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Kanimozhi quits Rajya Sabha
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:33:14 +0530
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi on Wednesday submitted her resignation from the Upper House to party chief and her father M Karunanidhi in line with the decision of an all-party meeting to put pressure on the Centre to call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
This space engineer has licence to kill!
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:04:27 +0530
The name's Krishnamurthy. S Krishnamurthy. He is 59 and has a dull designation: General Manager - Safety. But he is the only man licensed to kill in midair the rockets of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) without seeking anybody's permission.
Chandrayaan-I installed atop launch vehicle
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:03:32 +0530
A week before launch, India's maiden lunar mission has progressed one step further, with the Chandrayaan spacecraft that will orbit the moon installed atop the rocket ferrying it.
Brit Sikh cooks kebabs with a colleague’s corpse
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:37:55 +0530
A British Sikh kebab shop owner has been asked to close down his business after police caught him cooking kebabs with the corpse of a colleague lying on a sofa nearby.
Conservative Party voted back to power in Canada
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:26:57 +0530
Canada's ruling Conservative Party has returned to power with a larger tally in the general elections, but short of the 155 mark needed for a simple majority in the 308-member House of Commons.
Aravind defies odds to win Booker
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:27:21 +0530
Beating predictions by bookies and others, debutant Indian novelist 33-year-old Aravind Adiga's book "The White Tiger" was declared the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008.
India-The Times of India
One arrested, three others detained for Kanpur blast
One person was arrested and three others detained for interrogation in connection with a blast in the Colonelgunj area of the city, police said on Wednesday.
Three arrested, 15 kg of poppy and charas recovered in J&K
Three persons were arrested and about 15 kg of poppy and charas was recovered from them in separate incidents in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
Sonia 'going to jail' for Rae Bareli is drama: Mayawati
Terming the Congress president's allegations against her party as baseless, Mayawati said the coach factory in Rae Bareli is part of a political conspiracy.
US cos quit IAF's attack helicopter bids
Two US chopper manufacturers, Bell and Boeing, have opted out of the Indian Air Force's tenders for attack helicopters, giving a severe blow to India's effort to get six global companies to participate in the bids.
Three militants among five killed in Manipur
Five persons, including three militants, have been killed in separate attacks in Imphal East and Imphal West districts of Manipur, official sources said on Wednesday.
Normal life paralysed in Manipur due to strike
Markets, shops and business establishments remained closed due to the strike called by major insurgent organisations to protest the state's merger with the union.
Hindustan Times News Feeds 'India'
Kanimozhi quits Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi submitted her resignation from the upper house to party chief M Karunanidhi in line with the decision of an all-party meeting to put pressure on the Centre to call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
One arrested, three others detained for Kanpur blast
One person was arrested and three others detained for interrogation in connection with a blast in the Colonelgunj area of the city Kanpur.
Curfew ralaxed in riot-torn Dhule
Life in North Maharashtra's riot-affected Dhule town returned back to normalcy after curfew was relaxed from 0600 hours to 2300 hours, police said.
'UPA taking contradictory stands on Ram Sethu'
BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate for Delhi V K Malhotra hit out at the Congress-led UPA on the Ram Sethu issue, saying the Central government is adopting "contradictory stands" on the matter.
Sonia did a drama in Raebareli: Mayawati
Denying Sonia Gandhi's allegations that her Govt was against development, the UP CM retorted that Congress is worried only about Rae Bareli while she was worried about the whole of UP.
Goa minister's son still at large
A day after he was booked for allegedly raping a German minor girl, the Goa police are still unable to arrest the state Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte's elder son, Rohit.
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'I could have fulfilled Sonia's wish of going to jail'
At a press Conference in Lucknow on Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati accused the Congress party of thinking of setting up a rail coach factory in Rae Bareli only a few months before Lok Sabha elections.
Gay sex: ‘Use science, not religion to justify ban’
The Delhi High Court pulled up the Centre for relying on religious texts to justify ban on gay sex and asked it to come up with scientific reports to justify it.
Jet-Kingfisher invites Air India to join alliance
Exuding confidence that their alliance would help them save Rs 1500 crore, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines invited Air India to come on board for overcoming the slowdown.
Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize
Beating predictions by bookies and others, debutant Indian novelist 33-year-old Aravind Adiga's book 'The White Tiger' was declared the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008.
German girl rape: Goa Minister's son still at large
A day after he was booked for allegedly raping a German minor girl, search is still on to arrest the state Education Minister's son.
