Ghaziabad: Nithari serial killings prime accused Surendra Koli, who is arguing his case himself, cross-examined witnesses in a Central Bureau of India (CBI) court for the second day on Wednesday. Koli, who was brought to the court from Dasna jail, cross examined victim Rimpa Haldar's sister Poornima Haldar and argued his case himself. Earlier, the statements of Poornima were recorded in the court of CBI special judge Shyam Lal. Koli...
07:34 PM, May 16, 2012
Hyderabad: Sakshi media house, owned by Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy, on Wednesday filed an application with the Editors' Guild and the Press Council of India against CBI's action of freezing its bank accounts and the state government's decision to ban issuing advertisements to Sakshi Telugu daily and news channel. In separate representations to the Guild and the PCI, Sakshi editorial director S Ramakrishna Reddy lamented that the CBI's act...
07:02 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Worried over deteriorating global economic situation and its impact on India, the government on Wednesday announced that it would resort to "unpopular" austerity measures to deal with fiscal problems but made it clear there is no pressing of "panic button". Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Rajya Sabha that the government needed to deal with difficult situation in wake of the rising prices of the crude oil in...
06:59 PM, May 16, 2012
Qinhuangdao, China: Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom's Olympic ticket will be decided by fate now after she lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championships to world number two Nicola Adams on Wednesday. The five-time world champion will return empty-handed on the medal front for the first time since the event's inception in 2001, but she still has a chance of getting a London berth if Adams goes on...
06:55 PM, May 16, 2012
Hyderabad: A local court on Wednesday remanded former special secretary to Andhra Pradesh government KV Bramhananda Reddy and noted industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad to 14-day judicial custody, who were arrested by the CBI in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case involving Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Bramhananda Reddy, an Indian Railways Accounts Service officer, currently posted in Kolkata, and Nimmagadda Prasad alias Matrix Prasad were produced before the special court...
04:59 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Opposition on Wednesday created uproar in the Lok Sabha over the presence of just one Cabinet minister during Zero Hour when it was raising matters of public importance. Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj complained against the 'casual attitude' of the government towards important issues being raised in the House. HRD and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal was the only Cabinet minister present in the House. The Treasury...
04:48 PM, May 16, 2012
Islamabad: The success of 'Chak De India' has inspired producers in Pakistan to make a movie on the life of the country's flamboyant cricketer Shahid Afridi. The movie titled 'Main Hun Shahid Afridi' is being produced by noted Pakistani producers Humayun Saeed and Shahzad Nasib and more than 50 per cent of the film has already been shot. Movies based on sports have gained much popularity in the sub-continent after...
04:40 PM, May 16, 2012
London: Michelle Obama contemplated divorcing Barack Obama in 2000 after he ignored her advice not to run for a House seat in Chicago, making him so "depressed" that friends feared he might commit suicide, says a new book. According to the book, Michelle prepared divorce papers in 2000 following Barack's disastrous attempt to win a House seat in Chicago - in fact, as she was upset that he ignored her...
04:31 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: India has become the largest importer of arms, surpassing the Chinese share of five per cent of global arms imports during 2007-11, government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. "As per a report published in March 2012 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India has become the largest importer of arms during 2007-11 and accounted for 10 per cent of global arms import as compared to...
03:48 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari that India's concerns on terrorism have to be addressed and anti-India activities have to be stopped there if the people of India were to support and sustain progress in bilateral relations with Islamabad. During the visit of Zardari to India on April 8, Singh and Zardari had discussed the issue of terrorism and the Prime Minister told...
03:48 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: An NDMC employee, sentenced to five days in jail for driving in an inebriated condition, has been spared imprisonment by a Delhi court on the condition that he would assist police at busy traffic signals for five days. Additional Sessions Judge(ASJ) SC Rajan has asked Rajpal Singh, employed with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to report to the South West Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Traffic) in...
03:30 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Two types of indigenously manufactured howitzers for the Indian Army will be ready for trials by December 2012 and by June 2013, Government told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a written reply to the House, Defence Minister AK Antony said, "As per the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) decision of October 2011, Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is to manufacture 155mm howitzers." The OFBs have been asked to manufacture...
03:24 PM, May 16, 2012
Washington: The Mumbai attack perpetrated by Pakistan-based LeT was an example of how terror outfits use latest available IT tools for their decisive motives, a top US commander said, highlighting the role of cyber space in such events. "All the mission planning (for Mumbai terrorist attack) was done via Google Earth. There was no investment in technology of (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) platforms or anything like that," US Marine Corps...
03:18 PM, May 16, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani Taliban have released a dramatic video of an attack by militants on a jail in the country's northwest that resulted in the escape of nearly 400 prisoners in April 2012. The video, parts of which were aired by TV news channels, shows Taliban fighters setting off explosives and firing within the Central Jail at Bannu city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The attack resulted in the largest jailbreak in...
02:51 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: As the rupee touched a record low, the Opposition on Wednesday questioned the government in the Lok Sabha on the steps being taken to tackle the situation as it feared that there could be a repeat of 1991, when India saw severe balance of payments problem and even had to mortgage gold. "The crisis in our economy is growing. Are we heading towards 1991," senior BJP leader Murli...
02:03 PM, May 16, 2012
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