getting repeated |
Speedy action needed
Ajmal Amir Kasab may have been awarded death penalty for his heinous crime by the 26/11 special court. But it is feared that his execution would take a long time just like in a case of Afzal Guru conv |
Sports Officialdom Tenure: A Case of From Here to Eternity
WHO was the greatest- ever archer the world had seen? If one went by myths, it should be Arjun or Karan, both of 'Mahabharat' fame. Other contenders would be William Tell, the man who shot off an appl |
THE OTHER SIDE INDIA: LOOMING THREAT FROM OUTER SPACE
DEFENCE minister AK Antony's recent asser- tion that the Indian Air Force is in the process of enter- ing into realm of strategic aerospace power befitting India's national growth and aspirations is i |
A free-for-all Govt
THE UPA-II seems to have made a mockery of the cabinet form of government. It is more a confederal arrangement with each member of the council of ministers preferring to sing his own separate tune. Th |
Facets of coalition politics
HOSE who followed the enthralling uncertainties of last week's British politics may have been struck by the lengths to which Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his colleagues were willing to go to stay o |
KHAN IS PRIZED CATCH
WAZHUL QAMAR KHAN arrested by the ATS on Monday is a prized catch as per a senior official, as it was his account that was used to transfer money to execute the train blasts in 2002-2003. As per the o |
HC declines 'suspicious' hubby's plea for divorce
THE Bombay High Court declined to dissolve the marriage of a "suspi- cious" husband who accused his wife of having an affair with practically every man. The Division Bench of Justice A P Deshpande |
BMC may induct Kolis as lifeguards
ALARMED by the rising number of drowning cases on the city's beaches, with six deaths in the last month alone, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is mulling recruiting local fishermen from K |
Stringent BMC conditions for digging borewells
WANT to dig a borewell in your housing society? The civic body wants you to first submit an Electrical Eesistivity Test (ERT) report by Schlumberger Layout method from an M C G M - q u a l i f i e d G |
Sena accuses MNS of damaging Andheri Sports Complex
TEN days after Maharashtra Day, the politics over the day refuses to subside. The Shiv Sena, on Monday, accused its bete noir, the MNS of damaging the Andheri Sports Complex, as the latter had held it |
Plea seeks ban on Rajniti for defaming Sonia Gandhi
A petition filed in the civil court here has demanded a ban on Prakash Jha's forthcoming film `Rajniti', alleging it defames the Gandhi- Nehru family, especially Sonia Gandhi. However, the court on |
Lakkhan: Bail pleas of encounter accused at odds with sequence
IN a strange development that could impact the fate of the accused in the Lakkhan Bhaiyya encounter case, it has emerged that the bail pleas of two of the four accused par- ties - three police informe |
ILL-DEFINED SURROGACY
STRANDED ISRAELI GAY DAD NEEDS TO PROVE PATERNITY
DESPITE over 15 surrogate deliveries taking place in the City every month, legal provisions for the same remain a hassle for couples going in for the procedure, especially those who belong to countrie |
TPC says it will not accept Govt order prima facie
TATA POWER COMPANY on Monday said that it would not 'prima facie' accept the State Government's directive to provide 358 MW of power to Mumbai consumers of Reliance Infra till June 30. "We are studyin |
POLICE RELEASE SKETCHES, SAYS KILLERS WERE HIRED
THE Navghar police have released sketches of the two assailants who killed Congress corporator, and former MBMC president, Prafful Kashinath Patil (51), even as they suspect that the killing could be |
Toddler's death takes a queer turn
In a rather queer development that has come to the fore in the case of the threeyear-old Aryan Devale, who was found dead in a doctor's car, the Pant Nagar police officials are investigating the possi |
Armed with graduation caps TISS students a happy lot
MONDAY was a big day for the 473 stu- dents of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), who beamed with confidence as they hurled their graduation caps high up in the air on the 70th convocation |
MPCC issues showcause notices to party workers
MAHARASHTRA Pradesh Con- gress Committee (MPCC) has issued showcause notices to 17 party members from Mumbai for working against the interests of the party' s official candidate in last year's assembl |
Sena man is Ambernath Mayor, courtesy MNS
CHANCES of estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray coming together may be remote but the MNS on Monday helped a Shiv Sena member become municipal council chief of Ambernath in neighbouring Thane di |
Sena, MNS in war or words over sports complex damage
By A StaffReporter:Ten days after Maharashtra Day, the politics over the day refuses to subside. The Shiv Sena, on Monday, accused its bete noir, the MNS of damaging the Andheri Sports Complex, as the |
MCOCA misuse: HC moots review panels
THE Bombay High Court has rec ommended constitution of a high-powered review committee for cases under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) to prevent its misuse. On |
Guv unveils26/11 memoria
THE Governor of maharashtra, Mr M.K.Sankarnarayanan, unveiled the Eternal Flame memorial that is being erected by the Indian Merchants Chambers, as tribute of the matyrs and the victims of the mumbai |
Slain LTTE chief's mom gets nod for treatment
New Delhi
THE Centre has permitT ted slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's mother Parvati to take medical treatment in Chennai, a fortnight after she was turned away from the Chennai airport at |
Several Maoists dead in firing
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Qaeda threatens to abduct Harry
Al Qaeda has threatened to abduct Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, if he dares to fly an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan. The warning has been posted on a known Al Qaeda Arab |
Former BJP Minister held on rape charge
FORMER Karnataka food and civil supplies minister Hartalu Halappa was arrested by the state CID on Sunday
night on charges of rape. Halappa had resigned as minister of food and civil supplies af |
Father throws girl off roof to protect honor
A father threw his 21-year-old daughter from the roof of his house because he was incensed over her "secret" marriage, the po- lice said on Sunday, the incident coming close on the heels of two "honou |
Notice to maker of `4th idiot'
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the producer of the
super-hit film "3 Idiots," on Sunday served notice for copyright violation on the makers of animation film "The 4th Idiot". The 35-minute film - dealing with |
Seniors rested for Zimbabwe tour
enior players would be rested for the
upcoming triangular cricket series in Zimbabwe and Suresh Raina would captain the 15-member squad.
Virat Kohli is the vice-captain while Rohit Sharma and Pra |
Drunk woman delays flight
A Delhi-bound flight from here with
Union Home minister P Chidambaram on board was delayed by an hour after a woman, allegedly in an inebriated state, created a ruckus, airport officials said. The w |
Minister wants eunuch regiment
Arunchal Pradesh Home Minister Tako
Dabi has suggested raising a regiment of eunuchs for VIP security "because of their integrity". "Even during the Moghul period, Emperor Shah Jahan had relied on e |
Two dead in city mishaps
Two persons died in three separate acci
dents in the city on Sunday. In the first incident on the Eastern Express Highway in the evening, three vehicles were involved - first, a Mahindra Scorpio car |
India is out of T20 World Cup
The West Indies defeated India by
14 runs, sealing its fate in the World Cup Twenty20 championship. Chris Gayle scored a quick fire 66- ball 98 as West Indies notched up 169 for six. India made a pa |
Boy beheaded by schoolmates
A 15-year-old boy was allegedly beheaded
by his three classmates, who later hung the corpse on a tree, the police said on Sunday. The incident surfaced on Saturday when some children saw the body of |
Several Maoists dead in firing
The security forces have killed in
a fierce 20-hour gun battle in Orissa's Koraput dis- trict several Maoists. Initial reports spoke of at least 6 Maoists being killed. The police, however, said t |
Youth arrested over Delhi CM threat call
A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly making a threat- ening call to the police claiming that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's life was in danger. Veer Singh, a resident of Farsh Vihar in |
VIDHU CHOPRA WARNS MAKERS OF `4TH IDIOT'
VIDHU Vinod Chopra, the producer of the super-hit film "3 Idiots" Sunday served notice for copyright violation on the mak- ers of animation film "The 4th Idiot". The notice was served on the "The 4 |
India not a happy place for moms: Report
AT a time when the world celebrates Mother's Day, it turns out that India scores poorly among the middle-income countries when it comes to health care and well-being of mothers. The country is rank |
Jharkhand chief minister's post: Raghubar Das frontrunner
THE Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) Raghubar Das, who is the deputy chief minister in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government in the state, has emerged the frontrunner for the chief minister's p |
When Obama called Manmohan `Mr Guru'
"MR Guru" was how US President Barack Obama greeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the Copenhagen Cli- mate Summit, which showed the degree of respect he has for the Indian leader, Environment M |
Congress MP supports Haryana's caste councils
INDUSTRIALIST and Congress MP Naveen Jindal Sunday sup- ported the Haryana khap panchayats' (caste councils) demand for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same 'gotra' or subc |
TALKING POINT PARLIAMENT DISRUPTIONS: Playing to the gallery?
Dissent is integral to democracy, maintain opposition MPs to justify the frequent disruptions of parlia- ment during the just-concluded budget session that led to crucial legislative business being af |
TO BE OR NOT TO BE A PAKISTANI IN THE US
PAKISTANIS in the US are facing an identity crisis, par- ticularly since a Pakistani-born American Faisal Shahzad was nabbed from a plane as he was fleeing to his homeland after driving a car bomb int |
Gujarat govt suspends MCI chief
:KETAN Desai, president of the Medical Council of
India (MCI) who was arrested last month on corruption charges, has been suspended by the Gujarat government as professor of urology at the B.J. Medi |
PETA awards actress for rescuing a cat
BOLLYWOOD actress Zarine Khan of the "Veer" fame will
get the `Hero to Animals' award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for rescuing a cat. The actress, who is an animal lover, |
No tsunami threat to India
THERE is no immediate tsunami threat to the Indian main
land and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands due to the earthquake wh hit Indonesia Sunday morning, the Indian government said."However, there is a |
Congress soft on terror: Gadkari
BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Sunday accused the Congress of being soft on terrorists and expressed apprehensions whether the central
government was serious about executing Ajmal Amir Kasab who has |
Civil services topper, an ardent RTI activist
FOR Shah Faisal, the first Kashmiri to top the civil services examination, joining the country's most elite service may have been his biggest dream, but there is another subject very clo |
Call up Census officials if you have been missed
HAVE you been left out of Census exercise? Just call up or e-mail the authorities to inform them about the 'miss' and they will soon dispatch officials to include the household in the count. The m |
COMMENT
JAIRAM TAKES ON CHIDU IN CHINA!
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, while in Beijing on Saturday, spoke to the media. He described the policies of India's Home Minister as "alarmist" and "paranoid" toward |
GOA BLAST: NIA TO FILE CHARGESHEET BY MAY 17
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) would file the chargesheet in the Goa blast case by May 17, a senior officer said.
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India bailed out China at Copenhagen: Ramesh
INDIA bailed out China from isolation during the Copenhagen climate talks and saved it from getting ambushed by
and saved it from getti the US and EU which wanted it to sign an agreement on verifi |
MCI chief suspended
KETAN Desai, president of the Medical Council of India (MCI) who was arrested last month on corruption charges, has been suspended by the Gujarat government as professor of urology at the B.J. Medical |
JCO found hanging from tree
A junior commissioned officer (JCO) was found hanging from a tree in Pathankote, a day after he went missing from his unit, defence officials said. The body of 42-year-old Naib Subedar Mangal Dass was |
Mobiles seized from Tihar prisoners
PRISONERS managed to sneak in at least nine mobile phones and 11 SIM cards into the high- security Tihar Jail here in the past two years,but authorities seized them before they could be used by the in |
Ferry slams into New York dock, 37 injured
AT least 37 passengers were injured when a ferry crashed
into the busy Staten Island terminal in New York. The ferry apparently had mechanical problems when it crashed on Saturday, injuring 37pass |
Lady Paul loses her one eye sight
LADY Aruna Paul, wife of leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj
Paul, has lost her sight in one eye after she fell on a road near the family's home here. Lord Paul said: "It has shaken us all up, es |
About 5,000 people rally to oppose US base
ABOUT 5,000 people gathered in Kagoshima
to protest Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal of relocating some functions of a major US military base in Okinawa Prefecture to Tokunoshima Island, |
12 miners killed in Russian coal mine blasts
TWIN methane gas blasts ripped through Russia's largest
coal mine in western Siberia, killing at least 12 workers and injuring 41 others, officials said on Sunday. The explosions, one of which occu |
Iran hangs woman, four others for bombings
IRAN on Sunday hanged five members of anti-revolutionary
groups, including a woman, who had been convicted of a series of bomb attacks, the official IRNA news agency reported. The five, including |
Portraits of the Kennedys on view in museum
A selection of portraits of John F Kennedy and his fami
ly taken weeks before his inauguration as the President of the US in 1961 are being featured at an exhibition in Salem. "The Kennedys: Portr |
Costa Rica's first female prez takes office
LAURA Chinchilla became Costa Rica's first female presi
dent, taking the oath of office in an open-air public ceremony with thousands of supporters cheering her on. The 51-year-old Arias protegee b |
Gay father denied permission to bring his twin sons home
( TWINS born to an Israeli gay i father from a surrogate Indian t woman in Mumbai have been denied permission to enter j Israel due to a family court's refusal here to issue an order |
23 killed in US drone, anti-militant operations in Pak
NINETEEN militants were among 23 people killed in the restive northwest Pakistan, where a US drone targeted insurgent hideouts while security forces backed by helicopter gunships stepped up ground att |
'Jihad' dad wins right to stay in UK
WITH his children settled in Britain, an al-Qaeda terror suspect has won the right to stay on in the country because of a case against him that dragged on for too long. According to News of The Wo |
Gay MP seeks 'senile' Nepal politicians' boycott
WITH an unparalleled constitutional crisis less than three weeks away and Nepal's political parties still squabbling among themselves, the nation's only openly gay MP and founder of the gay rights mov |
Man stabs 8 family members in China
IN yet another gruesome incident in China, a man went on a killing spree and stabbed to death eight people, including his 80-year-old mother, wife and daughter in a south-eastern province, police said |
Tories, Liberals bargain on coalition govt
T HE Tories and Liberal Democ rats worked overtime to reach consensus on thorny issues blocking the formation of the first coalition government in Britain since World War II, with |
Times Square plot may have cost as little as $ 7,000
T ERROR can come cheap. Confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appears to have financed his failed plot with a wad of $ 100 bills, but the amount of money needed to execute |
200,000 FACEBOOK FANS WANT ME TO RETURN TO PAK: MUSHARRAF:
EX-Pak president Pervez Musharraf has said 200,000 of his Facebook fans are ask
ing him to return to the country from Britain and he will contest the next general elections.
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THE OTHER SIDE Algae the 'green' alternative for improving water quality
A ccording to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist, algae could be put to use right away to remove nitrogen and phosphorus in livestock manure runoff. l That could give re |
With Provocation Towards One And All
One year and only divisions to show in Govt. Not even a year into its second five-year term, already sharp divisions within the UPA are beginning to tell on its performance. Senior ministers do n |
Patchwork in Britain
T he Mother of Parliaments is in agony. The hung ver dict by the British voters can only yield a new gov ernment if at least one of the parties compromises on its principles. Unsurp |
Nuclear `Liability' Bill: reprehensible legislation
The UPA government, and more specifically Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, have shown complete contempt for Parliament and the Opposition by going ahead with the decision to table the Nucl |
Accept the inevitable
If the Supreme Court verdict in the epic Ambani versus Ambani war helps to apply closure to it , it would be most welcome. But it certainly is bound to leave one Ambani far more aggrieved than |
Senior citizens utilise Elderline for all and sundry!
MRS Caroline D'Silva ( name changed), a senior citizen residing inthe Pali Hill area of Bandra, calls up the senior citizen helpline at least 15 times on a daily basis. The helpline starts receiving h |
SAGAR NAIK IS ELECTED NAVI MUMBAI MAYOR
SAGAR NAIK, the nephew of NCP heavyweight Ganesh Naik was elected Navi Mumbai Mayor on Sunday. He was earlier elected unopposed from ward number 38. No doubt, this will be a challeng- ing task for the |
BMC call on petty works contract today
THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is about to gift away thousands of crores to contrac- tors in the next two years, and for work that most corporators admit is a farce. The civic body's Sta |
STUDENT DROWNS AT MARVE BEACH
IN yet another case of drowning in the Malwani area, a 17-year-old college student drowned at Marve beach on Sunday evening. The deceased, identi- fied as Roshan Upadhyay and had been residing in the |
Same history and geography for all Std I-V students
ALL the schools, irrespective of the syllabus they fol- low, will henceforth have to teach same history and geography those studying in any class from Standard I to V in the State. "It will be mand |
Kasab's hanging 8 months away?
THE Bombay High Court could take 253 days (8 months, 13 days) to confirm the death penalty given to 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, a study of past such cases has revealed. A study of hundreds of |
Rural aspirants outshine urban counterparts: UPSC exam
DRIVING home the bitter truth that bureaucracy is no more the monopoly of aspi- rants from cities, UPSC examinees in rural Maha- rashtra have outstripped their urban counterparts, quite evident from t |
STATE WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT A FEW MORE CRORES TILL KASAB'S DEATH
THE court may have sentenced Pak- istani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab to death, but that has not reduced any financial burden on the State Govern- ment which is spending Rs 2 lakh a day on this costlies |
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THAT KASAB HAS IN JAIL
PANTS without cord, woollen blankets, pot, plate and aluminium mug are some of the articles that convicted Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab is entitled to under the provision of Prison |
Phone intercepts point to IM involvement: Pune blast
A telephonic conversation between two sus pected members of Indian Mujahideen (IM) gave the security agencies a clue about the terror group's alleged involvement in the Pune blast, |
State seeks land from UP for construction of Maha Bhavan
Maharashtra government has requested the Uttar Pradesh government to provide suitable land for setting up Maharashtra bhawan in Lucknow. "A letter has been sent to Uttar Pradesh Chief |
Only 17 per cent water left in dams
WITH the water situation in the Vidarbha region becoming grim by the day and a long two months left for arrival of Monsoon, here� TMs something for the administration as well as the common people to m |
Big Bull Harshad Mehta's flats to be resold; previous bidder to appeal
THE Bombay High Court has ordered a fresh auction of eight flats belonging to Harshad Mehta, the kingpin of securities/share market scam of 1992, but the highest bidder from previous auction is going |
Monorail master plan for MMR in final stages
THE Strategic Monorail Master plan study for Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) is in final stages, MMRDA has said in reply to a query under the RTI. MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Au |
State Govt wants to increase tax collection from villages
MAHARASHTRA Government wants 100 per cent tax collection from rural areas by developing the region under `eco-village' scheme. "The eco-village concept has been proposed to maintain environment in |
Fisherman hacked to death
A 50-year-old fisherman was assaulted to death and his wife attacked with sharp weapons at Pimple Nilakh.
The Sangvi police have identified the deceased as Chandrakant Narayan Makar (50) of Alandi, |
India's consumer confidence on the rebound : Nielsen
CONSUMER confidence in India rebounded to reach its highest level in the first quarter of 2010, providing the most definitive sign that India is fast recovering from the economic downturn, according t |
Engg colleges told to postpone exams
Considering the importance of the census operation across the country, Thane Municipal Corporation has asked the engineering colleges to po pone their exams if they coincide with the census work.
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