CIA chief's warning
The CIA on Tuesday warned India and Brazil hat they face "emerging threats" rom al-Qaeda and Taliban, hough the terrorist outfits are "on the run" due to extreme pressure exerted on them in Afghanista |
Think it Over!
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done. |
Biting the bullet, at long last
Okay, Parliament did create history on March 8, but of a very sordid kind. Instead of approving the Women's Reservation Bill on the centenary of International Women's Day, honorable members wrote thei |
THE OTHER SIDE - Generosity, kindness spread easily
Acts of kindness, generosity and cooperation spread just as easily as bad ones. And it takes only a handful to really make a difference. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego ( |
NO ALIBI - Taslima episode: What stopped Govt from preventing riots?
Two events occurring within a week of each other demonstrated, yet again, the Indian State's peculiar vulnerability to assaults on its founding principles. It is bad enough that the government can a |
Women's Bill: Did Govt act in haste?
When the government set itself the deadline of March 8, the International Women's Day, to pass the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha, it ignored two factors. One was the stiffness of the r |
TIBETANS DETAINED NEAR CHINESE EMBASSY
Twenty-seven Tibetans, including five women, were today detained when they tried to enter the Chinese embassy here during their protest on the eve of the anniversary of uprising in Tibet 51 years ago. |
Applications for US visas from April one
The US will start accepting the applications for H-1B visas, most sought after by Indians, from April one for the fiscal 2011. In a statement, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said |
Husain applies for Overseas Citizenship
DUBAI: Famed painter M F Husain may have quit his Indian citizenship, but he does not want to snap his links with the country of his birth and has applied for an Overseas Citizenship identity. "Indi |
Look-out notice for 'godman' in abduction case
Police have issued a look-out notice against a 40-year-old self-styled godman Anoop Kumar Sahai who had allegedly abducted his 28year-old cousin from Raj Nagar here. It is suspected that he might |
2 NRIs arrested for BJP leader's murder
Two NRIs were among five arrested ction with the last week's murder of today in connection with the last week's murder of a BJP local office bearer at Hargobind Nagar area here, a police officer said. |
SC to hear Lalu's plea against Bihar govt stand in DA case
: The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a petition filed by RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi challenging the Patna High Court's decision to admit the state's appeal against their acquittal |
'Y'villains of women's bill are together
They were together in the time of crisis. RJD Chief Lalu Prasad and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav were seated together in the Central Hall of Parliament glued to a TV set this afternoon. They wer |
OZ BOY'S MURDER - Cops looking for a woman who gave lift to taxi driver
Part-time taxi driver Gursewak Dhillon apparently ran out of fuel and was helped by a woman in this Australian city while he was driving around with three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa in the boot o |
Burglars rob Army jawan's house, set it on fire
A rented accommodation of an Army jawan was today targeted by burglars who set the house on fire in south Delhi's Sarojini Nagar before fleeing. The incident was reported from Talanji village in at |
CYBER ATTACKS MORE WORRYING THAN TERROR?
INDIAN enterprises are more wary of cyber attacks to their IT infrastructure than perceived threats from terrorism and natural disasters, a study by global security solutions provider Symantec said |
Corporate honchos pledge to invest in conflict-torn Assam
LEADERS of corporate India Tuesday pledged to invest in Assam and explore opportunities for business in agriculture, tourism and rural infrastructure and setting up of power plants, IT parks and bio |
Attitude of NGO's hypocritical: Pillai
ASSERTING that the government is ready to take criticism for its anti-Naxal offensive, Home Secretary G K Pillai on Tuesday said those who advocate the cause of Maoists should have the courage to call |
BEYOND INDIAN SHORES - Ramayana travels to NY, Singapore!
RAMAYANA has been transcending generaions and geographical boundaries and now people in the US and Singapore have a chance to know more about the epic popular for its allegorical and engaging storylin |
W-bill: Some key questions remain unanswered
The government lost its nerve on Monday but it more than made it up by pushing the most controversial Bill in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. Though the image of the Upper House, known for sobriety, sagacity |
Women's quota spells more sensitive politics: Brinda
WOMEN'S reservation in the national parliament and state legislatures will change the country's culture by breaking stereotypes and usher in an era of "sensitive politics", Brinda Karat, leader of t |
SPREADING LIGHT & CHEER - Zero load-shedding in 18 districts proposed
Following the successful implementation of a Zero Load Shedding (ZLS) model at its headquarters of revenue divisions, Mahavitaran has now submitted before Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commissi |
Pak army involved in 26/11 attack: Nikam
In the special court, hearing the 26/11 attack case, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam stated that 26/11 was a state-sponsored act from Pakistan with the Pakistani army playing a strong role an |
RAPE AND MURDER - Cops nab a history-sheeter on suspicion
WHILE the Nehru Nagar police claim to have made a breakthrough in the rape and murder of the nine-year-old girl from Kurla by arresting one Mohammed Ajmeri Sheikh (28), her family members remain skept |
SHAME OLD STORY - Dowry tormentors push mom-daughter to suicide!
ON the eve of International Woman's Day a day when much was being made about women rights, a 26year-old mother stood on the railway tracks along with her two-year-old daughter, waiting for a tra |
JOURNEY FINALLY BEGINS - RS HURDLE IS OVER
Atrain that was stranded on platform for 13 years has started moving. India's politics took a decisive step towards change on Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third re |
ZOOM UPTO KHOPOLI ON HARBOUR LINK
THE proposed Mumbai TransHarbour Link (MTHL) which was caught in political and financial wrangles may soon see the light of day, with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) o |
STATE TO UNVEIL BILL WITH 50% QUOTA FOR WOMEN
MAHARASHTRA has decided to be one step ahead of the nation in giving reservation to women and will soon introduce a bill in the legislative assembly seeking 50 per cent reservation for women in local |
BMC dithering on women's quota in parking contracts
While the Rajya Sabha passed the Women's Reservation Bill on Tuesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is still dillydallying over the proposal to offer 50 per cent reservation to wome |
Mithaiwala dispute: Family agree to settle feud amicably
FEUDING cousins of the family of the famous sweetmeat chain Suleman Usman Mithaiwala told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that they will make efforts to amicably settle their dispute and differences |
Women ecstatic, celebrate passage of quota bill
WOMEN cutting across the political divide on Tuesday danced to the beats of drums and sprinkled gulal to mark the passage of women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha.Flashing V-signs, women ac |
UPA responsible for mess in the country, says Gadkari
SQUARELY blaming the Congress-led UPA government at the centre for growing inflation, farmers'' suicide, and terrorism in the country, BJP president Nitin Gadkari has said that the wrong policies ad |
State to develop forests as hubs of eco-tourism
In a major move, the State has decided to develop forests as ecotourist destinations. It has already shortlisted four destinations that will be developed in its first phase. Though three of the four |
Pipe burst: Water mains have no security cover
The tunnel burst at Malad has brought to fore the startling fact that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has no security alarm system to ensure the safety of its extensive network of wat |
3 godowns gutted in raging fire in Ghatkopar
THE sleepy neighbourhood of Bardan Galli in Narayan Nagar, Ghatkopar (W) turned into a hub of chaos after three godowns filled with jute gunny bags were engulfed in a raging blaze starting at noon on |
JAITLEY APPLAUDS ROTATION SYSTEM
WHILE Leader of the Opposition, Aru Jaitley, did take pride in being a par of the historic move towards granting equality for women by the passage of the women's resrevation bill, he said what was mor |
'Y' VILLAIN OF W-BILL REFUSE TO YIELD
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to buy peace with the Yadav trio of the three socialist parties who opposed the government sponsored Women's Reservation Bill in its present orm. Mulayam Si |
Didi in Brinda's line of fire
ACCUSING Trianmool Congress of taking an "opportunistic" stand on the Women's Reservation Bill, CPM leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday said its chief Mamata Banerjee did not seem to have any commitment |
SEVEN MPs SUSPENDED FOR UNRULY BEHAVIOUR
FOLLOWING the pandamonium that broke out over the Women's Reservation Bill on Monday, seven socialist leaders were suspended for unruly conduct for the remainder of Parliament's budget session up |
BLUFF THAT WORKED
THE government's bluff that it was putting the women's reservation Bill to vote without debate -finally worked, as the irate opponents, who were creating pandemonium in the Rajya Sabha, returned |
Ramdev demands death penalty for fake godmen
Yoga guru Swami Ramdev today sought death sentence for "fraud" religious gurus indulging in wrongdoings in the garb of religion. Expressing his disappointment over a spate of cases in which such gurus |
WHERE IS THE PARTY TONIGHT?
Centre's effort has given an opportunity to women cutting across party lines a reason to rejoice |
ADVANI ADVOCATES COMPULSORY VOTING
"Compulsory voting an idea whose time has come" is the latest blog penned by Bhartiya Janata Party's veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday on blog.lkadvani.in. Advani had also advocated this i |
Osmania student commits suicide
: Desperate over the delay in formation of a Telangana state, a B Tech student of the Osmania University committed suicide Tuesday. The incident triggered fresh tension in the university, the nerve |
Oz colleges are Visa factories
About a fifth of private colleges, which are cashing in on overseas students' desire to ive in Australia, have become "permanent residency factories", according to an official report on he country's e |
Kasab statement `not admissible'
: In a significant ruling that could affect the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks in Pakistan, a bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday ruled that the confess |
NO DATE FOR TABLING IN LOK SABHA - COMMITMENT PAID OFF
CONGRESS President Sonia Gandhi' flurry of meetings with senior party lead ers since Monday finally worked, as sh wanted the women's reservation Bill passe by the Rajya Sabha at all cost, the politica |
SONIA WINS SOME, LOSES SOME
EVEN as 10, Janpath erupted in celebrations with Congressmen making a beeline to felicitate Sonia Gandhi for her contribution to the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, her close aides were |
Last WORD - WOMEN QUOTA: POINT, COUNTERPOINT
PROPONENTS of reservation for women state that although equality of the sexes is enshrined in the Indian constitution, it is not a social reality. Hence a radical piece of legislation in the shape of |
MNS HAS AIRTEL ON THE HOOK
MAHARASHTRA Navnirman Sena activists went on a rampage in Bandra and Thane just hours after Raj Thackeray asked party workers to remove the `tail' from mobile service provider Airtel for failing t |
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Maintain secrecy! Do not tell people what you are doing. Do not open yourself to outside interference. |
GDC interns call for stir
Interns of the latest batch at Goverment Dental College (GDC) called for a strike on Tuesday morning after the authorities failed to explain the admission of nearly 64 externs while they are permitt |
WR unveils Smartcard services
Following a much-delayed sanction by the Railway Board, the Western Railway on Tuesday finally launched a pilot project of the Go Mumbai Smart Card over suburban section from Churchgate to Virar.< |
HC upholds appointment of J N Patel as judge
THE Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that sitting Judge J N Patel fulfilled the eligibility criterion contemplated under the Constitution when he was appointed judge of the HC on March 11, 1996.< |
Agri Tourism India gets tourism award
I: AGRI Tourism India (ATDC) gets the year 2008-2009 National Tourism Award as the most innovative and unique tourism produc. National Tourism Awards are given by the Ministry of Tourism, Government o |
Jet Airways unveils all-economy service
N keeping with its move to connect major Indian metros with smaller cities across the country, Jet Airways Konnect, Jet Airways' all-economy, no-frills service, will introduce daily, direct services t |
Janmabhoomi publisher passes away
Pravinchandra Gandhi, chairman of Saurashtra Trust, which publishes the Janmabhoomi group of newspapers, passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 87. Gandhi had been connected with various organisatio |
Don't trust they neighbour! Neighbour arrested for robbery
NOW one will have to think twice before trusting a neighbour. In a case of robbery, Thane police have arrested a woman who alleged robbed her neighbour by borrowing their lock and later making a dupli |
19 arrested for trespassing Oscars ceremony
Nineteen people were arrested by Los Angeles Police on suspicion of trespassing at the Kodak Theatre during the Academy Awards ceremony. According to officials, the arrested include two men from Texas |
Russian astronaut team marks golden jubilee
The four surviving Russian astronauts of the first team to travel to space joined their current counterparts to celebrate the golden jubilee of the maiden flight. Four of the twelve military pilots, V |
US loses two `supercentenarians' in a single day
Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day. Mary Josephine Ray, who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, died yesterday at age 114 years, 294 days. Sh |
ISRAEL SEEKS DIRECT PEACE TALKS WITH PALESTINIANS
Israel has asked United Nations Secretary-General Chief Ban Kimoon to persuade Palestinians to engage in "direct dialogue" with it so that the peace talks can be resumed. "Israel would like to re |
COMMUNAL CAULDRON - Christians threaten reprisal in Nigeria
Corpses of the victims of communal riots have been buried in mass graves in the northern Nigerian city of Jos, where attackers killed more than 500 people in a weekend attack. Machete-wielding |
OZ COLLEGES OR PERMANENT VISA OUTLETS?
About a fifth of private colleges, which are cashing in on overseas students' desire to live in Australia, have become `permanent residency factories', according to an official report about the countr |
Israel says UN should impose sanctions on Iran
Israel has said UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon should use his voice to ask the Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear defiance. "I ask the SecretaryGeneral to use his v |
Kiwi woman sells `souls' to the highest bidder
The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs.
Instead, two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts o |
Myanmar laws make way for polls
Myanmar has finally announced the enactment of long awaited laws that set the stage for the country's first election in 20 years to be held sometime this year.
State radio and television said the n |
Cameron's `Avatar' is China's choice for Oscars
Chinese film fans have voiced their disappointment about `Avatar' failing to make it big in the Oscar awards, despite being a run away hit in the world's most populous nation. James Cameron's sci-f |
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Fitness gurus set to shape city
MUMBAI is all set for a record with fitness gurus trying to shape the city literally. Almost 1000 people are expected to participate in this gigantic exercise, 'Shapes 10,000' to shed away 10 kilogram |
22-year-old girl killed in bus mishap
A BEST bus ran over a 22-yearold girl, resulting in her death in the Malwani area on Sunday night. Shweta Gupta (22), a resident of Malad studying in the final year of M Com at the SNDT College ( |
We have no control over supernatural powers: HC
The Bombay High Court on Monday said that it has power to deal with law where there is crime of physical nature and does not have control over supernatural powers, if any. The division bench of J |
Bombay HC summons ex-investigating officer
OBSERVING that the manner in which the probe into the Navi Mumbai Ration Card scam was handled reflects a "sorry state of affairs", the Bombay High Court on Monday summoned the former investigatin |
3 children drown in pond while washing clothes
THREE children, including a girl, drowned in a pond of Halda village in Sillod tehsil district on Monday afternoon while washing clothes A girl was also injured while trying to save them. According |
Bomb scare near SSC Board office
PEOPLE heaved a sigh of relief after a bomb like object found near SSC Board office on Monday turned out to be an electronic remote.
According to details the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS |
State moots MCOCA against bankrupt urban banks, credit societies
WITH a whooping amount of Rs 10, 000 crore of small depositors money trapped in at least 200 bankrupt urban banks and 1500 credit societies, the state government has decided to clamp down MCOCA ag |
List of the Oscar winners
1. Best Picture `The Hurt Locker' 2. Actor in a Leading Role Jeff Bridges in `Crazy Heart' 3. Actress in a Leading Role Sandra Bullock in `The Blind Side' 4. Actor in a Supporting Role Christo |
Last WORD - HC reinstates woman sacked for remarrying
THE Bombay High Court in a ``gesture'' on International Women's Day directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to reinstate a woman whose services were terminated merely because she married the |
ARREST IN SCHOOLGIRL RAPE CASE
AN arrest has been made in the shocking incident of rape and murder of a nineyear-old girl, whose body was found on the terrace of the Police Quarters on Sunday morning. The name of the arrested |
SC CHALLENGES DELHI HC RULING ON CJI'S OFFICE
THE Supreme Court on Monday filed an appeal before itself challenging the judgement of Delhi High Court holding that the office of the Chief Justice of India came under the ambit of the RTI Act.
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13 killed in Lahore attack
A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed his explosiveladen car into a building in Lahore where police interrogated high value terrorist suspects, killing 13 people and injuring about 80 others.< |
Gopi Tank Market first to become plastic-free
AFTER failing to get a positive response from the city's residents and shop owners, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now decided to look inwards as far as the implementation of a no- |
India, Russia close to clinching visa pact
INDIA and Russia are likely to ink a long-delayed visa pact that will ease the Russian visa regime to spur more contacts between businessmen of the two sides during the visit of Russian Prime Minister |
AI celebrates W-Day with all-women crew
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Curfew lifted in Hubli
Curfew was lifted this morning in Hubli, which witnessed violence last week following protests by members of a minority community over obscene writings on the wall of a graveyard. Curfew was lifte |
Is health for all a distant dream?
If face is an index of one's mind; a nation's index can be gauged by the characterization of its people. What is crucial is whether the people are healthy, mentally sound and strong; if the working cl |
GROWING RESENTMENT - `Have fun and go back'
GOA Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Laxmikant Parsenkar on Monday said Russian tourists should "stay for two months, sunbathe, have fun, spend money and go back". The senior BJP legislator also |
Terrorists may attack airports during peak hours: CISF
THE Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Monday said that terrorists may attack airports during peak hours to cause maximum damage. "There is a view that chances of hijack by terrorists are ver |
Sonia, Nooyi Asia's top power women
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Pepsico's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar figure in CNN's list of eight of Asia's top power women.
Taking a "look at the key women wh |
ONLY 7% WOMEN IN STATE POLICE DESPITE QUOTA
EVEN though the State has had 30 per cent reservation for women since the past 15 years, the State police has only 7 per cent women in it. The police force too had introduced 30% reservation along wit |
'HURT LOCKER' SWEEPS OSCARS, BIGELOW MAKES HISTORY
IRAQ war saga `The Hurt Locker' swept the Oscars on Monday winning six golden statuettes with Kathryn Bigelow creating history by becoming the first woman to win the Best Director award. Bigelow's |
Too long, too drab, Oscar rated a no show
THE 82nd Academy Awards, which saw Hollywood's star comedians Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin joining hands as hosts, turned out to be disappointing with public rating it as "unimaginative" and "drag" |
No show for India this time
THE spotlight was firmly trained on India at last year's Academy Awards with Mumbai based rags-toriches story `Slumdog Millionaire' winning eight golden statuettes, but it was a no show for the co |
Lanka woman minister drops a big bombshell
A Sri Lankan federal minister on Monday alleged that "certain Indian officials" wanted President Mahinda Rajapaksa to lose the recent polls and worked towards it, but India rejected the claims saying |
Bangladesh for 'symbolic' trial of 1971 war criminals
BANGLADESH government will conduct a "symbolic" trial for the 1971 war crimes by trying the leaders who had collaborated with Pakistan and massacred thousands of unarmed civilians during country |
500 die as violence returns to Nigeria
MORE than 500 people were allegedly killed by Fulani tribesmen in renewed communal violence in the northern Nigerian city of Jos, prompting the government to declare a red alert and deploy troops |
Quake hits Turkey killing 57
A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, an official said. The temblor stru |
YADAV CHIEFTAINS AT UNRULY BEST
THE Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday announced withdrawal of support to the Congress-led UPA government for rushing the Women's Reservation Bill without bothering to first evol |
Does freedom of expression give the right to offend?
Earlier this week, a newspaper in Delhi published a telling cartoon that drew many a snigger: a figure fully veiled in black with the simple caption: `Qatar Mata by M.F. Husain'.
The apparent absur |
CBI to speed up probe process
Charting out the roadmap for 2010, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday announced that it would complete the probe into all the cases pending on December 31, especially those under in |
CONTEMPT OF COURT - SP tenders unconditional apology
THE Bombay High Court on Monday accepted the unconditional apology tendered by Superintendent of Police, Chandrapur for allegedly showing scant respect for the courts. The division bench of Justic |
BMC CHVs call off strike
IN what came as a respite to the civic administration as well as the protestors, the 3000-odd-community health volunteers (CHV) have called off their strike, which was supposed to begin starting March |
Six year-old boy dies of snake bite
A six-year-old boy died of snake bite while he was playing near the brick kiln. Dilip was the only son of Ramesh Pal, who lived near the brick kiln on Ghodbander road in Owla. The boy was laying nea |
Vidarbha leaders warn CM on Vidarbha statehood
CONGRESS leaders championing the cause of separate state of Vidarbha have warned the CM against conspiring to dilute the movement.
Former minister Ranjeet Deshmukh admonished Ashok Chavan not try |
Miscreants ransack police outposts in Vasai
VIOLENCE and reign of terror seems to rule supreme in the VasaiVirar area. In a dastardly attack on Monday, unidentified miscreants, ransacked two police outposts located on the outskirts o |
SONIA FUMING OVER FIASCO
CONGRESS President Sonia Gandhi is believed to be furious at the government's mismanagement on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, which she feels has dented her image.It was apparent that the governme |
PM to meet Yadav chieftains today
IN a move aimed at defusing the crisis over Women's Reservation Bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to meet the leaders of the Opponents of the Bill -Mulayam Singh Yadav of the SP, Lalu |
Quotas for COMFORT
WOMEN in India more than in many other countries have had a very raw deal. They are bullied at home, discriminated against at work, insulted in the streets, and ignored by society. Now all their probl |
WOMEN'S BILL STILLBORN
THE Women's Reservation Bill was stillborn on Monday with voting in the Rajya Sabha being deferred in the face of a series of adjournments, forced by a handful of unruly SP and RJD legislators. Iro |
THE OTHER SIDE - Good mood can also make you less trusting
Popular notion may hold that happiness begets trust but a new study suggests that, in some instances, people may actually be less trusting of others when they are in a pleasant mood. "A person's |
Pak perfidy undimmed
The public assertion by the Pak Foreign Office that th issue of the arrest of the 26/11 mastermind, Hafiz Saeed, was not taken up by India at the recent talks between the foreign secretaries of the tw |
Husain surrenders passport
: Legendary painter M F Husain, who was recently granted Qatari citizenship, has surrendered his Indian passport to the country's mission in Doha, a media report said today. 95-year-old Husain, revere |
FIGHT FOR SUB-QUOTA GETS MURKIER
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CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN MINORITY TANGLE
T( HE ruling by National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions NVMEI) last week that an educational institution can claim minority status only if 30 per cent of its students are from the mi |
Fatima Bhutto busy fighting her fake namesakes!
NOW that Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, is done writing her tell-all book on the Bhutto dynasty, she is whiling time fighting her fake namesakes in the virt |
WOMEN PILOT 22 AI FLIGHTS ON W-DAY
AIR India on Monday created a history of sorts by handing over the cockpit of 22 domestic and international flights, including a direct one from Mumbai to New York, to women on the International Women |
Woman ends life on Women's Day
EVEN as the entire world was engrossed in celebrating International Women's Day, a newly married woman here chose to end her life on the occasion.
Nilam Sanjay Soni committed suicide by hanging h |
Maternity leave doubled to 180 days for State staffers
IN a magnanimous gesture on the occasion of International Women's Day, the State Government has doubled the maternity leave of women State employees from 90 days to 180 days with full pay.The Mah |
SCRAMBLE FOR A POLICE JOB COSTS 22-YEAR-OLD HIS LIFE
THE attempt to be on the safer side and apply at as many centres as possible may have resulted in the stampede of applicants for the constable's post at the Vakola police grounds early on Monday morni |
MALIKI EMERGES AS FRONT-RUNNER AFTER IRAQ VOTE
BaghdadPrime Minister Nuri alMaliki, the Shiite leader who helped ease Iraq's deadly sectarian conflict, emerged on Monday as a front-runner after an election seen as a test of the nation's young |
HOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Great sages converted the still music of the universe into Vedas. |
Bigelow creates Oscar history
raq war saga `The Hurt Locker' swept the Oscars on Monday winning six golden statuettes with creating history by becoming the first woman to win the Best Director award. Bigelow's film about a US bomb |
Toddler was hurt in an accident
The three-year-old Indian toddler, whose body was found near here four days ago, may have been hurt in an accident before being put in a car boot and dumped by a part-time taxi driver, who has been ar |
SC warns Raj on hate speeches
The Supreme Court on Monday warned Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray against making hate speeches against other communities. The court told Raj that unless he stopped making such speech |
Terror alert for metros
The Home Ministry on Monday issued an alert for Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore saying the three major cities could be targeted by terrorists. Based on the interrogation of suspected Indian Mujahideen t |
Pakistan is now a US colony: Imran
Politician and former cricketer Imran Khan says Pakistan is neither an Islamic nor a welfare state as it has become "a colony of the US". "President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sh |
MSY, LALU CLAIM WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT
The Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday announced withdrawal of support to the Congress-led UPA government for rushing the Women's Reservation Bill without bothering to first evolve |
MINORITIES NOT LEFT OUT IN W-BILL
DESPITE claims to the contrary, the women's reservation bill does not exclude Dalits as is claimed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Yadav while dema |
WOMEN'S BILL NOT TO FACE THE AXE
THE debate on the Women's Reservation Bill will not be dropped as suspected by the main opposition parties, the Bhartiya Janata Party and the Left, and will not face the axe. It will be taken up on |
CAUGHT UNAWARES - BJP CREATED A LAST MINUTE HURDLE
The Congress strategy of getting the women's reservation bill passed in the Rajya Sabha without a debate on Monday itself was stalled by the main Opposition, Bhartiya Janata Party, asserting that |
STATE ORDERS PROBE, RULES OUT CASE OF NEGLIGENCE
THE State Government has ordered an inquiry into the stampede incident at the police recruitment centre at Kalina that killed one and injured eleven others on Monday morning. However, Home minist |
'Pressure of the madding crowd was very killing'
THE 20-year-old Deepak Kachru Kharat, one of the aspirants for the post of a constable injured at the Vakola police ground, while lying on his bed at the V N Desai hospital at Santacruz mulls whether |
Sharma was framed, says lawyer while seeking bail
IN the Sessions court on Monday, encounter cop Pradeep Sharma's lawyer Shrikant Shivde argued that "Sharma was a deserving officer and no other officer was close to his merit by even 10 per cent". |
HEMA BUNGALOW HEIST CRACKED: FIVE NABBED
WITH the arrest of five persons hailing from Nepal, the Dindoshi police on Monday claimed to have solved the Rs 80 lakh burglary case at the Goregaon bungalow of actor Hema Malini. "We have recov |
HUSBAND-WIFE PLOTTED FOUL MALWANI MURDER
THE Mumbai police has claimed to have cracked the Malwani murder, allegedly hatched by a husband-wife duo to be executed by a contract killer. All the three have been arrested and charged for murder.< |
Chhava activists disrupt CM's rally over quota
IN a bid to draw Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's attention to the plight of the Maratha community, activists of Chhava Sanghatana on Monday attempted immolation right in front of him at a function in |
LIVING DANGEROUSLY - SPEEDING TEEN BIKER DIES ON JJ FLYOVER
THREE persons lost their lives in two mishaps on the JJ flyover area on Sunday night.
In the first case, a 17-year-old motorcyclist died after he lost control of his Splendour motorcycle while nego |
BSF-BDR TALKS IN DELHI FROM TODAY :
: India and Bangladesh will discuss issues related to cross-border terrorist activities and joint patrolling of the frontiers as top officers of border guarding forces of both the countries begin th |
Saeed issue was strongly raised with Pak: India
SURPRISED over Islamabad's statement that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed did not figure in the Feb 25 foreign secretary-level talks, India on Sunday said the "unhindered freedom" the terror |
More power to women in Washington - to get free condoms
WASHINGTON DC is going to become the first city in the US to distribute female condoms free in a bid to control the District's spiralling epidemic of HIV and AIDS.According to city officials, the d |
UPA'S GIFT ON WOMENS DAY - WOMEN'S BILL TO BE TABLED IN RS TODAY
THE Women's Reservation Bill to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha today is witnessing a rare unity among political parties, with support from the ruling UPA, the Opposition BJP and the Left. Law Mi |
Hopes run high on women's day
"I am quite sure the women's reservation bill will be passed this time. The kind of support the bill has garnered is good and for a change political parties have left behind their differences to sta |
Women more resilient than men: Survey
CORPORATE leaders around the world believe women employees possess slightly more resilience than men, when it comes to overcoming challenges and turning them into opportunities, a survey by global |
Godman says he did nothing illegal
Swami Nithyananda, allegedly, on the run after being caught on tape in the company of an actress, on Sunday appealed to his followers not to believe allegations and rumours about him and his organisat |
FEMALE FACTOR - Just 10 pc participation of fairer sex in higher courts
DID you know the Supreme Court doesn't have a single woman judge? The Indian judiciary continues to turn a Nelson's eye to gender parity despite the government making a concerted bid to raise women' |
IPL to issue fresh tender, eases rider
BOWING to criticism of the one billion dollar net worth criterion for the bidders, the Indian Premier League on Sunday cancelled the existing tender for two new franchises and decided to re-issue |
WOMEN'S DAY EVE SHOCKER - Raped, killed as cops slept
IN a shocking display of unabashed disregard for the law, unknown accused raped and then strangulated a nine-year-old girl to death before dumping her semi-nude body on the terrace of the police quart |
OXFORD STUDENTS SUSPENDED FOR SEXIST `HIT LIST'
F drawin IFTEEN students of Oxford University have been suspended for sending sexist emails grading and assessing female undergraduate students on potential dates, and g up a secret `list of fitties'. |
AXIS IN BACKYARD - China deepens its all weather ties with Pak
CHINA on Sunday underlined its determination to deepen the "all weather relations" with its key ally Pakistan and said Islamabad was in effective control of the situation in the country amid rise in I |
25 die as Iraqis defy violence to cast vote
IRAQIS voted on Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 25 people across Iraq, unleashing a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the |
Brit toddler kidnapped in Pak: abductors call father
THE father of the kidnapped British toddler, Sahil Saeed, received a phone call from his abductors on Friday, an official looking into the case has said. According to Sky News, Sahil's father Raj |
ITS AVATAR VS HURT LOCKER AT THE OSCARS
THE 82nd Academy Awards will see a battle of the exes with James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster 'Avatar' and his former-wife Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama 'Hurt Locker' fighting it out for top honour |
The losers not standing small this time
EVERYBODY wins at the Oscars this year as the bosses for the ceremony have made sure that all the nominees receive 61,000 pounds worth goody bag, the most expensive return gift in awards history.< |
Ahmadinejad heads to Afghanistan to boost ties
IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to make a one-day trip to neighbouring Afghanistan today to discuss with his counterpart Hamid Karzai how to stabilise the wartorn nation, Iran's Mehr news a |
Fonseka faces rebukes, goes on hunger strike
FORMER Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka facing detention under treason charges, now at a naval facility on Sunday went on a hunger strike for not being allowed to speak to his daughters on telep |
CID asked to probe mystery of girl's body in Gadkari's car
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the state CID to investigate the death of a sevenyear-old girl, who died in the car of BJP president Nitin Gadkari in May, last year. A di |
MLA `presents' Vasai cop Gen Dyer award for brutality
"General Dyer Award"for police brutalitythis is one of the awards no cop would like to achieve. However in an unique approach to register his protest against the ruthless assault mounted by the |
Cheryl Cole coming back to life after split
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Saudi women face more social rights abuses
TWO years after Wajiha al-Huwaidar defied a Saudi ban on women driving by posting a video on the Internet showing her cruising in a remote area, she still dreams of getting behind the wheel like her o |
Give due regard to victim's wish to marry rapist: CJI
IN a radical suggestion on the eve of International Women's Day, Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan on Sunday said that judges, lawyers and social activists should give "due regard" to the wishes of a rape |
Indian arrested for death of toddler
A 23-year-old part-time Indian taxi driver, who kept a three-year-old Indian boy unconscious in the boot of his car and drove around for three hours before dumping him in a field, was on Sunday |
Indians not to return home leaving their tasks unfinished
NOTWITHSTANDING the terror attacks and threats, Indians posted in Afghanistan and working on various reconstruction projects are unwilling to return home leaving their tasks unfinished. This is the |
Kabul ATTACK - Afghan govt convinced about LeT involvement
AS investigations into last week's attack on Indians here gain momentum, Afghan authorities are increasingly getting convinced that the terror strike was carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba in collusion wi |
Women quota may leave govt skating on thin ice
THE passage of the Women's Reservation Bill may end up leaving the Congress-led coalition skating on thin ice in the remaining over four years of its tenure. It may have to go the extra mile to kee |
Lalu firm on opposing Women's Reservation Bill
RASHTRIYA Janata Dal (RJD) will oppose the Women's Reservation Bill to the "tooth and nail" and are even prepared to be marshalled out," its president Lalu Prasad said on Sunday. Dubbing the bill as a |
No single party can claim credit for bill : Moily
i: THE government hailed the consensus among major political parties on Women's Reservation Bill and said no single party can claim credit for it. "People of the country, the women and Parliament will |
Woman cannot claim right to residence in in-laws house: Court
Awoman cannot claim the right to residence in the houses owned by her in-laws under the omestic Violence Act as she can seek maintenance only from her husband, sons and daughters, a Delhi court has sa |
RAO MEETS RAJAPAKSA, PUSHES FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION:
Colombo India on Sunday assured Sri Lanka of its support to the process of resettlement and rehabilitation of Tamil civilians displaced due to the war and pushed for a political solution to the deca |
Charlize Theron hooks up with Renner
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Vatsala is Miss India Worldwide Nepal
VATSALA Sharma has emerged the winner of the first KATHMANDU: VATSALA Sharma has emerged the winner of the first ever Miss India Worldwide Nepal Pageant 2010. Nepalis Council had organised the event i |
Lanka erects monument to depict war victory
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Jordan-Alex Reid marriage illegal?
GLAMOUR model Katie Price aka Jordan's marriage to cagefighter Alex Reid is reportedly illegal as the minister who signed their wedding certificate does not have a licence.
According to experts |
Dictator's son winner of Togo election
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THE OTHER SIDE - Warning against Internet `Viagra' containing bird droppings
Health experts have warned online shoppers to beware of internet-order f medicines some of which have been found to contain f everything from arsenic to bird droppings. Fake medicines, such as t th |
A historic day?
The die is cast. Today, the 8th of March 2010, the centenary of International Women's Day, Indian Parliament is set to take a big step forward in the march towards women empowerment and emancipation |
Engg student commits suicide
: Apparently frustrated over his failure in his exam, a mechanical engineering student allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Borivali, the police said. Rahul Gandhi, 23, a third-year student |
Daman observes Safety Week
National Safety Week was observed in Daman by launching an awareness campaign under the auspices of Alkem Group of Industries. Some 200 children of workers participated in various competitions organ |
Bomb hoax at Bhayandar MTNL Office.
A bomb threat at the MTNL office in Bhayandar, sent the police and other security agencies into a tizzy on Saturday morning. The call which later turned out to be hoax, disrupted the functioning o |
Mega block inconveniences commuters
The Central Railway operated a mega block on its suburban sections in connection with maintenance work and construction of laying the seventh line between Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus and Wad |
State moots total ban on tree cutting
EXPRESSING concern over the fast disappearing forest cover in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan suggested a complete ban on tree cutting in some districts of the state where the forest cover |
Thane horses to be micro-chipped
DISTURBED over tendency of the horse owners to abandon their aging and ailing animals, SPCA and Thane police department have jointly launched a programme to get the 180-odd horses in Thane that ar |
CM performs ground breaking for GFH project
Signaling the commencement of development work at one of India's most anticipated development projects, Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Sunday performed the ground breaking ceremony of th |
Uttan waste plant work delayed further by 2 days
The latest dead line of March 6 to restart solid waste management project at Uttan was yet again pushed ahead till Tuesday, following local MLA Gilbert Mendonca's logical suggestion of taking the ag |
CMs, ministers should disclose assets: Sachar
Justice (retd) Rajinder Sachar said that the chief ministers of all States and their colleagues should disclose their assets on the line of judges of Supreme Court. Addressing a press conference h |
With Provocation Towards One And All
Politician-builder nexus Successive governments have failed to check broad daylight fraud by realtors. Because corrupt politicians usually park their ill-gotten wealth with builders, the latter feel f |
Delhi needs to change its Pak policies
PAKISTAN wants to establish friendlyrelations with all its neighbours, including India, though New Delhi needs to change its policies towards Islamabad, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on |
Godman booked under MCOCA
STRINGENT MCOCA was on Sunday invoked against a self-styled Godman, recently caught here on charges of running a multi-crore sex racket, with police claiming he was "eyeing big donations" from foreign |
MP plans to include chapter on 'Geeta' in school curriculum
AFTER stoking controversy on introducing "Surya Namaskar" (Sun Salutation) and "Pranayam" (Yoga Exercise) in government-run schools, the Madhya Pradesh government is now contemplating to incorporate |
Celebrating International Women's Day - Women will be a major factor of progress: Prez
PRESIDENT Pratibha Patil on Sunday said the country's women will continue to be a major determinant of its future progress and inclusive growth. "Every year, we celebrate International Women's Day |
Do we acknowledge them only on Women's Day?
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD Lalita Ghodbole has been working as a domestic housemaid for as long as she can remember.
From washing clothes and mopping floors in over three houses, to immediately rushing home |
Neelam Gorhe plumps for gender-based State Budget
SHIV SENA MLA Neelam Gorhe has demanded that Chief Minister Ashok Chavan ensure that a timebound action plan is charted out to implement longpending issues related to women's development.
G |
'103' helpline for women or all and sundry?
THE second anniversary of the '103' helpline that was promoted by the security agencies and NGOs last Thursday as a lifeline for women in distress, has after all not been utilized by the fairer sex to |
This horse-trainer is all set to prove mettle in a male bastion
SPORTING a cowboy outfit with leather shoes grasping her heels, she walks into the arena with a confident charisma. Quickly, the 28-year-old Radha Khopkar jumps on to the horse she has recently acqu |
Woman sets another on fire
IN a bizarre case, one woman set ablaze another following a quarrel between their children at Mumbra. Interestingly, both women are close neighbours and often quarrel when their children fight with ea |
Smita Thackeray leads women's march
SHIV Sena chief Bal Thackeray's daughter-inlaw, Smita Thackeray, organised women's march here ahead of International Women's Day. Over 500 women from all walks of life voiced their opinion on i |
MNS to contest Navi Mumbai civic polls
With Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls nearing, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has dissolved its committee for the city.The committee comprised 350-400 members. Although various reasons h |
73 rioting cases against Raj Thackeray in State
MNS president Raj Thackeray is facing as many as 73 criminal cases in various courts all over Maharashtra for allegedly inciting riots which broke out after his arrest in connection with anti-North In |
Last WORD - ROBIN HOOD WAS A MONEYLENDER!
ROBIN HOOD may have been a moneylender to the poor rather the selfless giver that he is thought to be, a new book suggests. In fact, the English hero of Sherwood Forest may have been an early k |
Rathore willing to undergo narco test: Ruchika case
FORMER Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika molestation case, has offered to undergo narco-analysis test to clear what he claimed were "lies" being spread against him by the family of t |
BMC Comm cold shoulders BEST officer's request
Ever felt exasperated of the red tape and bureaucratic wrangles when in a government office?
Here's an IAS officer who might agree with you.
BEST General Manager Uttam Khobragade took his disl |
Six die, over 150 take ill in Solapur
SIX persons died here on Sunday while more than 150 people have been hospitalised due to suspected outbreak of gastroenteritis.The deceased are Nagesh Gundals, 35, Dattatreya Survase,7, Ramesh |
Diamond merchant family held hostage in Antwerp, robbed
PANKAJ MALDAR, a leading diamond diamantaire from Surat based in Antwerp, was robbed after his family was held hostage at his villa on Saturday. Reports of the incident reached the Indian diamond |
MAYA BREACHES GENDER DIVIDE
TRUST Mayawati to have the last word on the Women's Reservation Bill, which envisages 33 percent reservation of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.The Bahujan Samaj Party, which |
Do not succumb to US pressure: Let India evolve its own policy
National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon went to Afghanistan a week after the terror attack on a small hotel housing mainly Indians, ostensibly to beef up security arrangements.
While this was |
among 3 top Taliban commanders 30 dead in Pakistan
military dealt a crippling blow to Tehreek-e-Taliban by killing its three top commanders, including group's deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Muhammad, in Mohmand tribal region in the country's northwest, I |
Shilpa Shetty leads campaign to salvage BBC Asian Network
INDIAN actress Shilpa Shetty � one of the most recognised faces in Britain and many leading British Asian personalities have led over 100 prominent people in a campaign to save the BBC Asian Network |
Migrants to Maha after '50 can't get reservation: HC
IN an important ruling, a full bench of the Bombay High Court has held that persons of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who had migrated to Maharashtra after 1950 cannot get the benefit of rese |
Health workers make their point on Women's Day
The women health post workers (Aarogya Sevika) in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) could not have chosen a better occasion to press for their demands. Threatening an indefinite strike fr |
Bachchan offers to 'sell' Kerala tourism
KERALA Government has sent a letter to Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, responding to his offer expressing interest in becoming a brand ambassador of state tourism. Official sources told PTI here th |
Godman kidnaps woman disciple - a MBA graduate
A40-year-old self-styled godman allegedly kidnapped a 27-year-old disciple from her house here last month, police said on Saturday. Police registered a case on Saturday and initiated a hunt for t |
8th dossier on Saeed reaches Pak
THE eighth Indian dossier containing more details on the Mumbai terror attacks has reached Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik. According to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry here, |
No word on his fate yett Yet another Sikh abductee in Taliban custody
A PAKISTANI-CANADIAN Sikh family has still no word on the fate of their son, who was abducted by the Taliban in Pakistan for ransom three weeks ago.Bishan Dass, who left the Pakistani city of Peshawar |
Sharp divisions in JD-U over Women's Bill
SHARP divisions emerged among the opponents of the Women's Reservation Bill with Bihar Chief Nitish Kumar supporting the measure pitting himself against his party President Sharad Yadav who is oppos |
Muslim group cries 'no'
THE All India Milli Council, a Muslim group, on Saturday demanded a "quota within quota" in the Women's Reservation Bill and said it will hold a protest march on Monday against the Government's mo |
'We will not scale down Afghan operations'
INDIA on Saturday said it will not scale down its operations in Afghanistan in the wake of the February 26 Kabul attack and clarified that the Indian medical missions were functionally normally exce |
Ashram management blamed for stampede
A preliminary inquiry into the stampede in Pratapgarh district that left 63 people dead has held the management of the ashram responsible but admitted that the police had been informed about the funct |
Maoist boss snubs Govt, says `ouster' much before 2050
A day after Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said Maoists had plans to overthrow the Indian state by 2050, top Naxal leader Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji on Saturday night claimed it would be achieved |
BJP takes credit for Women's Bill
hartiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday described the impending Constitution Amendment Bill for one third reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies as the party's own dream ex |
Kandahar hijackers came to India via Desh
A SUSPECTED Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative arrested in Dhaka has told Bangladeshi investigators that he arranged safe passage to India from Bangladesh for several Islamist militants who were invol |
Radar to scuttle air attack on Parliament
THE Parliament House, already having four layers of security making it impossible for entry of any unauthorised person, will soon have an electronic umbrella to secure it further from any possible a |
Sarah Palin's greed shows out at Oscars gifting suite
SARAH Palin may have not been nominated for an Academy Award, but that did not stop the politician-turnedauthor from invading the Oscar's gifting suite and walking away with a ton of free goodies. |
Hindus, Jews ask Pope to play good shepherd to outcasts Roma
HINDUS and Jews have portrayed His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI as `unChristian' for not strongly supporting the cause of the Roma who face `apartheid" conditions in Europe. Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hind |
EXCLUSIVE WESTERN PULLOUT - TALIBAN NO MORE 'UNTOUCHABLES' FOR INDIA
AFTER trumpeting a firm stand that there are no good and bad Taliban but all with terrorist mindset, India is quietly changing its stance by planning to open channels of communication with Afghanistan |
Afghan operations won't be diluted: Menon
UNDETERRED by last week's attack, India on Saturday declared that it will continue its developmental activities in Afghanistan without scaling down presence even as it suspended operations of its medi |
UPA IS BANKING ON SUB-QUOTAS
WITH just two days left for the introduction of the Women''s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Bill in the Rajya Sabha, UPA managers are working overtime to evolve a consensus on the 14-yeardelay |
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
You are your own limitation. If you think it cannot be done, it cannot be done. If you think it can be done, it can be done. |
Ex-aide of Cong MLC quizzed
THE Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday said it has neither questioned nor detained a former personal assistant of a Congress MLC in connection with the German Bakery blast even as th |
India admits to talking beyond terror with Pak
OVER a week after claiming to have talked nothing except terrorism with Pakistan, India on Saturday admitted that it had also broached the humanitarian issues of prisoners and fishermen in each other' |
PM, PRANAB ON 8 OF 10 CABINET PANELS
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh chairs eight of the 10 standing committees of the Union Cabinet constituted afresh recently to focus on specific subjects and thus lessen workload burden of the Cabinet.< |
Dhawan, Mohsina to shift as governors?
CONGRESS President Sonia Gandhi has ended suspense over the fate of five ministers retiring from the Rajya Sabhathree in April and one each in June and Julywith a decision to renominate all of t |
Kakodkar roped in by RSS forum on national security
A PRO-RSS Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) has roped in former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Dr Anil Kakodkar to be the star speaker at a 2-day national security convention it is ho |
Exiled Tibetans,monks take out candlelight march against China i POTENTIAL p t UNREST T P
SCORES of Tibetan exiles and monks took out candlelight vigil here to condemn the sentences given to Tibetans in Lhasa by China. As per a newspaper report in Lhasa, the city government ordered `strike |
US HUNTS FOR CITIZENS TRAINING WITH QAEDA
:The US govt has no count of Americans training with Al Qaeda but is gathering information with Pakistan and other govts to identify and locate people holding US passports who are receiving terrorist |
Obama to appear in `America's Most Wanted'
K: US President Barack Obama is set to appear as a special guest on popular crime TV show `America's Most Wanted'. The president is said to have had a t�te-�-t�te about his anti-crime initiatives with |
Over 500 Russian officers indicted in fraud
: A total of 543 officers, including some top-ranking ones, were convicted of fraud and abuse of office last year, a senior military official has said."The number of exposed frauds and abuse of office |
Johnny Depp doesn't mind playing Alice
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Mubarak to have gall bladder operation
GYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak will undergo a gall bladder operation in Germany and has temporarily handed over power to the prime minister, the state-owned news agency reported in a rare public stat |
Lindsay Lohan dating another
OLLYWOOD beauty Lindsay Lohan seems to have a thing for 's. But after dating Samantha Ronson she seems to have given up on girls as this time the spinner is a man.The 23year-old actress, who had a s |
Togo's ruling, oppn parties claim win in vote
TOGO'S ruling and opposition parties both claimed victory in a presidential vote amid fears of renewed violence in the tiny west African nation trying to turn the page on electoral bloodshed. "All the |
RAUT ASKS OFFICERS TO SOLVE WATER, FODDER SCARCITY PROBLEMS
RAUT ASKS OFFICERS TO SOLVE WATER, FODDER SCARCITY PROBLEMS Yavatmal District Guardian Minister Nitin Raut today asked the district officials and Panchayat Raj Department officials to speed up wor |
Law to regulate shows on marriage mooted
: As Rahul Mahajan prepares to tie the knot live on air, the National Commission for Women on Saturday said there should be a legislation to regulate such reality shows. NCW chaiperson Girija Vyas s |
UNIDENTIFIED BODY FOUND NEAR WORLI
The body of an unknown person was found floating near Mela junction on the Worli seaface early on Saturday morning. Locals who spotted it called the police and informed them about the deceased, who se |
IAF official's wife, two daughters found dead
An Indian Air Force (IAF) official's wife and two minor daughters were found dead at their residence in the Eastern Air Command cantonment here, officials said on Saturday. Praveen Akhtar, 26, wife |
NANAVATI TO EXPLORE COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
On Sunday, Nanavati hospital will host a first of its kind event exploring various aspects of cochlear implants. It is estimated that there are thirty lakh hearing impaired in India. Almost 7% are bor |
MNS WANTS 26/11 CHAPTER TO BE INCLUDED IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM
The Maharashtra Navniraman Sena has written a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Chavan suggesting him to include a chapter based on 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in the syllabus of schools. MNS group leade |
In Modi land, BJP demotes Keshubhai
: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, who led a rebellion against Chief Minister Narendra Modi, will no more be chairman of the state advisory committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
SIDDHARTH COLLEGE TO INAUGURATE NEW RESEARCH CENTER
The city-based Siddharth College of Law shall inaugurate a Dr Ambedkar Legal Research Centre within its college premises. The inaugration event will be fraced by the cr�me de la cr�me from the legal a |
LOCAL HOSPITAL UNCOVERS PROSTRATE CANCER CURE
The City-based Jaslok hospital has procured a high intensity focused ultrasound device, `Sonablate' for the treatment of prostate cancer. The non-invasive method of treatment for prostate cancer treat |
MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING SCRAP FROM BRIT
A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly breaking open the office of the Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT) and stealing scrap worth Rs 500 in suburban Trombay, police said. The |
CENTRE CLEARED NAVI MUMBAI AIRPORT PLAN
L clearance to the Navi Mumbai International Airport is not pending with the Centre, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here today. "The ball is not in the Central G |
Al-Qaeda threatens to kill Iraqis who vote
AL-QAEDA in Iraq has threatened to kill people who vote in the wartorn nation's election and imposed a self-declared curfew during polling hours when millions are to cast ballots. The Islamic Sta |
RAMAKRISHNAN IS INDIA ABROAD PERSON OF THE YEAR
Indian-American Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been named the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009 by the ethnic weekly newspaper. |
The metamorphosis of Manmohan Singh COMMENT
THE man who seemed incapable of raising his voice has changed. The soft-spoken Manmohan Singh is no longer as mildmannered as before. Behind the amiable exterior, a hint of steel is now visible, as |
Aftab Ansari case judge threatened
JUSTICE Kalidas Mukherjee, one of the two Calcutta High Court judges who upheld the death sentence of don Aftab Ansari in the 2002 American Centre case, has received a threat letter following which hi |
RAJASTHAN POLICE ARRIVE IN CITY TO FURTHER STUDENT SUICIDE INVESTIGATION
A team of Rajasthan Police landed in the city on Friday in a bid to further investigate the suicide of Satvinder Kumar (28), the Haryana student who jumped before a goods train in Jhalwar district of |
Chembur firm to be booked for fire safety norm violation
THE Mumbai Fire Brigade decided to book a Chembur private commercial structure under the Fire act for violation of fire safety norms under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention & Safety Act, 2006 . The Fi |
Post blast, Pune gears up for tight security measures
In the wake of last month's bomb blast in the city, security is being stepped up at the University of Pune, which has a large number of foreign students. The sprawling campus of the prestigious |
Thane court sentences four VVMC officials
A Thane court has sentenced four officials of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) to two years' simple imprisonment for failing to control pollutants streaming into the Vasai creek. |
Arunachal projects won't be abandoned
Rejecting suggestions that India is buckling under Chinese pressure, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Saturday day made it clear that no project in Arunachal Pradesh, an integral part of the c |
Mystery over Indian boy's death deepens
GRIEVING parents of a threeyear-old Indian boy, who died under mysterious circumstances, saw his body at a city morgue today for the first time, even as Australian investigators are said to be lea |
Rahul's perfect bride hunt ends, marries Dimpy
RAHUL MAHAJAN'S hunt for a perfect bride on TV is over as the reality show star picked up Bengali girl Dimpy Ganguly to tie the knot in true Bollywood style.
Mahajan, who has Mahajan, who has h |
Last WORD - MAN WHO FILMED GODMAN'S SLEAZE SEEKS PROTECTION
AN erstwhile disciple of the infamous Swami Nithyananda on Sunday met Chennai Police Commissioner T Rajendran and admitted that he had secretly filmed the godman's sexual encounter with Tamil actres |
GROWING RICH-POOR DIVIDE SPOOKS CHINA
R I i r CH-poor divide is growing alarmingly n China with 10 per cent of the new ich owning nearly 50 per cent of the total urban wealth, a report has said, sparking fears of social instability. The w |
Abuse of rights: Lanka rejects UN panel move
THE United Nations has proposed to set up a expert panel to look into alleged human rights violations during the last phase of the civil war in Sri Lanka, triggering a sharp reaction from the country' |
IM ultra wanted in Delhi blasts held in UP
Indian Mujahideen militant Salman, an accused in 2008 Delhi serial blasts case who was trained in handling weapons and explosives in Pakistan, has been arrested by Anti-Terrorism Squad of Uttar Prades |
Guru Dutt, Big B in top 25 Asian actors' list
Bollywood legends Guru Dutt, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Amitabh Bachchan and Pran have been named the list of CNN's top 25 Asian actors of all time.
The list has been prepared ahead of the Oscar night o |
HOME SECY'S CANDID ADMISSION - MAOISTS WANT TO OUST INDIAN STATE BY 2050!
MAOISTS want to overthrow the Indi- an state by 2050, Home Secretary G.K. Pil- lai said on Friday and admitted that it would take at least 7 to 10 years before states affected by the leftwing insurgen |
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Great sages converted the still music of the universe into Vedas. |
Unable to find hall ticket, SSC student jumps in front of train
IN a tragic incident, a bright SSC student, upset over not finding her hall ticket, committed suicide by hurling herself in front of a running train on Friday. Shevanta Dattu Nirgu- da, a student o |
DEATH MOST FOUL
Ateam of Homicide detectives was clueless after a three-ear-old Indian boy was found murdered near Melbourne airport, after he suddenly disappeared from his house 30 km away. The toddler, Gurshan Sing |
Once bitten, twice shy
WITH the Women's Reservation Bill sched- uled to be presented before Parliament on Monday, which happens to be International Women's Day, the UPA and the government are treading cautiously.Despite |
CONG, BJP ISSUE WHIP
TO ensure a smooth passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, the Congress and the BJP have issued whip to their MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Mon- day next and vote in sup- port of the Bill. In the lurc |
Nanded bank scam: CM's kin, VIPs get State notice
THE State Co-operative Department has served notices on 44 directors - including the sister and broth- er-in-law of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in connection with the sick Nanded District Co-operative |
Accused hurls slipper at Judge Shinde, misses
In the special court hearing cases relating to Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), one accused Ganesh Angore hurled a chappal at the judge accusing him of delaying the case.
However |
Maha Day bash to dilute demand for Vidarbha
EVEN as BJP MLA Devendra Fadnavis and some Congress leaders started a rath yatra for their demand for a separate Vidarbha, Shiv Sena leaders had a closed-door meeting at party headquarters in Dadar wh |
Murder fugitive runs into City police nakabandi
Fugitive in a murder case, who had found a safe haven in the city, ran out of luck and was arrested by the JJ Marg police on Friday. Arrested by the Delhi police a year ago allegedly for killing his w |
Brit plane-spotters walk free after fine
TWO Britishers, accused of ille- gally recording conversations between pilots and Air Traffic Control, were on Friday allowed to walk free by a Delhi court after paying a fine of Rs 25,000 each. Steph |
Move to provide more teeth to PCI
oncerned over the phenomenon of "paid news" in the electronic and print media, the gov- ernment today said it is considering o enhance powers of the Press Council of India.
...There exists strong c |
'No' to Islamic banking for, now
INDIA on Friday ruled out in- troducing Islamic banking in the country for the moment, making the wait longer for interest-free ac- cess to finance under the princi- ples of Sharia. The introductio |
JUSTICE DENIED - US desis upset as picky gold thieves go scot-free
SOUTH Asian residents of Washington metropolitan area targeted by a group of picky burglars for their gold jewellery are upset over dismissal of 12 more charges against two suspects.The dismissal o |
SRA scheme on saltpan land!
IN flagrant contravention of rules governing saltpan land across the Mumbai metropolitan region, efforts are being made to implement a slum rehabilitation scheme on saltpan land at Ghatkopar. Accor |
Treaty to unearth black money in Swiss banks
India is negotiating a new tax treaty with Switzerland to have access to bank information for unearthing black money, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dis- closed in the Lok Sabha on Friday. He said n |
BJP for debate on death of toddler in Oz
Shocked over death of a 3-year-old Indian boy at Melbourne under mysterious circumstances, the BJP today demanded discussion in Parliament on the incident.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the |
Electrocution rumour sparked off stampede
AS a pall of gloom hung over the Bhakti Dham ashram here a day after a stampede killed 63 women and children, an eyewitness said on Friday that an electrocution rumour sparked off panic at the gate of |
GOA POLICE INSPECTOR SUSPENDED FOR LINKS WITH DRUG PEDDLERS
Goa police today suspended an Inspector and four lower rank policemen for their alleged links with two Israeli drug-peddlers. |
Assam DGP 's appointment set aside
Assam Director General of Police Sankar Barua's appointment was on Friday set aside by the Central Administrative Tribunal after another senior officer challenged his appointment claiming that it was |
Girl resists rape, set ablaze
teenaged girl was set ablaze by four youths when she resisted their rape attempt in Hama village here, police said today.
Following the incident last evening, the 17-year-old victim was admitted to |
Over 5,000 people join DMK
little over 5,000 people from different political parties on Friday joined the DMK in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister and party treasur- er, MK Stalin at a function here. Welcoming them into the |
FIELD DAY FOR PM AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE
THE 79-year old Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the first time spent whole of Friday in Parliament House, taking half an hour rest in his chamber in Room No 9.
This was instead of driving back to |
MS TAKES ON LK AGAIN
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh attacked BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani's stand for the second time in two days, bluntly telling him not to spread "disinformation" on sensitive matters. His ire was over |
pharmacy seized Consignment of drugs of Ramdev's
A consignment of Ayurvedic medicine of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Pharmacy was among medicines confiscated by authorities claiming that the drugs contained deriva- tives of a protected plant. Twenty-t |
HOODWINKED SECURITY - Dodging all, Rahul meets kin of stampede victims
DODGING policemen and giving his own partymen the slip, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi called on families of the victims of Thursday's stampede at an ashram here. Taking a chartered plane |
Day later, Holbrooke regrets Kabul remark
US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke Friday went on a damage control exercise say- ing he regretted his com- ments made three days ago that Indians were not targeted in the Feb 26 Kabul attack and laude |
NSA chief in Kabul to review security measures
In the backdrop of the lat- est terror attack targeting Indians, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon on Friday met Afghan Presi- dent Hamid Karzai and dis- cussed the issue of security of abou |
Big B, Guru Dutt among CNN's 25 Asian legends
Bollywood legends Guru Dutt, Nargis, Meena Kumari, Amitabh Bachchan and Pran have been named in the list of CNN's top 25 Asian actors of all time released ahead of the Oscar night on Sunday. Guru Dutt |
PM assures relief from rising food prices
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday gave his word to the nation to stabilise soaring food prices at a reasonable level, saying there should be no panic as the Centre has enough stocks to tide over |
Unjust, unfair Americans
The Americans are desperate to cut their losses in the Af-Pak sector, declare victory, and vamoose! During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama, in fact, promised to bring back the troops from Afgh |
THE OTHER SIDE - Frozen veggies `more nutritious than the fresh ones'
Anew report has claimed that frozen vegetables can often contain more nutrients than fresh ones. Scientists from the Institute of Food Research claimed that produce which is frozen soon after being |
CM in trouble over mangrove land SRA
The Bombay High Court has directed dis- trict authorities not to submit a survey report made for the purpose of a slum rehabilitation scheme on a 233-acre piece of land in Dahisar. It is alleged that |
Ex-Sena MLA told to pay Rs 5 lakh for stir
THE Bombay High Court today directed ex-Shiv Sena MLA Sitaram Dalvi to deposit the balance Rs 5.80 lakh of the Rs 7.80 lakh he was asked to pay as value of the damages caused to a hotel during a morch |
Lawyer says Shakeel wanted to kill Sharma
IN the sessions court on Fri- day, encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma's lawyer tried to establish, through the tran- script of a conversation between underworld don Chhota Shakeel and Nazim Rizvi, th |
Suryavanshi in judicial custody
Senior Inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi arrested in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Ramnarayan Gupta, a suspected aide of gangster Chhota Rajan, was today remanded in judicial cus- tody til |
VILLAGERS RUN AMOK IN VASAI
SEVERAL thousand villagers ran amok in Thane's Vasai area on Friday as police at- tempted to break their four-day long agita- tion for delinking 53 villages from the local municipal corporation. The s |
Last WORD - LISTENING TO COMMENTARY CAN COST JOB
INDIA might be a cricket crazy na- tion, but listening to commentary and willfully skipping duties in work place could be detrimental to your job. Keeping this adage in mind, the Supreme Court has |
Taliban leaders killed
SEVERAL top Taliban leaders were believed to be among 30 militants killed when Pakistani gunship heli- copters bombed militants hideouts in the lawless Mohmand tribal region near the Afghan border on |
Lahore HC urged to bar handing over of Taliban leaders to US, Afghan
AN ISI official-turned rights activist filed an application in a Lahore High Court to bar authorities from hand- ing over 10 top Taliban leaders, including Mullah Baradar, to the US or Afghanistan. Ap |
Terror threat: warships patrol Malacca straits
WARSHIPS in the Southeast Asia were put to sea as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia increased maritime and air patrols following threats of possible terror attacks in the straits of Malacca.
The th |
JFK's secret love letters auctioned for $ 115,000
LOVE letters and telegrams written by for- mer US President John F Kennedy to his Swedish lover in the 1950s were on Friday sold by an auction house here for over $115,000. An anonymous West Coast |
FALLOUT THE FALLOUT AFTER WAR, BIRTH DEFECTS SOAR IN IRAQI CITY
SIX years after a fierce battle between US forces and insurgents, the Iraqi city of Fajullah is witnessing a sharp increase in birth defects linked to the chemical weapons allegedly used by the Americ |
SHOOTOUT OUTSIDE PENTAGON
Ab t Californian man who harboured ill-feelings towards he administration and armed forces on Friday coolly walked up to the Pentagon's screen- ing area and shot two police officers before being fatal |
parents Baby starves to death as nurse online child
A couple hooked to the internet in South Korea raised an online child but let their own baby daughter starve to death, a media report said. The couple in South Korea was hooked to an online game wh |
FPJ IMPACT - LAVASA WOULD HAVE TO RETURN LAND: GOVT
Aday after the FPJ carried a report detailing how 145 hectare of land belonging to the Krishna Valley Development Corporation was given to Lavasa Corporation for just Rs 3 lakh, the State Government h |
Sikh faces threat of conversion: Father
Desperate for the safe release of his 32-year-old son Robin Singh from the Pak- istani Taliban, Toronto- based Bishan Dass said his son faces threat of conver- sion. An IT professional with degrees |
BEYOND NEGLIGENCE - DESI DOC IN DOCK FOR BOTCHED SURGERY
AN Indian-origin woman surgeon in the UK's National Health Service has been found guilty of miscon- duct after accidentally removing 90 per cent of a baby's bladder during an operation described by a |
New UK student visa rules take effect
dian students will need to demonstrate higher English language skills while applying for UK student visas after new requirements intended to curb abuse of the visa system came into effect this week. T |
GLOBAL VILLAGE - Shilda carnage: Politicians, policemen blame each other
Aveteran former Communist, Mr Jolly Mohan Kaul, writes in his just-published memoirs, In Search of a Better World, that party workers looked up to the late Jyoti Basu because he was an England-returne |
CAN CONG COUNTER OPPOSITION UNITY
Should the Congress be worried about the growing opposition unity? How will it overcome the combined attack and their aggressive posture in the Budget session? Opposition unity could be a short-term a |
Indian-origin doctor rapped for botched operation
: AN Indian-origin woman surgeon in the UK's National Health Service has been found guilty of misconduct after accidentally removing 90 per cent of a baby's bladder during an operation described by a |
16-year-old Indian-origin violinist wins UK prize
: A 16-year-old violinist of Indian origin has won this year's Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year competition and is set to per- form at major events. Therese DeSouza, whose family is original |
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF AGATHA CHRISTIE'S TRUNK!
Thirty-four years after her death, a rusted leather trunk, once owned by Agatha Christie, is said to have revealed one of the author's last myster- ies -- a haul of forgotten jewels worth up to 100,00 |
Unusual sex, lies and the mistaken identity!
AN unusual case in which a woman had sex with her lover's twin brother thinking he was her real lover is currently unfolding in a court here.
The woman claims she was duped into sex by her lover's |
12 killed in blast
A suicide bomber struck a convoy of vehicles in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 30 others, including women and children. The bomber detonated his explosives when the convo |
THREE NATO SOLDIERS DIE IN AFGHANISTAN
: NATO announced the deaths of three soldiers fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan's volatile south, bringing the number of foreign troops to die in the war so far this year to 112. |
50 ships, thousands of people, stuck in Baltic Sea ice
: AROUND 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thouSTOCKHOLM: AROUND 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thou- sands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea, with many unable to move unti |
New Zealand man selling two ghosts on net!
: IT may appear bizaare, but a man in New Zealand has put MELBOURNE: IT may appear bizaare, but a man in New Zealand has put on sale what he claims are actually two troublesome exorcised ghosts on an |
`ISI knows Osama's whereabouts'
: The Pakistani intelligence agency ISI knows the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden but is keeping his location a secret and wants to use the Al Qaeda chief as leverage over the US as it is wary of Ameri |
Powerful quake strikes Taiwan, 64 injured
A powerful earthquake jolted southern Taiwan on Thursday, injuring 64 people, toppling farm houses and derailing a car- riage on a high-speed train. Panicked residents fled shaking buildings in the |
After France, burqa row rocks Canada
AFTER France, the burqa controversy has now hotted up in Canada, with a Egyptian Muslim woman refusing to remove her veil in her French language class in a local col- lege. When the college and the |
Attend Parliament, Sonia to party
Cautioning party MPs not attending Parliament, Congress presi- dent Sonia Gandhi today indicated that the leadership will have to crack the whip if they fail to be serious about their legislative duti |
Sonia too hints at no price rollback
Signalling that there would be no roll back of the hike in petrol and diesel prices announced in the Bud- get, Con- gress president Sonia Gandhi said here on Thursday that Finance Minister Pranab Mukh |
RAHUL'S STYLE OF TRAINING IRKS CONG LEADERS
Mom conceptualised a Congress training academy seven-years-ago at the Shimla conclave in 2003, but loyalist general secretary Janardan Dwivedi given the overall charge of training failed to turn her d |
KABUL ATTACK - INDIA REJECTS HOLBROOKE'S CLAIM
INDIA on Thursday reject- ed US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke's claim that Indians were not targeted in the Feb- ruary 26 Kabul terror attacks, pointing out that all leads sug- gest that it was a pl |
Self-styled godman booked for cheating
WITH anger swelling among a cross-section of people over the sexual escapade of popular godman Swami Nithyananda, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday warned that his Government would n |
Naik assures action against cop with links with drug peddlers
GOA home minister Ravi Naik said on Thursday that the action would be taken against tainted police inspector exposed in a video for his alleged links with a drug peddlers within next two days. Naik |
Be careful while preparing NPR: Chidambaram tells DMs
THE Government on Thursday asked district magistrates posted along the Indo-Bangla border to guard against people from across the border who may try to enroll their names in the National Population Re |
Sonia bats for women's bill, raps Oppn walk-out
CONGRESS president Sonia Gandhi has given the green signal to the plans of the government to intro- duce and pass the Women''s Reser- vation Bill in the Parliament next week. Sonia pointed out that |
I've not abandoned India: Husain
RENOWNED painter M F Husain said on Thursday he has not abandoned India and accepted Qatari citizenship because of "some technical reasons and artistic conven- iences". Talking to Malayalam channel Ma |
ADVANI THREATENS STIR TO STALL DEAL ON KASHMIR
VETERAN Bhartiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani reiterated on Thursday that the government was under pressure from United States to talk to Pakistan despite the country not having put an end t |
Army captain, 4 militants killed in Kash gunbattle
AN army officer and four Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in a fierce 30-hour- long gunbattle in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday, the second major operation in eight days. The gun |
Free lunch proves fatal for 65 at ashram
AT least 65 people -- nearly all of them women and children -- were killed in a stampede in a local ashram on Thursday. The promise of a free lunch and utensils turned fatal when thousands converge |
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Conduct your daily family life virtuously by practicing piousness. |
Report sought on Lavasa land
THE state government has called for a detailed report from the Pune collector on the alleged leasing of 145 hectares of land belonging to the Krishna Valley development project to Lavasa Corporation f |
Ex-cricketer's house raided to nab Fonseka's son-in-law
INVESTIGATORS have raided the house of an ex-Sri Lankan cricket captain to nab Dhanuna Tillakaratne, the son-in-law of former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, who is absconding after an arrest warrant was i |
HAMAS MURDER - Hamas chief al-Mabhouh's travel plans were leaked
SOMEONE close to slain Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh could have leaked information about his travel plans to the hit squad that assassinated him at a hotel here, the police chief of Duba |
Sarah Palin `vows to keep scribbling on her palms'
AMERICA'S glam- ourous political figure Sarah Palin, who was recently caught with cliff notes on her hand, has vowed to continue scribbling on her palms to irk her rivals.
Appearing on a chat show, |
Army's hand feared in Benazir assassination?
INVESTIGATIONS into the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have taken a new turn as Interior Ministry officials have revealed that they are looking for four retired militar |
Cambridge puts rare films of British India online
Arare collection of almost 300 films which offer a unique glimpse of life in India and other parts of South Asia during the final days of the British empire has been made available free online. The |
2 Pak women barred from boarding plane
WO Pakistani women were barred from boarding a flight to Islamabad after they refused to undergo a full-body scan at Manchester Airport, citing religious and medical reasons.According to reports, the |
NZ court finds youth guilty of killing Indian
: A 22-year-old youth was Thursday held guilty of fatally shooting Indian store owner Navtej Singh in New Zealand.The high court jury at Auckland found Anitelea Chan-Kee guilty of murder by fir- ing t |
ILO honours Shakira social work
GRAMMYaward winning pop star Shakira has been honoured by the International Labour Organisation for her work to pro- mote the advancement of chil- dren and youth around the world.
ILO Director Gene |
Jury selected for Inderjit Singh's trial
A 12-member jury has been selected by a judge in Canada for the trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, accused of lying under oath during his testimony in the Kanishka bombing case.Eight women and four men we |
British cops arrest 3 for terror funding
POLICE in Britain have arrested three men for alleged terrorist funding, just days after a British Airways worker was detained on suspicion of the same offence, police said. Anti-terrorism officers ar |
Libya demands US apology for `jihad' remark
LIBYA has demanded an apology for a joking remark by a US official about the Libyan leader's call for a holy war against Switzerland.
Last month Moammar Gadhafi appealed for a Muslim holy war becau |
TRS will decongest traffic, HC told
: The Bombay High Court was told today that the Traffic Restraint Scheme (TRS) is a pragmatic low cost alter- native that can be easily applied to private vehicles and will alleviate hardships caused |
Koda scam: Notices out for sleuths
The Bombay High Court has issued notices to investigators probing the Madhu Koda multi-crore scam after three persons, related to the former Jharkhand chief minister, filed anticipatory bail applicati |
3 accused in fake currency case acquitted
THE sessions court on Thursday acquitted three accused in a fake currency case after the court found that the fake currency confiscated hardly resembled the real cur- rency notes and thus "could not h |
HC notice to govt over rural job scam
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice A M Khanvilkar and Justice SS Shinde ordered issuance of notices to the respondents in connection with a petition alleging irregulariti |
EVMs to be used in AMC elections
The State Election Commission (SEC) has designed a new electronic voting machine (EVM) for the local-self government bodies going to polls in Maharashtra. The EVM has a capacity to accommodate names o |
BIHAR DEPUTY CM'S MOTHER DIES OF CANCER:
The mother of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi died of liver cancer today in the national capital. 80-year-old Ratna Devi was suffering from liver cancer and breathed her last in a hospit |
HC stays survey report of slum rehab
The Bombay High Court today directed the district authorities not to submit a survey report made for the purpose of slum reha- bilitation scheme on a 233-acre piece of land in Dahisar. It is alleged t |
CPI-M MP pleads for bringing back M F Husain
: A strong plea for bringing back renowned artist M F Husain, who has become a citizen of Qatar after living in sel imposed exile, was made by a CPI-M mem ber in the Lok Sabha o Thursday. Raising the |
Salman hospitalised after shooting
Actor Salman Khan, who is shooting for his brother Arbaaz Khan's debut production 'Dabang' in Satara district had to be rushed to a hospital during the weekend, after shooting a gruelling sequence whi |
Foreign Education Bill to be tabled: Sibal
: HRD Minister Kapil on Thursday said a bill to facilitate foreign educational institutions operate in India is ready and would be taken to Cabinet any time.
"All the discussions over the Foreign E |
DMK softens stand on fuel price hike
THE DMK on Thursday said that its alliance with the Congress is like "two bulls" of a bullock cart, suggesting thereby softening of its stand on the government's decision on fuel price hike. "Two bull |
India to take up with UK refund of students' fees
: INDIA will take up with the UK any case of students not getting their entitled fee refund on courses they could not pursue because of Britain's decision to temporarily suspend student visas from thr |
UP tops list of child rape cases
: UTTAR Pradesh tops the list of States and Union Territories with the highest num- ber of 900 child rape cases in 2008 followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. According to the latest data by the |
Michael Foot loved the old India, backed the new OBIT
FORMER British Labour Party leader Michael Foot who has died in his London home at the age of 96 was a lifelong advocate of India, helping to lay early strong founda- tions for the warmth that marks t |
NO PENSION HIKE AS YET, CLAIM EX-SERVICEMEN
AN ex-servicemen's organisation has flayed the Prime Minister for a false statement in Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the increase in the pension to the lower ranks of the Armed Forces has been implement |
Do away with orderlies, panel to Army officers
A Parliamentary Committee on Defence on Thursday asked the Army to take a leaf out of the Navy and the Air Force to abolish the "demeaning and humiliating" prac- tice of employing jawans as sahayaks o |
Govt to fine Asaram Bapu's ashram for encroachment
AFTER taking back posession of over 67,000 sq metres of land encroached by the Asaram ashram in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat government is now working out the quantum of fine to be levied for using the gove |
Not by words alone
In any war, the psychological component is as important as the actual fight on the ground. Well, thanks to the advent of the articulate lawyer-turned-politician, P Chidambaram, in the Home Ministry, t |
Commercial Husain?
It is a pity that the well-known painter, M F Husain, has chosen to become the court painter in the durbar of the Qatari Sheikh. Had he chosen a democratic country which allowed him unhindered artisti |
THE OTHER SIDE - Indian tree provides low-cost water purification method
Alow-cost water purification technique that uses seeds from a tree found in Asian countries like India could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world. The pr |
AT HOME AND ABROAD - Why are decisions not taken? Defence procurement suffers
THERE is not much to be said for the Rs.1, 47,000-crore Defence allocation in Pranab Mukherjees budget.
Except that his claim of having increased the defence expendi- ture by 4 per cent is meaningl |
ISI HELPING TALIBAN TO REGROUP: NYT
FORMER Pakistani army officers are continuing to train Taliban fighters and have helped the militant outfit to stage a remarkable comeback since 2006.The army trainers of the Taliban include some offi |
OZ STATE UNVEILS STEPS TO CURB `KNIFE CULTURE':
IN a bid to crack down on street crimes, Victorian govt announced $1000 on-the- spot fine for people caught carrying knives and gave more powers to police to conduct random weapon searches in the Aust |
RETD WOMAN ARMY OFFICER CASHIERED
For the first time in Indian Army's history, a retired woman officer has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year after an army court held her guilty of corruption, indiscipline and pro- f |
`Tonsure protest' by Vasai Legislator.
Vasai MLA Vivek Pandit who is on an indefinite hunger strike from Tuesday, in protest of the merger of 49 villages in the newly formed Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), intensi- fied the agita |
Body of woman found in Nashik hotel
A decomposed body of a 35-year-old woman was found in local hotel and police suspects it to be a case of murder. According to the police, a couple hailing from Pune had been staying in Hotel Bassera's |
WR to run summer specials to Ahmedabad
In order to clear extra rush of passenger, WR will run Special Train 0989/0990 between Mumbai Central and Ahmedabad. Train No 0989 Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad will leave Mumbai Central every Tuesday, Thu |
NYF foundation day
The foundation day of Nirmiti Youth Foundation (NYF), an MUMBAI: The foundation day of Nirmiti Youth Foundation (NYF), an NGO which works for the upliftment of rural areas, will be celebrated on March |
BJP rath rolls out for Vidarbha statehood
THE BJP has planned to take out a 'rath yatra' to press for Vidarbha state. The party wants to reach out to the people of 11 districts through `rath yatra'. BJP MLA from Vidarbha, Sudhir Mungantiwa |
Helpline 103 to be extended all over state
ON the second anniversary of the 103 helpline, launched by the Mumbai police to tack- le violence against women, it's been decided to take the idea across the state. On Thursday, Additional Chief Secr |
DGPs: HC refuses to interfere with Govt
Refusing to interfere with state administration and policies, the Bombay High Court day dismissed a Public Interest Litigation which urged for a direction to the state government to issue guidelines f |
Pravin cremated, Munde- Mahajan clan keeps away
The mortal remains of Pravin Mahajan, who died after being in coma since December 11 last, was on Thursday consigned to flames at the Thane cremato- rium amidst the presence of his friends, but member |
State will float bonds for its own expenses
The State has decided to float State development bonds worth Rs 800 on March 9 to finance the reg- ular day-to-day expenditure of the state. Though the State has a whopping debt of Rs 1.85 lakh crore, |
AUSTERITY, MY FOOT!
At USTERITY seems to be a hing of the past: the Congress-NCP regime has splurged more than Rs 5 crore on renovation of its ministers' bunga- lows within 100 days of assuming office. The glaring dis |
Private lenders hike auto rates
Two leading private lenders, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank, on Wednesday raised lend- ing rates for auto loans, in a clear signal that rates would harden in the coming days. Mortgage major HDFC and ICICI B |
Mahajan clan skips cremation
Slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's family members, includ- ing brother-in-law Gopinath Munde, stayed away from the cre- mation of Pravin Mahajan. Only eldest brother Prakash Mahajan was present. Prakas |
Godman booked for cheating
Cases of cheating were on Thursday sla- pped by Tamil Nadu police against self-styled godman Nityananda Swami after a public outcry over video footage of his alleged inti- mate act with an actress.
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Noose tightens around cops in encounter case
SENIOR Police Inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi, a colleague of encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, has been fi- nally arrested in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Ramnarayan Gupta, alias La |
WADEKAR'S WARRIORS
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IS THE PAK ARMY HAMPERING PEACE?
The suspicion voiced by Indian sources that the Pakistan foreign secretary, Salman Bashir, took his orders from the army has been sub- stantiated by a member of an American think tank. According to Da |
30% quota for women in police recruitments
THE State will have 30 per cent reservation for women in the recruitment of police per- sonnel scheduled this Women's Day on March 8, Home Minister RR Patil announced. Speaking at a meeting con- vened |
MODEL CODE - 'Kidnapped' or chilling out with friends!
A model who was heavily under the influence of alcohol concocted the story of her own kidnap, sending the police on a wild goose chase who later discovered that she was chilling out with her friends. |
Mumbai is for all, asserts Maha Guv
IN a marked shift from conven- tion, Governor K Sankara- narayanan openly criticised the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's stance by stating that Mumbai belongs to all. Speaking informally to medi- aper |
AI pilots say they won't fly to Kabul
FLIGHT operations to Afghanistan are safe and will continue, Air India said on Thursday after its pilots' asso- ciation sent a letter to the national car- rier seeking discontinuation of air services |
DOUBLE-DIGIT SALARY HIKE ON CARDS
INDIA Inc is expected to dole out the highest salary hike of 10.6 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region this year, riding on strong recovery in the economy and business sentiment, HR consul- tancy Hewit |
Last WORD - QUESTION PAPER GOOF-UP: STUDENTS TWIDDLE THEIR THUMBS FOR HOURS
DAY one of the State Secondary Certificate Board exam on Thursday was nothing short of a nightmare for Urdu medium students in two exam- ination centres in Kurla West. The stu- dents, for no fault, ha |
IIM-A insists on benchmark score in 10th, 12th class
PREMIER B-school Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), has re- vised the eligibility criteria for admission to its hallowed portals, which makes 70 per cent marks in 10th and 12th standar |
Prime Krishna valley land goes for pittance
THE State Government has called for a detailed report from the Pune col- lector regarding the alleged leasing of 145 hectares land belonging to the Krishna Valley development project to Lavasa corpora |
Incentives to woo docs for rural stint
COME May 1, and the grim picture of rural health will see a major makeover, with the State Medical Education and the State Health departments join- ing hands to address the need for super-specialty me |
Co-accused in Nimbalkar murder case granted bail
THE Bombay High Court today granted bail to Dombivli corporator Mohan Shukla who was arrested in June 2009 in connection with the murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar. Justice D G Karnik w |
Accused can be given FIR copy at time of arrest: HC
THE Bombay High Court today significant- ly ruled that an accused person facing a criminal charge can be given a copy of the First Information Report (FIR) by the police at the time of arrest. Just |
Taxi cos allowed to operate all over the state
IN response to the tremen- dous growth of the fleet taxi services in Mumbai, the state has decided to allow such cabs across the state. Accordingly, it has sanctioned Call Taxi Scheme, 2010 that allow |
MMRDA funds BEST for buying CNG buses
THE executive committee of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), headed by Chair- man J P Dange along with the Chief Secretary on Thursday sanctioned a loan of Rs 88.39 crore t |
Ban on small vehicles planned in Thane
ALARMED by the unusually high growth in the number of vehicles in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) headed by transport secretary C S Sangitrao |
HAITI AMPUTEES SEND FEELERS FOR JAIPUR FOOT
THE Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti (BMVSS), the world's largest prosthetic provider of the Jaipur Foot is receiving large number of emails ever since Haiti was hit by one of the worst earthqu |
Mom succumbs to injuries inflicted by son
: In a shocking incident, a youth allegedly murdered his mother for delay in giving him water while having dinner, police said.
Shaktivel, elder son of Govindammal, hit her with a log as he did not |
Curfew relaxed in Shimoga, Hassan
The situation in Shimoga, Hassan and Mangalore remained calm today after they were hit by incidents of violence over publication of a purported article by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen.
Barrin |
NOMENCLATURAL DOMINANCE - LK seeks new policy for naming projects
VETERAN BJP leader LK Advani on Wednesday said the malady of "nomenclaturitis" was afflicting the ruling Con- gress by naming all Central government schemes to mem- bers of just one family. He demande |
Nabbed Maoist leader is a techie: Cops
Key Maoist leader Venkatesh Reddy alias Deepak -- who was arrested from Kolkata's adjoining South 24 Parganas district Tuesday night -- is a mechanical engineer and in charge of all city units of the |
LAST WORD - Party has to pay damages for stir, asserts HC
THE Bombay High Court today observed that if an agitation is of a political party then that party should bear responsibility for it.The division bench of Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice Mridula B |
Traffic cop thrashed by cabbies
A traffic police officer attached with theVakola traffic police division was thrashed by around eight taxi- drivers on Tuesday night at Terminal 1 A of the domestic airport in Santacruz. The fight too |
SSC exams begin today
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination, conducted by the Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, will begin today. Eight divisional boards across the state at |
When Preity Zinta waited and waited
Actor Preity Zinta as per her post on twitter was made to MUMBAI: Actor Preity Zinta as per her post on twitter was made to wait for five hours at the Khar police station to register an FIR which even |
MBBS STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE IN AIIMS
: A final year MBBS student in AIIMS allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room this evening, apparently depressed over his performance in an examination. |
Hooch claims 11 lives in Bulandshahr
: Eleven people, including a woman, died after consuming spurious liquor in Mirpur Khawjpur village here, police said.
The deceased, all labourers, had consumed country liquor from a shop in Mirzap |
School board exams start
way to examination centres across the capital on Wednesday for the start of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations. Over |
Gangster shot dead in court premises
: An alleged gangster Rakesh alias Bobby was on Wednesday shot dead by two unidentified men in the premises of the Ambala court, the police said. According to them, as Bobby was coming out of the CJM |
Fire in Kerala finmin's office
: A fire broke out in Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac's office on Wednesday. The blaze was extinguished soon, officials said. The fire began in the afternoon but fire engines doused the flames qu |
Mobile shop owner, aides kill customer over petty issue
IN YET another reminder of how cheap human life has become in the city, a customer was murdered by a shop- owner and two of his accom- plices after a heated argument they had over an issue related to |
ALL-TIME GREATS - Last WORD - Hold on Sachin, Sobers rates Gavaskar as the greatest
THE cricket world may be going gaga over Sachin Tendulkar but West Indian legend Gary Sobers rates Sunil Gavaskar as the greatest bats- man, simply because of his stupendous success against the fearso |
Karma catches up with Pravin
PRAVEEN MAHAJAN, who was undergo- ing life sentence for killing his brother and BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, died of brain hemorrhage at Jupiter hospital in Thane on Wednesday. Doctors said the reaso |
AGGRESSIVE PM HITS BACK
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday witnessed a heated ex- change between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and opposition leader L.K. Advani over "secret talks" on the Kashmir issue.Advani, who was referring t |
Advani alleges secret talks on Valley secession
SENIOR BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani created a furore in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, accusing the Manmohan Singh govern- ment of preparing for a "clandestine" deal with Pakistan for secession of Kashm |
HORROR SHOW
AN Indian Navy plane on Wednesday, while performing aerobatics at an air show, crashed into a residential building in a crowded area killing the two pilots and a civilian on the ground. The buildin |
Sex, video and `GODMAN'
A young and popular godman Paramahamsa Nithyananda, who en- joyed a wide following in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore and abroad, went underground on Tuesday, as angry devotees and Hindu activists turned violen |
State Postal chief in judicial custody
THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday remanded Manjit Singh Bali, State postal chief, to judicial custody till March 15. The CBI had arrested Bali last week for allegedly accept |
Amicus curie for Patel case
THE Bombay High Court on Wednesday appointed Advocate General Ravi Kadam as amicus curie (friend of the court) to assist it while hear- ing a petition challenging the appointment of sitting judge Just |
Duck bus entry only after six months?
THE arrival of the much- awaited duck bus, formerly expected in the city this monsoon, has been post- poned by another six months due to failure in getting clear- ances from the concerned authorities. |
Michael Foot passes away
: Former Labour Party leader Michael Foot, a friend of India who supported Indian independence movement steadfastly, died here on Wednesday at 96. The Indian Journalists' Association expressed its dee |
Pranab briefs UPA MPs on price rise
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday indicated there would no rollback of hike in central taxes on petrol and diesel and briefed the Congress MPs and United Progressive Alliance part- ners o |
Youth mowed down in Juhu
An eighteen year-old boy identified as Pandachedi Paswan was mowed down by a speeding Indigo car in the wee hours of Tuesday morning while he was crossing the road on his bicycle. The incident took pl |
Hit-n-run: Cop's son surrenders
The son of a cop, who escaped after allegedly ramming a four-wheeler into a police constable killing him in central Mumbai, today surrendered before them, police said. The accused identified as Amit B |
HC judge's appt challenged after 14 years
The Bombay High Court today appointed State advocate general Ravi Kadam as amicus curie to assist the court in a petition challenging appointment of Justice J N Patel as a high court judge.
Justice |
PIL for policy on DGPs' posting
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has urged the Bombay High Court to direct the State Government to issue guidelines for the appointment of four Director Generals of Police (DGPs) in the state. |
No comments yet on Asha's remark
THE champions of the sons of soil theory seems to be still smarting from the 'in your face' remark of legendary singer Asha Bhosle that India belongs to all Indians. While the MNS whose chief Raj T |
Pravin's body handed over to police
At last Jupiter hospital authorities handed over the body of Pravin Mahajan to the police who in turn took it to the JJ hospital for post- mortem.
The body would be handed over to relatives only af |
Talks only option to resolve Indo-Pak issues, says Gilani
PREMIER Yousuf Raza Gilani has said dialogue is the only way forward for resolving all issues between India and Pakistan despite a perceived lack of progress during the recent Foreign Secretary- level |
60 militants killed, claims Pak army
THE Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday blew up the home of a pro-government tribal elder, injuring 10 mem- bers of his family, even as security forces claimed they had killed about 60 militants during ope |
WAR ON TERROR - US TO GIFT 12 DRONES, `SMART BOMBS' TO PAK
US will supply sophisticated l a s e r- g u i d e dbomb kits, 12 American- made surveillance drones and 18 late-model F-16 fighters to boost Pakistani forces capability to strike in remote tribal area |
UK TO OUTLAW CASTE SYSTEM AMONG ASIANS
IN a move termed as `historic', British lawmakers are in the process of amending equality laws to make caste-based discrimination illegal, following mounting evidence of the practice within the Asian |
Women officers in the Fire brigade soon!
Afew days before International Women's Day, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has a unique gift lined up for the city's women. For the first time ever, the BMC has given its nod to induc |
Top railway officer in anti-corruption net
Asenior IRPS (Indian Railway Personnel Service) officer of the 1980 batch posted in Jaipur as chief personal officer of North Western Zone and his wife were booked under the Prevention of Corruption A |
`WHY WAS PRINCIPAL ABSOLVED': BISHNOI CASE
THE Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Con- troller of Exams, University of Mumbai, to state how he absolved the then in-charge Principal of Siddharth College of Law for showing K L Bishnoi ( |
RSS questions Husain's artistic freedom
Painter M F Husain, who has accepted Qatari nationality, has come under attack from a leading Hindutva ideologue who accused him of "maligning" India's image before the world by creating an impres- si |
Govt may table women's bill to create fissure in oppn ranks
THE Government plans to bring up the Women's Reser- vation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on March 8 and a confronta- tion with the legislation's crit- ics Samajwadi party and RJD loomed large. Indications o |
HC comes down heavily on religious intolerance
THE Bombay High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on religious intolerance while hearing a petition filed by residents of Nerul challenging the construction of a mosque in the area stating that the |
In the name of religion
Religious extremism and intolerance militate against all tenets of democracy. Period. Even the self-confessed liberals professing faith in the constitutional right of free speech and expression often |
THE OTHER SIDE - For sale: Two bottled ghosts!
Spooky as it may sound, Sbut online auction site TradeMe is putting two vials, which apparently contain spirits of ghosts exorcised from a house in New Zealand, up for sale. Entitled "Two Captured |
NO QUESTION HOUR SINCE SESSION STARTED
Since the Parliament session started days ago, it has not been able to conduct the question hour as the continuous pandemonium and members storming into the well of the House forced the Honarable Chai |
FIRE CRACKDOWN - 41 gas cylinders found in building basement
In the backdrop of a fire at Goyal Shopping Centre, Bori- vali which claimed the life of a fire officer, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to get tough with commercial establish |
Mantralaya makeover takes backseat
CHIEF MINISTER ASHOK CHAVAN has strongly opposed the 'Mantralaya makeover plan' on the Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) basis saying that giving the go-ahead to the makeover plan would will only give th |
CABINET DECISIONS
Shikshan Sevak denied a hike The issue of increased remuneration to the shikshan sevaks has met with stiff resistence from the finance department with it taking objection to the financial burden it wo |
Advanced Training Institute denies ragging on campus
OUTRIGHTLY refuting claims made by family members of the deceased student Satvinder Kumar, who committed suicide in Rajasthan on Monday, the Advanced Training Institute (ATI) in the city denied that K |
WOMEN'S BILL: An acid test for Govt
LAST week, the Union cabi- net cleared the women's quota Bill which envisages 33 per cent reservation of seats for women in Parliament and state legislature. Congress cir- cles indicate that the gover |
Law proposed: Judges can't delay verdicts
JUDGES would not be allowed to delay judgements beyond three months after conclusion of argu- ments, according to a proposed law, which lays downs standards and accountability for members of the highe |
Both Houses adjourned over petrol price hike
BOTH the Houses of Parliament were adjourned till lunch on Wednesday as the NDA Opposition, Left parties and the UPA-supporting Sama- jwadi Party and the RJD joint- ly demanded the roll back of the pe |
DMK will persuade Centre
Acknowledging that the Union gov- ernment had its own pressures in increasing petrol and diesel prices, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, whose party DMK is a key UPA ally, today said it would |
HC rejects plea to close Shopian case
THE Jammu and Kashmir High Court has rejected the CBI's plea to close the Shopian case involving death of two women in controversial cir- cumstances and directed it to file an affidavit on polygraph t |
INDIANS WERE HUNTED OUT IN KABUL ATTACK
FOUR Lashkar-e-Taiba gunmen, who stormed into the Kabul guest houses packed with Indian officials, came clad in burqa to hide their strapped explosives and appeared to have a detailed knowledge includ |
Hawking plans to leave Cambridge
: After 50 years, eminent physicist Stephen Hawking is planning to leave Cambridge University over the British government's cuts in science, a media report said. The author of best-selling `A Brief Hi |
Hoffman turns gambler for TV show
HOLLYWOOD'S veteran actor Dustin Hoffman is heading to the small screen for a new mini series play ing a gambling addict.Hoffman has taken a role in US network HBO's new show `Luck', which tells the t |
Son arrested for keeping father in chains
A 66-year-old deranged man was kept in chains and confined to his house for year and a half by his son in north western Sri Lanka. The shocking incident came to light when police raided the house and |
Pattinson to be immortalised at Tussauds
ROBERT Pattinson, the lovable vampire of 'Twilight' saga is set to be immortalised in wax by famous museum Madame Tussauds.The 23-year- old actor is the latest Hollywood star to be honoured with his o |
`No death for crime against women'
ANGLADESH'S High Court has declared death penalty, the only mode of punishment for killing a woman or a child after rape, as illegal and unconstitutional."Whatever is the nature of crimes, death penal |
I'm no man eater, says Megan Fox
HOLLYWOOD bomshell Megan Fox regrets says she is no man-eater in real life and is wrongly per- ceived in public. The 24-year- old actress insists that thought of a one-night stand makes he sick, Harpe |
Hamas leader's killing is terror act: UAE
THE murder of a senior Hamas leader in Dubai is an act of cross-border terror- ism that bore the hallmarks of Israel and its intelligence apparatus, a top UAE offi- cial has said. "We believe that thi |
`Unethical' Hollywood producer banned from Oscars
NICOLAS Chartier, one of the four nominated producers of film `Hurt Locker', has been barred by the Academy from attending the Oscar awards gala on March 7.
The executive committee of Academy of Mo |
Pak Nobel laureate's Ahmedi status hurdle for documentary
TWO young Pakistanis are battling all odds to make the first-ever docu- mentary on the country's only Nobel laureate Abdus Salam though the going has not been easy so far because he was an Ahmedi. |
Fonseka set to be court-martialled
FORMER Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka, who has been arrested on conspiracy charges, will face a court martial, the mili- tary has announced and said that over 25 people have already given eviden |
Rain in the desert: UAE records major rainfall
RARE rainfall in the United Arab Emirates caused traffic jams, car accidents, flooding and school closures as parts of the Gulf desert state received record precipitation According to UAE's National C |
Kanishka bombing convict set to face perjury charges
INDERJIT Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the 1985 bombing of Air India Kanishka that killed 329 passen- gers, is set to face perjury charges in the case. The bloodiest unsolved crime in Cana |
ODD MAN IN - UPA Government must not show mercy to Naxalites
When will all these Maoist killings stop? Is there no end to their brutality? Of course, the blame lies entirely on the far-Left radical communists supportive of Maoist political sen- timent and ideol |
OZ SETS UP BODY TO UPGRADE EDUCATION:
WITH its $ 16.6 bn international education industry seriously hit by a series of attacks on Indian students, Australia announced on Wednesday setting up of a new body to upgrade the quality of educati |
Frieda Pinto to star with Mickey Rourke
OSCARnominated Mickey Rourke will play the villain opposite `Slumdog Millionaire' actress Freida Pinto in Greek mythology film `War of the Gods'.The 25-year- old Indian star plays a Greek priestess in |
Kishenji says Maoists ready for talks
Maoist leader Kishenji on Wednesday said his outfit was ready for talks with the Centre and demanded the release of his close aide Venkataswar Reddy, who was arrested from the southern fringes of the |
Mayawati pre-empts Sonia on her own turf
UTTAR Pradesh Chief Min- ister Mayawati on Wednesday pre-empted the central gov- ernment by getting a state minister to inaugurate a bridge in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's constituency before sch |
PDS wheat, rice at 2002 issue prices: Pawar
Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday claimed that the government was supplying wheat and rice to the public dis- tribution system (PDS) at the old issue price of 2002. This he said |
Surat bomber arrested in UK
: A key 1993 Surat terror bombing suspect, hunted by police world- wide for over 17 years, has been arrested from a north England grocery store. A city court in London will now decide over his extradi |
New threats to Indians in Kabul
: Intelligence agencies have warned that there are fresh alerts of possible terror strikes against Indians in Afghanistan. More terrorists have allegedly arrived in Kabul and Jalalabad to target the I |
US POINTSMAN - slams bid to link Kashmir with Afghan
CARE- FUL not to annoy India by mention- ing the sensitive "K" word, Richard Holbrooke, the Obama ad- ministration's pointsman on Afghan-Pak policy, on Wednesday rubbished Pak- istan's attempt to link |
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Success does not necessarily depend on hard physical work.Reformulate your strategy! Work through the details! |
ODD MAN IN - UPA Government must not show mercy to Naxalites
When will all these Maoist killings stop? Is there no end to their brutality? Of course, the blame lies entirely on the far-Left radical communists supportive of Maoist political sen- timent and ideol |
1.5 crore unemployed in Maharashtra
Maharashtra is poised to celebrate the golden jubilee of its creation on 1 May 2010. Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960 fol- lowing the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement.
Now that half a cen |
