New Delhi: The experiment by Baba Ramdev and Team Anna to join hands against corruption failed to elicit huge response with very few people turning up at the fast venue at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Sunday. Ramdev's prediction that thousands of supporters will gather in other cities hasn't also quiet materialised. Some support was, however, witnessed in cities like Lucknow, Patna and Bangalore. There also seems to be...
07:00 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Thanks to Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyamev Jayate', Love Commandos has become a familiar term for thousands of television viewers. Fifth episode of 'Satyamev Jayate' talked about the issue of honour killing in India. Sanjay Sachdev, chairman of Love Commandos was interviewed by Aamir during the show. The name of this organisation sounds like a Bollywood film and they are the real heroes for many couples. In a...
06:37 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Harish Rawat on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader LK Advani is talking about the country's electoral system just to divert media's attention from his party's internal fighting issue. Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," Advani had earlier in the day asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and...
06:10 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Notwithstanding strong demands by the BJP and a section of the ruling Congress, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made it clear that there will be no rollback of five per cent VAT on the CNG, which fuels public transport on Delhi roads. "We will not withdraw the VAT on CNG. We have levied only five per cent VAT on the fuel and that is justifiable," Sheila told...
04:39 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Contending that IIT Council's nod to hold the engineering entrance test under a new format is a "breach of trust", IIT-Kanpur faculty federation on Sunday said any new system should not be introduced before 2014. "For students aspiring to appear in JEE 2013, the IIT Council proposal is a breach of trust. Both the processes and content of the new examination will not be clear to them any...
04:19 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday said that the Lokpal, if made a law would create fear among wrongdoers like the way the "chopping of hands of thieves" does in UAE. Addressing protesters at the fast venue of Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev, Bedi also asked people not to vote for those politicians who are opposed to Lokpal in the next elections. "There is no democracy...
03:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
London: A rare 1932 hand-drawn cover of a Tintin comic book by Belgian writer and illustrator Herge has fetched a record 1.3 million euros at an auction. The 'Tintin in America' cover broke the record, set by the same item in 2008, when it sold for 764,000 euros. The cover shows the young adventurer Tintin, dressed as a cowboy and sitting with his dog, Snowy, as axe-wielding American Indians creep...
03:29 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The experiment to join hands and fight corruption between Baba Ramdev and Team Anna seems to have failed, with Arvind Kejriwal storming out of the agitation venue a short while earlier. Baba Ramdev has taken objection to Kejriwal taking names of MPs in his speech. Ramdev said the fight against graft was not against individuals. "Arvind Kejriwal should not have taken names. It could create controversy. Please don't...
02:41 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Several party workers of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) clashed on Sunday as five municipalities across the state went to polls. The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge to control the situation. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the...
01:35 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: A disgruntled volunteer of Team Anna on Sunday attempted self-immolation at the fast site of Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev alleging that he was mistreated by prominent members of India Against Corruption. The volunteer, donning a Team Anna T-shirt and cap and carrying a mega phone, surfaced at the media enclosure of the protest site at Jantar Mantar around 12:15 pm when a close aide of Ramdev...
12:59 PM, Jun 03, 2012
The Prime Minister's Chief Economic Advisor Dr C Rangarajan has admitted that a hike in diesel and LPG prices is imminent despite a steep hike in petrol prices last week. While speaking to Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate', Dr Rangarajan said the government can soften the blow but fuel price hike is the need of the hour to contain the fiscal deficit. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to the Devil's...
12:01 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Noting that the present selection process is vulnerable to "manipulation and partisanship," BJP leader LK Advani has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to introduce a broad-based collegium system to appoint Election Commissioners and Comptroller and Auditor General. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the BJP Parliamentary Party said the present system where members to the Election Commission are appointed by the President, "solely on...
11:32 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Six municipalities across West Bengal are going to polls on Sunday. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the alliance was attributed to bitter relations between Congress and Trinamool Congress which jointly fought the 2011 Assembly polls. Congress alleged that its candidates...
11:22 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Terming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an "honest person", yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday asked him to make his Cabinet "corruption free." He threatened the government with a "fight to the finish" by August for bringing back black money stashed away abroad as also against corruption. "The Prime Minister was forced to give statement on illegal mining. We all know that Manmohan Singh is an honest person and we...
11:13 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday took YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy for interrogation in the disproportionate assets case after the Andhra Pradesh High Court granted a 5-day custody of him to the agency on Saturday. The questions, however, are many and the answers none so far. Will Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy provide answers to all the queries of the CBI? As Jagan and...
10:59 AM, Jun 03, 2012
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