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Commission probing Bhopal Gas disaster seeks info on Warren Anderson’s arrest

Jun 19, 2013

Bhopal: The Commission probing the Bhopal Gas disaster today sought information from the PMO and the Union Home Ministry about the arrest and subsequent release of then Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson. Chairman of the Commission Justice (Retd) S L Kochhar passed the order to "concerned authorities," an official statement released #Bhopal Gas disaster #NewsTracker #Union Carbide #Warren Anderson
SC slams Mumbai cops for baseless arrest of Ugandan nationals

Jun 19, 2013

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed Mumbai Police for restraining three Uganda nationals, including a parliamentarian, from leaving the country and directed it to immediately release their passports which were seized on a complaint filed on behalf of Videocon group. A bench of justices AK Patnaik and Ranjan Gogoi #Mumbai Police #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #Uganda
Sudhir Naik appointed chairman of selectors of senior Mumbai team

Jun 19, 2013

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) today appointed former India opener and state captain Sudhir Naik as the chairman of the selection panel after national chief selector Sandeep Patil had resigned from the post in April. The 67-year-old former India opener, Naik, was named the chief selector for the senior and U-25 teams with Karsan Ghavri, Deepak Jadhav #Cricket #MCA #Mumbai #NewsTracker #Sudhir Naik #Wankhede
India concerned over allocation of Pak funds Jamat-ud-Dawa: Khurshid

Jun 19, 2013

Baghdad: India on Wednesday raised its concerns over millions of rupees allocated by Pakistan's Punjab province government to Jamat-ud-Dawa-led by Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafeez Saeed, saying New Delhi would "carefully" analyse the matter before taking it up with Islamabad. "I have seen the (Pakistan's Punjab government's) budget provision that have #Hafeez Saeed #Jamat-ud-Dawa #NewsTracker #Pakistan #Salman Khurshid
US Secretary of State John Kerry to visit India on 23 June

Jun 19, 2013

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry would travel to India on June 23 to co-chair the 4th India-US Strategic Dialogue, his spokesperson said today. Unlike his predecessor, Hillary Clinton, who had visited other Indian cities besides New Delhi during her three trips to the country, Kerry would be staying in #India #John Kerry #NewsTracker #US #World
Mallikarjun Kharge takes charge as Railway Minister

Jun 19, 2013

New Delhi: Newly-appointed Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge took charge of his portfolio Wednesday, a statement said. Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal briefed him on various important issues concerning the ministry including the priority areas, said the statement. Kharge was given the charge during the latest cabinet reshuffle Monday. He earlier held charge #Mallikarjun Kharge #NewsTracker #Railway Minister
Wall St opens flat ahead of highly anticipated Fed statement

Jun 19, 2013

New York: US stocks dipped modestly at the open on Wednesday, but held on to most of their gains over the last two days, ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve statement and news conference. The Fed will release a policy statement at 2:00 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), which will be #Ben Bernanke #MarketWatch #Stock market #Wall Street
Uttarakhand floods: Death toll reaches 150, likely to rise

Jun 19, 2013

Dehradun: The terrible magnitude of nature's fury in Uttarakhand unfolded today as the death toll rose to 150 with fears that it may go up substantially as large parts the area remained under water while hundreds of houses and buildings lay in ruins. After an aerial survey of the affected areas, #Manmohan Singh #NewsTracker #Rescue Operations #Uttarakhand floods #Vijay Bahuguna
Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax evasion

Jun 19, 2013

Milan: Fashion design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were on Wednesday handed a suspended prison sentence of one year and eight months for hiding hundreds of millions of euros from the tax authorities. The designers, who are nearly as famous as the stars they dress, were not present in court #Dolce & Gabbana #Domenico Dolce #NewsTracker #Stefano Gabbana #Tax evasion
Barcelona’s off-season mission: Save Thiago from leaving

Jun 19, 2013

Barcelona face a delicate balancing act to convince sought-after Spain Under-21 playmaker Thiago Alcantara that his long-term future lies with the club and he can play a leading role with the La Liga champions next season. The 22-year-old Barca academy graduate, whose contract runs until June 2015, is being groomed as #Barcelona #Euro U-21 #football #KickingAround #Spain U-21 #Sports #Thiago Alcantara

Tech

Facebook has never been stronger since IPO, says COO Sandberg

Facebook has never been stronger since IPO, says COO Sandberg

Jun 20, 2013

Microsoft talked with Nokia about buying devices unit – WSJ report

John McAfee resurfaces as ranting video star, mocks McAfee software

World’s first flying car up for sale for $1 million

World

Include shale gas on your New Delhi agenda: Lawmaker to Kerry

Include shale gas on your New Delhi agenda: Lawmaker to Kerry

Jun 20, 2013

Kentucky shooting: Three dead in US condominium

President Xi, Obama summit was ‘very successful’: China

Obama plans major push on global warming, says its threat of our time

politics

Mamata accuses media house of plotting to murder her

Mamata accuses media house of plotting to murder her

Jun 20, 2013

Mallikarjun Kharge takes charge as Railway Minister

Clearance to AirAsia deal illegal, says Subramanian Swamy

CPI(M), Maoists want to kill me so that they can return to power: Mamata

Sports

Harbhajan rescued by Indian Air Force after Uttarakhand floods

Harbhajan rescued by Indian Air Force after Uttarakhand floods

Jun 20, 2013

Dalmiya and Srinivasan could attend ICC meet together

Confederations Cup: Italy ekes out 4-3 win over Japan

It’s batting vs batting as India take on SL in Champions Trophy

Bollywood

‘The Sopranos’ actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

‘The Sopranos’ actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

Jun 20, 2013

Jiah Khan died due to hanging, says postmortem report

The Bhaag Milkha Bhaag trailer is out!

India, China must collaborate for movies, culture: Jackie Chan

India

Monsoon live: Water level of Yamuna recedes marginally

Monsoon live: Water level of Yamuna recedes marginally

Jun 20, 2013

Andhra Pradesh passes Bill to empower girls, restore gender balance

Chhattisgarh announces Rs 5 crore for flood-hit U’khand

Obama’s ‘peace at any cost’ talks with Taliban may recoil on India

Editor's picks

Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.

The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

Political parties need to have a process for electing leaders. This problem relates more to cadre-based parties such as BJP and CPM.
Why 55-60 to the dollar may be the new normal for rupee

A drop in the US dollar index does not seem to help the rupee; this shows that the Indian currency seems to be marching to its own gloomy beat.
Critics split on Apple iOS 7: Hideous, unoriginal or a thing of pure beauty?

The new design has sparked debates over whether Apple stole the design from Android or Windows 8 or just created an unholy union of the two. We take a look at what the critics are saying:
Is Putin the Salman Khan of international politics?

Is Vladimir Putin the Salman Khan of world politics? Our new columnist, stand-up comedian Gursimran Khamba pontificates.

Advani wins: No free hand for Narendra Modi just yet

What was the senior leader’s specific problem? Well, one is the indecent hurry in which Modi’s is being shoved down the throats of other leaders in the party.
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India

Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
How US industries are trying to use 'treaties' to arm twist India

US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.