Illegal mining caught on camera: A hill on Aravalli destroyed
Despite the Supreme Court’s direct intervention to stop illegal mining in Rajasthan’s Aravalli range, it continues unabated, a fact that was caught on NDTV cameras, […]
Month: January 2012
Pilot avoids collision with bus on runway
The pilot of an IndiGo Airlines flight, carrying 168 passengers, had to use emergency brake while preparing for takeoff as a bus ferrying people to […]
Police demand tapes of reading from Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’; some authors leave LitFest
A day after author Salman Rushdie made it clear that he would not be coming to India, alleging that he was told that underworld hitmen […]
GB see off Kiwis
Great Britain’s women beat New Zealand 2-0 to book their place in the Four Nations hockey tournament final.
Senegal shocked by Zambia
Zambia kicked off their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a shock 2-1 win over one of the tournament favourites Senegal.
2G scam: Subramanian Swamy to argue on why Chidambaram should be summoned
Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy will today present his case, before the Patiala House court in Delhi, on why Home Minister P Chidambaram should be […]
Victory for Internet blackout protest: US Congress puts off piracy bill
US Senate majority leader Harry Reid said today that he was delaying next week’s scheduled vote on a controversial bill aimed at cracking down on […]
US Senate postpones vote on Internet piracy bill
US Senate leaders announced Friday they were delaying next week’s vote on an anti-online piracy bill that Wikipedia, Google and other Web giants have denounced […]
Rushdie skips Jaipur; Satanic Verses reading as form of protest is cancelled
The agenda of Day One of the Jaipur Literature Festival remained firmly focused not on who were there – authors like Michael Ondaatje and David […]
Pak crisis: Zardari, Kayani meet again
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met today, their second meeting since the memo scandal broke out, sparking off a […]