Bhubaneswar: Suspended rebel Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Monday accused Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of shielding politicians involved in the mining scam though he (Naveen) was not personally involved in any scam. "The Chief Minister did not allow state vigilance to begin persecution against certain politicians allegedly involved in mining scam. I had requested the chief minister several times to allow the vigilance...
09:32 PM, Jun 04, 2012
'The Hunger Games', a book the whole world has either read, seen the movie it is based on, or at least heard of. Every where you have adults, teens, and even a few daring tweens enjoying it. I say 'daring' tweens because 'The Hunger Games' is not for the faint of heart, and perhaps the world-renowned author Suzanne Collins intended the book to be taken in by a mature audience,...
03:23 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New York: As the high-profile insider trading trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta enters its third week, the Indian-American's prominent friends feel he has been portrayed in an "unfair and one-sided" manner and his philanthropic work in India should not be forgotten. 63-year-old Gupta's trial, which began in Manhattan federal court on May 21, will resume on Monday after a weekend break with his protege and former McKinsey...
03:21 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Mumbai: Days after the special CBI court granted bail to seven accused in the Adarsh Society scam, two more accused have filed their bail applications. Former city civic chief Jairaj Phatak and former state chief information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari approached the sessions court on Monday, saying the CBI has not filed the charge sheet even 60 days after their arrest. If Phatak and Tiwari are also granted bail, then all...
02:13 PM, Jun 04, 2012
The title would have you believe this is a love story, and it is - in a manner of speaking. Not quite what you would expect, and certainly not chick-lit. Let me start by saying that Kishwar Desai has gone on record saying she was quite angry when she wrote this. As with her first book Witness the Night (which won the Costa Award), she's picked a pressing social issue...
01:14 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Four years ago, Spain made history at the Euros, finally ending 44 years of pain and misery as the perennial under-achievers of international football. Now they arrive at Euro 2012 as defending champions and World Cup winners, looking to become the first side to win three major international trophies in a row. It is no surprise that Spain are the favourites once again, with the core of the squad that...
11:49 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: It had been another brutal day for the rupee on the foreign exchanges as India's economic crisis escalated and, travelling home from a visit to Myanmar last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh summoned journalists on his plane for a briefing. The one statement he had prepared for the media that night, however, concerned allegations of corruption levelled against him and his cabinet ministers - not the economy. Quizzed...
09:02 AM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: With increasing popularity of high-speed internet services and proliferation of tablets and smart phones, the number of networked devices would double to around 2 billion in the country by 2016, networking company Cisco has said. "In India, there will be two billion networked devices in 2016, up from one billion in 2011," Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast said. Globally, the forecast projects there will be nearly 18.9...
08:54 AM, Jun 04, 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
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi, whose party is a key constituent of the ruling UPA coalition at the Centre, turned 89 on Sunday. His daughter Kanimozhi has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Tamil Nadu to celebrate his birthday. Keeping to his customary style, the DMK patriarch was up early and started the day by planting a sapling to mark his birthday even as scores of supporters thronged...
11:09 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Refuting reports of any rift over the fast with yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday that there is no dispute between the team. "There is no dispute in Team Anna. All core committee members are together," said Kejriwal. Kejriwal also indicated Anna Hazare and his team might also reveal their strategy against corruption and campaign during Sunday's fast. The RTI activist also said...
09:12 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: In UPA's summer of discontent, it continues to rain scams. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had unearthed a huge forex derivatives scam, pegged at Rs 32,000 crore which has been conveniently brushed under the carpet by the government for three years. On January 4, 2012, Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had sent a reminder to the Ministry of Finance, seeking an explanation on the alleged scam in...
09:01 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Observing that there was lack of optimum use of science and technology for development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday that the profile of science must be raised in India. "We did not use science and technology in our development processes as much as we should have," Manmohan Singh said at the Indian Science Congress Association meeting here. "We did not build local capacities that could meaningfully address problems...
08:07 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Beirut: Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad killed six soldiers in the southern province of Deraa on Saturday and at least eight others in clashes on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, a monitoring group reported. "There were heavy clashes between Syrian forces and fighters from the opposition in (Deraa)... resulting in the death of at least 6 Syrian troops," the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said...
07:02 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal won yet another match at the French Open, improving his record at the clay-court tournament to 48-1. The second-seeded Spaniard beat Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the third round. Nadal has lost only 17 games in nine sets at this year's tournament. Nadal has won the French Open title six times, and one more will break the record he shares with Bjorn...
12:00 AM, Jun 03, 2012
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