Thursday, January 12, 2012

Pak government in isolation against army, courts

Pak government in isolation against army, courts

Pak government in isolation against army, courts

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:21 PM PST

In the midst of a continuing army-government stand-off, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday surprisingly flew to Dubai but fears of a military coup waned with the focus shifting to a cruci...

Principal after principal thrashed, Mamata does nothing

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:03 PM PST

When a group of student workers from her party were seen on camera thrashing a college principal, Mamata Banerjee dismissed the attack on the Raiganj College campus as a minor matter. The Chief Minist...

Russian spacecraft to crash soon, risks unclear

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:13 AM PST

A Russian space probe designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever.

Can block websites like China, Delhi High Court warns Facebook, Google

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:12 AM PST

The Delhi High Court today warned social networking site Facebook India and search engine Google India that websites can be "blocked" like in China if they fail to devise a mechanism to check and remo...

India vs Australia: Booze party on WACA pitch!

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:38 AM PST

A day before the 3rd Test between India and Australia at Perth, members of the ground crew were seen partying with beer bottles on the WACA track. This is in violation to International Cricket ...

New York store to stop selling Swastika earrings after controversy

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST

A New York store will have to stop selling 'Swastika' earrings, a day after it was told by city politicians that keeping the jewellery items amounted to "anti-Semitism", even though the owner stressed...

Critically ill legendary singer Mehdi Hassan put on ventilator

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:58 AM PST

India-born legendary Ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan was today put on a ventilator at a private clinic in Pakistan's Sindh's provincial capital Karachi after he collapsed due to respiratory problems. 84...

Pakistan government isolated against army, courts

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:10 AM PST

Pakistan's government looks dangerously isolated in a fresh confrontation with the country's powerful military that analysts say could, at the very least, end in early elections.

Clear cobwebs and play fearless: Ganguly to Team India

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:49 AM PST

Judge inspects place where epileptic minor raped

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:43 AM PST

The police failure to prepare the site plan of an offence of the gangrape of a minor epileptic girl during the probe into it today prompted a judge trying the case to personally visit various spots li...

Amid crisis, Pakistan President Zardari travels to Dubai

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:33 AM PST

Pakistan's president left the country Thursday for what was described as a one-day private visit to Dubai, officials said. during a deepening crisis between the government and the powerful military.

First lady gets presidential welcome to Twitter

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:20 AM PST

Michelle Obama is getting a presidential welcome to Twitter.

Delhi man stabs teen for refusing proposal

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:50 AM PST

A jilted lover allegedly stabbed to death a teenage girl who rejected his proposal and critically injured her sister this morning when they were on way to work in south Delhi, police said.

After rats attacked patient, hospital punishes nobody

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:33 AM PST

It took a patient being bitten by rats in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Jodhpur to trigger a clean-up drive. At the city's MDM Hospital today, workers were seen cementing holes through whic...

Apologise for offensive show, India tells BBC

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:03 AM PST

India has demanded an apology from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over its presenter Jeremy Clarkson mocking Indian culture during a Christmas special programme while driving around the co...

You can save these teens from being sold as bonded labour

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:01 AM PST

For Ramu and Shekhar, aged 16 and 14, their father's suicide has brought all the grief of losing a parent, and the likelihood of turning from young students passionate about their studies to bonded la...

North India death toll due to cold reaches 142

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:44 AM PST

North India, on Thursday, continued to reel under a severe cold wave, which claimed the lives of seven persons bringing the total number of people who succumbed to the extreme weather this season to 1...

Salman Khurshid replies to poll panel notice, defends his statement on minority quota

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:40 AM PST

Law Minister Salman Khurshid has replied to the Election Commission's notice on his announcement this week that in Uttar Pradesh, sub-quota for Muslims would be doubled to 9% for state government jobs...

Pranab, Farooq test drive the Reva at cabinet meeting

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 05:16 AM PST

The auto expo may have offered many new models, but it's the good old Reva that has senior ministers intrigued.

Rare crocodile attends Pope Benedict XVI 's address

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:51 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday addressed around 7,000 faithful - and a crocodile. To commemorate the Rome zoo's 100th anniversary, staff members attended the pope's general indoor audience in Vatican Cit...

Stun gun used on passenger at airport

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:51 AM PST

Authorities said on Wednesday that they do not know what prompted a New Hampshire man to evade the security line at Sacramento International Airport, leading a sheriff's deputy to shock the man three ...

Fresh audio recordings reveal Jarawa tribal women still exploited

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:30 AM PST

A day after authorities in the Andaman Islands claimed that a video of Jarawa tribals being paid to dance for tourists was several years old, there appears to be fresh evidence that this continues to ...

Bending for a record: Mass 'surya namaskar' in Madhya Pradesh

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:07 AM PST

Students from more than 6000 schools in Madhya Pradesh did the surya namaskar in one fell swoop today with the hope of setting a Guinness Book record. And Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh ...

Madras High Court permits Jallikattu this year

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:48 AM PST

The Madras High Court has permitted the conducting of Jallikattu, a bull-taming festival. The court has asked the state to ensure implementation of conditions stipulated by the Supreme Court.

Infosys loses most-influential stock status to Reliance

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:44 AM PST
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