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Indian security officers trained on preventing terror attack (21 November 04:50) |
| Select officers from Indian security agencies today completed a two-week training course at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) on preventing terrorist attacks conducted by Ameri... |
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Rajdeep Sardesai to meet CM over attack on IBN-Lokmat (21 November 04:48) |
| Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai will meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here tomorrow to lodge a formal protest over the attack on the offices of 'IBN-Lokmat' TV channel. |
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Koda seeks time from the Enforcement Directorate (21 November 04:46) |
| Former Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who skipped from appearing before the Enforcement Directorate yesterday, has sought time saying his documents are not ready. |
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Indian brands shine at best-of-wines contest (21 November 04:37) |
| Indian wine drinkers now have a reason to smile. No, their glass of Shiraz isn’t getting any cheaper, but their knowledge of what’s best in the market has just been given a fillip, repor... |
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SRPF jawans out of Gateway now on footpath (21 November 04:36) |
| The 30 jawans from Solapur who had been staying at the Gateway of India and guarding the Taj hotel for at least two months were asked to move out of the heritage structure on Thursday night ... |
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Preferential treatment given to convicts with connections (21 November 04:36) |
| The Delhi government came under fire from the Delhi High Court on Friday for giving preferential treatment to convicts with high connections like Manu Sharma. |
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City gets worlds longest suburban train today (21 November 04:34) |
| The much-delayed plan to give Mumbai its first 15-coach train will become a reality on Saturday. Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will flag off the train from Andheri, reports Shashank... |
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Woman held for running extortion racket (21 November 04:33) |
| From her home near the shores of Uttan, this Class 10 dropout managed an extortion empire in the city on behalf of her gang leader based in faraway Hong Kong, reports HT Correspondent. |
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No name finalised for BJP chief post (21 November 04:33) |
| A day after BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said she turned down an offer to become the next party chief, Venkaiah Naidu declared, “I am neither in the race nor interested to become president onc... |
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Car park planned at Matunga a safety hazard (21 November 04:32) |
| Civic Improvements Committee members have strongly opposed the proposal for a multi-level car park next to Matunga station, reports Amrita U Kadam. |
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Security agency took too long to lodge a complaint (21 November 04:31) |
| Praveen Belokar (28) may not have escaped with Rs 83 lakh in cash if the security van’s cashiers and armed guard had not taken 90 minutes to lodge a police complaint, reports Shahkar Abidi... |
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Your commute is changing (21 November 04:30) |
| Hoping to rid arterial roads of traffic jams and make the city more pedestrian-friendly, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is considering a proposal for underground roads in South... |
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Van driver steals Rs 40 lakh (21 November 04:28) |
| On Friday morning, a cash transport van rolled into ABN Amro’s automated teller machine (ATM) at Oshiwara in Andheri (West), with Rs 83 lakh in cash, reports HT Correspondent. |
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Pollution kills 8 lakh in India every year Report (21 November 04:27) |
| A report prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute revealed that 800,000 people died in India every year because of environmental factors, reports Chetan Chauhan. |
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2611 ex-top cop finds fault with senior officers (21 November 04:26) |
| Ten months after Hasan Gafoor was removed as Mumbai’s police commissioner allegedly for inaction during 26/11, he has accused some senior officers of not taking on the terrorists, reports ... |
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PM leaves for US N-tech transfer terror on agenda (21 November 04:25) |
| PM Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States — the first by a head of state after Barack Obama became president — is expected to “take the strategic partnership between the two cou... |
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Busan is Mumbais new sister city (21 November 04:23) |
| Busan, a port city located at the southern tip of the Republic of South Korea, is now Mumbai’s new sister city, reports Sayli Udas Mankikar. |
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TV channels Pune office also attacked Shiv Sena draws flak (21 November 04:22) |
| Minutes after Marathi news channel IBN-Lokmat’s Mumbai office was ransacked on Friday, its Pune office was also attacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks, reports HT Correspondents. |
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After lull swine flu claims 1 (21 November 04:21) |
| After sparing Mumbai for over 50 days, the H1N1 virus on Friday claimed another life, reports HT Correspondent. |
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Saved 400 got Rs 500 (21 November 04:20) |
| For saving some 400 lives on the fateful night of the 26/11 terror attacks, Bablu Kumar Deepak, a railway announcer at the out-station train section of CST, was awarded an amount so meager t... |
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A warm winter an empty harvest (21 November 03:51) |
| Yield is dropping in Punjab, the granary of India, as rising winter temperature hits wheat crop, breeds disease, reports Amit Sharma. |
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A fans collection of Asterix figures (21 November 03:49) |
| Asterix, the world’s most famous Gaul just turned 50, bringing all of Europe into a fever about the comic book hero. |
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In arid fields bumper crop (21 November 03:48) |
| As monsoons get more erratic and rainfall dips in northwestern Orissa, a group of farmers is collecting rainwater to rejuvenate their fields, reports Priya Ranjan Sahu. |
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Government backtracks on sugarcane pricing opposition satisfied (21 November 03:42) |
| The government on Friday bowed to pressure from sugarcane farmers, Opposition parties and some of its own leaders and allies and announced a rollback on the sugar control order that has para... |
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Pak worries over new US Afghan strategy (21 November 03:39) |
| As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a US troops surge would widen the war but also keen to see a robust US commitment that would con... |
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Fish move north to beat the heat (21 November 03:37) |
| According to a study, conducted by the Sea Around Us Project at Canada’s University of British Columbia, by India could lose 40 per cent of fish population over the next 50 years, reports ... |
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STRONGIndia feels ignored by Sino-US tiesSTRONG (21 November 03:34) |
| India bristles at closer Sino-US ties,’ said the front page of a State-run Chinese newspaper on Friday, reports HT Correspondent. |
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A ray of hope for Gangotri (21 November 03:31) |
| India’s second largest glacier may be slowing its retreat as the Uttarakhand government controls tourist numbers, re-greens forest reserve, writes Sunita Aron. |
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Ill be there Fonseka tells soldiers (21 November 03:30) |
| Sarath Fonseka who resigned last week as the chief of defence staff assured armed forces on Friday that he would standby democracy and always fight for their rights, reports Sutirtho Patrano... |
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Cosmetic killers Gang extracted victims body fat (21 November 03:26) |
| Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a... |
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Pocket money involved in judiciary Dalai Lama (21 November 03:22) |
| The Dalai Lama on Friday hinted that the judiciary was not free from corruption, making the remark in the presence of Supreme Court and Delhi High Court judges, reports Tushar Srivastava. |
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Unusual cures for injured football players (21 November 03:20) |
| Anyone who is interested in football will this week have become aware of the contribution a placenta will be making in Arsenal’s bid to win the Premier League. John Dykes reports. |
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Gaurav cards 70 again to stay ahead (21 November 03:17) |
| Gone is the pressure of commencing operations as the top-placed player and instead of throwing frequent glances at the leaderboard, the focus is on the craft, reports Robin Bose. |
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Replay would be fairest says Henry (21 November 03:15) |
| Thierry Henry said a World Cup qualifying replay between France and Ireland would be “the fairest solution” to the handball controversy after the match. |
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ISI moved Taliban chief to safe zone (21 November 03:15) |
| Fearing that Taliban supremo Mullah Omar might be targeted by US drones, Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has helped him flee from the border town of Quetta to the mega port ci... |
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World snooker rescheduled (21 November 03:12) |
| A rock concert in the neighbouring hall at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre caused the rescheduling of the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship. |
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University hockey player thrashed (21 November 03:06) |
| The captain of the Kirori Mal College (KMC) hockey team was allegedly beaten by a group of youngsters on Friday evening, the police said, reports HT Correspondent. |
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Pak plays spoilsport in Srinagar-Delhi dialogue (21 November 03:04) |
| Even as the Hurriyat Conference was seeking to overcome its own contradictions vis-à-vis talks with Centre to resolve Kashmir issue, Pakistan Friday threw a spanner the way it d... |
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Narrow escape for China (21 November 03:03) |
| Japan pushed powerhouse China to the limit before going down 2-3 in the summit clash of the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championship, reports Sharad Deep. |
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BJP condemns Shiv Sena violence at TV channel offices (21 November 02:58) |
| The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly condemned Friday's attack by Shiv Sena activists on the offices of IBN-Lokmat network channel in Mumbai and Pune. |
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UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention (21 November 01:49) |
| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect "the youngest and most vulnerable members of society". |
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Deal with insurgents firmly PC tells Manipur CM (21 November 01:45) |
| Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh today expressed hope that student organisations in his state would soon end their boycott of classes, which has been continuing for the last three months... |
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STRONGLetter warns of multiple bomb blastsSTRONG (21 November 01:39) |
| A mysterious letter threatening to trigger multiple bomb blasts in different places of the city, including the Raj Bhawan and the Chief Minister's residence, threw the police into tizzy and ... |
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Rajnath Singh Raman Singh campaign for BJP in Jharkhand (21 November 01:07) |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Friday addressed two poll rallies in Jharkhand, appealing for vote for the BJP, which he promised would provide a "stable government" ... |
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China has a stake in Kashmir Hurriyat leader (21 November 01:05) |
| Welcoming the US-China approach on Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Beijing has a 'stake in the peace in the region'. Mirwaiz plans visit to Beijing |
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Two held for shooting at Delhi property dealer (21 November 01:05) |
| Two people were arrested in New Delhi on Friday for allegedly shooting at a property dealer in south Delhi, injuring him severely, police said. |
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Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan (21 November 01:02) |
| Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war. |
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Manmohan to seek Obama pressure over Pak (21 November 12:57) |
| India Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise the issue of terrorism emanating from Pakistan-based extremist groups with US President Barack Obama in Washington next week, and u... |
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RSS not interfering in choosing new Prez (21 November 12:56) |
| The BJP today said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, its ideological fountainhead, was not interfering in choosing the next party president. |
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US drone attack kills 8 militants 3 policemen die in blast (21 November 12:44) |
| Targeting a top al-Qaeda commander, a US drone today fired missiles at a hideout in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region killing eight militants, most of them foreigners, even as a bomb... |
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