Friday, January 27, 2012

Full transcript: Sachin Pilot to NDTV on regulating online content

Full transcript: Sachin Pilot to NDTV on regulating online content


Full transcript: Sachin Pilot to NDTV on regulating online content

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:38 PM PST

A day after Google's top executive told NDTV it's not possible to censor content on the Web, Minister of State for Information and Technology Sachin Pilot has said there is no question of censoring co...


Have never seen a case like this, say doctors treating baby abused relentlessly

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:32 PM PST

It is an intense experience for the doctors who are monitoring a two-year-old baby girl whose head was apparently beaten against a wall, and whose arms were broken by whoever abused her. "This is the...


UP polls: Top 10 promises by BJP, Congress

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:44 AM PST

Hours after BJP released its manifesto, the Congress released its vision document for Uttar Pradesh today.The Congress has said that it wants 20 lakh jobs for the youth, a new land acquisition law and...


Bus-sized asteroid comes extremely close to Earth

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 09:21 AM PST

A bus-sized newly discovered asteroid today came extremely close to the Earth, coming much nearer than the Moon, space scientists said.However, the space rock posed no danger of impacting the Earth."T...


Nilekani's biometrics battle: Details of the truce

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 08:01 AM PST

The Cabinet today has officially sanctioned the terms of a truce between Nandan Nilekani and Home Minister P Chidambaram. The two departments had been battling over the issue of biometrics - the right...


Congress' self-goal! Ad praises Modi as 'master organiser'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:43 AM PST

It's a dream testimonial - a newspaper ad shows Narendra Modi's photograph and lavishes praises on him for being "a master organiser and astute election strategist." More astute than the Congress, app...


Aus Open: Djokovic edges Murray, sets up final vs Nadal

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:38 AM PST

Defending champion Novak Djokovic saw off brave Andy Murray in five thrilling sets Friday to reach the Australian Open final and stay on course for his third straight major title. ScoreboardIn a ma...


Ex-ISRO chief Madhavan Nair likens situation to imprisonment of Galileo

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:38 AM PST

The space wars continue. G Madhavan Nair, the former head of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today said, "In medieval times, you have heard of Galileo put in prison by the King. If India...

Aus Open: Leander Paes-Elena Vesnina enter mixed doubles final

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:18 AM PST

Leander Paes is in line to win two Grand Slam titles as he and Elena Vesnina reached the mixed doubles Australian Open final on Friday. Paes has already made it to the men's doubles final with Czech ...

Two Air India Express pilots taken off duty for aborting take off at Singapore

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:16 AM PST

Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday said it is looking into an incident of aborted take-off involving an Air India Express flight from Singapore to Trichy carrying...


Dravid likely to announce retirement shortly: Report

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST

Rahul Dravid's glorious international career may have come to an end on Friday, with the veteran batsman likely to announce his retirement shortly.The 39-year-old Dravid, one of the game's greatest ba...


NASA finds 11 new solar systems, 26 planets

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:26 AM PST

The US space agency said on Thursday its Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our solar system, all of them orbiting too close to their host stars to sustain life.Scatte...


Ten facts about Baby Falak

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:07 AM PST

A battered two-year-old baby is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of Delhi's AIIMS hospital. As the nation watches a heart-rending story unfold in shock and horror, here are 10 facts ab...


Teens send Lego man into space with gear bought on Craigslist

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:58 AM PST

Using the home-stitched parachute and other equipment, two 17-year-old Canadians have send Lego man 80,000 ft into the air.After hours of hard work, the teens say, they managed to capture stunning vie...


Uttar Pradesh polls: Congress assures 20 lakh jobs in five years in its vision document

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:17 AM PST

A few hours after the BJP listed its promises for Uttar Pradesh, comes the Congress' vision document for the state. It has Rahul Gandhi stamped all over - in spirit and in pictures - and also promises...


ABBA to release song after two decades

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:12 AM PST

They ruled the music scene in the 1970s and now the legendary Swedish band ABBA is releasing a never-before-heard number "Twinkling Star to a Passing angel" after almost two decades.The group unearthe...

Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP manifesto adds 'spiritual Disneyland' to Ram Mandir promise

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:05 AM PST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promises a cow for every poor family in UP; cheap laptops and tablets; jobs; a "spiritual Disneyland in Mathura-Vrindavan"; a very strong Lokayukta. And tucked somewh...


A baby named for the sky fights for her life after abuse and negligence

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:54 AM PST

Two cardiac arrests, human bites, brain damage caused possibly by being thrown against a wall - this is what a two-year-old baby in Delhi's AIIMS hospital is trying to survive in the Intensive Care Un...


Mahindra to hike XUV500 capacity to 3,000 units in 2-3 months

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:23 AM PST

Mahindra & Mahindra is looking to increase production of its latest sports utility vehicle XUV500 to about 3,000 units per month in the next 2-3 months because of strong demand. The company, which r...

Muslims demand NY police chief's resignation for inflammatory film

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:14 AM PST

As his administration faces a firestorm over a video shown to hundreds of police officers that depicted Muslims as extremists, New York Mayor Michael R Bloomberg conceded on Thursday that the episode ...


2G scam: Ruias, Khaitans asked to appear before court on February 22

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:48 AM PST

Essar promoters Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, the promoters of Loop Telecom, have been ordered to appear in the Delhi court handling the trial of the telecom scam on 22...


Rajinikanth meets Jayalalithaa with Rs 10 lakh cheque for cyclone relief

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:42 AM PST

Superstar Rajnikanth met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today, their first meeting after he recovered from an illness which saw him admitted to several hospitals for treatment last year. He me...


Salman Khan to help free 400 prison inmates in UP

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:38 AM PST

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has offered to pay the fine on behalf of about 400 inmates who are languishing in jail despite completing their term. Salman's charitable organistation Being Human has ...

Sania-Bhupathi crash out of Australian Open

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:37 AM PST

The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the Australian Open after suffering a straight sets defeat in the mixed doubles semifinal here on Friday.The sixth seeded Indian pair'...


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