Bangalore: Bangalore Former Director General and Inspector General of Police of the state, Shankar Bidari, who was removed from the post on Saturday applied for a 15-day-long leave. He will take charge as the Chairman of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Ltd (KSPHC). Following the debacle in the legal battle for the top cop's job, Bidari was transferred to KSPHC. But Bidari, who is apparently upset over losing the police...
09:16 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback for one of Karnataka's most decorated police officers Shankar Bidari, the Karnataka High Court on Friday struck down his appointment as the state DGP. In a scathing verdict, the court described Bidari as 'worse than Saddam Hussain or Muammar Gaddafi' for alleged atrocities committed by the Special Task Force led by him during the hunt to nab smuggler Veerappan. Dismissing as "without merit and...
07:05 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: The government, one of the promoters of Tata Communications, has approved the company's move to bid for UK telecom firm Cable & Wireless Worldwide. "Government has given the nod for Tata Communications to go ahead with the deal," sources at Department of Telecommunications said. The Indian government held 26.12 per cent stake in Tata Communications at the end of 2011 December quarter, according to data on the BSE....
11:48 PM, Mar 29, 2012
London: A youth, who described himself as "Psycho Stapleton", accused of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve in December last year appeared in a British court today. Kiaran Stapleton, 20, from Ordsall, Salford, appeared at the plea and case management hearing at Manchester Crown Court via videolink. Twenty three-year-old Bidve, a Lancaster University student, was staying with friends in the Manchester area when he was shot in the head at close...
07:21 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Mumbai: Victor Banerjee is upset with this year's National Awards jury for rejecting Assamese director Bidyut Kotoki's film 'As The River Flows' for not being Assamese. Victor, who plays a central part in the film, said: "I'm flummoxed by the absurdity of a National Awards jury watching a film in the Assamese language, directed by an Assamese and shot in Assam being proclaimed as being 'not Assamese'. Hello? How much...
12:37 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Washington: In his final days, al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was planning assassination attempts against US President Barack Obama and another attack on the American soil, according to a media report on Saturday. "Tapping away at his computer in the study of the suburban compound in Abbottabad... Laden wrote memos urging his followers to continue to try to attack the US, suggesting, for instance, they mount assassination attempts against...
10:50 PM, Mar 17, 2012
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out taking India's side in its quest to have Dow Chemicals dropped as the sponsor of the London Olympics. Cameron was speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate special from London. Cameron said he did not see any problem with Dow's association with the 2012 games and that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was completely within its right to decide...
08:26 AM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: Tata Communications on Thursday said it is considering an acquisition bid for London-listed telecommunication giant Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc (CWW). Vodafone Group Plc too is believed to be looking at bidding for the fibre-network operator. "... as part of on-going review of potential acquisition opportunities, TCL is evaluating a possible cash offer for CWW," Tata Communication Ltd (TCL) said in a regulatory filing. TCL said "considerations are...
10:09 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: No decision has yet been taken on India boycotting the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympic Games as a mark of protest against Dow Chemicals association with the mega event, a highly placed official source said on Wednesday. The source said the Government had written a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on February 24 and would rather wait for a response before deciding on...
11:57 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: India will partially boycott the 2012 London Olympics to protest against Dow Chemicals sponsoring the sports event. Indian officials will not only skip the opening and closing ceremonies, but will also boycott all official ceremonies related to the quadrennial event. However, the athletes will participate in the opening and closing ceremonies. Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Randhir Singh said that the IOA has not taken any decision to...
07:04 PM, Feb 29, 2012
There's an old saying about newspapers: They aren't delivering news to readers, but readers to advertisers. But as many newspapers migrated to the web, where readers, in most cases, hate to pay for news at all, the saying evolved to: If you're not paying for it, you're the product. Dismal as it may sound, most people realise that is the way the media business operates. Readers rarely pay full or...
10:52 AM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: Whistleblower website WikiLeaks on Monday claimed to have in possession 'millions' of Stratfor mails that establish its links with Dow Chemicals, one of the prime accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. Stratfor is a US-based intelligence firm. WikiLeaks alleged that it had proof that Stratfor monitored and analysed online activities of the Bhopal activists, reportedly on Dow's asking. One of the activists, Rachna Dhingra said that she...
07:21 PM, Feb 27, 2012
A day after the International Olympic Council (IOC) turned down the Indian Olympics Association's (IOA) request to drop Dow as a sponsor for the Olympics, Enviroment Minister Jayathi Natarajan on Friday slammed the decision. Jayanthi said, "Someone who is responsible for such a tremendous environmental disaster should not sponsor Olympics." ...
12:10 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden and his visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed on the need to resolve the differences between the two nations, noting that this is not only in the interest of their people, but globally too. "As we both have stated, it's very much in the interests of the people of China and the United States that we do bridge those differences," Biden said...
11:02 PM, Feb 14, 2012
The author of 'Curse of the Godman,' Biddu was born in India and started his career playing in a pop band influenced by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Following early success, he headed West and moved into the international music arena where he quickly struck gold, signing the unknown Carl Douglas and producing the hit Kung Fu Fighting. He tasted success on his return to India in the early...
07:12 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Washington: Washington is getting its first hard look at Xi Jinping, the man destined to lead China in the coming decade, during which the global powers probably will see their economic ties grow even as they are viewed increasingly as military rivals. Vice President Xi is set to replace the staid Hu Jintao as Communist Party leader late this year, then succeed him as president in 2013. Xi, 58, is...
03:43 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: In more trouble for Dow Chemicals (TDCC), activists on Tuesday claimed to have found evidence to show a continuing relationship between the firm and Union Carbide (UCC), the company accused in 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The activists claimed that the evidence includes US court documents that prove that Dow traded Union Carbide products in India, thus violating a 1992 court order. Dow has maintained until now that it...
08:52 AM, Feb 14, 2012
London: Anuj Bidve's alma mater, Lancaster University is setting up a scholarship in memory of the Indian student whose killing in an unprovoked attack in the UK evoked widespread sympathy and outrage. "The scholarship is a fitting and lasting way of remembering Anuj, who was an outstanding student," said Lancaster University's vice-chancellor Professor Mark E Smith. Bidve, 23, was studying engineering at Lancaster when he was killed in Salford on...
07:08 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Kolkata: Former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo was the most expensive player in an auction on Monday for an inaugural Indian football league based on the successful Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The idea of a players' auction was borrowed from IPL, whose success has spawned numerous franchise-based leagues in other sports across the country. In a bid to make the game more attractive at the national level, the Indian...
01:50 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Chennai: MDMK leader Vaiko demanded on Monday that India boycott the London Olympics if the organisers did not cancel the sponsorship contract with Dow Chemicals, which has links to Union Carbide - the company responsible for the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984. "To save the honour of the Indian democracy and to respect the sad sentiments of the affected people of Bhopal (gas tragedy), the government should send a strongly-worded...
06:16 PM, Jan 30, 2012
