Washington: President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison. In a major foreign policy speech after two weeks of fending off domestic scandals, Obama limited the scope of what his predecessor, George W Bush, had called a global war on terror after the September 11,...
02:46 AM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao went against the suggestion of a majority of external members of the central bank's monetary policy committee that recommended no change in the policy repo rate at a May 3 policy meeting, according to minutes of the meeting seen by Reuters. The RBI cut the key policy repo rate for a third straight time in 2013 to 7.25 per cent, pulling...
02:26 AM, May 24, 2013
Thane: The Thane city police arrested a doctor from a hospital on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a patient, the police said on Thursday. Sub-inspector AP Daundkar of the Naupada police station told PTI on Thursday that the patient, a 45-year-old housewife, had got herself admitted to the Sahayog Hospital in the Naupada locality. Allegedly, on Tuesday when nurses had left for the day, the accused who was on the night...
01:46 AM, May 24, 2013
Jammu: Contesting Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's proposal for partial revocation of AFSPA, the state unit of BJP on Thursday said it would be strategically difficult to nab a militant if the act is in force in one district and not in adjoining areas. Speaking to reporters in Jammu on Thursday night, state BJP chief spokesperson Jitendra Singh also said that any decision regarding AFSPA had to be...
01:26 AM, May 24, 2013
London: The Scotland Yard on Thursday arrested two more people, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a soldier on a busy London street by two suspected Islamist extremists, as Prime Minister David Cameron vowed the country would remain resolute in its opposition to terrorism. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in relation to the Woolwich terror murder of...
01:06 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday demanded initiation of criminal proceedings against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing public funds on an advertisement campaign to get political mileage ahead of last Assembly polls. "We demand registering a criminal case against the Delhi CM for misusing the hard-earned money of tax payers in her election campaign in 2008. We demand immediate action based on the recommendations of the Lokayukta...
12:26 AM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested Gurunath Meiyappan over allegations of involvement in IPL betting case on late Friday night after three hours of questioning. Meiyappan will be produced in a court within 24 hours. Mumbai Police had earlier said that he was being evasive during questioning. Meiyappan is BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law. Mumbai Police Joint CP Himanshu Roy said, "We find his involvement in the offence. He will now be...
12:04 AM, May 24, 2013
The National Commission for Minorities on Thursday slammed the CBI for putting "innocents in jail over serious crimes as terror acts". ...
11:51 PM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: Tata Steel on Thursday posted consolidated net loss of Rs 6,528.51 crore for the quarter ended March 31, following a non-cash write down of Rs 8,355.91 crore related to European operations and fall in demand in the euro-zone. A significant portion of Rs 8,355.91 crore impairment charge relates to the goodwill created on the acquisition of Corus Group plc in 2007, the company said. It had reported a consolidated...
11:41 PM, May 23, 2013
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11:38 PM, May 23, 2013
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who had surrendered in a TADA court in Mumbai on May 16 in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, was shifted to Pune's Yerwada Jail on Wednesday. ...
11:36 PM, May 23, 2013
Monaco: Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli warned teams on Thursday that they will quit the sport at the end of the season if a new contract from 2014 is not agreed soon. Motorsport director Paul Hembery did not hide his impatience when he told reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix that time was running out for the Italian company to design and test tyres suitable for radically different 2014 regulations....
11:24 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Thursday approved the reconstitution of Medical Council of India (MCI) with former Director General Health Services RK Srivastava replacing KK Talwar as Chairman of the Council's Board of Governors. "The formal notification in respect of the MCI reconstitution would be issued tomorrow by the Health Ministry," a top Ministry official told PTI. The new seven-member board to run the apex medical regulator, approved by Health...
11:24 PM, May 23, 2013
Directed by Zack Snyder, the film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, and Russell Crowe in prominent roles. ...
11:13 PM, May 23, 2013
Ranchi: A policeman has accused Independent MLA Chamra Linda of assaulting him at the Jharkhand Assembly while he was on duty. On the basis of the complaint by the constable Umanath Saha, police filed an FIR with the Jagannathpur police station in Ranchi on Thursday. According to the FIR, Linda on Wednesday night allegedly got infuriated and "beat up" the policeman on duty near the gates when the latter asked...
11:03 PM, May 23, 2013
London is in shock after a British soldier was beheaded by two armed men outside military barracks in Woolwich. ...
11:02 PM, May 23, 2013
The Liberace biopic focuses on the famous pianist's secret affair with gay lover Scott Thorson. ...
11:02 PM, May 23, 2013
BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been summoned by the Mumbai Police for interrogation in the IPL 6 betting case. ...
10:58 PM, May 23, 2013
Virginia Water: World number two Rory McIlroy was blown off course by unseasonally cold weather at Wentworth on Thursday, bogeying five of the last six holes to sink to a two-over 74 in the PGA Championship first round. The 24-year-old Northern Irishman made an encouraging start to the European Tour's flagship event and was three-under after 12 holes but a series of late blunders meant he walked off the 18th...
10:55 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Thursday opposed scrapping of the provision which requires the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to seek government's permission for probing bureaucrats in corruption cases. The DoPT raised the issue during a power-point presentation at the maiden meeting of the Group of Minister headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram which discussed the issue of giving greater autonomy and more financial powers...
10:44 PM, May 23, 2013
