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Archive for January, 2012

Iran nuclear work at underground bunker confirmed

Iran nuclear work at underground bunker confirmed

Jan. 9 | Diplomats on Monday confirmed a report that Iran has begun uranium enrichment at an underground bunker and said the news is particularly worrying because the site is being used to make material that...

Gold traders stock up; silver pulls back from low

Gold traders stock up; silver pulls back from low

Jan. 9 | India gold traders stocked up on Monday afternoon, continuing to benefit from a 7 percent fall in prices from the beginning of December, while silver retraced from its 1-week low to be flat. * The...

Govt should cancel Salman Rushdie’s visa: Deoband

Govt should cancel Salman Rushdie’s visa: Deoband

Jan. 9 | Opposing controversial author Salman Rushdie’s visit to India, Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband today said the government should cancel his visa as he had hurt religious sentiments of Muslims...

Salman to host ‘Bigg Boss 6’

Salman to host ‘Bigg Boss 6’

Jan. 9 | After two consecutive stints as a host in ‘Bigg Boss’ season 4 and 5, Salman Khan is keen to anchor the sixth season of the popular reality show. According to sources, Salman Khan has agreed...

Go-karting instead of nets for struggling India

Go-karting instead of nets for struggling India

Jan. 9 | The mounting criticism of their poor show in the Test series against Australia notwithstanding, the Indian cricket team on Monday chose to enjoy some go-karting instead of having a net session ahead...

Man held with fake passport in Shamshabad Airport

Man held with fake passport in Shamshabad Airport

Jan. 9 | A man, who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Hyderabad with a fake passport, was arrested by the Immigration Officials in the International Rajiv Gandhi Airport at Shamshabad here on Monday. The man...

Anna hospitalised in Pune without police cover

Anna hospitalised in Pune without police cover

Jan. 9 | Despite Intelligence Bureau inputs on a possible terror threat to anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, there remain serious issues with his security. It seems Mr Hazare’s close aides took...

Compensation eluding Mecca Masjid blast suspects

Compensation eluding Mecca Masjid blast suspects

Jan. 9 | They are the worst victims of physical and mental torture by police in the Mecca Masjid blast case. But like justice, compensation too seems to elude them till date. A few hours before Mohammed Raeesuddin...

Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu is bogus: CBN

Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu is bogus: CBN

Jan. 9 | TDP president Nara Chandrababu Naidu reiterated on Monday that the Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu program of the Congress government was just a bogus and fake scheme. Addressing an extended meeting of party...

Harbhajan Singh`s absence hurting India: Akram

Harbhajan Singh`s absence hurting India: Akram

Jan. 8 | Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that the absence of experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is costing India dearly on the bouncy Australian pitches as Ravichandran Ashwin is only good...