Bhubaneswar: In a fresh audio message released today, Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda has said Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco, who has been in his captivity for close to a month, will be released through a “democratic process”. Mr Panda also says that he has received a copy of the joint statement signed by the Odisha government and the Maoist-appointed mediators, which was one of the preconditions for the release of the Italian national. Continue reading »
Apr 112012
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Jai Kishen has been stabbed to death in Delhi’s Model Town area allegedly by a party councillor.
According to media reports, the incident happened late on Tuesday night after Jai Kishen had heated arguments with Madhav Prasad. Prasad is a sitting BJP
councillor and a contestant from ward number 71, Sangam Park in north-west Delhi. Continue reading »
Modi: Will interpret the order his way
To put it mildly, this is good news for the controversial chief minister. Though not technically, this declaration of the court will be publicized as a ‘clean chit’ for Modi. His already busy spin doctors will get a fresh dose of adrenaline. Politically, this is a big boost. It pretty much cements a bigger national role for him within the BJP or the much touted BJP’s projected PM candidate in 2014 elections. Continue reading »
Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the sole, consensus candidate, billed the vote as a way to move on after months of protests against Saleh’s rule, but the president’s sons and nephews still command key army units and security agencies.
“Elections are the only exit route from the crisis which has buffeted Yemen for the past year,” Hadi, Saleh’s long-time right-hand and former army general, said after casting his vote. Continue reading »
Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister seen as a strong contender for France’s 2012 presidential election until a sexual assault case in New York last May brought his ambitions to an abrupt halt, could be held in custody until Thursday morning.
He could then be placed under formal investigation for benefitting from misappropriated company funds if investigators conclude that he attended sex sessions with prostitutes that company executives used expense accounts to pay for. Continue reading »
Feb 212012
t was a day of high drama for Kingfisher. CNBC-TV18′s Karma Paljor learns that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has not yet taken any decisive action against the battered airline. After it’s meeting with the company’s CEO and other officials, Bharat Bhushan of DGCA says 28 out of the total 64 aircrafts are still operational and they have asked the company to submit a revised flight schedule. Speaking to the channel, Bhushan clarified that there will be no penalty on the airline immediately. Continue reading »
BRISBANE: The controversial rotation policy, which has sparked of a heated debate among critics and speculation of a rift within the team, took a more confusing turn on Tuesday with Virender Sehwag saying he did not know that fielding abilities had anything to do with it.
In an apparent dig at skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sehwag said that he or any of the senior players had never been told that their ‘slow fielding’ was an issue.
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Feb 212012
New Delhi: Internet content providers including Yahoo, Gmail would be asked to route all emails accessed in India through the country even if the mail account is registered outside the country.
The move comes in the wake of instances where security agencies could not have a real-time access to some emails as they were registered outside the country but were opened in India. Continue reading »
New Delhi: In an attempt to dismantle the confrontation between seven chief ministers and the Centre, the Prime Minister has sent letters today assuring state governments that their concerns about the new anti-terror agency are being addressed. Every non-Congress government and Mamata Banerjee had complained that the National Counter Terrorism Centre or NCTC has been granted powers that encroach upon strictly state turf.
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KOLLAM: A court here today permitted police to search the Italian ship Enrica Lexie to seize the arms allegedly used by the two onboard naval guards to shoot and kill two Indian fishermen.
Judicial magistrate Dony Thomas issued the order on a petition filed by SP Daniel Christie to enable the investigators to enter the ship, anchored off the Kochi port, and seize the murder weapons.
Valentine Jalastine and Ajeesh Binki were shot dead allegedly by marines on the ship on February 15 off Kollam coast.
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