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- First phase of polling in UP today
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:21:45 GMT
Polling for the first phase of the high-voltage Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections begins today. 55 seats in 10 districts will go to vote that will decide the fate of two ministers, 31 MLAs and 15 forme...
  - Baby Falak's mother unlikely to meet her soon, but is reunited with other daughter
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:14:44 GMT
A 22-year-old woman, uneducated and impoverished, made innumerable sacrifices and took huge risks to protect her three young children. Today, she was reunited with her elder daughter - three-year-old ...
  - Help the Andhra widow and her paralysed son
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:28:42 GMT
In this tragic story from Andhra Pradesh, 64-year-old Lakshmamma, has filed a petition in a local court, seeking euthanasia for her son Janardhan, a 36-year-old graduate in aeronautical science who ha...
  - Suspect in Mumbai serial blasts claims he trained with Osama for 40 days in Pak
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:59 GMT
Sources in the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) say that Sheikh handled the funding of last year's terror attacks in Mumbai. Their investigations reveal that Sheikh, 33, met the former Al Qaida ch...
  - Eurofighter-maker may cut price of fighter to win back India
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:59 GMT
The UK-based defence major BAE Systems is considering lowering the price of its Eurofighter Typhoon to win back the USD 11 billion Indian contract for 126 combat jets from France's Dassault Rafale. Th...
  - Andhra widow, unable to pay bills, seeks euthanasia for paralysed son
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:48 GMT
A 64-year-old widow in Andhra Pradesh has sought euthanasia for her son -- a 36-year-old graduate in aeronautical science who has been paralyzed for 15 years. C Janardhan, an aeronautical science gra...
  - Karnataka, mired in graft, still without Lokayukta
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:12:15 GMT
Despite allegations of corruption among some of its most well-known politicians and bureaucrats, Karnataka remains without an ombudsman or Lokayukta. In September last year, Justice Shivraj Patil quit...
  - Forest cover in India down by 367 sq km: Environment Ministry
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:33:35 GMT
India's forest cover is down by 367 sq km and a startling 182 sq km of that was lost to Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh chopping through forests in Warangal and Khammam, a new government survey shows.
  - Age row: No compromise with Army chief, say government sources
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:31:01 GMT
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the Army chief's case against the government. Sources in the Ministry of Defense tell NDTV that the government has ruled out any compromise with General VK Singh...
  - Baby Falak case: Five big developments today
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:53:50 GMT
22-year-old Munni was given custody of Baby Falak after she met with welfare officials. The family of the two-year-old baby, who continues to battle for survival at the All India Institute of Medical ...
  - Baby Falak's mother won't meet her today, DNA tests may be required
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:14:54 GMT
Slowly, the family portrait of two-year-old Baby Falak is being completed. A day after her mother was traced to Rajasthan and brought to Delhi, Falak's elder sister, Sanobar, has been found in Bihar a...
  - Maldives president resigns amid protests
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:07:06 GMT
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigned today following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judge, the military said. Brigadier Ahmed Shiyam told reporters tha...
  - Oz offers $100,000 reward for info about Pardeep's murder
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:18:55 GMT
The New South Wales government in Australia has offered a $100, 000 reward for information that could help identify the killer of Pardeep Kumar, reports local media.
  - Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Andhra Pradesh government
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:08:38 GMT
The Supreme Court today slammed the Andhra Pradesh government for not obeying its orders in implementing high security number plates for vehicles.
  - There's always a push for me to join politics: Robert Vadra to NDTV
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:54:53 GMT
Even as Rahul Gandhi delivered a series of headlines at a press conference in Varanasi on Monday, it was brother-in-law Robert Vadra who escalated into a Twitter trend after he said he would be open t...
  - Aid to India to continue, says David Cameron's office
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:39:48 GMT
Prime Minister David Cameron has re-affirmed Britain's decision to continue its aid programme to India, amidst a row sparked by some ruling Conservative MPs demanding an end to it, and reports that In...
  - Robert a happy businessman, will not enter politics: Priyanka Gandhi
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:44 GMT
Rahul Gandhi delivered a series of headlines today at a press conference in Varanasi, but brother-in-law Robert Vadara escalated into a twitter trend too today. Mr Vadra told reporters that though "th...
  - Baby Falak's mother to see her at hospital today
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:14:03 GMT
As Baby Falak battles brain damage, cardiac arrests and a litany of other injuries inflicted upon her by one or more adults, the two-year-old will be visited today by a young woman who claims to be he...
  - IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh revolt against ministers
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:50 GMT
Officers of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in Andhra Pradesh have virtually raised a banner of revolt. After the arrest of two senior IAS officers and two more were named in chargesheet file...
  - Poll panel denies official transferred for stopping Robert Vadra's convoy
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:59:36 GMT
A controversy broke out on Monday evening over the transfer of a poll official, an IAS officer, who allegedly stopped a motorcycle rally of Congress campaigner and Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vad...
  - You don't deserve more time, says judge to Facebook, Google
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:45 GMT
A Delhi judge has given 22 internet companies like Facebook and Google 15 days to explain what they have done to remove content described as "objectionable" on their sites. "You don't deserve more tim...
  - Had no idea about the condition of my daughter: Baby Falak's mother
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:22:22 GMT
The Delhi Police today traced a woman called Munni, who is the biological mother of Baby Falak, the battered two-year-old fighting a tough battle for survival at the All India Institute of Medical Sci...
  - Am not obsessed, like other leaders, with being PM: Rahul
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:16:20 GMT
Rahul Gandhi said today that his party will not form an alliance with any other after Uttar Pradesh votes. "We are not here to enter a compromise with anyone," he told reporters at a lengthy Q and A i...
  - Top 10 wishes for Yuvraj Singh from fans
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:35 GMT
The news of Yuvraj Singh suffering from cancer has shocked fans in India as well as all over the world. His oncologist has told media the cricket superstar is expected to resume training in ten weeks ...
  - India to have a National-Counter Terrorism Centre from March 1
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:25:33 GMT
The government has said it would set up on March 1 a powerful anti-terror agency that will integrate and analyse inputs on terror threats in India and will have legal authority to make arrests and con...
 
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