Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Full transcript: "Just a human being," says the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya

Full transcript: "Just a human being," says the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya


Full transcript: "Just a human being," says the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:19 PM PST

On a special episode of The Buck Stops Here, from the Kalachakra at Bodh Gaya, speaking to NDTV's Barkha Dutt, the Dalai Lama says he is just human, a Buddhist, a Tibetan.


Budget 2012: Pranab to begin pre-budget meetings

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST

Pranab Mukherjee will start pre-Budget consultations with various stakeholders from Wednesday.


Congress-NCP alliance for Mumbai polls sealed, NCP gets 58 seats

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:57 AM PST

After days of negotiations, Congress and NCP on Tuesday finalised the seat-sharing deal for the next month's election to the Mumbai municipal corporation.


Salman Khurshid in trouble over Muslim quota speech

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:23 AM PST

Law Minister Salman Khurshid finds himself in trouble over a recent speech that promised a nine per cent sub-quota for backward Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. The minister's wife, Louise Khurshid, who is c...


China is the largest hypocrisy in the world, says Richard Gere

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:19 AM PST

On a special episode of The Buck Stops Here , from the Kalachakra at Bodh Gaya, Hollywood superstar Richard Gere says, "China is the largest hypocrisy in the world."

Air India flight makes emergency landing after bomb threat

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 10:07 AM PST

An Air India flight, AI 888, from Mumbai to Delhi, is being thoroughly checked by the National Security Guard (NSG) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel following a phone call about ...


$1 visit to doctor for India's under-privileged

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST

A private hospital, a for-profit micro-finance company and an information technology company have joined forces to attempt what state and local governments have struggled to do for decades - bring qua...

Team India wants more security in Oz: report

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:35 AM PST

The Indian team management in Australia is expected to ask local officials for more security after two separate incidents involving Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli involved rowdy crowds.According to ...


Constable opens fire on dhaba owner over a bill for his food

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:34 AM PST

When a dhaba owner in South Delhi's Chanakyapuri area asked a Punjab police constable to pay up Rs 295 for the food he ate last night, little did he know his request would nearly cost him his life.


Bayern Munich beat India 4-0

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:12 AM PST

It was a grand farewell for India's iconic footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, though it was Bayern Munich who stole the show making it look too easy by pumping four goals at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on ...


Missing Indian Gurdeep Hayer found dead: UK police

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:05 AM PST

Nine days after an Indian-origin man, Gurdeep Hayer, went missing in Manchester, the police have found his body. Mr Hayer was last seen in the early hours of January 2.


Rahul underscores reservation, mocks Mulayam's 'punctured cycle'

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:51 AM PST

Rahul Gandhi demonstrated an unwavering commitment to making reservation for Muslims a major election issue for Uttar Pradesh.

Fire reported from refinery in Guwahati

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:23 AM PST

An Indian Oil refinery in Guwahati is on fire. No casualties have been reported so far.

Warship captain sacked after misguided order leads to death

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:20 AM PST

Captain Rahul Parmar allegedly ordered young officers on board his ship to dive into the sea off the coast of Gujarat. He allegedly wanted to test their bravery and readiness for emergencies. One of ...


DMK scorns Jayalalithaa's memorial for British engineer

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:09 AM PST

DMK chief M Karunidhi today ridiculed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for her decision to construct a memorial for British engineer Penny Cuick, who had built the Mullaperiyar dam, when the s...

Mamata needles Congress, says Indira Bhavan will be renamed

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 05:59 AM PST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today made it clear she would not change her decision to rename Indira Bhavan and reiterated her charge that its ally Congress was colluding with the CPI-M t...


Malnutrition a matter of national shame: PM

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 05:48 AM PST

Highlighting that 42 per cent children were underweight in a country witnessing high growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today described it as a national shame and said the government could not rely...


Government notifies 100% FDI in single-brand retail

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 05:36 AM PST

Currently, single-brand retail stores can have 51 per cent FDI. The move will pave way for global chains like Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton and Gucci to have full ownership of their India operations. "T...


Auto Expo 2012: Answers to all your questions here

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 05:17 AM PST



Government will pay 8.6% interest on provident fund

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:48 AM PST

The source said the ministry wants bring the EPFO's rate of return on par with the PPF rate.

Jagan arrives in 100-car convoy in Telangana to few protests

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:47 AM PST

Thanks to his pro-united Andhra Pradesh stance, Jagan Mohan Reddy has always been not welcome in Telangana. In May 2010, when he tried to visit Warangal district, there were violent protests and Mr Re...

US looking into claims of Indian agencies intercepting emails

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:40 AM PST

The US is investigating into claims that India's military intelligence intercepted its emails of a commission that monitors economic and security matters with China, with the help of mobile service pr...


Don't need visa for India, counters Salman Rushdie

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:11 AM PST

Controversial author Salman Rushdie has brushed aside opposition to his India trip by top Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, saying he does not need a visa to visit the country.


With just one day to go, covering up statues of Mayawati, elephant begins

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:04 AM PST

They have been given time till 5 pm on Wednesday by the Election Commission and UP's jumbo cover-up operation has only just begun. Authorities in Lucknow and Noida have started draping giant statues o...


After Beyonce gives birth, other patients protest

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 03:43 AM PST

The couple were visiting their twin daughters in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on Friday night, as they have done daily since the babies' premature birth on De...


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