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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012
In a fix over House reply, Centre does U-turn in court
J. VENKATESAN | NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
“69 suggestions of Ashok Chawla panel not accepted” »
BJP on the back foot, settlement in sight
NEW DELHI BUREAU | NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
The deadlock over Coalgate entered the third day on Thursday amid indications that a settlement could be reached early next week between the government and the Opposition on holding a discussion on... »
Car driver arrested
| KOLKATA, AUGUST 24, 2012
The driver of a car who had allegedly molested two children while taking them to school was arrested after 12 days on Thursday.Samit Sarkar was arrested on the basis of the complaint lodged... »
Government, Twitter headed for face-off
SANDEEP JOSHI | NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
The government and Twitter seem to be heading for a showdown as the micro-blogging website has refused to remove some webpages containing inflammatory content due to “technical difficulties.” Howev... »
KSRTC launches city service in Mangalore
MANGALORE BUREAU | MANGALORE, AUGUST 24, 2012
Officials say it will be operating only on those routes where private buses are not operated »
NSS-Congress ties on the mend
GEORGE JACOB | KOTTAYAM, AUGUST 24, 2012
Chandy, Chennithala have in-camera meeting with Sukumaran Nair »
High alert after crude bomb is found on rail track
STAFF REPORTER | KOTTAYAM, AUGUST 24, 2012
Trains along Kottayam-Kochi route delayed »
BJP to wait for a “response” from Chacko
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
A day after walking out of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that is examining the telecom policy from 1998 to 2009, the Bharatiya Janata Party has given enough indications that its members c... »
Amicus curiae appointed in Padmanabha Swamy temple case
J. VENKATESAN | NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, appointed the senior advocate and former Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium amicus curiae in the Padmanabha Swamy temple case to render assistance and to represent... »
2 killed, 1 injured in firing on Indo-Bangladesh border
STAFF REPORTER | KOLKATA, AUGUST 24, 2012
Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured when personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) fired at a group of cattle-rustlers along the border with Bangladesh early on Thursday.
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Bangalore students molested, assaulted in Kanakapura
M.T. SHIVA KUMAR | MANDYA, AUGUST 24, 2012
A picnic to Sangam and Muthathi turned into a nightmare for a group of youngsters — all students of a reputed engineering college in Bangalore — when they were assaulted and two girls sexually humi... »
Aggressively counter BJP offensive, Sonia tells MPs
| NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
A combative Sonia Gandhi on Thursday asked Congress MPs not to be defensive on the Comptroller and Auditor General report on coal blocks allocation and to aggressively counter the offensive launche... »
Key post for Chiru in party?
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | HYDERABAD, AUGUST 24, 2012
Rajya Sabha member K. Chiranjeevi has been sounded out by the high command that he may be entrusted higher responsibilities in the coming days even as the All India Congress Committee has turned it... »
Strike threat by unpaid pourakarmikas
STAFF REPORTER | BANGALORE, AUGUST 24, 2012
Over 100 contract pourakarmikas from the East Zone struck work on Thursday and staged a protest at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) office in Mayo Hall demanding their salaries which h... »
Close call for 2 flights at Mumbai airport
STAFF REPORTER | MUMBAI, AUGUST 24, 2012
It was a close call for two flights at the Mumbai airport late on Wednesday night as a departing aircraft could not arrest its takeoff at the time when another one was poised to land. However, ther... »
Details emerge on government blockade of websites
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | CHENNAI, AUGUST 24, 2012
Over the past week, the Ministry of Communications and I.T. has sent out orders to ISPs (Internet service providers) to block over 300 unique addresses on the Web, cracking down on websites, Facebo... »
SMS limit hiked to 20 a day
| NEW DELHI, AUGUST 24, 2012
After checking the use of SMSs to prevent spreading of rumours that caused an exodus of northeast people from some States, the government on Thursday increased the permissble number of SMSs to 20 a... »
Distressed weaver ends life
STAFF REPORTER | KARIMNAGAR, AUGUST 24, 2012
A powerloom weaver committed suicide by hanging himself to the ceiling of his rented house in Indiranagar in Sircilla on Thursday, reportedly owing to power cut to powerlooms as he failed to get wo... »
Manmohan for Sriharikota
| HYDERABAD, AUGUST 24, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Sriharikota in Nellore district on September 8 and 9. He will reach Sriharikota on September 8 evening and stay overnight.He will witness the launch... »
Hescom may resort to power cuts from tomorrow
DEEPAK KUMAR SHENVI | KARWAR, AUGUST 24, 2012
Uttara Kannada district should gear up for a power cut from Friday, according to sources in Hubli Electricity Supply Company (Hescom).The acute shortage of electricity and the failure of the... »
No GM seed trials in Kerala: Minister
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUGUST 24, 2012
The government will not allow field trials of genetically-modified (GM) seeds in Kerala, Minister for Agriculture K.P. Mohanan has said.Inaugurating a national seminar on organic farming her... »
IIT Kanpur student ends life
| HYDERABAD, AUGUST 24, 2012
A student of IIT Kanpur, Vaditya Nehru, ended his life by consuming poison at Hayathnagar on city outskirts, the police said on Thursday.The body of the 20-year-old student hailing from a th... »
MLA arrested for Assam violence
| GUWAHATI, AUGUST 24, 2012
Pradeep Brahma, an MLA of the Bodoland People’s Front, an ally of the ruling Congress in Assam, was arrested at Dotoma, near Kokrajhar, on Thursday and charged with inciting communal violence.... »
Lakshya-1 tested successfully
| BALASORE, AUGUST 24, 2012
The pilotless target aircraft Lakshya-1 was successfully test-flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, near here, on Thursday.... »
Strange image from Curiosity
| LONDON, AUGUST 24, 2012
NASA’s rover Curiosity has captured a strange white light dancing across the horizon of Mars and four blobs hovering in the sky, which UFO hunters claim are alien ships monitoring humans’ baby... »
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