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  • team anna to go on indefinite fast from july 25

    Team Anna to go on indefinite fast from July 25

    June 09, 2012 16:05 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 9: With the government ruling out their demands, Team Anna today said their indefinite fast from July 25 will go on as planned and alleged that the government was playing with words

  • govt writes to anna hazare rejects demand for sit probe

    Govt writes to Anna Hazare, rejects demand for SIT probe against ministers

    June 09, 2012 22:49 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 9: The government today rejected demands of Team Anna to set up a Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of corruption against Cabinet ministers and establishing fast-track courts to hear charges against

  • 400 civilians trapped in leh landslide rescued

    400 Civilians Trapped in Leh Landslide Rescued

    June 09, 2012 13:37 IST

    Leh, June 9: The Army and police today rescued 400 civilians trapped in landslides at Khardung La Pass, the world's highest motorable road.The civilians, including women and children, in 150 vehicles were trapped since last

  • move to allow punjab inmates to have sex with spouses in

    Move to allow Punjab inmates to have sex with spouses in jail

    June 09, 2012 10:16 IST

    Ludhiana/Chandigarh, June 9 : In a pathbreaking move, Punjab jail authorities  have sent a proposal to the state government seeking to allow inmates to spend time and have sex  with their spouses for a day

  • digvijay singh defends sanjay joshi

    Digvijay Singh defends Sanjay Joshi

    June 09, 2012 10:33 IST

    Khargone, MP, June 9 : Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday defended RSS pracharak Sanjay Joshi, who quit the BJP following pressures from Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.  Talking to mediapersons here, Digvijay Singh

  • ramdev anna preparing for a bigger movement from august 9

    Ramdev, Anna preparing for a bigger movement from August 9

    June 09, 2012 11:40 IST

    New Delhi, June 9:  Yoga guru Swami Ramdev, alongwith Gandhian Anna Hazare, plans to hold a one-crore strong rally in Delhi on Quit India Day (August 9), to press for demands for bringing back offshore

  • iit kanpur rejects common test proposal to go it alone

    IIT-Kanpur rejects common test proposal, to go it alone

    June 09, 2012 13:36 IST

    Kanpur, Jun 8: Rejecting HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's ‘one-nation one-test' proposal, IIT-Kanpur today decided to conduct its own entrance exam from next year.This decision was taken at a meeting of the institute's 210-member senate.Terming it

  • arms dealer abhishek verma wife held

    Arms dealer Abhishek Verma, wife held

    June 08, 2012 22:51 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 8: Arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his newly-wed Romanian wife were today arrested by CBI for allegedly receiving money from a Swiss arms company to delist them from the companies blacklisted by

  • i spend 18 hours on toilet says jairam

    'I spend 18 hours on toilet', says Jairam

    June 08, 2012 22:39 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 8: Amid the controversy over Rs 35 lakh expenditure on Planning Commission's toilets, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today quipped that he himself spends ‘18 hours of a day on toilets alone'.“I believe

  • bhopal waste to be disposed of in germany

    Bhopal waste to be disposed of in Germany

    June 08, 2012 22:19 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 8: A Group of Ministers (GoM) today gave its approval to Madhya Pradesh government to dispose of 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Germany.As per the decision, the Centre

  • fresh snowfall in kashmir

    Fresh snowfall in Kashmir

    June 08, 2012 20:13 IST

    Srinagar, June 8 :  Fresh snowfall in high altitude areas of Kashmir hit snow clearance along the twin tracks leading to Amarnath cave shrine, after which Governor N N Vohra directed the authorities to take

  • delhi court summons ex army chief v k singh in defamation

    Delhi court summons ex-army chief V K Singh in defamation case

    June 08, 2012 19:03 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 8: Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh and four top serving officers were today summoned as “accused” in a criminal defamation case filed by Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, in perhaps

  • no dramatic decision should be expected on siachen says

    No dramatic decision should be expected on Siachen, says Antony

    June 08, 2012 18:18 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 8: Ahead of the talks with Pakistan on Siachen, Defence Minister A K Antony today sought to lower the expectations, saying that no “dramatic announcement or decision” should be anticipated.He said India

  • team anna to target pm during western up tour

    Team Anna to target PM during western UP tour

    June 08, 2012 18:12 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 8: A day after Anna Hazare virtually gave a clean chit to the prime minister, Team Anna today chalked out a campaign strategy for their indefinite fast, deciding to tour western Uttar

  • nityananda flares up on seeing tv reporter showing summons

    Nityananda flares up on seeing TV reporter showing summons

    June 08, 2012 20:28 IST

    Bangalore, June 8 : There was drama and pandemonium at the press conference addressed by Swami Nityananda in his Bidadi ashram, 35 km from here, on Thursday. Trouble began when a TV reporter flourished a summons

  • dimple yadav set to be elected unopposed from kannauj

    Dimple Yadav set to be elected unopposed from Kannauj

    June 08, 2012 19:52 IST

    Kannauj, Jun 8: Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is all set to be elected unopposed from the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat with both candidates in the fray against her withdrawing

  • indian mujahideen blast accused qateel siddiqui

    Indian Mujahideen blast accused Qateel Siddiqui strangulated in Pune jail

    June 08, 2012 16:31 IST

    Pune, June 8 : Indian Mujahideen militant Qateel Siddiqui, an accused in the Chinnaswamy blast and Germany Bakery blast, was strangulated by jail inmates inside the high-security Yervada Central Jail today. Siddiqui was arrested by

  • alert cisf jawans catch laptop thieves at indian airports

    Alert CISF jawans catch laptop thieves at Indian airports

    June 08, 2012 12:56 IST

    New Delhi, June 7 : The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was handed over security at all Indian airports after the infamous Kandahar hijacking incident, and since then CISF jawans have come up with flying

  • pm is a good man says hazare

    PM is a good man, says Hazare

    June 08, 2012 7:37 IST

    Thane, Jun 8: Notwithstanding his associates targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare tonight described him as a “good man” against whom there is no

  • crowds in mumbai dwindle for anna hazare in just 10 months

    Crowds in Mumbai dwindle for Anna Hazare in just 10 months

    June 07, 2012 21:47 IST

    Mumbai, June 7: The crowd of supporters for Anna Hazare appears  to be dwindling by the day. On Sunday,only 400 supporters urned up at Azad Maidan, when Anna Hazare and  Baba Ramdev were sitting on

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