Mumbai Hours after crushing the two-day old strike by Air India employees, the state-owned airline de-recognised two major trade unions and sealed their offices across the country....
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Six killed in Russia blast
At least six people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast that rattled Russia's southern city Starvropol, officials said. The toll in Wednesday's terrorist attack reached six when a ten-year-old girl died in a hospital, a local official told RIA Novosti. More than 40 people were injured...
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Day after strike, Air India seeks to restore normalcy
National carrier Air India was on Thursday struggling to restore normal operations after a two-day wildcat strike by 15,000 employees and said it would take another two days for flight schedules to get regular. An airline spokesperson said 78 schedules - domestic and international - have been slotted...
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India angry over visa row, warns Canada of retaliation
In view of Canada denying visa to Indian army officers, the Home Ministry has written to the External Affairs Ministry, asking it to take up the issue strongly with the Canadian High Commission. The Home Ministry wants the Canadian High Commission to apologise, withdraw the comments and take action...
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Driver lucky to pull up in time to avoid pram
The driver of a Melbourne train that hit a baby in a pram on the tracks yesterday says it was lucky the train pulled up as quickly as it did. The 15-month-old baby boy suffered cuts and bruising to...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Meet the Brit woman who has sex for babies to boost her £20K benefits!
London, May 25 (ANI): A British woman has revealed that she is looking into having casual sex only so she can have babies and increase the 20,000 pounds benefits she is already getting. Natalie Taylor, 29, who is a single mom with four kids by three dads, claims she has never had a job as she cannot...
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Air India crew, engineers on flash strike; 16 flights cancelled
NEW DELHI: Air India's operations were severely affected on Tuesday with at least 16 flights, including five international services, being cancelled as over 16,000 staffers went on a flash strike across...
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Jail for Rathore is common man's victory: Aradhana
Chandigarh: "It's a victory for the common man," said Aradhana Gupta, the only witness in Ruchika molestation case, after Tuesday’s court verdict enhancing the jail term of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore. Speaking from Sydney, Ruchika's friend, Gupta said, it is all due to public support that...
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Kites opens in Top 10 at US Box Office
Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan and Mexican star Barbara Mori's action-romance Kites has become the first Bollywood film to debut in the North American top ten on opening weekend flying into the...
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Sensex up 280 pts on Ambani brothers peace pact
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday surged by almost 280 points in opening trade on Ambani brothers dumping their differences to take a step towards reconciliation in their long-running feud. The 30-share index, which lost 74.07 points in the previous trading session, shot up by...
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Naxalism remains the biggest internal security challenge: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said Naxalism remains the biggest internal security challenge and it is imperative to control left-wing extremism for the country's growth. His government has not underestimated the problem of Naxalism, Singh said at a national press conference here to mark...
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Ambanis end non-compete pact in reconciliation bid
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's billionaire Ambani brothers took a step towards reconciliation in their long-running feud on Sunday, ending non-compete agreements in a move they hoped would lead...
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UK army's chief bomb officer resigns over Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - The British Army's top bomb disposal officer has resigned, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement on Monday. The MoD said Colonel Bob Seddon, who held the post of Principal Ammunition Technical Officer (PATO), would step down in January. The...
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BJP to withdraw support from Soren government Monday
Ranchi, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet Jharkhand Governor M.O.H. Farook Monday to withdraw support from the Shibu Soren-led government. “We will meet the governor at 11.30 a.m. to withdraw support from Soren’s government. The JMM’s changing stand has pushed the state into...
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AI plane crash: Black box recovered
Mangalore: Investigators Sunday retrieved the 'black box' from the wreckage of the ill-fated Air India Express flight, which is expected to throw light on what went wrong in Saturday's crash that left...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Calls for PCB disbandment following video leak
The Parliamentary Standing Committees on Sports have suggested disbandment of the Pakistan Cricket Board and appointment of an ad-hoc committee to run game in the country after a leaked video exposed the strife and politics within the team. Iqbal Muhammad Khan, who heads the National Assembly Committee,...
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Kites flies into the eye of despair in Bangalore
Bangalore: The much awaited Bollywood movie of the year, Kites, has landed in a controversy on the eve of its release. Late on Thursday evening, the Karnataka Film Camber of Commerce (KFCC) slapped a ban on the Hrithik Roshan-Barbara Mori starrer’s release scheduled for Friday, claiming that it...
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CBSE declares class 12 board results
New Delhi: The results of the CBSE board exams for class 12 for Delhi, Guwahati and Allahabad regions will be declared on Friday. The results will be available on CBSE websites after 8.00 am. This...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hospital -- Seeing Double
After the California Governor's Office told us Ahnold was visiting an old friend, we found out the friend was none other than stunt master Billy Lucas -- who used to risk his neck for the Governator...
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Tesla partners with Toyota to turn cars electric, Governor tells why they chose California
AS PER California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Electric-car maker Tesla Motors will team up with Toyota and help it come up with a new electric vehicle in the state. He gave away some of the details...
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Obama's financial overhaul passes US Senate - Summary
Washington - The biggest overhaul of US financial regulation in seven decades was approved Thursday by the Senate, ending months of debate in the chamber over how to rein in Wall Street practices that helped plunge the world into recession last year.The Senate voted 59-39 for the financial reform...
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Sensex slips over 332 points in opening trade
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex today slumped over 332 points in opening trade on brisk selling by funds amid concerns over the eurozone debt crisis.The 30-share index, which had gained...
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Naxals set goods train on fire in Bihar
Patna: At least 15 diesel tankers caught fire when suspected Naxals derailed a goods train by blasting the railway track and then set afire one of the tankers in Bihar's Motihari district, a railway...
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US scientists 'hack' into Indian voting machines
London: India's voting machines - considered to be among the world's most tamperproof - can be hacked, American scientists claim. Researchers at the University of Michigan connected a home-made device to a voting machine and successfully changed results by sending text messages from a mobile. "We...
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Typing delay defers Ruchika verdict, Rathore smiles
TV grab of 29-year-old Utsav Sharma, who had inflicted knife injuries on Rathore.The CBI had opposed Rathore's plea and had sought an enhancement of his sentence from six months to the maximum of two...
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Typing delay defers Ruchika verdict, Rathore smiles
Ruchika mother's friend Aradhana, the sole eyewitness to her molestation case, holds a picture of Ruchika in Panchkula in Haryana. Photo Courtesy: PTIJustice will be done. Rathore will be punished....
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Typing delay defers Ruchika verdict, Rathore smiles
Chandigarh: The district and sessions court here Thursday deferred its judgment till May 25 in the molestation case of teenager Ruchika Girhotra by disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore.File...
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Bring back Tagore paintings, Bengal CM tells PM
Kolkata: Taking strong exception to a UK trust's decision to auction 12 paintings of Rabindranath Tagore next month, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday asked the Centre...
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Bangalore's ICSE schools on top
BANGALORE: Missing the 100% mark almost by a whisker — 99.94 and 99.47%. Bangalore schools performed brilliantly in the ICSE/ISC examinations with almost all schools scoring centum results. The results were declared on Wednesday. Class 12 students in CBSE schools too were top scorers. The overall...
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Springboks-Maori match in doubt
New Zealand Maori have enjoyed wins over the Lions, Fiji and Samoa South Africa's proposed Lions warm-up match against New Zealand Maori in Soweto is in...
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Cyclone 'Laila' closes in; may hit Andhra by noon
A cyclone intensified over the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, forcing a oilfield to shut and cut its gas output, and the evacuation of some 50,000 people in the region, officials said.Officials also voiced...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Rajya Sabha To Go Green
The Rajya Sabha is all set to go digital to minimize the massive wastage of paper in the House. Vice President and Chairman Hamid Ansari of the Rajya Sabha wants Parliament to set an example to reduce...
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IRCTC.co.in To Offer More.
IRCTC.co.in a website run by Indian Railways Tourism and Catering Corporation, for selling Indian train tickets have decided to expand their operations. With the aim that “travelers get all travel-related...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Manager gives Team India clean chit
Mumbai: Indian team manager Ranjib Biswal has given the players a clean chit despite the poor show in the Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean. Biswal submitted his report to the Board of Control for...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Hilly regions too not spared
The usually pleasant regions of Himachal Pradesh too recorded a maximum temperature reached 42 degrees in Una, a rise of 4.2 degrees as compared to Wednesday. Despite partially overcast skies, capital...
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Mercury soars in New Delhi
370)this.width=370">In New Delhi, residents experienced the season's hottest day with the mercury shooting up to 44.4 degrees, breaking a four-year record in the month of M...
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