`Tum mujhe yun bhula na paoge'. How true!
MAESTRO'S 30TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY TODAY
deen reaches his pan shop, Taj Mahal, near Elite Cinema on SN Banerjee Road. He carries a huge basket, but not of pans; it is brimming with fragrant tube roses and jasmines. A few packets of incense s |
Nepal SC convicts Sobhra in 1975 murder case
Nepal's SC on Friday rejected Charles Sobhraj's appeal against conviction for the 1975 murder of a US national. It upheld the life term awarded to him. Sobhraj was also found guilty of possessing a |
Restive Valley erupts again: 2 die, dozens hurt
Two civilians were killed
and dozens wounded when police and paramilitaries fired to breakup demonstrators in Sopore and Pattan towns on Friday.
Pattan towns on Friday.
|
Modi picks up gauntlet, hits out at Cong, CBI
Modi has raised the pitch of his tirade against the UPA-led Centre's misuse of the CBI to settle the score with BJP-ruled Gujarat. Addressing the Swarnim Van Mahotsav at Palitana in Bhavnagar on Fr |
Centre flip-flops, says no in SC to Maya project
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is a friend one day and a foe another. The friend-and-foe relationship has guided the Centre's response to Mayawati in either CBI cases or other litigations. O |
Vote for Telangana State routs Cong
The demand for separate Telangana State received an unequivocal support from the people of the region as Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) had a clean sweep in the byelections to 12 seats of the Sta |
SIPHONING OFF COMMON WEALTH CVC tells CBI to file graft case against MCD babus
In the midst of a raging controversy over wastage, misutilsation and siphoning of funds in the preparation for the Commonwealth Games, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has directed the CBI t |
Ahead of Bihar poll, RJD loses national party status
Lalu Prasad's RJD n derecognised as a
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad's RJD has been derecognised as a national party by the Election Commission. The decision comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly poll.
|
4 months on, Dimpy walks out on `wife-beater' Rahul
Within four months,
Mumbai: Within four months, Dimpy Ganguly has walked out of the marriage with Rahul Mahajan, alleging that he had assaulted her. Earlier, in August 2008, Mahajan's first wif |
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna honour for Saina Nehwal
: After conquering the 2 spot, India's ace shut
tler Saina Nehwal will add another feather to her cap with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. P15
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
|
ULFA landmine blast kills five CRPF men in Assam
At least five CRPF
personnel were killed and over 30 injured in a mine blast on Friday morning in lower Assam.
morning in lower Assam.
|
Anticipatory bail provision back in UP after 34 years
The UP Government on
Friday approved reintroduction of the provision of anticipatory bail, a legal measure abolished 34 years ago. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by CM Mayawati. |
Cinema
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI (New Release):Golcha, Shiela, Delite Diamond, 3C's, Vishal, Batra, Liberty, Amba, Samrat, Eros, Batraglitz, Sapna, regal, Seble, Gagan, Lokesh, Supreme (G3S Rohini) Newkavi |
Truck again: Student on bike killed, brother hurt
An 11-year-old student of Class VI of Gyan Bharti Public School was killed while his younger brother, a Class V student of the same school in Naraina, suffered critical injuries after a speeding mini- |
Leather belt was lodged in lungs; doctors treated youth for TB
Though the real cause of the suffering was a leather belt, which had stuck inside the lungs of the patient, the doctors treated him for tuberculosis. A 22-year-old student was suffering from sev |
T-3 struggling for swift baggage clearance
Even after two days of starting operations, the new integrated Terminal-3 of the IGI Airport is struggling to operate its baggage handling operation properly. Most of the commuters are sufferin |
Let CWG buses have free run, remove speed governors: Cops to SC
The Delhi Police has moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission s to remove speed governors from buses, which will be r used for ferrying athletes t an |
Rain clogs Gurgaon traffic
The rain again hit traffic in Gurgaon on Friday afternoon.
The vehicles were stuck on roads for hours. A massive jam was seen on Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Shankar Chowk and Hero Honda Chowk. |
CP fake encounter case: Widow moves HC for `2-cr relief
Seeking a compensation of `2 crore from the Delhi Police after her husband was killed in a fake encounter in Connaught Place in 1997, a woman has approached the Delhi HC. Neema Goyal, the widow, submi |
Charges framed against immoral godman, others
Acity court on Friday framed against R anjan Dwivedi, alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami charges Rajeev Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot W |
Truck rams school bus; 13 kids injured
Over a dozen schoolchildren were injured when a truck rammed into their school bus on Greater Noida Expressway on Friday morning. According to a senior police official, the mishap oc |
TRIALS BEGIN IN MID-AUGUST
Get ready for life in slow lane
Bracing up for more traf fic congestion on city roads, the Delhi Traffic Police is planning to begin trials on the lanes dedicated for the Commonwealth Games from mid-August. With one-third |
Impounded Hummer turns police station into `museum'
A Hummer SUV has become centre for attraction at the South Delhi's Vasant Vihar Police Station for the past couple of days and people, including those from police, are thronging the police stati |
BJP to seek judicial probe into CVC charge after Games
In the wake of Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) pointing out largescale financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games projects, BJP leaders from Delhi demanded a judicial inquiry in the matter af |
Police plan steps for kanwarias' easy passage through Capital
The Delhi Police has made elaborate arrangements to facilitate easy passage of kanwarias, and measures have been taken to prevent any untoward incidents. This year 20 lakh kanwarias will visit t |
S DELHI ROADS INUNDATED
Few minutes of rain, long hours of pain
A few minutes of rain in South Delhi on Friday afternoon affected the traffic movement on several arterial roads. Traffic jams were reported from several areas in South Delhi where waterlogging |
Not final report, claims CVC
Following the ruckus created in the political corridors of Delhi after the CVC report suggesting a CBI inquiry in the lapses pertaining to Commonwealth Games' projects, the CVC on Friday clarifi |
CM hits the roof over allegation
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday appeared to be in a combative mood when asked about the CBI probe, which has been recommended by the CVC to look into irregularities in th |
BJP gives shape to 16-member committee for Bihar election
ship on Friday constituted an election committee for Bihar and inducted some party leaders, who has been sulking for couple of years. Four special invitees are also included in the committee. < |
Lifelong freebies for CMs withdrawn
Jharkhand Guv's writ
nary now. The advisory council of the Governor on Friday made four former Chief Ministers of Jharkhand to feel so after a decision to withdraw lifelong facilities provided to them. It includes sprawli |
Punjab ex-DGP seeks new probe officer
of Police, Punjab, SS Virk on Friday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court pleading for changing the Investigating Officer (IO) probing cases against him, on the grounds of his involvement in fake e |
Two Nigerians thrashed in S Delhi for `eating human flesh'
Two Nigerians were allegedly beaten up by local residents in Mehrauli, after a rumour that they used to eat human flesh. The incident took place on Friday night. According to the police, the matter |
BMW hits two bikes in Noida
Noida: A BMW car hit two motorcyclists in Sector-71 Noida on Friday late night. According to the police, the incident took place around 11 pm in Sector 8 police station area the victims were rushed to |
Finally, Dinakaran to move to Sikkim
versy for possessing disproportionate assets, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran was on Friday shifted to Sikkim as Chief Justice. The decision taken by President Pratibha Patil, to be |
Obama to address joint session of Parliament New Delhi: United States
New Delhi: United States President Barack Obama, who will undertake his first State visit to India in November, is expected to address a joint session of Parliament, an honour that his predecessor Geo |
BJP gives fresh notice for debate; House in limbo
T he Opposition is in no mood to give a reprieve to an apparently uncomfortable Manmohan Singh Government over the issue of price rise, the logjam over which has already washed out business |
Army officers selling licenced weapons; apex court shocked
their licenced weapons to unknown persons without any police verification shocked the Supreme Court which on Friday directed the Defence Ministry and the Rajasthan Government probing separate complain |
Army orders CoI against Major
court of inquiry (CoI) against a Major for allegedly possessing sensitive military documents on his personal computer. The ISI had reportedly hacked the officer's computer and the matter came to light |
Cabinet agrees to hike retirement age for HC judges
New Delhi: In a significant move, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposed legislation for increasing the retirement age of high court judges from 62 to 65 years. The Constitutional law when en |
WB, TN polls not to be advanced: CEC New Delhi: Chief Election
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Friday said the question of advancing Assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu wasn't on the poll panel's radar. "Nothing is on the radar. |
Orientation programme for first-time RS MPs
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha secretariat will organise a two-day orientation programme starting on Saturday for newly-elected members of Parliament at the Parliament House Annexe with an aim to at familiari |
MORE RELIEF IN PRAJAPATI CASE
CBI gets no info from jailed Shah
The CBI team probing the fake encounter death of extortionist Sohrabuddin Sheikh failed to get any relevant information in the case from former Minister of State for Home Amit Shah after three da |
BJP group seeks action against Reddys
In signs of more
trouble for the Reddy brothers, facing the Opposition's heat over illegal mining, a group of about 13 BJP MLAs met K arnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday and demanded ac |
HC: Kerala Govt in grip of mafia
T he Kerala High Court on Friday said that the CPI (M)-led LDF Government was in the grip of certain mafias and that some forces could be controlling the regime from outside.
Considering |
Congress, TDP stung by bypoll loss in Telangana
R esults of the by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana region have left the ruling Congress and main Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) shell-shocked, as they not only failed to win |
Goa Archbishop's office within RTI ambit?
T he Goa Church has preferred not to take a position on the ticklish issue of bringing the office of the Archbishop of Goa, Daman and Diu under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. An interes |
EC to examine Church's poll letter in Kerala
T he Kerala Election Commission (EC) has decided to examine a circular of Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC), instructing believers not to vote for Independent candidates supported by |
Indian hotelier under scanner for suspected immigration fraud
T he owner of two Indian restaurants in Sydney, has come under the scanner of Australian authorities after it was revealed that he allegedly accepted money to prepare fake documents for migr |
ISI nexus with Taliban unacceptable: US
WikiLeaks revelations of the continuing ISI-Taliban nexus, the United States has sought to make it clear to Islamabad that this relationship is "unacceptable", stressing the Pakistani spy agency must |
We'll behead WikiLeaks informers: Taliban
T he Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explosive disclosure by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks has put out over 90,000 un |
Pakistanis see India as greater threat than Taliban, Al Qaeda
A majority of Pakistanis view India as a far bigger threat than the dreaded extremist outfits such as the Taliban and Al Qaeda, reveals a new study from the Wash |
Floods claim over 230 lives
F loods, triggered by heavy rains, have left more than 230 dead and scores of others missing in Pakistan's northern region in the last two days. The monsoon has struck the Khyber-Pakht |
Dhaka, Delhi join global move to save tigers
B angladesh and India, home to the famous Royal Bengal tiger, will attend the 13-nation Tiger Conservation Summit in St Petersburg, in September, to plan out urgent measures t |
BSY bans iron ore exports
In an attempt to counter the Congress' offensive against illegal mining in Karnataka, the ruling BJP Government has banned iron ore exports from 10 ports in the State. The State Government |
EAT LESS, DRINK MORE
The Maharashtra Government's scheme of granting subsidy to distilleries using foodgrains for production of liquor (ethyl alcohol) has taken a toll on the foodgrain stock of the country.
Well- |
MONSOON SESSION
Govt hints at truce, explores face-saving plan
Even as Parliament was paralysed Opposition's protests for the fourth consecutive day, the Congress-led Government started looking UPA |
Win reality show, become Imam
While TV shows else where lure participants by cash bonanza and cars, the top prize in a reality show in Malaysia, which has cast a spell on viewers, is the winner becomes an Imam. Turnin |
Dogs add teeth to anti-poaching drive
It was a passing out cere mony at Bhopal's 23rd Battalion of Special Armed Forces academy with a difference. Not a single policeman was there in the contingent but five German Shepherd dogs -who hav |
`Judge Chawla' to pay kids `50,000
`50,000 to two young children who were residing in a property to which he was claiming ownership, the Delhi High Court directed Chawla not to interfere with the right of the two plaintiffs to reside i |
Businessman charred to death inside car in Punjabi Bagh
man was burnt to death as the Swift car he was driving caught fire in Punjabi Bagh area of West Delhi on Thursday afternoon. According to police, the incident occurred at 2 pm on R oad No 77 in Punjab |
Woman found strangled over property dispute; one arrested
woman was found strangled at her husband's ancestral bungalow in Hari Nagar Ashram area in Southeast Delhi's Sunlight Colony area on Thursday morning. The police claimed it is a case of property dispu |
`Gurgaon to become greener before Games'
The Gurgaon city forest department has launched 'Green Gurgaon Plantation Programme' to make Gurgaon greener before upcoming Commonwealth Games. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary of Fo |
MCD leases part of its HQ to I-T Dept for `1,800 crore
Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday leased out part of its newly constructed headquarters - Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre - to Income Tax Department for 90 years. After much deliberati |
3 held for abducting, robbing engineer
ing a former call centre employee, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a software engineer from New Delhi and then abandoning him in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Mohd Intezaar (26), Mohd Mukarram |
Passengers on train roof clash with police
Dozens injured in Gzb
similar number of passengers were injured in a clash that broke out when the police used force to evacuate the train roof on which more than hundred passengers were traveling at Loni railway station u |
CM gags Ministers on Games projects
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has advised her ministers to avoid media during the inspections of Games works. Upset over Delhi Finance Minister Dr Ashok Kumar Walia's outburst regarding delay i |
Minister served notice for bid to stop tax survey
Delhi Lokayukta served a notice on Revenue Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan on Thursday. The Minister is accused of calling the VAT Commissioner in order to influence him to stop the tax survey at a |
Form special panels to nominate Padma awardees: MHA to States
After the hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal controversy regarding Padma awards, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed all the State Governments and agencies to ensure concerted efforts in i |
Amarnath pilgrim still untraceable; family blames J&K Police
A33-year East Delhi based property dealer, who had gone for Amarnath Yatra, has reportedly gone missing. He was last seen on his way to Amarnath Temple in Sona Marg area in Jammu & Kashmir on Ju |
Semester for arts, commerce courses from 2011: V-C
Delhi University Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental seems to have abandoned his plan to introduce the semester system in all the undergraduate courses.
Addressing mediapersons on Thursday, Profess |
Now, enjoy world-class toilet facility in city
With an aim to give
aesthetic look to the
Capital before the
Commonwealth Games, the
Municipal Corporation of
Delhi will replace existing
stinking toilet complexes
with state-of-the-art toilets |
Mock drill assesses preparedness
To check its pre paredness to deal with any emergency situation arising during the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Police on Thursday conducted a mock drill at the Games Village. During |
Breathing easy
Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta must be now heaving a sigh of relief. Following the delay in the allocation of work to the party's national officebearers from the national Capital, all of them were |
Capital khabar
CWG envy
While Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar is known for his maverick ways and gets away with most blasphemous speech on the basis of sheer articulation and command over language, some other Congress le |
Aman case: Four accused surrender
T he four students, accused of ragging Aman Kachroo, a first year student of Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda in Kangra, to death, on Thursday surrendered before t |
A football victory over colonialism
mark this event, perhaps the first of its kind in the soccer history of Asia. There was no provision to capture the feat of Bhuti, Abhilash Ghosh, Shukul and Shibdas Bhaduri et al on camera. But they |
Iron stand collapses at Talkatora; 3 injured
New Delhi: Three labourers suffered injuries when an iron stand in which they were standing was collapsed at the construction site of Talkatora stadium on Thursday.
According to the police, the inc |
Field CBI men in civic poll: Modi to Cong
arrest of his close aide Amit Shah by CBI in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had a dig at Congress saying the party will have to field officers |
Labourer makes bid on teen's life, decamps with booty in Gurgaon
I n yet another shocking incident of robbery, a 14-year-old boy was strangulated by a labourer in Gurgaon on Wednesday. The victim is battling for his life in the hospital and the labourer decampe |
Bird poachers live to dye another day
fair or the Jagannath Rath melas or the weekly animal fairs at Jama Masjid in Delhi or the Haati Baagan in Kolkata, more and more flamboyant "looking" birds are flocking the markets. But how real are |
Panel to streamline conservation efforts
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has constituted a fivemember committee to coordinate activities in Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Odisha. The tenure of the committee is for one year. |
BlackBerry issue to be sorted out soon: RIM
BlackBerry phone manufacturers, Research In Motion (RIM), on Thursday mellowed down after the final warning issued by the Home Ministry to instal a server in India, if it wished to continue business |
BJP knocks on Prez door over price rise
S enior BJP leaders and party MPs submitted a memorandum, signed by 10 crore people, to President Pratibha Patil here on Thursday to protests against the "abject failure of the UPA Governmen |
Sibal moots 65:35 RTE fund ratio
E ven if HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has not agreed to the State pro posal for a Centre-State fund ratio of 75:25 for implementation of the Right to Education Act, he has pitched a closer figure |
House panel wants work expedited on BPL census
committee has advised the Rural Development Ministry to expedite the BPL census for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (20072012). The BPL Census survey was due in 2007 but the same is yet to commence as the |
Scarlett's mother wants CBI probe
PNS n Panaji
rounding Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik and his son Roy Naik, who has been linked to the drug mafia, refuses to die down. Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling, |
Sikhs protest in Kashmir
H undreds of people belonging to the Sikh minority staged demonstrations in Kashmir on Thursday, to protest against the forcible trimming of a youngster's hair, allegedly by a |
Amarnath yatris stranded in Jammu for second day
In view of poo
weather conditions, the Amarnath Yatra remained suspended from Jammu for the second consecutive day on Thursday. No fresh batch was allowed to proceed towards the basecamp set up |
Valley on fire again, 50 hurt in clashes
More than 50 persons including a dozen police and paramilitary personnel were injured in clashes between protesters and law enforcing agencies in Kashmir on Thursday amid a complete separatis |
PDP dharna at Secretariat
The Opposition People's Democratic Party legislators on
Thursday locked up the Civil Secretariat to register protest against the alleged human rights violations and restrictions on the movement of c |
Promotion order? It may be fake in UP
transferred from Allahabad to Bareilly in September 2009. A month later, the transfer order was found to be fake. A schoolteacher got appointment in Kushinagar. The appointment letter was fo |
Goa Opp disrupts House on drugs nexus
For the fourth time this Monsoon Session, the Opposition BJP disrupted proceedings of Goa Assembly on Thursday, over the Government's reluctance to hand over the police-politicians-drug nexus case to |
Left wants all-party meet on NRC issue
Controversy rages on over revi sion of the National Register
of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and the Left, on Thursday, called for an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. "A lot of misgivings ab |
Scramble in Bihar to submit bills
Government has cracked the whip after Patna High Court's intervention and eruption of a controversy over non-submission of Rs 11,412.54 crore detailed contingent (DC) bills for 2002-08 to the State Ac |
Jagan pulls off a coup of sorts
Congress leadership, a defiant YS Jaganmohan Reddy's Odarpu Yatra or condolence tour has attracted 25 MLAs and MLCs on its concluding day in the port city of Kakinada in East Godavari district. This, |
SOHRABUDDIN CASE
CBI summons former DGP , IPS officer
the fake encounter killing of extortionist Sohrabuddin Sheikh has issued summons to retired DGP PC Pandey and senior IPS officer Geeta Johri to appear before the agency for questioning in the case.
|
UN chief voices concern over situation in Kashmir
In a departure from diplomatic norms, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has issued a statement voicing concern over the security situation in Kashmir over the past one month. "In relation to |
Tamil protester gets �80,000 from UK newspapers
A Sri Lankan Tamil who went on a 23-day hunger strike in front of the British Parliament, has received an apology and almost �80,000 in damages from two London newspapers over false allegations that h |
Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency
Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used to stifle prote |
UN, US, Indian envoys in Nepal push leaders to end deadlock
A mid growing inter national concern over the deepening constitutional crisis in Nepal, top envoys, including those from India, the US and UN, on Thursday stepped up consultations w |
Karzai asks West to destroy militant havens in Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday asked his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked. "The ti |
Bangladesh Islamic parties face political ban
Islamist parties in Bangla desh face a ban from politics after the Supreme Court ruled religion-based organisations cannot participate in political life, the Law Minister said on Thursday. Ba |
Pak has made strategic shift in war on terror: US
Days after the WikiLeaks revelations about the continuing ISI-Taliban nexus, the Obama Administration has taken the stand that Pakistan over the past year or so has made "a strategic shift" in |
AQ Khan's associates being lured by several countries: Report
Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan's smuggling network may have been disbanded years ago under American pressure, but his erstwhile associates are reportedly in great demand with sev |
Kin search for bodies at Pak air crash site
Relatives desperate to find the bodies of loved ones joined emergency teams on Thursday at the scene of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, but recovery work was badly hampered by thick mud, rain |
UN declares access to water as a basic human right
The UN has adopted a resolution, which recognised access to clean water and sanitation as a human right. The UN General Assembly resolution, sponsored by Bolivia, received 122 votes in favour and 41 |
Spain files warrants for US troops over Iraq death
A Madrid judge has reissued arrest warrants for three US servicemen over the 2003 killing of a Spanish journalist by American tank fire. Judge Santiago Pedraz says he issued the warrants on Thursday |
Police question French Minister in L'Oreal affair
Financial police are questioning Labour Minister Eric Woerth about his connection to the heiress of the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune in a scandal that has reached the highest levels of President Nicolas |
Fonseka faces new trial
Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo High Court on Thursday to answer charges of provoking violence. Fonseka, who already |
Scam scanner on 24 judges
Investigation into the multi-crore provident fund scam has yielded evidence against 24 judges of subordinate and higher judiciary besides six others who have already been char |
On day 1, radar crash grounds T3 operations
The functioning of IGI Airport's new terminal -T-3 -ran into rough weather on the first day of its operation. While two Pakistani flights were diverted to Terminal-2 at the eleventh hour, trouble peak |
Simlipal staff to blame for jumbo killings: NTCA panel
Very little animal presence was noted in the Simlipal Tiger Reserve. We did not see a single tusker (for which Simlipal is renowned) or fresh elephant dung, even though we travelled over 100 km a day. |
Distilleries sole beneficiary of rotting grain, says Gadkari
There are indications that the sole beneficiary of rotting foodgrains could be the liquor manufacturers. BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday indicated that rotting of several thousand tonne |
MONSOON SESSION
Meira rejects adjournment motion
The Government's refusal to entertain Opposition's adjournment the motion on hike in fuel prices crippled both Houses of Parliament again on Wednesda |
PAK JETLINER CRASHES, 152 DIE
|
16-year-old boy missing after scolding by mother
A 16-year-old boy ran away from his home in Vasant Vihar after being scolded by his mother for driving scooter. A missing case has been registered with the Vasant Vihar police station. A securi |
Class IX boy fires air pistol at junior
A 12-year-old Class VIII student of Veer Chander Singh Garhwali Government Senior Secondary School in Saket, suffered minor injury after a Class IX student of the same school |
HC wants to know why rescued kids resume work
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to convene a meeting with senior officials of the Labour, Health and Social Welfare Dep |
Walia visits health facilities at GB Pant Hospital
To check the medical arrangements done by the Delhi Government for the Commonwealth Games, 2010 and the Government's preparedness to meet the requirements and health facilities for the participants, D |
March opposing inclusion of caste in Census
Opposing the inclusion of 'caste' in the Census, 2011, hundreds of intellectuals, writers, artists, students and leaders from various civil societies on Wednesday took out a march from Barakhamba Road |
Hazur Baba Singhji Maharaj remembered
On the occasion of 152nd birth anniversary of Hazur Baba Singhji Maharaj on Tuesday and Master's Day held on July 25 at Kirpal Bagh, Sant Rajinder Singhji Maharaj, Chairman of Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Miss |
CITM to be held at hotel Ashok
The Commonwealth International Travel Mart (CITM) is to be held at the Ashok International Convention Centre, New Delhi from August 26 to 28, 2010. The CITM will showcase the best of "Commonwealth Bra |
15-year-old crushed to death near Majnu Ka Tila
A 15-year-old boy was crushed to death while his associates sustained critical injuries by unidentified vehicle on Tuesday night when returning from Majnu Ka Tila in Civil Lines area. A senior police |
Police deny Kobad Ghandy's charge of disclosure statement manipulation
The Delhi Police on Wednesday contested before a city court the charges levelled by top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy that the investigators had fabricated his `disclosure' statement by obtaining h |
74-year-old American woman found dead in Gzb
A 74-year-old American woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the house of one of her friends in the Govindpuram area of Ghaziabad on Wednesday morning. According to SP(Cit |
Two years on, Freedom Fighter Colony residents wait for water
Residents of Freedom Fighter Colony of South Delhi were hopeful that their water woes would come to an end soon when a network of water pipeline was laid in the locality. Two years have passed |
Mystery shrouds death of software engineer in Kasna
A body of a software engineer was found under mysterious circumstances in Kasna area in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Police are investigating the case from all angles. According to a sen |
Construction pitfalls in CP endangers commuters' lives
E ven after the Safdarjung Airport Flyover accident in which four people died on Monday, it seems the authorities have not woken up yet.
With no warning signs, caution t |
Some venues may miss final deadline: Walia
sure for tardy preparations for the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Government on Wednesday admitted delay in several key projects and said works in some of the stadia may not be completed within the fi |
Queen's Baton Relay to reach Gurgaon on September 29
of Commonwealth Games will reach Gurgaon on September 29, a day before it reaches the host city - Delhi. The baton relay is scheduled to stay in Gurgaon for a day. Deputy Commissioner Gurgao |
Robbed of `15,000, man misled by police to file missing report
Delhi Police was once again exposed when brother of a Superintendent in Custom Department was robbed in Shakarpur area of the national Capital on Tuesday night. The incident took place when the victim |
Assembly decides to release salary of former Speaker
for 18 months, the Delhi Assembly has decided to release the same and other allowances to former Speaker Choudhury Prem Singh. Wellplaced sources said that the Delhi Assembly has ordered to release th |
Centre likely to form Yamuna River Development Authority
crore for interceptor sewer project for cleaning the River Yamuna, the Centre is mulling a proposal to create Yamuna River Development A uthority. Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna has convened a |
MCD forms panel to review property tax report
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has constituted a subcommittee to evaluate the report submitted by the Municipal Valuation Committee (MVC) for reviewing property tax |
Attempt to storm Games office foiled
New Delhi: A large number of Jat community members protesting for reservation in jobs attempted to storm the Commonwealth Games office on Wednesday afternoon but were prevented by police. The proteste |
Aiyar's remarks on Games disgraceful, says Maken
New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken on Wednesday disapproved his party MP Mani Shankar Aiyar's adverse remarks against Commonwealth Games to be held here in October, saying the event woul |
Jats' protest for OBC quota leaves city traffic stranded
munity farmers from Western Uttar Pradesh slowed down the traffic in Central Delhi on Wednesday morning but the Delhi Traffic Police patted its back for not allowing them to go berserk on streets. |
Kandhamal case Nun only had swelling on face: Doctor tells court
nun of the Baliguda Catholic Church after she was allegedly assaulted and raped during Kandhamal riots in 2008, on Wednesday said in the court here that she had only complained of swelling on her face |
Bail for Aman ragging accused cancelled
Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail given by a trial court to four medical college students, accused of ragging to death first year student Aman Kachroo last year. The court also directed the accuse |
Cheetah set to stage a comeback
and the Wildlife Trust of India have recommended three sites to reintroduce cheetah in India. This has been mentioned in its feasibility report on 'Assessing the Potential for Reintroducing the cheeta |
Poacher couple convicted
In a rare case of justice under the Wildlife Act, a notorious tiger
poacher Dariya and his wife Bhagwati were convicted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 on Wednesday, after 21 years of tria |
Final warning
BlackBerry makers told to instal server in India
BlackBerry users. The Home Ministry has issued a strong warning to the BlackBerry phone makers, Research In Motion (RIM), based in Canada to instal their servers in India so that emails emanating f |
Only heads of States can enter Games stadia in cars
mooted the proposal for allowing only the heads of the States to enter the Commonwealth Games stadiums in their cars. All other guests will drive up to the bus bay and then have to travel in the bus p |
Cong distances itself from Aiyar remarks
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar created a stir with his remarks criticising Commonwealth Games 2010, the Congress on Wednesday disapproved his remarks and said that questions on cost escalation and |
No adjournment motion on price rise admitted in 12 yrs
Kumar's decision to reject the adjournment motion on petroleum products price hike might be receiving a lot of flak from a united Opposition, but parliamentary records show that no Speaker has allowed |
Missing secret files NIA gives clean chit to Major
Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the alleged transfer of nearly 2,500 sensitive military files from the computer of an Army Major posted in the Andamans to a Pakistan-based ISI operative, has not f |
BJP to stage dharnas at CBI headquarters in all States
tle" with the CBI for persecuting its leaders at the behest of the Congress-led Central Government, the BJP has decided to stage dharnas in front of investigating agency's headquarters in all States. |
CM asks for people's support
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said violence is never the answer to any problem. "When effective democratic means are available to register protests and make ones viewpoint known, th |
Salem framing me, says Dossa
In a new twist to the case involving his alleged assault on Abu Salem, Dawood Ibrahim's aide Mustafa Majnu Dossa on Wednesday claimed he did not attack the extradited gangster at all and that the |
MPCC suspends Kunjir, Jagtap
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has suspended ex-legislator Sambaji Kunjir and a local group leader Sanjay Jagtap involved in the assault on Kunjir by the latter's supporters at a party |
Bengal offers rehab to Maoists
After using the stick for the past one year the West Bengal Government on Wednesday pulled out a carrot for potential Maoist turncoats, by offering them a package if they give up their extremist |
India inks Hawks deal with Britain
India on Wednesday sealed a deal for 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTS) with aerospace major BAE Systems, in a development likely to give impetus to Indo-British ties. According to |
Strikes change Valley lifestyle
Even as the State Government announced setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into recent killings, the Valley continued to be in a state of protest strikes. On Wednesday, after a day-long break |
J&K BJP accuses Omar of bias
The BJP has questioned the rationale behind setting up of Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the 17 incidents in Kashmir division where fatalities occurred on account of action by security fo |
Police still in dark on Nandi case
Five days of sustained grilling of prime accused Rajesh Yadav and Kripa Shankar Pande and key conspirators Dileep Mishra and Mahendra Mishra has led investigators nowhere. After arresting the two ' |
CBI interrogates Amit Shah in prison
The CBI team investi gating the encounter death of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh has zeroed in on two other accused, even as half a dozen of its officers began the questioning |
Rlys seeks CBI probe into Sainthia crash
The Railways have written a letter to the Union Home Ministry seeking a CBI inquiry into the Sainthia Railway disaster that killed 65 passengers and injured more than a hundred on July 19.
Accordin |
UP Police under scanner for CWG
Entrusted with the onerous task of ensuring a trouble-free Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) is leaving nothing to providence. They have decided to pry into the backgrou |
High court stays invalidation of Cong MP's election
Kerala High Court on Wednesday imposed a conditional stay on its own verdict of Monday invalidating the election to the Lok Sabha of Congress leader Kodikkunnil Suresh from the reserved constitu |
SOHRABUDDIN CASE FALLOUT
Gujarat Cong uneasy on civic poll outcome
Even as the Congress is elated at the national evel over having succeeded in using the CBI to send former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah behind bars, the State unit remains con u |
Valley tension deters Pandit youth from joining work
Continuing unrest in the Kashmir Valley over the past month seems to have shattered the hopes of unemployed Kashmiri Pandit youth, hoping to earn a decent living in Kashmir. Approximately |
Objection, say Vanzara, others on ex-cop's plea
arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police NK Amin an approver in the fake encounter case hit a roadblock on Tuesday as eight accused police officers objected to his plea in the CBI court. The police |
Sheila's cracker fatwa on Games eve
izens, the Delhi Government is planning to ban bursting of crackers during marriages, social and religious functions, including navratras and Ramlilas, scheduled during the Commonwealth Games in the n |
Hit-&-run driver's flight cut short; arrested at IGIA
Honda City car ((DL-3CBE-4414) crushed four labourers to death and left four others critically injured on S a f d a r j u n g Airport flyover, Lodhi Colony police on Tuesday arrested the absconding dr |
Unsporting Aiyar ill-wills CWG
trying to meet tight deadlines ahead of October's Commonwealth Games, former Sports Minister and senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has openly questioned the need for hosting the Games and wast |
Anti-national, says Kalmadi; Congress left red-faced
Shankar Aiyar's criticism of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday has invited strong reactions from all quarters. While an embarrassed Congress refused to get drawn into the controversy, Indian Olympic A |
MONSOON SESSION
Govt disrupting Parliament, says Opposition
Government seems to be in a serious trouble over dealing with carefully worded Adjournment Motion notices from the Opposition to discuss hike in prices of petroleum products. On a day parliamentary pr |
`Park & Ride' moves slow, gets Aug 31 deadline
Park and Ride facili ty at Safdarjung Airport -one of the most significant projects related to the Commonwealth Games -is the worst affected among all the projects bein |
Consult students' union to resolve semester row: HC
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University and Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) to consult the students' union and invite them to their next meeting on the issue of intr |
Metro breakdown adds to traffic snarls
Traffic went out of gear on the second con secutive day as vehicular movement on most of the arterial roads came to a standstill on Tuesday. The commuters on the Ring Road and in th |
City lifeline dies for 1 hour
Thousands of passengers faced hardship on Tuesday afternoon after a Metro train developed snag in its electrification system. Flashing followed by repeated tripping of the Over Head Electr |
12 more trains on Dwarka line soon
With the ridership on Delhi Metro crossing over 12 lakh, the commuters on over-crowded Dwarka line can hope to have a comfortable ride before the Commonwealth Games with the DMRC deciding to introduce |
Neela Hauz flyover inaugurated
Commuting on Outer Ring Road and Vasant Kunj, and MG Road will now be comfortable with the opening of Neela Hauz Flyover on Tuesday. The flyover is constructed over a pond which will be restored |
`Hyptonisers' gang busted
East district police claimed to have busted a gang who used to cheat senior citizens by 'hypnotising' them. The gang targeted senior citizens of more than 60 years of age by offering them gifts. Th |
T-3 to begin global operation today
Indira Gandhi International Airport will start its full-scale international operation from new integrated Terminal-3 on Wednesday. Announcing this at a Press conference on Tuesday, |
` 25 lakh gold stolen from shop in Vikas Marg
R obbers broke into Maharani Jewellers in Shakarpur area of East Delhi and decamped with one kg gold and 180 gold rings worth ` 25 lakh. A case has been registered and a security guard has |
Gang of criminals busted, eight arrested in Gurgaon
T he Gurgaon Police on Tuesday busted a gang of criminals and arrested eight of them in Sector 40.
Arms and ammunition, including five revolvers, 29 live cartridges, four laptops and 51 m |
Two held for killing friend over affair in Meerut
Two persons were arrest ed by Meerut police for allegedly killing a youth. The police arrested Sonu and Rajendra, both residents of Balwapur locality in Garhmukteswar area, for murderi |
Rosalind Wilson Memorial lecture today at IHC
The 18th Rosalind Wilson Memorial lecture will be organised on 'Dharma in the public place: Morality tales in a rising India' at Indian Habitat Centre on Wednesday at 6.30 pm. The main speaker of the |
IIT-Roorkee centre at Gr Noida by next session
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is developing an extension centre at Greater Noida. It would most probably start admitting students from next academic session. Ten-acre campus is located in th |
Anti-ragging campaign gets huge support
The Delhi Police on Tuesday launched an anti-ragging signature campaign on Delhi University campus. To strengthen the spirit to stop ragging, an anti-ragging signature campaign has been launched by No |
Terror, recession hurt tourism in Kerala
The tourism industry in God's Own Country is praying for an immediate end to the terror operations and reports on them in the State, as it prepares for the tourist season starting November. Indu |
Ex-Deccan Herald staffer found killed
A 58-year-old man was found murdered here at Connaught Place on Tuesday morning. According to police sources, the deceased has been identified as Peter who was working with the Deccan Herald. Pol |
Ravi Baswani passes away
Actor Ravi Baswani, known for his comic roles in films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron and Chashme Buddoor, passed away here on Tuesday following a massive heart attack. He was 64.
Beginning his car |
RAM JANMABHOOMI BABRI MASJID TITLE SUIT
Court exploring possibility of compromise to end deadlock
The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday consulted the counsels of the two parties in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit to explore the possibility of a compromise. The meetin |
Stop terror as policy tool: MEA to Pak
Expressing concern over reports about the ISI involvement in fomenting terrorism, India on Tuesday condemned sponsorship of terrorism as an instrument of State policy and demanded an immediate e |
Panel set up to probe J&K deaths
Overriding previous inquiries, Jammu & Kashmir Government on Tuesday the decided to set up a two-member judicial commission to investigate the recent kill |
Mystery virus besets east UP
T he real cause of a deadly disease ravaging eastern Uttar Pradesh for the past three decades still remains a mystery. Despite claiming close to 100 lives till Monday and with another 550 ad |
Kolkata sees 72 H1N1 cases in a month
The H1N1 virus continued to invade Kolkata and infect its citizens as never before, with the State Health Ministry reporting 12 new cases on Tuesday. With this, the toll has gone up to 72 in the past |
Raman seeks Opp support in fighting Maoists
C hhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh played the statesman on Tuesday, exhorting the main Opposition Congress legisla ors to rise above political considerations and help the Gove |
SRK's saamna with Uddhav on b'day
Is it a goodwill gesture on Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's part to keep the Sena leadership in good humour? Or has there been a rapprochement between him and the Shiv Sena? Nearly six months after |
MLA denies `extortion' allegation
Filing the reply before Delhi Lokayukta on Tuesday, Anil Jha, BJP MLA from Kirari constituency denied the allegation of extorting money from the residents of his constituency. The charge was lev |
Nehru Stadium ready for mega show
After several missed dead lines, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, was finally inaugurated by Sports Minister MS Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit |
`Can't punish students for college fault'
N Holding that a student should not suffer due to the fault of his college which failed to submit internal assessment marks to Delhi University, the Delhi High Court has directed issuance of a correct |
Cheaters' gang busted, 6 held at IGIA
The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested six persons, including a loader, at the IGI airport and claimed to have cracked a human trafficking gang, which allegedly cheated hundred |
India, Burma vow to beat terrorism
India and Myanmar on Tuesday agreed to accord priority to security and terrorism and not to allow ultras to use each other's territory for terrorist activities.
Expressing this resolve, visiting |
India, UK conduct joint naval exercise
India and UK are conduct ing joint naval exercise, ncluding a two-day exercise ff Mumbai, involving submarines and a table-top exer ise there to exchange oper tional planning concepts and maritime |
Truckers threaten indefinite strike
Truckers have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from August 6 to press for a revision of toll policy and lowering of toll tax. Truckers' associations claimed that 60 lakh trucks would go |
SC raps Centre over rotting foodgrain
With Government's the ambitious public distribution system failing to cater to the needs of 6.52 crore below poverty line (BPL) families, an anguished Supreme Court o n Tu e s d a y a s k e d t h e Ce |
Left to rake up price rise in Parliament
Maintaining pressure on the Government for a rollback of prices, the Left parties on Tuesday said that they would pursue their demand for voting in both the Houses of Parliament on the price r |
Govt honour for 97-year-old pioneer woman photoscribe
The 97-year-old first Indian woman photojournalist of the country, Homai Vyarawalla of Vadodara, would be honoured in the first-ever National Photo Awards launched by the Media Unit of Ministry of In |
50% advance payment to workers under NREG?
Union Rural Development Ministry has invited suggestions from the State Governments on 50 per cent upfront payment of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guara |
Quraishi to be next CEC
Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi would be the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), announced a Government release on Tuesday. Sixty-three-year-old Quraishi, a 1971 batch Indian Administrative Service ( |
`PM must resolve Babhali issue'
Holding the Centre and Congress responsible fer the Maharashtra Government's attitude, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday threatened to launch a fresh agitation if Prime Minister Manmohan Sin |
Cameron in Capital
India, UK to focus on Afghan security, terror
India and UK will discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations and issues besides reviewing the security situation in Afghanistan and terrorism during the twoday visit of Prime Minister David C |
Snails lay siege to village
to do with the large molluscs swarming in Konni panchayat of Pathanamthitta district. The pace of the snails' proliferation there has now forced the entire panchayat to wage a full-scale 'war' against |
Ratnakar Mahajan quits NCP
ideologue Ratnakar Mahajan has resigned from the party, nearly a month after he vehemently clamoured for merger of the Sharad Pawar-led party with the Congress. Confirming that he had indeed put in |
Andhra bypolls peaceful, counting on July 30
Assembly constituencies in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, which had potential to make or mar the prospects of the separate Telangana state, passed off peacefully on Tuesday with about 65 per cent |
Centre's pro-Mamata stance irks Bengal Cong
Trinamool Congress is splitting the West Bengal Pradesh Congress right through the middle. Most district Congress presidents - who had opposed a pre-civic poll alliance with Mamata Banerjee on her ter |
Cong ex-MLA thrashed at party meeting
within the Congress' Pune unit came into the open on Tuesday, as a group of party workers assaulted a former party MLA from Purandar, Sambhaji Kunjir, at a meeting. Trouble broke out at the Congres |
Nitish gets JD(U) leader arrested
leader was caught on camera delivering 'Talibani' justice to a young village boy in Vaishali district, he was forced to surrender on Tuesday. Sent to jail along with three others in the case, the loca |
US to urge Asian nations to join in sanctions on N Korea
The United States will ask China and Southeast Asian countries to cooperate as it tightens sanctions against North Korea, a Seoul daily reported on Tuesday, citing a senior diplomatic source in Washin |
630 feared killed in China floods
Over 630 people have been feared killed or missing during the last two weeks in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in China, taking the death toll since early this year to over 1,000. |
US, South Korean troops drop anti-sub bombs in drills
Korean naval ships fired artillery and dropped anti-submarine bombs off South Korea's east coast on Tuesday, the third day of high-profile military maneuvers intended to warn nuclear-armed North Korea |
Iran to resume N-talks in Sept
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran was ready to resume long-stalled nuclear talks with world powers in September, the Islamic republic's English-language Press TV reported on Tuesday. "Iran |
US welcomes EU Iran sanctions
The US has welcomed actions by the European Union and Canada to adopt new sanctions against Iran in line with the UN Security Council resolution, saying this gives a clear message to its leaders that |
Russia objects
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that new European Union sanctions against Iran show scorn for the United Nations and the six nations working to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear programme |
Pak ready for meaningful talks with India: Qureshi
: Pakistan has not made any U-turn in the dialogue process
with India and it is ready to hold result-oriented and meaningful talks, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday. He made the |
Protesters fined for displaying cow head in Malaysia
A Malaysian court on Tuesday slapped a fine of
$313 each on 12 people for displaying a cow head while protesting the shifting of a Hindu temple in August last year. They were fined $313 each or a mo |
France is at war with Al Qaeda: PM
France is `at war' with Al Qaeda and will step up efforts to fight its
North African offshoot after it executed a French hostage in the Sahara, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Tuesday. Fillon |
S Korean `spy' triggered diplomatic row with Libya
: Libya has expelled a South Korean intelligence official accused of
spying on its ruler Moamer Kadhafi, leading to a rift between the two countries, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday. Tripoli exp |
Sobhraj claims he is being denied medical treatment
Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj, who is serving life
sentence in a Nepal prison, has complained that he was being deprived of basic medical treatment by jail authorities. `Bikini Killer' Sobhraj, |
Firefighters dismantle police car to rescue kitten
This little kitty went home, but only after Vienna police and rs partially dismantled a police car to find it. The naughty feline
firefighters partially dismantled a police car to find it. The naugh |
Dinosaurs `dressed to impress mates'
Just like brightly plumed peacocks, dinosaurs evolved fancy
head crests and sails along their backs to attract mates, says a new i study. Palaeontologists claim that pteranodon crests and |
New Titanic expedition will create 3D map of wreck
: A new expedition to the Titanic
shipwreck is scheduled to begin next month. Organisers say the 20-day trip will be the most scientifically advanced mission yet to the site where the luxurious ocea |
US asks Pak to punish 26/11 attackers, convince India
I n the backdrop of WikiLeaks expose with its primary focus on the duplicity of Pakistan's ISI, the US has asked Islamabad to bring to justice those behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to convince I |
No blank cheque for Pakistan: US
A fter the monumental leak of military documents exposing Pakistan's ISI as a notorious agency that is aiding and abetting insurgency, the United States finds itself in a position of willing |
`US intel expert may have passed files to WikiLeaks'
A 22-year-old US Army
intelligence analyst, facing a court-martial, appears to be behind the biggest leak in US military history of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan that also exposed P |
Pentagon opens criminal probe into Afghan war file leaks
The US Army has started a criminal probe into the leak of some 92,000 classified military files on the war in Afghanistan by WikiLeaks, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday. The p |
Nothing new in leaked documents: Obama
US President
Barack Obama on Tuesday said leaked Pentagon documents on the war in Afghanistan did not contain any issue that was not already part of debate, as he sought Congressional support for hi |
Exposed: ISI's double life against India, US, Afghan Govts
Dealing yet another body blow to Pakistan's InterServices Intelligence, a whistleblower website has posted over 92,000 US military documents on the Afghan war that expose the ISI for aiding ins |
`Sohrab Cong's Bihar poll card'
BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Monday charged the Congress with desperately exploiting the Sohrabuddin encounter case to divert the country's attention from real issues like the pr |
Gurgaon-Manesar master plan to cater to 40-lakh population
T he new draft develop ment plan-2025 for Gurgaon-Manesar Urban Complex will be prepared to cater to the needs of the projected population of 39.7 lakh with more open spaces, while the earl |
Two killed, 2 children injured in road mishap
New Delhi: In an accident, two persons were killed and two sons of one of the victims suffered critical injuries when the motorcycle they were riding on was hit by a speeding truck in Nihal Vihar area |
Accused ex-cop decides to turn approver; Shah files bail plea
The scene of action in the Sohrabuddin encounter case shifted to city courts on Monday where a former exDeputy Superintendent of Police NK Amin, who is also an accused in the encounter case, mov |
Dreaded criminal; not mere victim
Mohammad Sohrabud din was not an ordinary criminal. The man, who haunts the Gujarat Police even after his death, was "wanted" in at least four States -Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra an |
AIDE'S MURDER
SC gives CBI a red face, allows appeal against Soren
The CBI's pick-and choose policy was once again exposed on Monday when the Supreme Court admitted an appeal challenging the acquittal of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren in the Shashinath |
Four killed on the spot
Haphazard repairs send 12 labourers under car wheels
In yet another case of drunken dri ving, a speeding Honda City ran over 12 labourers engaged in road repairs on Safdarjung Airport flyover, killing four of them on the spot and critically injuring |
Subsidy on limited power consumption to continue
The Delhi Government on Monday decided to continue its subsidy linked to limited consumption of power for domestic consumers and agreed to provide subsidised power to agricul |
BSES rejects DERC's claim of discom being in the pink
I n the ongoing tussle over announcement of new power tariff in the city, discom BSES Rajdhani Power Limited has rejected power regulator DERC's contention that the company has a healthy financi |
CW Games works, accidents add to Monday traffic blues
blues took a toll on commuters as they remained stuck in traffic jams across the Capital, particularly in South Delhi. Several arterial roads in South and New Delhi areas, including AIIMS, Chanakyapur |
Odisha nun's rape not mentioned in FIR: Priest
Baliguda priest Father Thomas Chelathin, a key witness in the Kandhamal nun rape case, admitted before a trial court here on Monday that he had not mentioned about the rape incident in his FIR filed o |
Several deadlines later, Nehru Stadium finally ready
for delay in several Commonwealth Games related projects, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the gala events in October, is finally complete after missing several deadlines. The sport co |
Hounded by mediapersons, Kalmadi hides in CM's car
New Delhi: Evading journalists seeking his reaction to the stunning verbal attack by Pargat Singh, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi on Monday had to plead Chief Minister Sheila Diks |
Exemption limit for luxury tax on hotel rooms hiked
F ollowing the directions of the Ministry of Tourism, the Delhi Government has decided to raise the exemption limit for luxury tax from ` 500 to ` 1000 to provide relief to budget |
HC tells lower court to record rape convict's statements afresh
drawn into a protracted legal tussle to seek justice for her dignity. The Delhi High Court on Monday not only set aside the judgment of a lower court, which had awarded a 10-year jail-term to a man fo |
Railways employee sets himself, family on fire
A 50-year-old Indian R ailways employee allegedly set his family ablaze in New Usmanpur area on Monday evening. The accused, Ombeer, threw petrol on five members of his family and then commi |
Five MCD teams to crack down on stray cattle during Games
T o ensure that there is no stray cattle menace during the Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has set up five special teams for monitoring. The MCD have already procured 13 |
HC told of failed DU, DUTA mediation on semester system
was informed on Monday that the mediation process between the Delhi University and the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) has broken down. The court had earlier suggested that DU and DUTA t |
After dangling carrot, Dikshit shows stick to errant contractors
T he delay in the Commonwealth Games project due to the Delhi Government's bureaucratic hurdles has cast a shadow on private contractors. The Delhi Government took to task major contractors |
`Congress, League are playing with fire
Opposition UDF it leads in Kerala, cut a sorry figure in the State Assembly on Monday by trying to force Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan withdraw his statement that the objective of the Islamist outfi |
Fifty-two new members take oath in Rajya Sabha
Fifty-two members took oath in the Rajya Sabha on Monday when the monsoon session of Parliament commenced. The list of members included Union Ministers Ambika Soni and Anand Sharma, Lok |
Action against SHO, two others for custodial killing in J&K
Government on Monday attached Station House Officer of Panzalla police station and suspended two other cops for their alleged involvement in custodial killing of a youngster. The police have also init |
Four SSB personnel gunned down by Bodo militants
Four personnel of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), including a JCO, were killed and two injured in an ambush by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), a Bodo tribal milita |
Battle of ballots for Telangana today
With nothing less than a separate Telangana State at stake, polling will take place in 12 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The outcome of the keenly fought by-elections i |
Six Maoists shot near Lalgarh
The joint security forces on Monday notched up yet another success in their antiMaoist operations in Jangalamahal. In an early morning raid, a joint team of CRPF (Cobra) and |
CPM flays Somnath's `false' assertions
Hitting back at former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee for accusing the top leadership in trying to force his resignation as Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the CPI (M) on Monday slammed its for |
HC to hear Kasab death sentence plea next week
The death sentence, handed by a trial court early this year to Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 attacks case, will come up for confirmation before the Bombay High Court next week. |
THE WRITE WAY
State to help meritorious students
When Ayut Ram of the most insurgencyaffected Bagluru area of Bastar saw his father being killed by the Maoists before his eyes, his ambition to become an engineer almost dashed. His father w |
JMM offers CM's post on a platter to BJP
Asection of the JMM still hopes that it might successfully persuade the BJP to form a coalition Government in Jharkhand, with an offer to the BJP to retain the Chief Minister's chair |
CBI seeks nod to take over mining cases
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought Law Ministry and different States seeking their opinions on taking over a spate of cases involving illegal mining, proxy mining, and allotme |
EC can't give opinion on mining row: Reddys
The three Karnataka min isters, who are in the midst of illegal mining controversy, on Monday contended before the Election Commission that Governor H R Bhardwaj had no authority to refer to it t |
SC questions basis for debarring women in Army
keep women officers out of its combat units got thumbs down from the Supreme Court on Monday. Questioning the legal basis for the force to "discriminate" women short commission officers as against the |
SC slaps `50,000-fine on Kerala Govt
dards for Governments in filing appeals before superior courts, the Supreme Court on Monday set a precedent by imposing a heavy fine of `50,000 on the Kerala Government for preferring a "frivolous" ap |
Govt, Opp prepare for showdown in House
Opposition are all set for a face-off in Parliament with Congress-led UPA completely refusing to give in to BJP's demand for an adjournment motion on price rise. As the Opposition is united over movin |
CBI draws flak from MPs' committee too
ous criticism not only from the Opposition BJP, which has raised serious questions over the impartiality of the agency even calling it the "Congress Bureau of Intimidation" but the Parliamentary Commi |
Opp rejects Speaker's proposal to change Question Hour timing
to shift the Question Hour from morning to evening to reduce frequent disruptions in Lok Sabha has been met with stiff resistance from Opposition parties that have completely rejected the suggestion. |
BJP sets up study group to prepare vision document
has set up a study group to prepare a vision document -India Vision 2025. Claiming to be the first of its kind by any political party, the BJP said it aims at putting forth the contours of party's |
Centre to bring in Bill for panchayat polls in Jharkhand this session
The Centre will introduce a new Bill in the ongoing Parliament session to facilitate panchayat elections in Jharkhand, preferably after the Commonwealth Games. According to sources, the Cen |
Good news for bird lovers: Sarus count up in UP
Pradesh. The State Forest department on Monday officially pegged the numbers of Sarus to 12,246 as per June 20 census carried across Uttar Pradesh. In the absence of any past census, the Forest dep |
Rosaiah-led Andhra team meets PM on Babhli controversy
Centre in the tussle with Maharashtra over the controversial Babhli issue, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Monday led an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking the lat |
Scientists want new atom smasher
European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there, they want to build an even bigger machine with partners and funds from around the world. Instead |
Nepal's `Buddha Boy' may be dragged to court
Nepal's 'Buddha Boy', hailed as a reincarnation of Lord Buddha by devotees in the country, may be dragged to a court following his scuffle with locals in a forest in Bara district, a news report said |
MiG-35 offered to India matches all requirements: Russia
Russia on Monday said that its new MiG-35 fighter had passed IAF's three evaluation tests and matched all requirements listed by New Delhi in the US$ 10 billion tender for 126 medium multi-role combat |
Pak Minister survives assassination attempt
A provincial Cabinet Minister, whose son was gunned down by Taliban militants on Saturday, survived an assassination bid on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near his residence in northwest |
Dhaka's war crimes tribunal issues first warrants
crimes tribunal on Monday issued its first arrest warrants against four top leaders of fundamentalist Jamaate-Islami (JI) who were accused of heinous crimes like genocide, rape and murder in the Liber |
Afghan Govt `shocked'
The Afghan Government says it is 'shocked' that 90,000 leaked US military documents were released on the war, but most of the information is not new and has been discussed in the past. Presidential |
French aid worker executed in Africa: Sarkozy
A 78-year-old French aid worker kidnapped by Al Qaeda was executed in the Sahara after a failed attempt to free him left six militants dead, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday. Sarkozy condemned |
members in a military operation in the Sahara last week.
Russia, US uncover nascent cocaine trade scheme
A top Russian drugs official says Russia and the United States have uncovered a cocaine trade scheme involving a high-profile Russian impresario eager to set up business in Moscow. Viktor Ivanov, head |
Japanese women live an average 86 years
Japanese women are expected to live longer than 86 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th consecutive year, according to a Government report released on Monday. The statistics for 200 |
Scientists discover world's biggest rat
Archaeologists have discovered the remains what they believe of the world's largest rat that scurried on the Earth nearly 2,000 years ago. The skeletal remains of the monster rat, which is believed to |
Boat of plastic bottles ends 14,800 km voyage
A boat made of 12,500 plastic bottles sailed into Sydney Harbour on Monday, finishing its 14,800 kilometre epic trans-Pacific voyage to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling. Known as the "P |
'Oldest couple to get married at 97 and 87'
It's never too late to fall in love -a couple in Britain, aged 97 and 87, are said to have scripted history by becoming the oldest to get married. According to the Daily Express, Henry Kerr, who is ju |
Shah presents self to CBI
Silencing his critics who accused him of going into hiding for fear of arrest, former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah on Sunday morning appeared before media, slammed the UPA Government and |
MONSOON SESSION
Spiralling prices is Opp stick to beat Govt with
The UPA Government's mechanism to split the Opposition on the eve of the Monsoon Session of Parliament seemed to have yielded little results as ideological divide and regional inter |
UPA's Pak policy in a shambles, says Advani
Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday came down heavily on UPA Government's Pakistan policy, claiming it was completely "alienated" from public opinion and even the Government was divided over |
After free Sunday, protests may return to Valley today Srinagar: Life in the Valley
Life in the Valley
returned to normal on Sunday after remaining crippled for 27 days. The relief would be shortlived as separatists have again issued a timetable for
again issued a timetable f shu |
Villagers chase away Maoists in Midnapore
For the second time in
a week, villagers in West Midnapore refused to abide by Maoist diktats.
A group of youth, who had threateningly asked the Nischinta villagers to attend a PCPA meet, were ch |
Nepal PM meets leaders over political crisis
u: Nepal's caretaker PM
Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday expressed concern over the constitutional crisis and met top leaders to end the standoff after a run-off poll for Premier ended in a deadlock on |
Terrorists turn on J&K villagers for turning unhelpful
Denied food, shelter and money by villagers in remote Kishtwar district, terrorists have let loose a reign of terror and are desperate to take revenge. In the past four days, two villagers have |
Vicious snake charmers bite into big buck biz
Gone are the days when snake charmers earned their livelihood by piping tunes to tame slithering serpents. Today, a snake is a prized catch, for, its venom bag fetches the catchers lakhs of rup |
Singh vs Singh: Who'll be king?
With the appointment of BJP general secretary Narendra Singh Tomar as the party's in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, the battle between the Congress and BJP in Madhya Pradesh will also be fought in |
ITC to beautify roadside kiosks in NDMC areas
As part of its streetscaping and facelifting of public utilities for the Commonwealth Games, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will refurbish kiosks in its jurisdiction to give the city an aesthe |
Mobile phones may be jammed at Games venues
Security agencies are mulling the option of installing mobile phone jammers at Commonwealth Games venues to thwart any possible terror strike. Sources said the step is being considered in view o |
`Staff shortage hits reaction time'
Shortage of manpower in the Delhi Police is a hurdle in quick reactions to robbery, snatching and other street-crimes like the one on Wednesday last in which passengers in a moving Blueline bus w |
Delhi Police only agency ready for Games, boasts Dadwal
With just 69 days left for Commonwealth Games, the the Delhi Police has claimed that it is the only agency which is ready for the mega event. "As of now, we are the only agency prepared for the safe a |
Youth kills father, aunt in Rohtak
Ayouth along with his two friends allegedly shot dead his father and aunt at Ismaila village under Sampla Police Station, about 20 km from Rohtak, on Sunday morning. Family dispute is stat |
UP Link Road flyover opens to public today
After several delays, the single carriageway flyover on the UP Link Road, connecting Akshardham to Noida, is likely to be opened to the public on Monday. This will bring temporary relief to 50,0 |
Govt coffers soar as liquor sale rises
Cash-strapped Delhi Government can heave a sigh of relief as its tax collection in the first quarter of current fiscal went up by over ` 1,000 crore as compared to the corresponding period last |
CGHS requests Govt to expedite allotment process
delay in allocation of the Cooperative Group Housing Society (CGHS) flats in Dwarka, the members of the society have appealed to the Government to expedite the process of house allotment. The membe |
INA Metro Station paragon of commuter-friendly facilities
oping the INA station with enhanced commuterfriendly facilities keeping in view its proximity with popular market and tourist places like Sarajoni Nagar and Dilli Haat. The INA Metro Station on the Ce |
Criminal stabs ex-aide to death; 4 held in Paharganj
A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death on Saturday night allegedly by one of the criminal he worked for in Paharganj on Sunday. According to police, the incident was reported from Gali number-11 in Pa |
No takers for barcoding project
mega project to introduce 2D barcode on liquor bottles is set to be delayed as bidders have not shown any interest in the plan. The bid was opened on July 17. Unable to get any bidder, the Government |
Reconsider move to close External Cell: HC to DU
In a ray of hope for thousands of students seeking admission in the Delhi University, the Delhi High Court has directed it to reconsider its decision to shut down the External Cell and its plan to |
BJP protests CBI hounding Shah
P rotesting against the arrest of former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah, the Gujarat BJP held a silent rally on Sunday, where hun
dreds of party workers marched with a black cloth around their |
Jharkhand imbroglio
Hemant at it again, but BJP won't bite the bait
AJMM section led by Hemant Soren, the son of party chief Shibu Soren, is pulling out all the stops for the formation of a coalition Government in Jharkhand with the help |
Centre to give 55% fund to States for RTE implementation, says Kapil Sibal
U nion HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday came down heavily on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who had sought 100 per cent funding for the implementation of the Right To Education A |
Who was better?
Ask the former Environment Minister and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, what she thinks of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh? She is quick to say that his
predecessors TR Baalu and A Raja were be |
For a cause
Actor Akshay Kumar has found an unlikely endorser for his latest film Khatta Meetha.
Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath decided to lend his support to the movie after he heard that |
Cong MP's kin involved in Jharkhand scam
The clout of an Uttar Pradesh former Chief Minister and sitting Congress MP was used to procure the multi-crore rural electrification contract during the UPA regime under Madhu |
JMM(S) at it again
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has once again reached out to the BJP to form a Government in the State where the Assembly has been place under suspended animation.rapevine has le |
World Heritage Site honour awaits Jaipur's Jantar Mantar
The 300-year-old Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, an astronomical wonder, is expected to be given the status of World Heritage Site. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee will consider new sites for |
EC notice to TRS chief
The Election Commission has issued notice to TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao on charges of abetment of corrupt electoral practices and making derogatory remarks against an Andhra Pradesh Minister i |
Dawood crony, Salem sent separate ways
A day after Dawood Ibrahim's aide Mustafa Majnu Dossa attacked extradited underworld gang lord Abu Salem inside the Arthur Road jail here, both gangsters were shifted to different jails in the St |
Mathura SDM's death under cloud of suspicion
The alleged suicide by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Mathura has taken a curious turn, with forensic and medico-legal experts terming it as a wellorchestrated murder. The speed with wh |
Karuna's mystery visit
Late in evening last Friday, Chennai buzzed with speculation about the whereabouts of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who was untraceable for a while. Later it was found out that the CM, on returning fr |
League, NDF birds of same feather: BJP
The Kerala BJP on Sunday stated that the Indian Union Muslim League, second largest constituent of the Congress-led Opposition UDF, and Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (yesteryears' NDF) |
VS irks Opp Muslims
Kerala's octogenarian Marxist Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has annoyed the various Muslim organisations and the Opposition Congress in Kerala with his statement that Islamist outfits like the Popul |
Juvenile walks free on delinquent UP cops
A juvenile life convict has finally won freedom after six years in jail on charges of murder. Accepting their fault, the Uttar Pradesh Police, which probed the case, informed the Supreme Court |
Ashraf joins Cong; party to expose Nitish
Former State Excise and Prohibition Minister Jamshed Ashraf -sacked from the Ministry and party for exposing alleged multi-core scam in his department -on Sunday joined the Congress. |
ED files case against dental council chief
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against president of Dental Council of India Dr Anil Kohli for alleged possession of disproportionate assets and illegal foreign cur |
CBI likely to take Amit Shah's custody next week R
The CBI is likely to take the custody of junior Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah next week after examining two senior police officials, including Geetha Johri, who was part of the Supreme Court-a |
Biometric attendance to check on-site corruption in NREG
In the wake of allegations of large-scale corruption in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Union Rural Development Ministry will roll out biometric attendance of the wo |
Army guns for artillery update, Govt looks away
The Army urgently needs 2,000 artillery guns, including the long-range ones, to maintain operational preparedness, but the Army has not bought an artillery gun for the past 20 years |
K'taka Cong launches padyatra
After sleepover protests in the Assembly, the Karnataka Congress on Sunday kickstarted its 320-km padyatra from Bangalore to Bellary, to highlight the failure of the BJP Government in the State. |
Truck owners seek CBI probe into extortion
Commercial truck owners and operators from the North East have demanded a CBI inquiry into a thriving extortion racket allegedly being run in collusion with influential politicians under the ble |
Goa tourism goes with the flow during rains
beaches frighteningly hard in the monsoon, tourism in Goa turns a new leaf. Once known primarily as a beach tourism destination, some entrepreneurs in Goa have learnt to convert the adversities of a l |
A MATTER OF HONOUR
|
CPM for neutral probe into civilian deaths
The CPM has mooted par liamentary intervention in Kashmir to reach out to the embattled young generation, besides setting up an independent commission to probe the recent killings in the Valley.< |
Mining mafia digs in heels
lievable, it's true that a well-organised mining mafia in Rajasthan is making away with minerals worth `300 to 400 crore on an average every month from 15 districts. These figures were compiled by |
CPM mangrove park `illegal'
A team of experts who visited the Rs 5-crore Mangrove Theme Park of CPI(M)-controlled Pappinissery Eco Tourism Society in Kannur last week has concluded that the developers of the park had viola |
WB to loan $430mn for Mumbai trains
The World Bank has sanc tioned a $430 million loan for the crucial Mumbai Urban Transport Project 2A (MUTP 2A), one of the basic aim of which is to increase passenger capacity in locals. The |
Putin sings with expelled agents
Putin, a former KGB sleuth himself has promised "bright life" to 10 Russian spies exchanged with the US, including 'hot spy' Anna Chapman, and even sang patriotic songs with them. The Prime Ministe |
Landslides, floods kill 21 in Indonesia
and floods swept through villages in Indonesia's provinces of Maluku and South Kalimantan, killing at least 21 people, officials said on Sunday. The worst happened in Buru Island in eastern provinc |
US aircraft carrier leads drills with South Korea
supercarrier led an armada of warships in exercises off the Korean peninsula on Sunday that North Korea has vowed to physically block and says could escalate into nuclear war. US military officials |
Bangla prosecution gets ready for 1971 war crime trial
filed a petition with a special tribunal seeking permission to keep in confinement the four top leaders of fundamentalist Jamaat-eIslami (JI) for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity d |
`Need practical approach to build ties with India'
Minister David Cameron's India visit, a Conservative British MP has cautioned his team against depending on cultural and historical ties alone to build a special relationship with a country where Brit |
British man gets engagement ring made from shin bone!
British man gave his fiancee a bit of his leg literally and she agreed to give him her hand in marriage in return. Yes, 25-year-old Mike Perrett, who lost his right leg in an accident in India, got |
`Hindi's popularity growing in Singapore'
guage is becoming popular in the country with some considering it for understanding Bollywood music and songs, and others for its importance in the backdrop of India's rise as an economic power, Singa |
UK to review rejected immigration pleas
(UKBA) has announced it will review applications of migrants whose pleas were refused solely because they failed to meet the financial requirements for maintenance. The review, under all tiers of t |
Bomb injures 9 in Bangkok on day of by-election
downtown Bangkok wounded nine people on Sunday shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election that pitted a Government candidate against a jailed leader of recent mass protests in the Thai cap |
Rolling Stones gear up for farewell
Rock legends the Rolling Stones are set to finally bow out after nearly 50 years in music with a giant farewell tour. The foursome will have a combined age of 268 when the world tour kicks off next ye |
`India must include Kashmir in talks'
Pakistan has said it will be impossible for it to continue the dialogue with India if New Delhi does not pay importance to the Kashmir issue. India must include the Kashmir issue in talks wi |
1 missing US sailor dead, other captured: Taliban
The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a US Navy sailor they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday. US and |
Osama in Pak: Mullen
Describing Pakistan's lawless tribal belt near Afghanistan as the "global headquarters" of al Qaeda, top American military commander Mike Mullen has said the US believed that t |
US missiles kill 5 militants in NW Pak
Unmanned US aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five suspected militants in the second drone strike in as many days, intelligence officials said. |
German music festival toll rises to 19
The death toll rose to 19 on Sunday and police said that 342 had been injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival bil |
US comments on S China Sea islands an `attack'
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday accused US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of an "attack" on China for her recent comments that competing claims over South China Sea island chains shoul |
DiCaprio mobbed by fans in a loo
Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio was reportedly mobbed by fans in a toilet at a recent football game. The actor was watching the football World Cup quarterfinal game between Brazil and Holland i |
Tom Cruise keen to do theatre
Superstar Tom Cruise has taken a fancy to theatre after his actress-wife Katie Holmes' successfu stint on the stage.
Cruise, who has been immensely proud of Holmes' Broadway stint in Arthur Miller' |
Zeta Jones reveals diet secret
Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones has revealed her diet secret -bacon sandwich for breakfast. The 40-year-old actress relished her favourite treat back home in Wales while actor hubby Michael Douglas |
Craig now plays cowboy
Daniel Craig may not have a James Bond film hitting theatres anytime soon, but he will still be seen as a gunslinger in Cowboys and Aliens. Craig is starring alongside Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde i |
It was NDF job, admits accused in prof attack case
the case of the July 4 attack on Prof TJ Joseph of Muvattupuzha, has confessed that the attack was carried out by the Islamist Popular Front of India, even as yet another activist of the outfit was ar |
Nishank for separate policy
Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Saturday advocated formulation of a separate policy for the Himalayan States in order to ensure their all-round development. He was participating in the 55th me |
Continue NRC updating: BJP
Guwahati: The Assam unit of BJP on Saturday held State-wide protests demanding update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Barpeta and Kamrup districts be resumed immediately and blamed veste |
Hindus face lack of cremation space in Dhaka
The minority Hindu community in Bangladesh's capital is facing severe shortage of cremation grounds with "wholesale over the years squeezing the encroachment" land available for the |
US Congress seeks report on alarming Chinese military build-up
Expressing alarm over rapid Chinese military build up which they say threatens to challenge US freedom of action in space, cyberspace, at sea and in the air, influential US lawmakers want Pentagon to |
US still wants India, Pak to continue talks
The recent public spat in Islamabad notwithstanding, the United States believes that India and Pakistan should continue with their substantive dialogue on a regular basis. It, however, is for the two |
Zardari says India, Pak should demilitarise Siachen
India and Pakistan should demilitarise the Siachen glacier as the troop deployment on the snowy heights has become a burden on the exchequers of the two countries, President Asif Ali Zardari has said. |
`Pak gained N-capabilities through deception'
Pakistan has gained atomic capabilities through "international deception" and "clandestine procurement" networks, eminent US lawmakers have said, while warning that the continuation of `secretive'
S |
N Korea vows nuclear response to US-South Korea drills
North Korea warned on Saturday that it will respond with "powerful nuclear deterrence" to joint US and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend, saying the drills amount to a provo |
Issues International
The Kabul Conference
It was heartening to see the Kabul Conference, attended by all the major stakeholders, endorse the Afghanistan Government's plan to make peace with the insurgents -effectively the Taliban -in order to |
The Murali moment
The ending was pure Bollywood and Indian producers are surely already lurking behind the stands at Galle with contracts at hand.
Muttiah Muralitharan, a spin bowler with a disability who survived y |
CHAVEZ'S
foreign edition
VENEZUELA NOT SOCIALIST
I t's President Hugo Chavez's biggest economic battle cry, and it's getting louder as Venezuela suffers a recession: "We're going to bury Venezuelan capitalism." Yet creating a socialist economy is |
oddly enough
Coffee from cat droppings clean enough for Muslims I ndonesia's top Islamic body declared Tuesday that Muslims can drink civet coffee -the world's most expensive coffee, which is extracted from the du |
