New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Aggarwal and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill. "The BSP MPs were misbehaving with me. I didn't try to tear the bill. We wanted that the division of votes should be there. I will complain against Karimpuri to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha," Naresh Aggarwal said. The scuffle...
01:08 PM, Sep 05, 2012
SP MP Naresh Aggarwal and BSP MP Avtar Singh Karampuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill. ...
12:42 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: Think of it as the opening act at a concert: Nokia, Motorola and Amazon are unveiling new mobile devices this week before attention turns to a new iPhone and possibly a smaller iPad from Apple. Makers of consumer electronics are refreshing their products for the holiday shopping season. Apple's rivals are hoping that a head start on the buzz will translate into stronger sales. Nokia and Microsoft, in...
10:39 AM, Sep 05, 2012
London: After a long stream of pot shots at each other, music legends Elton John seem to have buried the hatchet by kissing and patching up in public. The pair bumped into each other at a posh restaurant in the south of France last week and they kissed and hugged in front of everyone eating at La Petite Maison in Nice, reported Sun online. "Elton goes to the Petite Maison...
12:48 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Addressing questions raised over the process of selecting Rafale fighter planes, Government is going ahead with the procurement of 126 French combat aircraft and effort is being made to complete the deal within this financial year. Contract negotiations for the multi-billion dollar deal will resume soon, Government sources said. Questions had been raised over the process by an MP besides some other quarters but a committee of independent...
05:43 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Samsung is all set for bounce-back. The Korean company has now geared up to contest the US court verdict that found Samsung had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded Apple, the Cupertino-gaint, $1.051 billion in damages. "We will move immediately to file post-verdict motions to overturn this decision in this court, and if we are not successful, we will appeal this decision...
12:12 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: The initial version of a fighter plane, being jointly developed by India and Russia and tipped to be one of the most-advanced in the world, will be unveiled in India in 2014. The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with stealth features is slated to be inducted in the Indian Air Force by 2022. The two sides are close to signing a key contract expected to be worth over...
05:38 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Protesters who have joined hands with Ramdev in his fight against corruption and black money say that the government does not want to pay heed to their cause. ...
09:57 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Bangalore: The fight between two former Chief Ministers BS Yeddyurappa and D V Sadanada Gowda hit a new low on Friday. At a programme organised by State Vokkaliga Federation to give away scholarships to bright SSLC students, Gowda quoting business tycoon Dhirubai Ambanis well known statement said, One need not be worried about street dogs. If they bark, dont pelt them with stones. Instead, throw a biscuit and keep going...
11:33 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Bangalore: Embarrassed by the ongoing spat between former chief ministers B S Yeddyurappa and D V Sadananda Gowda, the state BJP leaders are planning to approach the party high command seeking their intervention. The state leaders plan to demand the party high command to take both of them into central organisation of the party to avoid confrontation in the state unit. It (the spat) is turning uglier by each day....
11:47 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Bangalore: There appears to be no end to the cat fight between former chief ministers B S Yeddyurappa and D V Sadananda Gowda. Gowda on Wednesday accused Yeddyurappa camp of trying to implicate him in a corruption case to scuttle his chances of getting a position in the party. One should not be surprised if a case is filed against me in the Lokayukta court soon. They (Yeddyurappa camp) are...
01:07 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Washington: The sale of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to India is "not on the table right now", a senior US Administration official has said even as the Pentagon takes steps to enhance defence trade relationship with New Delhi. "This is not on the table right now. It has not been requested. We have not offered," Andrew Shapiro, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, told a group of reporters...
05:20 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Kanpur: As a huge crowd bid her the final farewell, veteran freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sehgal's body was on Tuesday taken to the GSVM medical college here where it would be donated for research. The body of Sehgal, who passed away on Monday at the age of 97, was taken in a procession from the McRobert hospital. Suhasini Ali, daughter of the freedom fighter and CPI(M) leader said, "as per...
02:20 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Beirut: Syrian rebels said they shot down an Army helicopter on Tuesday as they battled government forces backed by air power and artillery in the fiercest fighting to hit Damascus since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted last year. Rebel officers said thousands of fighters had converged on the capital, a government stronghold during 16 months of turmoil, to bring the battle from Syria's turbulent provinces into Assad's power...
07:57 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The latest standoff between Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan and CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan over the alleged role of the party in the murder of T P Chandrasekharan has further vitiated the strained relations. While the tit for tat between the most popular leader and most powerful leader of the party in the state is being celebrated in the media as usual, it is giving more trouble to...
11:17 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Hyderabad: The state governments decision to release water to Krishna delta from dead storage of Nagarjunasagar Project (NSP) has triggered a water war between Telangana and coastal Andhra regions. The war is likely to intensify further since TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is planning a mahadharna in Hyderabad on Monday on farmers issues. The TRS has already demanded that Naidu should spell out his stand on release of water to...
01:05 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Bangalore: The speculation over the impending change of leadership in the State BJP seems to be on the backburner, at least for now, as Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda who was reportedly summoned by the Central party leaders to discuss the issue, cancelled his Delhi trip at the last minute on Thursday. However, the situation in the ruling BJP in Karnataka continues to be hazy, as party central leader...
12:04 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Ankara: Syria shot down a Turkish warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday and Ankara warned it would respond decisively to the incident that threatened to open a new international dimension in the 16-month revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Syria said the Turkish aircraft was flying low, well inside Syrian territorial waters when it was shot down. With the second biggest army in NATO, a force hardened by nearly 30...
09:20 AM, Jun 23, 2012
San Francisco:Fighting back Other security experts say a more aggressive posture is unlikely to have a significant impact in the near term in the overall fight against cybercriminals and Internet espionage. Veteran government and private officials warn that much of the activity is too risky to make sense, citing the chances for escalation and collateral damage. "There is no business case for it and no possible positive outcome," said John...
03:37 PM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: The World Wrestling Entertainment's No Way Out event returned on June 17, 2012 after a gap of three years at the Izod Center in New Jersey in the US. In en exciting Steel Cage fight between John Cena and Big Show, Cena emerged victorious. No Way Out is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in...
12:58 PM, Jun 18, 2012
