Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Don't keep gold at home, UK police warns Indians

Don't keep gold at home, UK police warns Indians


Don't keep gold at home, UK police warns Indians

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST

Amidst a spate of robberies for gold items in homes belonging to people from the Indian subcontinent, the British police today issued specific crime prevention advice, asking members of the community ...


Did not insult India, insists BBC Top Gear

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:12 PM PST

'Darkipedia': 10 things you want to know about Wikipedia blackout

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:06 PM PST

UP polls: BJP fields Uma Bharati from Charkari in Bundelkhand

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST

With a strong eye on backward votes, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today fielded Uma Bharati from the Charkari assembly seat in Bundelkhand in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.


Mayawati's clean-up before polls: 26th minister axed

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST

Narendra Modi showed false sense of invincibility, says angry court in Lokayukta case

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:59 AM PST

Narendra Modi was reprimanded harshly today by a Gujarat High Court judge who ruled against Mr Modi's government over the appointment of Gujarat's Lokayukta or ombudsman. Justice VM Sahai said, "The C...


Indo-Pak dialogue reduced trust deficit, says Gilani

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:41 AM PST

Talks between India and Pakistan have reduced the trust deficit and the two sides should step up efforts to create a solid foundation for taking the peace process forward, Pakistan Prime Minister Yous...

Army Chief has a right to retire with dignity: General VK Singh tells Supreme Court

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:37 AM PST

An Army Chief "has a right to retire with dignity", General V K Singh has pleaded before the Supreme Court while accepting the government's right to determine his tenure. Challenging as "illegal and a...

Graphic video shows Border Security Force jawans torturing victim, 8 suspended

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:42 AM PST

A disturbing video that has now been accessed by the media including NDTV shows what appears to be a group of jawans beating up a young man ruthlessly near the Bangladesh border after he allegedly ref...


Full transcript: The age of martial law is over in Pakistan, says Imran Khan

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:06 AM PST

As Pakistan's opposition continues to press for the exit of President Asif Ali Zardari-led civilian government due to the escalating crisis in the country, there is just one thing that every political...

Reliance buyback could be biggest in Indian history: SMC

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:05 AM PST

The buyback of shares announced by Reliance Industries has created excitement and interest amongst market participants. The stock soared over 5 per cent in trade today and was the biggest gainer on th...


From US boarding school to Al Qaeda suicide bomber

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:01 AM PST

Moeed Abdul Salam didn't descend into radical Islam for lack of other options. He grew up in a well-off Texas household, attended a pricey boarding school and graduated from one of the state's most re...


Akram terms India's defeat as a 'subcontinental shame'

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:54 AM PST

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels that playing conditions in Sydney and Perth in the ongoing Test series between India and Australia exposed the "physical inadequacies of an ageing cricketer"....

Pak asks US special envoy Marc Grossman to delay visit to the country

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:53 AM PST

A lawyer for Pakistan's prime minister said Wednesday there would be no harm in the government's asking Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against the country's president, because he e...


Lokayukata appointment upheld; Narendra Modi govt to move Supreme Court

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:51 AM PST

Seven arrested for filming beating of teen

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:49 AM PST

Rushdie's uncertain date with Jaipur

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:42 AM PST

When tennis star Wozniacki lost her clothes

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:35 AM PST

Caroline Wozniacki had a good excuse for being late for her post-match press conference on Wednesday: she had lost her clothes. "I'm sorry I'm late. I lost my bag somewhere and I couldn't find it. Y...

Birmingham murders not driven by gold theft

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Detectives investigating last week's double murders of Indian-origin Avtar Singh Kolar and his wife Carole Kolar in Birmingham have ruled out gold theft as a motive, while the police have been given m...


Heavy snow blocks roads and burries homes in Kashmir

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:36 AM PST

Heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures in the Kashmir valley have blocked several arterial roads that bring supplies to Srinagar. One-way traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was restored on Tuesda...


Telecom official jailed for forging letter in PM's name to obtain transfer

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:21 AM PST

A former telecom department official has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for forging letters in the name of the then Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and H D Deve Gowda to get a t...


Positive progress made in Sino-Indian boundary talks: China

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:19 AM PST

China today said the latest round of boundary talks with India had yielded "positive progress" by upholding the need to maintain peace in border areas and giving a push to the process of framework neg...


Meteorite 'found in Morocco came from Mars'

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:06 AM PST

Scientists have claimed that chunks of a meteorite which fell in Morocco last July were from Mars - a rare event which happened for the first time in 50 years.


Young, in love and even sharing a password

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:02 AM PST

Young couples have long signalled their devotion to each other by various means - the gift of a letterman jacket, or an exchange of class rings or ID bracelets. Best friends share locker combinations.


China expands online registration rule

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:59 AM PST

China will expand nationwide a trial program that requires users of the country's wildly popular microblog services to disclose their identities to the government in order to post comments online, the...

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