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  • kolkata slum dwellers saved amri patients

    Kolkata Slum Dwellers Saved AMRI Patients

    December 10, 2011 10:12 IST

    Kolkata, Dec 10 : Slum dweller from the nearby Panchanantala shanties staying just behind the  AMRI hospital, scaled walls, climbed pipes and bamboo scaffoldings and shattered glass panes to help rescue at least 70 patients

  • ajit singh may get civil aviation after up alliance with

    Ajit Singh May Get Civil Aviation After UP Alliance With Congress

    December 10, 2011 10:15 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 10: Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh is likely to get the plum portfolio of Civil Aviation at the Centre early next week, after he has  finalized an alliance with the Congress

  • medvedev congratulates sonia on her birthday

    Medvedev Congratulates Sonia On Her Birthday

    December 10, 2011 8:31 IST

    Moscow, Dec 10: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday congratulated Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 66th birthday and appreciated her contribution in building the traditions of friendship between the two countries.  “I have warm

  • centre to stand by bengal at this hour pranab

    Centre To Stand By Bengal At This Hour : Pranab

    December 10, 2011 8:11 IST

    Kolkata, Dec 10: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday night visited the fire-ravaged AMRI hospital and the state-run SSKM hospital, where most of the injured patients were admitted, and assured the West Bengal government

  • par panel rejects independent phone tapping powers for

    Par Panel Rejects Independent Phone Tapping Powers For Lokpal

    December 09, 2011 22:02 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: A Parliamentary Committee has favoured an equilibrium in power among the “trinity” of Lokpal, CBI and CVC under which the CBI would not be subordinate to the ombudsman and rejected independent

  • dog imported from australia caught in a tangle

    Dog Imported From Australia Caught In A Tangle

    December 09, 2011 21:57 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: An imported dog from Australia transported by an international airline has been caught in a procedural tangle and left stranded at the Indira Gandhi International airport (IGIA) here for over a

  • bjp mps declare they have no illegal money stashed abroad

    BJP MPs Declare They Have No Illegal Money Stashed Abroad

    December 09, 2011 21:48 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: In keeping with an announcement made by party leader L K Advani, BJP MPs from both Houses of Parliament today submitted declarations to their respective presiding officers stating that they do

  • govt has no intention of interfering with social media sibal

    Govt Has No Intention Of Interfering With Social Media : Sibal

    December 09, 2011 20:19 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: After the furore over his statement on content monitoring on Internet, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said the government has no intention of “interfering” with the social media, nor does its

  • six arrested for kolkata hospital fire

    Six Arrested For Kolkata Hospital Fire

    December 09, 2011 20:15 IST

    Kolkata, Dec 9: Six persons, including industrialist S K Todi of the AMRI group were arrested and the licence of the hospital where 73 persons suffocated to death after a fire today, was cancelled.“As per

  • hazare to visit chennai on december 18

    Hazare To Visit Chennai On December 18

    December 09, 2011 20:09 IST

    Chennai, Dec 9: Social activist Anna Hazare and his team would visit the city next week as part of stepping up their demand for a stronger Lokpal.“Anna and his team will be here on December

  • vvip ward of aiims 4 other hospitals in delhi lack noc from

    VVIP Ward Of AIIMS, 4 Other Hospitals In Delhi Lack NoC From Fire Brigade

    December 09, 2011 22:16 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: The Cardiovascular and Neuro Sciences Centre of AIIMS, which houses the VVIP ward, is among five hospital buildings here that do not have the No-Objection Certificate” from the Delhi Fire Services.Besides

  • constitutional status to lokpal guarantees authority says

    Constitutional Status To Lokpal Guarantees Authority, Says Khursheed

    December 09, 2011 17:55 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: Law Minister Salman Khurshid today defended Government's move to give Constitutional status to proposed Lokpal, saying it gives special guarantee of authority and integrity to an institution.  He also said Rahul

  • congress website hacked sonia gandhi s profile defaced

    Congress Website Hacked, Sonia Gandhi's Profile Defaced

    December 09, 2011 17:39 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: Hackers broke into the official website of India's ruling Congress party Friday and defaced the profile page of party president Sonia Gandhi with a pornographic message.The attack coincided with Gandhi's 65th

  • amri hospital staff did nothing as patients died of

    AMRI Hospital Staff Did Nothing As Patients Died Of Suffocation

    December 09, 2011 19:14 IST

    Kolkata, Dec 9: Ajoy Ghosal, an 80-year old cancer patient, was to be released this morning from AMRI Hospital, but the devastating fire that claimed more than 70 lives changed everything.Ghosal, a political leader, died

  • journalist jigna vora gangster paulson sent to jail

    Journalist Jigna Vora, Gangster Paulson Sent To Jail

    December 09, 2011 17:20 IST

    Mumbai, Dec 9: Journalist Jigna Vora and a member of Chhota Rajan gang, Paulson Joseph, arrested in connection with the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey, were remanded in judicial custody till December 20 by

  • gadkari asks pm sonia tell us how to live on rs 32 a day

    Gadkari Asks PM, Sonia, Tell Us How To Live On Rs 32 A Day

    December 09, 2011 16:57 IST

    New Delhi, Dec 9: Dubbing Congress as a party of “capitalists and middlemen”, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today ridiculed the Planning Commission's Rs 32 per day poverty cap and asked the Prime Minister and Congress

  • team anna attacks par panel govt wants anna to hold back

    Team Anna Attacks Par Panel; Govt Wants Anna To Hold Back Stir

    December 09, 2011 22:17 IST

    Ralegan Siddhi/New Delhi, Dec 9: Accusing the Parliamentary panel on Lokpal of fooling people, Team Anna today questioned the credibility of its report, claiming only 12 of the 30 MPs supported its proposals, even as

  • ndrf team finds no radiation leak in amri hospital

    NDRF Team Finds No Radiation Leak In AMRI Hospital

    December 09, 2011 16:50 IST

    Kolkata, Dec 9: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel checked the sub-basement of fire-ravaged AMRI hospital today to check radiation leaks and found there was no danger of it.The team comprising six NDRF personnel had

  • kolkata hospital staff abandon patients to fire

    Kolkata Hospital Staff Abandon Patients To Fire

    December 09, 2011 16:44 IST

    Kolkata, Dec 9: Medical staff at AMRI hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety early on Friday as fire and smoke poured through the building, leaving people dead, many from smoke inhalation, government officials

  • lokayukta police asks questions like which soap perfume

    Lokayukta Police Asks Questions Like : Which Soap, Perfume, Shaving Cream Do You Use

    December 09, 2011 15:29 IST

    Bangalore, Dec 9: Karnataka politicians and bureaucrats arraigned by the Lokayukta court are fed up of personal questions being asked by the Lokayukta police, reports Bangalore Mirror.The Lokayukta police ask them seemingly inane questions like:

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