Thursday, January 5, 2012

Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun

Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun


Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:30 PM PST

The parents of an eighth grader who was fatally shot by police inside his South Texas school are demanding to know why officers took lethal action, but police said the boy was brandishing - and refuse...


Gay painter alleges attack by fanatics

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:28 PM PST

Artist Balbir Krishan, a gay painter from Uttar Pradesh, has claimed that he was assaulted by unidentified men at the end of his solo exhibition at the Lalit Kala Academy here on Thursday evening. The...


Kingfisher asked to explain how it's ensuring passenger safety

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:39 PM PST

A financial audit of airlines in India has said revealed how the crisis in the aviation industry may have pushed airlines to cut corners on safety. Two airlines, Kingfisher and Air India Express have ...


Rs 50 lakh mysteriously land in vegetable vendor's account

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST

The bank account of a vegetable vendor in Kolkata was frozen after the mysterious transfer of nearly Rs 50 lakh from a Gurgaon-based firm, police said Thursday. The unauthorised transfer of Rs.49.94 l...


Attacks targeting Shiites kill 72 in Iraq

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST

A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December. The coordina...


Did not get Nano marketing strategy right: Ratan Tata

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:07 PM PST

"Many attempts to discredit the vehicle but concept remains robust. We never marketed it as the poor man's car," Ratan Tata said. ...


At least 50 vehicles collide in foggy Texas pileup

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:45 PM PST

Authorities say dozens of people are injured, at least four critically, in a pileup of some 50 vehicles in Southeast Texas. Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Deputy Rod Carroll says two cars caugh...


College student jumps to death at Delhi hospital

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:32 PM PST

Depressed over failing in an exam, a student of Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College jumped to his death from the third floor of a hospital where he was being treated after slashing his wrists in ...


Months ahead of elections, Congress and Modi begin warm-up exercises

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:14 PM PST

With Shankar Singh Vaghela at the helm, the Congress has hit the streets of Gujarat. Over the next ten days, the Sardar Sandesh Yatra will travel across the state with senior party leaders holding pub...


Anuj Bidve's parents see his body at a funeral parlour in UK

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:12 PM PST

Indian student Anuj Bidve's parents have viewed his body for the first time at a funeral parlour here, more than a week after he was killed in an unprovoked attack in the British city of Salford. Subh...


Auto Expo 2012: UK bike-maker Triumph enters India with 7 models

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:50 AM PST

The models that were introduced today include the Bonneville (Rs 5.5 lakh), Tiger 800XC (Rs 11.4 lakh), Street Triple (Rs 5.75 lakh) and Rocket III Roadster (Rs 22 lakh). All the prices are ex-showroo...

30-foot pit where Bhanwari Devi's body was burnt

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:01 AM PST

Four months after she disappeared from near her home in Rajasthan, the CBI's search for the missing nurse Bhanwari Devi appears to have ended....


Pakistan to get new F-16 jets starting this month

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST

The United States today said the last batch of the new F-16 jets purchased by Pakistan is scheduled to start arriving in the country later this month and contended that there had been no stoppage in i...


Sachin Tendulkar's Chandni Chowk controversy

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:46 AM PST

The iconic Chandni Chowk in the national capital's old quarters cannot be renamed by the city's civic body, the Delhi government said Thursday in the wake of a proposal to rename the area after cricke...


Kingfisher to explain by Monday how it's ensuring passenger safety

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:35 AM PST

Kingfisher Airlines has till Monday to explain in detail how it's meeting safety guidelines at a time when it's under mammoth financial strain....


Insurgents execute 15 kidnapped Pakistani soldiers

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

Taliban insurgents executed 15 kidnapped security troops and dumped their bodies on a hilltop in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, government and military officials said, in retaliation for the killi...

Aakash tablet: Oversold, underperforming

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:31 AM PST

Within days of going on sale online, the 2,500 rupee (about $47) Aakash computer appears to be sold out, according to the tablet's official Web site....

Clarke, Hussey set daunting challenge for India

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:24 AM PST

India are 114/2 at stumps on Day 3 of the second Test against Australia in Sydney. They trail by 354 runs....

Dravid expects India's fightback against Aussies

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 09:02 AM PST

With India heading towards their sixth consecutive overseas Test defeat, veteran batsman Rahul Dravid on Thursday said his team has quality batsmen but they need some inspiration to fightback and sa...


CBI asked to explain if Khurshid is influencing inquiry against Loop-Essar

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 09:00 AM PST

The Supreme Court has asked the CBI to respond formally to allegations that the Law Ministry is interfering with the agency's investigation against Loop and Essar. A petition filed by activist Prashan...


Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:38 AM PST

British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved -- How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling di...


Dhoni disappoints with bizarre field placements

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

India conceded 366 runs for just one wicket on Day Two of the second Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Wednesday. It was captain MS Dhoni's perplexing, and ever-changing f...


BJP top rung meets President to complain about Lokpal fiasco

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:54 AM PST

Senior leaders of the BJP walked to the Rashtrapati Bhavan today to meet President Pratibha Patil to formally complain about the government's failure to put the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill to vote in ...


US State Department acknowledges error in India maps

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST

The U.S. State Department says it erred in its depiction of disputed Kashmir in maps on its website and after six weeks has posted revised ones....


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