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PM is honest but remote controlled: Anna Hazare
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 1:05 in India | Viewed 155 views times | No Comments
Chennai: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an honest man but is ‘remote controlled’, activist Anna Hazare said Sunday, urging people to start filling the jails from January 1 in support of a strong Lokpal.
Addressing about 10,000 mainly middle class crowd at a college ground here, Hazare drew repeated applause as he asked the youth to take the lead in…
Ajit Singh gets charge of Civil Aviation Ministry
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 0:13 in India | Viewed 181 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh was Sunday inducted into the union cabinet and given charge of the civil aviation ministry, days after his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ahead of upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.
In the fourth expansion of the council of ministers, the Jat leader from western Uttar Pradesh was the only…
Hundreds missing as migrants’ boat sinks off Indonesia
Published on 18 Dec, 2011 at 6:45 in World | Viewed 191 views times | No Comments
Some 300 people went missing after an overcrowded boat carrying illegal migrants, most of them from the Middle East, sank off Indonesia’s Java Island on Saturday, the ABC broadcaster said quoting a senior emergency official.
According to Indonesian media reports quoted by ABC, the boat was apparently heading for Australia.
The wooden boat carrying some 380 people sank about 90 km (50…
Molly Meldrum in critical condition
Published on 16 Dec, 2011 at 0:42 in Australian | Viewed 326 views times | No Comments
The music industry legend Molly Meldrum is in a critical condition after he suffered a fall in his Melbourne home yesterday.
65-year-old Meldrum fell about three meters when he was putting up the decorations for Christmas party. The incident occurred at his Richmond home.
Meldrum received injuries to his head and chest. He was in a coma before he was taken to…
US stops $700 million aid to Pakistan
Published on 16 Dec, 2011 at 0:34 in World | Viewed 256 views times | No Comments
Washington: The US House of Representatives has passed a huge $662 billion defence bill that freezes $700 million for Pakistan until the Congress is provided a report on how Islamabad is tackling the threat of improvised explosive devices.
Passed Wednesday with a 283-136 vote with bipartisan support in a bitterly divided Congress, the measure is expected to be approved by the…
Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Australia
Published on 15 Dec, 2011 at 1:19 in Australian | Viewed 321 views times | No Comments
The Queen has directed the members of the Royal family to visit different corners of the world as a part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Accordingly, The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will visit Australia next year. This will be Prince Charles’ 14th Australian tour and first since 2005.
The Royals will travel to 15 realms, where the Queen remains the head of state, and other Commonwealth countries.
Prince William…
No consensus at all-party meet on Lokpal bill
Published on 14 Dec, 2011 at 23:41 in India | Viewed 253 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: An all-party meeting called on late Wednesday to evolve a consensus on the Lokpal bill ended inconclusively, as Team Anna warned it might resume its protest campaign on December 27 either in Delhi or in Mumbai.
The ruling and the opposition parties failed to break the deadlock even after three hours of free and frank discussion, indicating major differences…
Barack Obama marks end of Iraq war
Published on 14 Dec, 2011 at 23:16 in World | Viewed 343 views times | No Comments
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday marked the end of Iraq war with a visit to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Xinhua reported.
He said the final work for the US military to leave Iraq has been done and the last troops will begin a final march out of that country in the next few days.
Addressing the members…
India remembers parliament attack victims
Published on 13 Dec, 2011 at 22:40 in India | Viewed 237 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday led members of both houses of parliament in paying tribute to martyrs on the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Indian parliament.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and…
Jobless man hurls shoes at Iran President Ahmadinejad
Published on 13 Dec, 2011 at 1:38 in World | Viewed 199 views times | No Comments
Tehran: An unemployed Iranian threw shoes at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday during a ceremony in Mazandaran province, Xinhua reported citing the local Mehr news agency.
The shoes, however, did not hit Ahmadinejad.
The incident occurred while Ahmadinejad was delivering a speech at a ceremony in the northern city of Sari.
The 45-year old, who had been dismissed by a weaving factory, managed…
