Washington: US President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has sharply attacked his Republican rival Mitt Romney, accusing him of employing double standards and "breathtaking hypocrisy" in comparing the economic records of the two candidates. Obama's senior campaign strategist David Axelrod doubted whether Romney's record as Massachusetts Governor could be touted as that of a 'job creator'. "By almost every measure, Governor Romney's jobs record in Massachusetts was undistinguished, and yet he...
11:04 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari met senior party leader LK Advani on Tuesday. While no details of the meeting have emerged, it comes days after Advani criticised proceedings in the BJP national executive in Mumbai, where Gadkari was endorsed as the party's president for a second term. Advani had attacked BJP President Nitin Gadkari in his blog, questioning the decisions taken by him in the past...
10:45 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) celebrates June 5 of every year as World Environment Day (WED). It was started in 1972 and is intended to raise global awareness about the need to take act to better and save the environment. The date of June 5 comes from the day that the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began in Stockholm in 1972. It continued till June...
10:05 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Keonjhar: While the National Rural Health Mission is under scrutiny in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha seems to have a success story. Udasi Sahu, 43, in Keonjhar district is helping provide healthcare to a population of 5,000. For Guramani Mahanta, Udasi Sahu is no less than a saviour. The 27-year-old mother-to-be was worried when the doctors advised her to undergo a caesarean operation, which is something she couldn't afford. Her last hope...
09:00 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New York: The co-founder of Twitter has a story to tell, and he'll need more than 140 characters. Biz Stone has a deal with Grand Central Publishing for "Things a Little Bird Told Me," a book about creative thinking that will include personal anecdotes. Grand Central, a division of Hachette Book Group, announced Monday that Stone's book is scheduled for April 2014. Stone, 38, has written two books about blogging:...
08:59 AM, Jun 05, 2012
London: Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. The 86-year-old British monarch will cut a lonely figure as the Diamond Jubilee draws to a close, however, after her husband of 64 years, Prince Philip, was taken to hospital on Monday with a...
08:14 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 190 in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate. The bombing on a Shi'ite religious office comes at a sensitive time, with the country's fractious Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs locked in a crisis that threatens to unravel their power-sharing...
02:40 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Days after an MLA was shot at by unidentified assailants, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday assured legislators that police has been told to strengthen security cover to them and that the issue was being taken up seriously. "I talked to the police commissioner and told him to review security of the MLAs. The security will be enhanced. Any MLA having apprehension about security or facing threats will...
02:02 AM, Jun 05, 2012
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11:54 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday dismissed as "does not seem worth reacting" the statement of Congress President Sonia Gandhi that Opposition governments in the states were not cooperating with the Centre in implementing its policies. "The statement doesn't seem worth reacting," she shot back when asked by reporters about Sonia's statement in the Congress Working Committee meeting. Jayalalithaa was speaking after her arrival from Delhi where...
11:52 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has ridiculed Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over the latter's criticism of the Congress-led government in Maharashtra. "If the Congress-led government in the state is ineffective, why is the Pawar-led NCP still glued to it," Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana' on Monday. At a meeting of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday, Pawar had, in a veiled attack on Chief...
10:41 PM, Jun 04, 2012
London: Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been hospitalised with a bladder infection. Monday's announcement comes as the UK is celebrating the queen's Diamond Jubilee. On Sunday, Prince Philip joined the queen and senior royals on the River Thames in cold and blustery weather for a pageant in honor of Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. The palace said the prince, who will turn 91...
10:34 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Monday called on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to invite her to his son's wedding. Sources close to Gadkari said the meeting with Sonia was purely personal and he had gone to her residence only to extend an invitation for his son Sarang's wedding on June 24 in Nagpur. Gadkari is also hosting a reception on July 2 in New Delhi at Ashoka Hotel....
10:29 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Arambag: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced setting up of an IT hub at Chinsurah in Hooghly district and said this was in accordance with her government's promise to develop industry in the districts. "We are committed to develop industry in the districts," the chief minister said at the inauguration of the Arambag-Tarakeswar new broad gauge line in Arambag. The IT hub at Chinsurah, a former Dutch...
10:12 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: A day after anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev shared the stage, the latter refused to commit to working under the leadership of the Gandhian. Baba and Anna also had their own separate agendas during the day. On Monday, while Team Anna met for an eight-hour brainstorming session, the yoga guru was busy meeting political leaders seeking support for his movement. His first stop was...
08:56 PM, Jun 04, 2012
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