New Delhi: BJP on Friday remained unfazed by the Supreme Court verdict quashing Karnataka Assembly Speaker's decision disqualifying 11 party MLAs and five Independents and insisted that the BS Yeddyurappa government was in no danger. "The Supreme Court has thrown 11 of these 16 MLAs into the BJP camp. And we have won three by-elections," senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said. Party sources maintained that the 11 BJP MLAs who...
09:18 PM, May 13, 2011
New Delhi: In a major blow to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Assembly Speaker's decision to disqualify 16 MLAs ahead of the no confidence motion last year which had ensured survival of the Yeddyurappa government. A bench headed by justice Altamas Kabir while quashing the speaker's decision said basic constitutional values and principles of natural justice were not observed by Speaker K G...
04:20 PM, May 13, 2011
New Delhi: With a mammoth exercise on to issue an Aadhar number to each of India's 1.2 billion citizens and interested residents, IANS tracks the process involved for getting what will become a unique identity for people in India to access all public or private services. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) - under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani - is the nodal agency, which had appointed registrars across...
02:46 PM, May 09, 2011
Vatican City: Tens of thousands of people from around the world descended on Rome on Saturday for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, six years after his death. "It's almost as if he is here," said Enzo Arzellino, who travelled all night on a bus from southern Italy with his parish group to attend the beatification on Sunday. On Saturday, groups of pilgrims, many from the pope's native Poland,...
08:01 PM, Apr 30, 2011
New Delhi: While one and a half year old Ishaan may have been rescued, the incident has once again highlighted the need for servant verification. Police say most families hesitate to take their servants for a simple verification process and this makes it very difficult for the Police to track a domestic help who may have been involved in a crime. Ishaans mother Gayatri Singh is lucky to have her ...
09:44 PM, Apr 27, 2011
Delhi Police Commissioner BK Gupta, said no verification of their maid was done by Ishaan's family. ...
09:24 PM, Apr 27, 2011
Washington: President Barack Obama says he's releasing his long-form birth certificate because the country doesn't have time for the "distraction" and "silliness" of questions being persistently raised about where he was born. The president spoke at the White House on Wednesday after taking the unexpected step of releasing the document, which supplements Hawaii's official certification of the president's birth there. Obama had released that during the campaign. Polls show large...
07:30 PM, Apr 27, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to Aviation Safety Consultant and Former Pilot Captain Mohan Ranganathan about the doctors asking for money to give fitness licences. ...
12:00 AM, Apr 19, 2011
CNN-IBN's Mike Sangma confronted Dr Akshay Bhalla to find out what he had to say about the accusations against him that he was overcharging pilots to issue medical certificates. ...
10:34 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi-based doctor and the only one in north India authorised by the DGCA to give pilots the mandatory medical clearance to fly is likely to be de-recognised by a top US Aviation regulator. The Federal aviation authority acted after CNN-IBN reported that Dr Bhalla was extorting money from pilots in exchange for the fitness certificate. Everybody wants a bite of the booming aviation pie, even if that...
08:35 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: The new Unique Identification (UID) number could bring an end to all your ID proof problems. Six hundred million people are expected to get a unique ID number over the next two years. CNN-IBN tells you how to obtain a UID number. First step for getting a UID number is a fingerprint scan of all the fingers. Next, you need to gaze into an optical device which records...
10:18 AM, Feb 26, 2011
New Delhi: Phew! Still huffing and puffing away in a gym to get six pack abs like your favourite actors Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan? Experts say you can now get illusionary abs - with artistic cosmetic surgery. Introduced in the country about three years ago, Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance (VASER) is a revolution of sorts as it's not only used for body contouring but also...
11:12 AM, Feb 01, 2011
The unique identity (UID) numbers being issued with much fanfare have no legal sanctity. This may surprise many who casually know about the UID scheme and believe it represents a progressive and transparent new India. The problem is, the Bill which proposes setting up an Authority mandated to issue such numbers was introduced in Parliament only in December 2010. This is yet to even face the routine Standing Committee scrutiny....
05:34 PM, Jan 13, 2011
New Delhi: Next time you go to a bank ATM, be ready to re-enter your PIN afresh for every transaction you wish to conduct, such as money withdrawal, balance enquiry and checking account details. In order to check misuse of ATM cards by unauthorised people, RBI has asked banks to allow only one transaction at ATM machines for one entry of PIN (Personal Identification Number which acts like a password...
05:22 PM, Jan 05, 2011
New Delhi: Kartik Burman, 46, is a rag picker from Bengal, living near Nizamuddin in Delhi for the past 10 years. He is being enrolled for the Unique Identification Project or the UID. So when he goes out to demand a job under NREGA or get a ration card he won't have a problem. The likes of this old rag picker too are hoping for a better deal in life....
07:56 AM, Jan 02, 2011
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Project or the UID is in progress in full swing to provide an official identification to millions of Indians. CNN-IBN finds out the impact the project has at the grassroots. Kartik Burman, a 46 years old rag picker from Bengal - living near Nizamuddin in Delhi for the past 10 years - is being enrolled for the UID project. So, when he would go out...
10:58 PM, Dec 29, 2010
New Delhi: "Significant Indian Paintings' is one of a kind auction to be held in the capital later this month that will put 69 paintings by some of the biggest Indian artists - including Raja Ravi Varma, Rabanindranath Tagore and an original letter from Francis Newton Souza - under the hammer. "The concept of this auction was to show our classical Indian painters doing things they aren't specially known for....
12:56 PM, Nov 27, 2010
Bangalore: Amid prolonged uncertainty over the fate of the BJP government in Karnataka, a new single bench of the Karnataka High Court will hear tomorrow (Wednesday) the petitions filed by 11 rebel BJP MLAs challenging their disqualification, two days after a split verdict. In a twist to the case, Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice N Kumar had on Monday differed on the provisions of Para 2 (1) (a)...
04:24 PM, Oct 19, 2010
New Delhi: As the Centre pitched for thorough and quick subscriber verification exercise for security reason, the telecom operators on Wednesday assured the government of their cooperation in getting details of customers but asked the Home Ministry to ensure cellphone users were not harassed by the police. So far, nearly 30 lakh cellphone subscribers have been disconnected from their respective networks across the country due to either incomplete or unverified...
09:10 AM, Oct 14, 2010
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), headed by Nandan Nilekani, is the UPA government's most ambitious project, where one billion Indians are branded with a unique identity number. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over the first of the Aadhaar cards at Tembhli village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra. This mammoth project aims to provide Indian residents with a unique 12-digit identification number that will serve multiple purposes....
10:04 AM, Oct 05, 2010
