Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Army jawans allegedly assault policemen in Pune

Army jawans allegedly assault policemen in Pune


Army jawans allegedly assault policemen in Pune

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 10:52 AM PST

A group of Army jawans in Pune clashed with police following an altercation over traffic violation, sparking tension on Tuesday evening.According to the police, the trouble started when a jawan attach...


Supreme Court quotes Shakespeare to describe PM's position in 2G case

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 09:59 AM PST

Dassault Rafale wins USD 10.4 billion Indian Air Force jet fighter deal: Sources

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 09:36 AM PST

The Dassault Rafale fighter jet, manufactured by the French company Dassault Aviation, has won India's mammoth contract worth $10.4 billion, say sources. The Indian Air Force plans to buy 126 aircraft...


New app helps find who 'unfriends' you on Facebook

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 09:16 AM PST

People who have been "unfriended" on social network Facebook can now check out the person through a new software that can be installed in any internet browser.The software -- called "Unfriend Finder" ...

Los Angeles teacher charged with molesting 23 kids

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 09:07 AM PST

A Los Angeles elementary school teacher bound and gagged nearly two dozen children, put cockroaches on some of their faces and posed in photos with them, possibly inside a classroom, the Los Angeles C...


Narendra Modi delays Uttar Pradesh campaign

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:52 AM PST

In what is being viewed as fissures in the top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Patry (BJP), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has told the party high command that he is not in a position to campaign ...


Teen gets 10-year jail for raping 80-year-old

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:47 AM PST

Law makers must consider re-defining the offence of rape to deal with different categories of accused, a Delhi court said on Tuesday while awarding 10 years' jail to a 19-year-old florist guilty of di...


Dhoni still best bet for Test captaincy: Gavaskar

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:47 AM PST

Sunil Gavaskar believes Mahendra Singh Dhoni is still the best bet to captain India in Tests and wants the BCCI to wait for some time before zeroing in on the candidate who may be suitable to take ove...


One more arrested in Mumbai 13/7 serial blasts case

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:29 AM PST

WikiLeaks' Assange to guest star on 'The Simpsons'

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:43 AM PST

Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, will guest star on the 500th episode of the animated TV comedy show "The Simpsons" that will be aired Feb 19, The Entertainment Weekly...

Uttar Pradesh polls: Congress manifesto counters BJP's promise of building temple in Ayodhya

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:07 AM PST

An accent on youth and technology, with a big Rahul Gandhi poster dominating a crowded stage. A focus on education and health, minority quota, better law and order. A counter to the BJP's promise of b...


Indian-origin man's murder accused found dead in jail

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:58 AM PST

A Lithuanian national arrested for the twin murders of Indian-origin man Avtar Singh Kolar and his English wife in Birmingham has been found hanging in his prison cell, where he was lodged since early...


Former vice chief of Army raided as part of land scam inquiry

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:51 AM PST

Pak will be 'force multiplier' in China's rise, says Zardari

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:03 AM PST

Pakistan and China are finding new "comfort zones" to consolidate their ties, President Asif Ali Zardari has said, declaring that Islamabad will be a "force multiplier" in China's emergence as the wor...


Newsreader who 'buried Putin' is Internet star

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:29 AM PST

A newsreader who slipped up and said bloggers were debating whether Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should be buried has become an Internet sensation and received thousands of grateful posts in Russia.M...

Car slams into house, lands on sleeping man

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:33 AM PST

A police chase ended early Tuesday when the suspect's car slammed into a house, coming to rest inside a bedroom and on top of a sleeping man.The tenant, 34-year-old Michael Sweat, was pinned under the...


Corruption cases: Court verdict on Subramanian Swamy's plea is big setback for govt

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:28 AM PST

The Supreme Court today said the Prime Minister's Office had mishandled a request made by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy asking for permission to prosecute former Telecom Minister A Raja for...


Five big facts about Supreme Court verdict on Subramanian Swamy's plea

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:13 AM PST

The Supreme Court has today said that the right to file a complaint against a public servant under Prevention of Corruption Act is a constitutional right. The two judges also faulted the Prime Ministe...


Baby Falak still critical; teenager, who got her to hospital, quizzed for a second time

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:05 AM PST

The next 48 hours are critical for Baby Falak, the two-year-old who was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) two weeks ago with head injuries, fractures and human bite marks ...


Five facts about Shah Rukh Khan vs Shirish Kunder

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:04 AM PST

Shirish Kunder is a relatively obscure name from Bollywood despite being married to high profile director Farah Khan but that's changed in a matter of a day and a half. Shirish was reportedly involved...

Supreme Court verdict is gentle on PM, tough on his advisors

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:57 AM PST

Sensex rises 2%, posts best January since 1997

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:48 AM PST

India's benchmark indices rebounded strongly Tuesday posting nearly 2% gains. The Sensex surged 330 points to 17,193.55 while the broader Nifty index jumped 111.95 points to 5,199.This was the best Ja...

CBI opposes closure of cases against Abu Salem

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:42 AM PST

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has opposed gangster Abu Salem's plea to close the 1993 Mumbai blasts case trial against him. Salem had approached the Special TADA court earlier this month a...


AK Antony blames Army for General VK Singh's age row, says Govt had no role to play

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:32 AM PST

Laying the blame on the Army's doors for the controversy over General VK Singh's age issue, Defence Minister AK Antony today said the row occurred because the force kept two sets of his date of birth ...


Obama's remark on drone strikes angers Pakistan

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:29 AM PST

Hours after President Barack Obama confirmed that US drones regularly target militants in its tribal belt, Pakistan today said such attacks were "unlawful" and a violation of its sovereignty."Our posi...


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