Friday, December 30, 2011
Sreedharan to retire as DMRC chief on Saturday - India News - IBNLive
Sreedharan to retire as DMRC chief on Saturday - India News - IBNLive: E Sreedharan will retire as DMRC chief on Saturday and hand over reins to colleague Mangu Singh after a highly successful 16-year tenure during which he transformed the capital's transport sector through Metro.
Pak notches up top slot in Google search for sex - Tech News - IBNLive
Pak notches up top slot in Google search for sex - Tech News - IBNLive: Pakistan has secured a dubious distinction of being the number one globally for searching the term 'sex' on Google in 2011. Pakistan is followed by India.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
BCCC cautions Colors on Sunny promoting 'business' - TV - Indian TV - ibnlive
BCCC cautions Colors on Sunny promoting 'business' - TV - Indian TV - ibnlive: In the wake of complaints over appearance of porn star Sunny Leone in TV reality show 'Big Boss', the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) has asked TV channel Colors to ensure that she does not use the programme to promote her 'pornography business'.
2011: 'Kolaveri Di' and 'Rockstar' stand out - IBN South - IBN Tamil Nadu - ibnlive
2011: 'Kolaveri Di' and 'Rockstar' stand out - IBN South - IBN Tamil Nadu - ibnlive: The chartbusters in 2011 saw the likes of 'Bhaag D K Bose', 'Sadda haq', 'Dhinka chika' and 'Chammak Challo' fighting for supremacy until Dhanush crooned 'Kolaveri di' and as the year drew to a close his soup song
Bigg Boss: Mastermind Juhi provokes Sky to quit - TV - Indian TV - ibnlive
Bigg Boss: Mastermind Juhi provokes Sky to quit - TV - Indian TV - ibnlive: Juhi Parmar has bright chances of winning 'Bigg Boss 5'. Many eliminated contestants also predicted the same. Thanks to her friends in the house, Juhi has managed to survive on the show so far. She has often used people in the house to create controversies and maintained her peace loving image in front of others.
Friday, December 23, 2011
French woman devotes her life to Bihar villages - India News - IBNLive
French woman devotes her life to Bihar villages - India News - IBNLive: Jeanne Pere, a retired French teacher, has left France to make Bodh Gaya her home with a mission to provide free education, healthcare and a better life to her neighbourhood that she now calls her Bihar family.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Bigg Boss: Pooja Misrra to re-enter with Symonds - TV - Indian TV - ibnlive
Bigg Boss: Pooja Misrra to re-enter with Symonds - TV - Indian TV - ibnlive: Model and controversial housemate Pooja Mishra, who was evicted from 'Bigg Boss', will be re-entering the show as a translator for new celebrity contestant Andrew Symonds.
Egypt's Brotherhood claims win in run-off vote - World News - IBNLive
Egypt's Brotherhood claims win in run-off vote - World News - IBNLive: The Muslim Brotherhood's political party said on Wednesday it had won a majority of the seats up for grabs in Egypt's run-off elections, which would give it at least 40 per cent of the seats in parliament decided thus far.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Rupee recovers after hitting all-time low - Business News - IBNLive
Rupee recovers after hitting all-time low - Business News - IBNLive: The rupee recovered slightly on Wednesday after suspected RBI intervention, a day after the currency had slumped to an all-time low, but global risk aversion meant the Indian unit would remain under pressure in the near term.
Dell's Latitude ST tablet launched at Rs 36,000 - Tech News - IBNLive
Dell's Latitude ST tablet launched at Rs 36,000 - Tech News - IBNLive: Dell today launched a Windows 7 based Tablet PC under its Latitude series of laptops. The Latitude ST tablet has 10.1-inch capacitive multi-touch display and pen for writing.
Yash Raj Films launches company in Hollywood - Movies News - Hollywood - ibnlive
Yash Raj Films launches company in Hollywood - Movies News - Hollywood - ibnlive: Yash Raj Films has forayed into the international market by launching a Hollywood-based production and financing company that will produce international content. The company named 'YRF Entertainment', will focus on developing and producing feature films for the US and the international market.
Akshay Kumar stole my concept: Telugu actor Aditya - Movies News - Telugu - ibnlive
Akshay Kumar stole my concept: Telugu actor Aditya - Movies News - Telugu - ibnlive: A Telugu actor is claiming that Akshay Kumar has stolen his idea of making a film based on a reality show. Aditya Om is not a name that will ring a bell. But Aditya, who is also a writer-director, is claiming that he was shocked to know that Khiladi Kumar's project is based on a concept he registered with the Writers' Association on November 18.
Memogate: Never met or knew Ijaz, says Mullen - World News - IBNLive
Memogate: Never met or knew Ijaz, says Mullen - World News - IBNLive: Amid a raging controversy over Pakistan's 'memogate', a spokesman for Admiral Mike Mullen has asserted that the former Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee never met or knew a central figure in the controversy.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Mark Zuckerberg gets Harvard star treatment - Tech News - IBNLive
Mark Zuckerberg gets Harvard star treatment - Tech News - IBNLive: Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard officially for the first time Monday, winning a warm welcome from the university where he created Facebook and embarked on a well-chronicled meteoric ascent.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
SC raps Agnivesh for his Amarnath remarks - India News - IBNLive
SC raps Agnivesh for his Amarnath remarks - India News - IBNLive: Showing reluctance to quash criminal proceedings against activist Swami Agnivesh for allegedly making a controversial statement about Amarnath pilgrimage, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said people's sentiments cannot be taken for granted and that he cannot go "scot free" if he has made the remark.
Monday, November 7, 2011
KBC Rs 5 crore winner Sushil Kumar to be NREGA's face - India News - IBNLive
KBC Rs 5 crore winner Sushil Kumar to be NREGA's face - India News - IBNLive: Sushil Kumar, the Rs 5 crore Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) jackpot winner, has agreed to be the brand ambassador for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Relief for Ashok Chavan in paid news case - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Relief for Ashok Chavan in paid news case - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: The Supreme Court on Thursday put a stay order on the proceedings against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan by the Election commision (EC).
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Chidambaram backs Omar Abdullah on AFSPA - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Chidambaram backs Omar Abdullah on AFSPA - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: Home Minister P Chidambaram found nothing wrong with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's move to remove Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) but felt the Congress demand for more consultations on the issue was 'perfectly understandable'.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Microsoft world's best company to work for: Study - Tech News - IBNLive
Microsoft world's best company to work for: Study - Tech News - IBNLive: Software giant Microsoft has topped a list of the world's best multinational companies to work for, where all the top-ten positions have been bagged by American firms.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
All sporting bodies will be under RTI: Maken - India News - IBNLive
All sporting bodies will be under RTI: Maken - India News - IBNLive: Sports Minister Ajay Maken unveiled his new revised Sports Bill on Monday. Hinting at the BCCI's opposition to it, Maken said that the Bill will enhance greater transparency in the functioning of sports federations. He added that sporting bodies which do not want to come under the RTI raise suspicion.
Friday, October 14, 2011
World View, CNN-IBN Exclusive & Special News Show: IBNLive
World View, CNN-IBN Exclusive & Special News Show: IBNLive: A weekly analysis of the world’s most important stories, and how India is affected. Bringing India’s, and the world’s, top foreign policy thinkers into serious debate.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
India keen to end losing run against Eng: Cricketnext
India keen to end losing run against Eng: Cricketnext: In hope to make amends for the drubbing in England, India will once again face their nemesis of late - England - in an ODI series that begins with the first match here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Friday.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Prashant Bhushan beaten up inside his chamber - India News - IBNLive
Prashant Bhushan beaten up inside his chamber - India News - IBNLive: Senior lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has been allegedly beaten up by three people. Bhushan was reportedly beaten up inside his chamber in the Supreme Court on Wednesday by three people belonging to a little known outfit Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Listen: Team Anna vs Cong in the Lokpal tapes - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Listen: Team Anna vs Cong in the Lokpal tapes - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: The details of what transpired during the Lokpal Bill Joint Drafting Committee meetings between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and Team Anna are out in the open. The audio recordings of the Lokpal Bill Joint Drafting Committee between the Central Government and Team Anna have been accessed by CNN-IBN correspondent Rupashree Nanda through the Right to Information Act.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Advani announces his Yatra plan, criticises UPA - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Advani announces his Yatra plan, criticises UPA - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on Monday criticised the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for not being able to provide a corruption-free and strong Government to India while announcing that his Yatra would start from Tuesday. He said that the focus of his Yatra would be on development and in giving good governance in India.
Friday, October 7, 2011
'Armani of Apple' Jonathan Ive key in post-Jobs era - Tech News - IBNLive
'Armani of Apple' Jonathan Ive key in post-Jobs era - Tech News - IBNLive: His name may lack the broad brand recognition of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs, but his touch on Apple's popular line of products is unmistakable.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Israel's Daniel Shechtman gets Nobel in Chemistry - World News - IBNLive
Israel's Daniel Shechtman gets Nobel in Chemistry - World News - IBNLive: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Daniel Shechtman of Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel "for the discovery of quasicrystals".
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets 2 per cent salary hike - Tech News - IBNLive
'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets 2 per cent salary hike - Tech News - IBNLive: Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer failed to clinch his maximum bonus for the second year running due to the company's slow progress in mobile phones and adapting to the tablet computer revolution.
'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets 2 per cent salary hike - Tech News - IBNLive
'Underpaid' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets 2 per cent salary hike - Tech News - IBNLive: Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer failed to clinch his maximum bonus for the second year running due to the company's slow progress in mobile phones and adapting to the tablet computer revolution.
CLT20: Group A set for exciting climax today: Cricketnext
CLT20: Group A set for exciting climax today: Cricketnext: The Group A of the Champions League Twenty20 has justified its name - Group of Death - given to it before the start of the tournament as Tuesday is the last day of round robin matches of the group, with all five teams still in fray to reach the semifinals.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
IBNLive : Wajid Shamsul Hasan's Blog : Pakistan: Floods again
IBNLive : Wajid Shamsul Hasan's Blog : Pakistan: Floods again: Pakistan's socio-economic life was topsy-turveyed by devastating floods last year described four times deadlier than Asian tsunami. While it was yet struggling to get back one-fifth of the country's population and land inundated by water on its feet, it has again been hit by torrential rains and flooding of enormous magnitude.
IBNLive : Wajid Shamsul Hasan's Blog : Pakistan: Floods again
IBNLive : Wajid Shamsul Hasan's Blog : Pakistan: Floods again: Pakistan's socio-economic life was topsy-turveyed by devastating floods last year described four times deadlier than Asian tsunami. While it was yet struggling to get back one-fifth of the country's population and land inundated by water on its feet, it has again been hit by torrential rains and flooding of enormous magnitude.
Amar Singh blames BJP in cash-for-votes scam - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Amar Singh blames BJP in cash-for-votes scam - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: A Delhi court will pronounce its decision on former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's bail plea on Tuesday. Noted lawyer and BJP MP Ram Jethmalani, who is defending him, argued in court on Monday that the bribe money may have come from the BJP itself.
Hope and heroism: Obama hails post-9/11 resilience - World News - IBNLive
Hope and heroism: Obama hails post-9/11 resilience - World News - IBNLive: Ten years after the nation was unified in horror, US President Barack Obama honored the legacy of the September 11 victims on Sunday by personally tracing the trail of the terrorist attacks, proudly declaring that the decade since has proven "America does not give in to fear."
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Possible that SIT probe wasn't proper: Zakia Jafri - India News - IBNLive
Possible that SIT probe wasn't proper: Zakia Jafri - India News - IBNLive: Former MP Ehsan Jafri's wife and the petitioner in Gulbarg Society case Zakia Jafri on Monday expressed disappointment and anger over the Supreme Court's order on the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Supreme Court directed the SIT to file its final report to the lower court. The apex court observed that the trial court will decide on the application in accordance with law.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
ED registers case against Baba Ramdev - India News - IBNLive
ED registers case against Baba Ramdev - India News - IBNLive: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday registered a foreign exchange violation case against Baba Ramdev and his trust. The Directorate has found evidence of Ramdev and his trusts receiving financial aid from the USA, Britain and New Zealand.
ED registers case against Baba Ramdev - India News - IBNLive
ED registers case against Baba Ramdev - India News - IBNLive: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday registered a foreign exchange violation case against Baba Ramdev and his trust. The Directorate has found evidence of Ramdev and his trusts receiving financial aid from the USA, Britain and New Zealand.
SAFF-2011 to pay tribute to the late Shammi Kapoor - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive
SAFF-2011 to pay tribute to the late Shammi Kapoor - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive: The sixth edition of South Asian Film Festival (SAFF), an annual event organised by the South Asia Foundation (SAF) will focus on 'Dissolving Boundaries' spreading the message of togetherness and oneness among South Asian countries.
Monday, August 29, 2011
IIT-K to launch nano satellite in September - India News - IBNLive
IIT-K to launch nano satellite in September - India News - IBNLive: IIT-Kanpur's indigenously built nano satellite Jugnu is likely to be launched by the end of September from Sriharikota, an official of the institute said on Monday. ISRO scientists have given the green signal to the engineering model, while the flight model is being assembled in Banglore, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar said.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Please end fast, Aamir Khan tells Anna - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive
Please end fast, Aamir Khan tells Anna - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive: Bollywood star Aamir Khan on Saturday urged Anna Hazare to end his fast in support of a strong anti-corruption legislation, saying the 74-year-old was needed for future battles against graft.
We want the PM under Lokpal: Sitaram Yechury - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
We want the PM under Lokpal: Sitaram Yechury - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday spoke in Rajya Sabha and said he has met Team Anna and discussed the three conditions - inclusion of lower bureaucracy, Lokayuktas in all states and citizen's charter for public grievances.
Ramlila Maidan becomes postal address for Anna - India News - IBNLive
Ramlila Maidan becomes postal address for Anna - India News - IBNLive: Postmen had never ventured here but for the past one week they have been taking rounds of Ramlila Maidan with their mailbags delivering letters to fasting Anna Hazare.
World's oldest person marks 115th birthday in US - Trends News - IBNLive
World's oldest person marks 115th birthday in US - Trends News - IBNLive: About 15 to 20 people celebrated the birthday of Besse Cooper, a US woman who is listed as the world's oldest person.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
BJP slams UPA for its handling of Anna movement - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
BJP slams UPA for its handling of Anna movement - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: BJP on Thursday slammed the UPA for its "changing stance" and "hardening of posture" in dealing with Anna Hazare's anti-graft agitation and warned the government against any misadventure in this regard.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sprint to start selling iPhone 5 mid-October: Report - Tech News - IBNLive
Sprint to start selling iPhone 5 mid-October: Report - Tech News - IBNLive: Sprint Nextel will start selling the next version of the Apple Inc iPhone in mid-October, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal that cited unnamed sources.
Fresh Lokpal Bill drafted, 3 issues remain - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Fresh Lokpal Bill drafted, 3 issues remain - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: Team Anna and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government have finalised the Lokpal Bill draft which has been sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources have told CNN-IBN. However, the two sides have not come to an agreement on three contentious issues: inclusion of the lower bureaucracy in the ambit of the Lokpal, having a Lokayukta in every state and a specific deadline for the bill.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
26/11 American victims want Headley to depose - World News - IBNLive
26/11 American victims want Headley to depose - World News - IBNLive: American nationals and relatives of those killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks want the confessed LeT operative David Headley to take the stand in a New York law suit they have filed against Pakistan's ISI for plotting the bloody mayhem.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Becoming ODI No. 1 Eng next target: Vaughan: Cricket Next
Becoming ODI No. 1 Eng next target: Vaughan: Cricket Next: As England cherish their ascendancy to the top of Test cricket with three successive wins over India, former captain Michael Vaughan said the next challenge will be to rule the one-day rankings.
Govt bows down, Anna to fast at Ramlila Maidan - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Govt bows down, Anna to fast at Ramlila Maidan - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: The Delhi Police has allowed Anna Hazare to go ahead with his fast at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan for seven days and may extend it. Hazare supporter Manish Sisodia had earlier said that the Government has agreed to allow the use of Ramlila Maidan for the fast for seven days. But Hazare is reportedly adamant that he wants to continue his protest for as long as he wants to and is insisting on his unconditional release.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams govt, backs Anna - India News - IBNLive
MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams govt, backs Anna - India News - IBNLive: "Rajeev Chandrasekhar, enterprenuer and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), has come out in support of Team Anna and their drive against corruption, and has slammed the Manmohan Singh government for arresting the veteran Gandhian anti-corruption crusader. Following is the statement of support to Anna and his movement by Chandrasekhar:"
Anna Hazare sent to 7-day judicial custody - India News - IBNLive
Anna Hazare sent to 7-day judicial custody - India News - IBNLive: "Anna Hazare has been sent to seven days in judicial custody and will be lodged New Delhi's in Tihar Jail. Hazare's supporters Manish Sisodia, Navin Jaisingh, Darshak, Dada Phatare and Suresh Phatare have also been sent to judicial custody."
Anna arrest: parties join hands to corner Govt - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Anna arrest: parties join hands to corner Govt - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "The UPA Government is finding itself isolated on the issue of arresting Anna Hazare and his supporters with all the opposition parties deciding to form a common strategy to take on the Government."
Protests in Bihar against Anna's arrest - India News - IBNLive
Protests in Bihar against Anna's arrest - India News - IBNLive: "The Bihar unit of 'India Against Corruption', the umbrella body of the citizen's movement fighting for strong Lokpal, on Tuesday held fast and demonstrations at different places in the state to protest against Anna Hazare's arrest."
Fast, demos in solidarity with Anna in Kerala - India News - IBNLive
Fast, demos in solidarity with Anna in Kerala - India News - IBNLive: "Rights activists, writers, artists and professionals from different walks in Kerala on Tuesday came out against the arrest of Anna Hazare and his close associates in New Delhi."
Monday, August 15, 2011
US: Indian students come out in support of Anna - India News - IBNLive
US: Indian students come out in support of Anna - India News - IBNLive: "Indian students studying in various American Universities have come in strong support of social activist Anna Hazare and his protest against corruption."
Anna's detention not surprising: Advani - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Anna's detention not surprising: Advani - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Monday said he was not surprised at the detention of Anna Hazare and charged the government with looking for scapegoats and stopping peaceful protests instead of fighting corruption."
Team Anna detained for defying orders: Govt - India News - IBNLive
Team Anna detained for defying orders: Govt - India News - IBNLive: "The UPA Government says that Anna Hazare and his supporters have been detained because they were adamant on going ahead with their fast. Union Home Secretary RK Singh said that Anna Hazare and his supporters have defied state orders and hence taken into preventive custody."
Friday, August 12, 2011
Javed Akhtar slams support for 'Aarakshan' - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive
Javed Akhtar slams support for 'Aarakshan' - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive: "Noted Lyricist Javed Akhtar lashed out at the film fraternity on Friday for coming out in support of Prakash Jha's 'Aarakshan' which has been banned in some states. He said that the society itself was divided and only reacted when they themselves face problems. He also said that the fraternity is facing such problems since it is not united and has not supported each other in the past."
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wozniacki knocked out of Toronto Cup - Sports - Tennis - ibnlive
Wozniacki knocked out of Toronto Cup - Sports - Tennis - ibnlive: "World number one Caroline Wozniacki headlined the parade of seeded players to fall at the Toronto Cup with a shock loss on Wednesday while Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams moved into the last 16."
Kids who use excess Facebook get low marks in school - Trends News - IBNLive
Kids who use excess Facebook get low marks in school - Trends News - IBNLive: "Social networking websites like Facebook have negative effects on children, and those who frequently use such websites are more likely to get lower marks in school, says a new American study."
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Seven killed in twin blasts in Peshawar - Pakistan News - IBNLive
Seven killed in twin blasts in Peshawar - Pakistan News - IBNLive: "At least seven people have been killed and over 20 injured in twin blasts carried out by suicide bombers in Pakistan's Peshawar on Thursday morning. Two female suicide bombers reportedly triggered the blasts killing four policemen and three civilians including a child."
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
No riots effect on Olympics plans: BOA - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive
No riots effect on Olympics plans: BOA - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive: "Even as violence grips the Hackney area of east London - one of the five boroughs for the 2012 Games - the British Olympic Association (BOA) on Tuesday assured that plans for the quadrennial extravaganza will not be affected by the riots."
Full text of CAG report on Adarsh Society scam - Documents News - IBNLive
Full text of CAG report on Adarsh Society scam - Documents News - IBNLive: "The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam tabled in Parliament on Tuesday has blamed top defence officials including former Army chiefs General Deepak Kapoor and General NC Vij and other service officers of showing clear conflict of interest. But there is no clear indictment of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan"
RBI chief Subbarao gets 2-year extension - Business News - IBNLive
RBI chief Subbarao gets 2-year extension - Business News - IBNLive: "Ending months of suspense, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday gave a two-year extension to RBI Governor D Subbarao beyond September."
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Continuously assessing impact of US crisis: RBI - Business News - IBNLive
Continuously assessing impact of US crisis: RBI - Business News - IBNLive: "Noting that India was not insulated from global developments like the downgrade of the US, the Reserve Bank on Monday said it was closely monitoring the situation and would continuously assess the impact on the Indian economy and financial markets."
Friday, August 5, 2011
Bloodbath in markets to benefit India: Experts - Business News - IBNLive
Bloodbath in markets to benefit India: Experts - Business News - IBNLive: "It was an ugly scene on Dalal Street on Friday, with indices falling like nine pins. However, first blood was drawn by the US markets where all three major averages tumbled into deep shades of red as investors were rattled by an intensifying global economic slowdown and fear of its monthly unemployment report."
Kalmadi refused permission to attend Parliament - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Kalmadi refused permission to attend Parliament - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "In a setback to Suresh Kalmadi, the Delhi High Court on Friday refused permission to the Congress MP, lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with CWG scam, to attend the ongoing Parliament session and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on him."
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
BJP claims UPA's food policy has failed - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
BJP claims UPA's food policy has failed - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a stinging criticism of United Progressive Alliance Government's economic policies claiming that due to rising prices more and more Indians were slipping below the poverty line."
Secret to a long life? Adopt a four-step plan in your life! - Trends News - IBNLive
Secret to a long life? Adopt a four-step plan in your life! - Trends News - IBNLive: "Want to know the secret to a long and healthy life? All you need to do is to follow a four-step plan: No smoking, regular exercise, not being overweight, and eating a Mediterranean-style diet daily, says a new study."
Chiranjeevi''s son-in-law granted bail in dowry harassment case - Trends News - IBNLive
Chiranjeevi''s son-in-law granted bail in dowry harassment case - Trends News - IBNLive: "A local court today granted conditional bail to G Shirish Bharadwaj, son-in-law of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, who is facing a dowry harassment case."
Cognizant replaces Wipro as no.3 IT firm - Business News - IBNLive
Cognizant replaces Wipro as no.3 IT firm - Business News - IBNLive: "Cognizant replaces Wipro as no.3 IT firm"
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Massive support for Jan Lokpal Bill: Team Anna - India News - IBNLive
Massive support for Jan Lokpal Bill: Team Anna - India News - IBNLive: "Anna Hazare and his supporters on Monday claimed that they have got massive response from the general public in support of their version of the anti-corruption legislation which is being called the Jan Lokpal Bill."
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Gagan Narang recommended for Khel Ratna - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive
Gagan Narang recommended for Khel Ratna - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive: "Indian marksman Gagan Narang has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting award of the country."
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
NOTW scandal: British PM defends ex-aide - World News - IBNLive
NOTW scandal: British PM defends ex-aide - World News - IBNLive: "Prime Minister David Cameron emphatically denied claims that his staff tried to stop an inquiry into a phone hacking and police bribery at the News of the World and defended his decision to hire one of the tabloid's editors as his communications chief."
Noida Extension: investors worried as HC hears cases - India News - IBNLive
Noida Extension: investors worried as HC hears cases - India News - IBNLive: "More cases regarding the land acquired in Greater Noida by builders are expected to come up in the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday and on Thursday. Home buyers are also planning to approach the court seeking relief."
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Phone-hacking: UK MPs grill former top cop - World News - IBNLive
Phone-hacking: UK MPs grill former top cop - World News - IBNLive: "British lawmakers on Tuesday quizzed key figures in the country's phone-hacking scandal, seeking to uncover the extent of criminality at media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid."
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Ind-Eng series can rekindle Test cricket: Cricket Next
Ind-Eng series can rekindle Test cricket: Cricket Next: "Skirting the boundaries of a humdinger, India set foot in the land of colonial cousins to play a Test series that besides being their sternest test since being christened No. 1, could be the recipe to rekindle Test cricket."
Mamata aims to make West Bengal next IT hub - India News - IBNLive
Mamata aims to make West Bengal next IT hub - India News - IBNLive: "Mamata Banerjee's new mantra is to get the best to improve the worst. After missing the IT bus to Bangalore, Bengal will soon have two star-studded expert committees to give it the much needed lift."
Johansson turns down Indian offer to be TT coach - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive
Johansson turns down Indian offer to be TT coach - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive: "The preparations of the Indian table tennis team for major international events, including the Olympic qualifiers, has hit a roadblock after Sweden's Anders Johansson turned down the offer of coaching the national team."
PM to visit Mumbai to take stock of situation - India News - IBNLive
PM to visit Mumbai to take stock of situation - India News - IBNLive: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced ex-gratia assistance of Rs two lakh each for the kin of the deceased in Wednesday's terror attack and decided to visit Mumbai to personally take stock of the situation there."
PM to visit Mumbai to take stock of situation - India News - IBNLive
PM to visit Mumbai to take stock of situation - India News - IBNLive: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced ex-gratia assistance of Rs two lakh each for the kin of the deceased in Wednesday's terror attack and decided to visit Mumbai to personally take stock of the situation there."
Ex-SAI doc tells Sports Min about doping at NIS - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive
Ex-SAI doc tells Sports Min about doping at NIS - Sports - Other Sports - ibnlive: "A day after he was roughed up by security officials at Patiala, former National Institute of Sports (NIS) medical officer Dr. Sajib Nandi on Thursday said he has 'substantial evidence' to back his claim of organised doping going on at the institute with involvement of top officials."
Telangana activists disrupt rail traffic - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Telangana activists disrupt rail traffic - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Rail traffic in Telangana region was badly affected on Thursday as supporters of separate statehood demand, disrupted trains across the region since morning."
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
'Had no intelligence input about Mumbai blasts' - India News - IBNLive
'Had no intelligence input about Mumbai blasts' - India News - IBNLive: "Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday expressed deep regret on the three blasts that rocked Mumbai on Wednesday, and said the government will follow all leads and find out who is responsible."
Bin Laden was in on 2005 and 2006 London plots - World News - IBNLive
Bin Laden was in on 2005 and 2006 London plots - World News - IBNLive: "Osama bin Laden was aware of the plot in which al Qaeda militants bombed London transport facilities on July 7, 2005, but it was the last successful operation he played a role in, US government experts have concluded."
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
10 best status messages Pablo Neruda never wrote - Books - Authors - ibnlive
10 best status messages Pablo Neruda never wrote - Books - Authors - ibnlive: "On the 107th birth anniversary of Nobel literature laureate Pablo Neruda, a leftist poet who died after the 1973 coup that ousted a socialist government, we pay tribute to some of his best works."
Pak oppn, religious parties welcome US aid cut - Pakistan News - IBNLive
Pak oppn, religious parties welcome US aid cut - Pakistan News - IBNLive: "Pakistan's opposition and religious parties have welcomed the US administration's decision to withhold $ 800 million in military aid to the country, describing it a 'god-sent opportunity' to emerge from the 'financial enslavement' of Americans."
Full list of Manmohan's new ministers - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Full list of Manmohan's new ministers - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "The Prime Minister has written to the President recommending that the following may be appointed as members of the Union Council of Ministers and has requested that the oath of office and secrecy be administered at 5.00pm on Tuesday."
Mining pulls down IIP growth to 5.6% in May - Business News - IBNLive
Mining pulls down IIP growth to 5.6% in May - Business News - IBNLive: "Indicating sluggishness in the economy, industrial growth fell to 5.6 per cent in May this year from 8.5 per cent in the same month last year, mainly due to the poor performance of the manufacturing and mining sectors."
Monday, July 11, 2011
Manmohan's ministers: who's in, who's out - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Manmohan's ministers: who's in, who's out - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh carried out his much talked about Cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday bringing in V Kishore Chandra Deo, Beni Prasad Verma, Dinesh Trivedi and Jairam Ramesh into the United Progressive Alliance Cabinet while also dropping a few who were seen as non-performers."
Accident-hit Railways gropes in the dark - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Accident-hit Railways gropes in the dark - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Two accidents within a span of few hours in which at least 66 people have been killed and over 300 injured once again expose the widely held belief that Indian Railways is not on the right track. With no full-time railway minister since May 2011 and several key posts in the organisation vacant, tragedies like the Howrah-Kalka Mail derailment and Guwahati-Puri Express crash were just waiting to happen."
NASA astronauts trial urine sports drink - Trends News - IBNLive
NASA astronauts trial urine sports drink - Trends News - IBNLive: "Don't let this news gross you out. The Atlantis crew is testing a urine recycling system developed by NASA that is capable of turning the urine of astronauts into a yummy sports drink."
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
World Bank approves $ 1 billion credit for NRLP - World News - IBNLive
World Bank approves $ 1 billion credit for NRLP - World News - IBNLive: "The World Bank has approved $ 1 billion credit for National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP), which it said is aimed at strengthening the implementation of the newly launched National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)."
Two TDP MPs resign from LS, attack Chidambaram - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Two TDP MPs resign from LS, attack Chidambaram - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Joining the bandwagon of those resigning, two TDP MPs from Telangana region on Tuesday quit from the Lok Sabha in protest against delay in formation of a separate state and targeted Home Minister P Chidambaram for being 'totally responsible' for the present situation."
Madrid on verge of signing Coentrao - Sports - Football - ibnlive
Madrid on verge of signing Coentrao - Sports - Football - ibnlive: "Real Madrid are close to completing the transfer of full-back Fabio Coentrao from Benfica for an undisclosed fee after having agreed terms, A Bola reports."
Monday, July 4, 2011
Fake Obama assasination tweets posted on hacked Fox News account - Tech News - IBNLive
Fake Obama assasination tweets posted on hacked Fox News account - Tech News - IBNLive: "Fox News is the latest high profile victim of a hacking attack. The Fox News Politics account on Twitter (@foxnewspolitics) was hacked into and a number of fake tweets saying that US President Barack Obama had been assassinated were posted."
India on 'Save Dhoni' mission in 3rd Test: Cricket Next
India on 'Save Dhoni' mission in 3rd Test: Cricket Next: "Team India have a 'Save Dhoni' campaign ahead of them if they want to pre-empt a ban on their skipper in the Lord's Test against England, beginning July 21."
Allu Arjun, Mamooty win at South Filmfare Awards - Movies News - Tamil - ibnlive
Allu Arjun, Mamooty win at South Filmfare Awards - Movies News - Tamil - ibnlive: "Composer AR Rahman, actor Allu Arjun, Mamooty and singer Shreya Ghosal were the big winners at the 58th Filmfare Award (South) at Hyderabad that brought together the biggest stars from the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries."
SC appoints SIT to probe black money issue - India News - IBNLive
SC appoints SIT to probe black money issue - India News - IBNLive: "The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Government for shoddy investigations into cases of black money stashed abroad and appointed a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former apex court judge BP Jeevan Reddy to investigate the issue. The second member of the team is former Supreme Court judge MB Shah."
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
DU fake admission scam: how touts operate - India News - IBNLive
DU fake admission scam: how touts operate - India News - IBNLive: "Last week the Delhi Police's crime branch busted the fake admission racket at the Delhi University (DU). The parents have now come forward to share how they were cheated by touts and how the university's complicated admission procedure leads unsuspecting students to such racketeers."
Not a lameduck or a puppet PM: Manmohan - India News - IBNLive
Not a lameduck or a puppet PM: Manmohan - India News - IBNLive: "Under fire for his silence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Editors as part of his new media outreach strategy on Wednesday and showed he's the boss."
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Ranjan Mathai will be India's next Foreign Secy - India News - IBNLive
Ranjan Mathai will be India's next Foreign Secy - India News - IBNLive: "Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, will be the next Foreign Secretary, succeeding Nirupama Rao."
Friday, June 24, 2011
RTI activist Akhil Gogoi arrested in Guwahati - India News - IBNLive
RTI activist Akhil Gogoi arrested in Guwahati - India News - IBNLive: "Police on Friday arrested RTI activist and leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) Akhil Gogoi from the Guwahati Press Club in connection with the Dispur clash that left three killed and over 30 injured. He has been charged with 10 cases of rioting, arsoning, damaging public property and illegal meeting. The Assam government is also considering slapping NSA against him."
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
UPA in damage control, defers Monsoon Session - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
UPA in damage control, defers Monsoon Session - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "The UPA Government is in a damage control mode and has deferred the Monsoon Session of Parliament by a fortnight. The Government has decided to convene the session from August 1 to September 8.
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Rape cases: UP NHRC seeks reply from Govt - India News - IBNLive
Rape cases: UP NHRC seeks reply from Govt - India News - IBNLive: "Taking suo motu cognisance of rape cases in different districts of Uttar Pradesh, the State Human Rights Commission has sought a reply from the government and the police.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
Google doodle celebrates the summer solstice - Tech News - IBNLive
Google doodle celebrates the summer solstice - Tech News - IBNLive: "A floral doodle called the 'First Day of Summer' by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami marks the summer solstice on the Google home page. Murakami was, in 2008, one of Time magazine's 100 most powerful people.
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Lokpal: Govt positive, Team Anna sceptical - India News - IBNLive
Lokpal: Govt positive, Team Anna sceptical - India News - IBNLive: "The eighth meeting of the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee seemed to have ended on a positive note on Monday with Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal claiming that 80 to 85 per cent agreement has been reached between the government and the civil society members. However, civil society member Prashant Bhushan claimed that differences still remain on several contentious issues and added that some
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Big B borrows Prakash Jha's look for 'Aarakshan' - Movies News - Bollywood - ibnlive
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Impersonator mocks Obama, Gingrich at GOP forum - World News - IBNLive
Impersonator mocks Obama, Gingrich at GOP forum - World News - IBNLive: "A Barack Obama impersonator was ushered off the stage after he mocked the Republican presidential hopefuls and joked about the real president's biracial roots to a room full of conservative activists Saturday.
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Digvijaya slams UP govt on crime against women - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Digvijaya slams UP govt on crime against women - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Reacting to recent incidents of crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Monday slammed the Mayawati government for the collapse of law and order in the state.
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2G: SC rejects Kanimozhi, Kumar's bail plea - India News - IBNLive
2G: SC rejects Kanimozhi, Kumar's bail plea - India News - IBNLive: "DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar will have to stay in New Delhi's Tihar Jail for some more time as the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected their bail petition. Kanimozhi and Kumar has been directed by the Supreme Court to go back to the trial court after the charges are framed if they want bail.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
White House CIO Vivek Kundra to step down - Tech News - IBNLive
White House CIO Vivek Kundra to step down - Tech News - IBNLive: "US President Barack Obama's Indian-American infotech czar Vivek Kundra is headed to Harvard University this year for a fellowship programme and is expected to leave his post at the White House as Chief Information Officer in August.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Rajinikanth discharged from hospital in Singapore - Movies News News - IBNLive
Rajinikanth discharged from hospital in Singapore - Movies News News - IBNLive: "Tamil superstar Rajinikanth was discharged from a hospital in Singapore on Wednesday. Rajinikanth was flown to Singapore from Chennai for treatment and was admitted to intensive care unit of the city-state's Mount Elizabeth Hospital on May 29.
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Dey murder case: suspect's sketch released - India News - IBNLive
Dey murder case: suspect's sketch released - India News - IBNLive: "The Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday released a sketch of a suspect in the murder case of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. According to the Crime Branch the suspect is 20-25 years old with a medium built and 5.5 feet tall. He is of dark complexion.
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Islamabad: suicide bomber strikes outside a bank - Pakistan News - IBNLive
Islamabad: suicide bomber strikes outside a bank - Pakistan News - IBNLive: "A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a private bank in the heart of the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing a security guard and injuring several others, police said.
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UP food dept to use Facebook for transperancy - India News - IBNLive
UP food dept to use Facebook for transperancy - India News - IBNLive: "With a view to ensure greater transparency and better interaction, Uttar Pradesh food and civil supplies department will be using social networking site Facebook to improve the department's functioning.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Cong blames DMK for drubbing in Tamil Nadu - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Cong blames DMK for drubbing in Tamil Nadu - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Blaming DMK for the drubbing in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections, Congress has said there is a need to take a 'relook' at its strategy in the southern state as the party must not lose its vote bank due to 'mistakes of its coalition partners'.
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First look: Vidya Balan in 'The Dirty Picture' - Movies News News - IBNLive
First look: Vidya Balan in 'The Dirty Picture' - Movies News News - IBNLive: "The first look of Vidya Balan as Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture is out. Directed by Milan Luthria, the film chronicles the romantic journey of the erstwhile screen sensation, Silk Smitha.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Fresh blow for Nokia as CTO ducks out - Tech News - IBNLive
Fresh blow for Nokia as CTO ducks out - Tech News - IBNLive: "Nokia said its chief technology officer had taken a leave of absence and a Finnish newspaper said he was unlikely to return due to disagreements on strategy, a fresh blow for the struggling mobile phone company.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Facebook facial recognition sparks concerns - Tech News - IBNLive
Facebook facial recognition sparks concerns - Tech News - IBNLive: "Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Maruti workers' strike in Manesar enters day 3 - Business News - IBNLive
Maruti workers' strike in Manesar enters day 3 - Business News - IBNLive: "The management of top car maker Maruti Suzuki is continuing talks with striking workers at its Manesar plant, a company spokesman said, as the strike entered its third day on Tuesday, disrupting output and weighing on its shares.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Dayanidhi Maran denies ex-Aircel chief's charge - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Dayanidhi Maran denies ex-Aircel chief's charge - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Countering former Aircel chief C Sivasankaran's charge on Monday, DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said he never forced or arm-twisted the former Aircel chief to sell his business when he was the telecom minister.
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Was forced to sell stake, Aircel founder to CBI - India News - IBNLive
Was forced to sell stake, Aircel founder to CBI - India News - IBNLive: "Aircel founder C Sivasankaran on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that he was forced to sell stake in his company after his applications for telecom licence was rejected in 2006 by former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran, sources said.
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Ramdev supporter critical after police crackdown - India News - IBNLive
Ramdev supporter critical after police crackdown - India News - IBNLive: "The police crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters led to many of them being injured. The police action not only destroyed property at the Ramlila grounds, but also left many Ramdev supporters injured. One of the seriously injured is 50-year-old Gurgaon resident Rajbala, who was attending Ramdev agitation. She was allegedly hit on the neck, back and leg during Saturday night's swoop.
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Sedition charge against Digvijaya Singh - India News - IBNLive
Sedition charge against Digvijaya Singh - India News - IBNLive: "A local court on Monday accepted a complaint seeking to register a case of sedition against Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh for allegedly describing Yoga guru Ramdev as a 'fraud'.
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Police crackdown on Ramdev unites civil society - India News - IBNLive
Police crackdown on Ramdev unites civil society - India News - IBNLive: "Baba Ramdev's Satyagraha may have come to an abrupt end, but its impact is still being felt. Team Anna Hazare, which used to be considered his rival, has now decided to boycott the Lokpal meet called on Monday to express their support for Ramdev.
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Music, humour and yoga at Ramlila grounds - India News - IBNLive
Music, humour and yoga at Ramlila grounds - India News - IBNLive: "Devotional and patriotic songs on Saturday reverberated across the Ramilal Grounds, the site of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's hunger strike against black money, as his discourse was laced with humour and demonstration of 'asanas'.
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Ramdev's fast may help Anna's campaign - India News - IBNLive
Ramdev's fast may help Anna's campaign - India News - IBNLive: "With massive LCD screens, a 30 feet tall water proof tent and tight security the Ramlila Maidan near Daryaganj resembles a lavish durga pooja pandal more than anything else, but it's actually going to be used by yoga guru Baba Ramdev to rally support against corruption with his fast unto death.
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T20: Depleted India favourites to beat WI: Cricket Next
T20: Depleted India favourites to beat WI: Cricket Next: "A second string Indian team - led by Suresh Raina - will kick off the West Indies tour here at the Queen's Park Oval on Saturday, when they take on an equally young home team in the only Twenty20 international.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Slain Pak journalist wanted to shift abroad - Pakistan News - IBNLive
Slain Pak journalist wanted to shift abroad - Pakistan News - IBNLive: "Journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, slain two days after he filed a report alleging the possible infiltration of the Pakistan Navy by al Qaeda, had spoken to close friends about relocating abroad with his family after receiving several threats in recent months.
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700 terrorists waiting to cross LoC: Army - India News - IBNLive
700 terrorists waiting to cross LoC: Army - India News - IBNLive: "The Army has confirmed that at least 700 terrorists are waiting to infiltrate into Kashmir and there have been some incidents of firing at the Line of Control (LoC) to facilitate their crossing.
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Nokia calls report of Microsoft deal baseless - Business News - IBNLive
Nokia calls report of Microsoft deal baseless - Business News - IBNLive: "Shares in struggling mobile phone handset maker Nokia Oyj jumped on Wednesday in reaction to a web site report that said US-based Microsoft Corp had struck a deal to buy its mobile phone business for $19 billion.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Libya: UN accuses both sides of war crimes - World News - IBNLive
Libya: UN accuses both sides of war crimes - World News - IBNLive: "A UN panel investigating the conflict in Libya has accused both Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime and opposition forces of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in their 15-week fight.
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N Korea training computer whizzes as hackers - Tech News - IBNLive
N Korea training computer whizzes as hackers - Tech News - IBNLive: "Secretive North Korea is scouring its universities for computer prodigies to send overseas for training as part of a plan to expand its cyber warfare unit, a defector said on Wednesday, underscoring the increased risk of cyber attacks.
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2G accused Balwa wants to depose before JPC - India News - IBNLive
2G accused Balwa wants to depose before JPC - India News - IBNLive: "In a new twist which could have repercussions on the UPA, 2G accused Swan telecom promoter Shahid Balwa has written to the Joint Parliamentary Committee saying that he should be called to depose before Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Bihar doc lynching: DM, IG Prisons removed - India News - IBNLive
Bihar doc lynching: DM, IG Prisons removed - India News - IBNLive: "The Bihar government has transferred Gopalganj District Magistrate and Inspector General (Prisons) after a doctor was beaten to death by seven prisoners inside the Gopalganj jail. Following massive protests by doctors and the Opposition parties, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar decided to transfer the duo.
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Pranab to meet Ramdev to stop his protest fast - India News - IBNLive
Pranab to meet Ramdev to stop his protest fast - India News - IBNLive: "Amid the standoff between the government and Baba Ramdev on the black money row, the yoga guru has threatened to go on indefinite fast from Saturday
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Pranab to meet Ramdev to stop his protest fast - India News - IBNLive
Pranab to meet Ramdev to stop his protest fast - India News - IBNLive: "Amid the standoff between the government and Baba Ramdev on the black money row, the yoga guru has threatened to go on indefinite fast from Saturday
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Intel unveils laptops with tablet features - Tech News - IBNLive
Intel unveils laptops with tablet features - Tech News - IBNLive: "Intel unveiled a new category of laptops that it says will include the best features of tablets as the world's top chipmaker struggles to find its footing in the exploding market for mobile gadgets.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Bihar's 'dugdugi' bands drum out criminals - Trends News - IBNLive
Bihar's 'dugdugi' bands drum out criminals - Trends News - IBNLive: "It's worse than a Harry Potter 'howler' - voice letters that rebuke offenders publicly and self destruct. Police in Bihar have hit upon a novel idea to smoke out criminals evading arrest by sending out marching bands playing the folk instrument 'dugdugi' and publicly shaming the offender.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
2G: court to hear Morani's bail plea today - India News - IBNLive
2G: court to hear Morani's bail plea today - India News - IBNLive: "A special CBI court will on Thursday hear Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd Director Karim Morani's bail plea in the 2G spectrum case.
He moved a bail plea after he made his first appearance in the special CBI court on Tuesday. He has been skipping personal appearances in court citing health issues.
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He moved a bail plea after he made his first appearance in the special CBI court on Tuesday. He has been skipping personal appearances in court citing health issues.
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Timer device used in Delhi HC blast: sources - India News - IBNLive
Timer device used in Delhi HC blast: sources - India News - IBNLive: "The Delhi High Court on Wednesday witnessed a low intensity blast from the parking lot outside gate number 7 - one of the most well secured areas in the capital. The explosion was caused by a crude explosive packed in a polythene placed right next to a Ford car which belongs to a lawyer.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
DMK indirectly behind Rajiv's killing: Jaya - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
DMK indirectly behind Rajiv's killing: Jaya - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said that she has always maintained that DMK was indirectly behind the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. She said that she has always lived under death threats while referring to the claims made by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) former international arms procurer and V Prabhakaran's right hand man, Kumaran Pathmanathan, that if the LTTE had a chance they would have killed her.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
2G: Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar arrested - India News - IBNLive
2G: Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar arrested - India News - IBNLive: "DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD and CEO Sharad Kumar have been arrested in the 2G spectrum scam case. A Special Central Bureau of Investigating (CBI) court dismissed the bail petition of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar in the case on Friday following which they were taken into custody.
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Mamata makes history as she becomes WB CM - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Mamata makes history as she becomes WB CM - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has taken over as the first woman chief minister of West Bengal. Mamata, the first non-Marxist to hold the post in 34 years, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor MK Narayanan at the Raj Bhawan in Kolkata at 1.01 PM on Friday.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Jaya accuses Rangasamy of 'backstabbing' - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Jaya accuses Rangasamy of 'backstabbing' - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said her AIADMK had been betrayed by poll ally and newly-elected Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy, who heads the All India NR Congress (AINRC).
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Boxer Vijender to tie the knot with Delhi girl - Trends News - IBNLive
Boxer Vijender to tie the knot with Delhi girl - Trends News - IBNLive: "Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh will tie the knot today with Delhi girl Archana, a relative of the star boxer confirmed Sunday.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
God and MLAs are with us: Yeddyurappa - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
God and MLAs are with us: Yeddyurappa - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "There seems to be no end to the war of words between the BS Yeddyurappa government and Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj, who has sent a report to the Union Cabinet for imposition of President’s Rule in the state. Unfazed by the report the state Cabinet on Monday passed a resolution to hold an Assembly session from June 2 for the period of 10 days to get the budget approved.
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Deccan get boost ahead of battle against Pune: Cricket Next
Deccan get boost ahead of battle against Pune: Cricket Next: "Buoyed by the upset victory over high-flying Mumbai Indians, a pumped up Deccan Chargers would play for pride when they clash with Pune Warriors in the IPL battle between low-ranked outfits at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Home Ministry examining Governor's report - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Home Ministry examining Governor's report - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "he Home Ministry is examining the report of Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj recommending dismissal of the Yeddyurappa ministry and imposition of President's Rule in the wake of Supreme Court quashing the
disqualification of 11 party rebel MLAs.
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disqualification of 11 party rebel MLAs.
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Jaya to head biggest ever ministry in Tamil Nadu - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Jaya to head biggest ever ministry in Tamil Nadu - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "The 34-member AIADMK ministry to be sworn in on Monday with J Jayalalithaa as its Chief Minister will be the largest Cabinet in the history of Tamil Nadu since independence.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
CBI questions Essar CEO in 2G scam - India News - IBNLive
CBI questions Essar CEO in 2G scam - India News - IBNLive: "Essar Group CEO Prashant Ruia appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the 2G spectrum scam on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
No difference between 9/11 and 26/11: US envoy - India News - IBNLive
No difference between 9/11 and 26/11: US envoy - India News - IBNLive: "US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer on Tuesday asserted that America was not adopting double standards while dealing with 26/11 and 9/11, and said that both the countries have come closer since the attack.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
All about the Dorjee Khandu chopper that crashed - India News - IBNLive
All about the Dorjee Khandu chopper that crashed - India News - IBNLive: "Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu was flying in an AS350 B3 helicopter that crashed in Lobothang at an altitude of 10,000, near Sela Pass, the third highest pass in the world.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Google doodles William-Kate's royal wedding - Trends News - IBNLive
Google doodles William-Kate's royal wedding - Trends News - IBNLive: "Google on Friday marked the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton with a doodle that features a London street scene and the royal carriage carrying the newlyweds in a shower of confetti.
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Gujarat govt withdraws Bhatt's security cover - India News - IBNLive
Gujarat govt withdraws Bhatt's security cover - India News - IBNLive: "he Gujarat government on Friday withdrew security cover to Gujarat IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt. A police team from Junagarh arrived at Bhatt's residence to withdraw the SRP constables posted for his security.
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Wedding day dawns for Prince William and Kate - Trends News - IBNLive
Wedding day dawns for Prince William and Kate - Trends News - IBNLive: "Much of the world will grind to a noisy, flag-waving halt Friday morning as Britain's Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, marries his college sweetheart Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Probe ordered into rape of Kolhapur constable - India News - IBNLive
Probe ordered into rape of Kolhapur constable - India News - IBNLive: "Police are investigating the alleged case of sexual abuse of three women trainee constables at a police training academy in Kolhapur by drill officer head constable Yuvraj Kamble. A senior woman Indian Police Service officer is inquiring into the allegations.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
India activates airstrip near Chinese border - India News - IBNLive
India activates airstrip near Chinese border - India News - IBNLive: "Wary of the build up of Chinese military infrastructure along its borders, India has silently activated an advanced landing ground (ALG) for its air force transport planes at Dharasu in Uttarakhand to aid in the swift movement of troops during conflicts.
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Buddhadeb trying to manipulate polls: Mamata - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive
Buddhadeb trying to manipulate polls: Mamata - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive: "Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had tried to manipulate polling in his Jadavpur assembly constituency.
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Air India hits back, sacks 6 striking pilots - India News - IBNLive
Air India hits back, sacks 6 striking pilots - India News - IBNLive: "Air India management has hit back at the striking pilots and terminated the services of six members of the Indian Commercial Pilot Association (ICPA). Among those whose services have been terminated are ICPA President Captain Ashim Bhinder and General Secretary Captain Rishabh Kapoor.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Rumor: 'Multiple sources' claim new Nintendo console reveal at or before E3
Game Informer has received confirmation from “multiple sources” that the long-rumored HD successor to the Nintendo Wii is a real thing, and it’ll be revealed at E3 2011. Like, for suresies.
You’ve heard similar news like this before: critics, insiders, and secret sources have been predicting or even stating outright that Nintendo will debut a new HD-capable console at every E3 since John Davison first broke the rumor in 2008. His original story, while not gospel, jives with this rumor. At the time, Davison’s sources were stating that Nintendo was showing early presentations of the new console, and their guess as to the tech inside it were vague at best. GI is reporting that Nintendo is going to different publishers and showing off the console in an effort to drum up support for its eventual 2012 launch.
News on the tech, unfortunately, still isn’t incredibly specific, but GI believes the new Wii will spit out HD visuals and might not support the Wii remote that we’re used to, which is an interesting move on Nintendo’s part--dropping the controller (and by extension, the experience?) that gave its original device so much steam seems risky. Then again, the console’s sales have been drooping.
As for backwards compatibility or a storage solution, GI says nothing is confirmed on that front, but IGN, never to be outdone, claims that "additional sources" have confirmed full backward compatibility, and that the console will be revealed prior to E3 in a "pre-announcement." Well, color us "pre-intrigued."
Of course, Nintendo isn't saying anything definitive at this juncture--why would they?--so assume your “wait and see” position that you’ve been taking over the last three years. We know your knees must be awfully tired, but it seems an end is finally in sight.
by "giantbomb.com"
You’ve heard similar news like this before: critics, insiders, and secret sources have been predicting or even stating outright that Nintendo will debut a new HD-capable console at every E3 since John Davison first broke the rumor in 2008. His original story, while not gospel, jives with this rumor. At the time, Davison’s sources were stating that Nintendo was showing early presentations of the new console, and their guess as to the tech inside it were vague at best. GI is reporting that Nintendo is going to different publishers and showing off the console in an effort to drum up support for its eventual 2012 launch.
News on the tech, unfortunately, still isn’t incredibly specific, but GI believes the new Wii will spit out HD visuals and might not support the Wii remote that we’re used to, which is an interesting move on Nintendo’s part--dropping the controller (and by extension, the experience?) that gave its original device so much steam seems risky. Then again, the console’s sales have been drooping.
As for backwards compatibility or a storage solution, GI says nothing is confirmed on that front, but IGN, never to be outdone, claims that "additional sources" have confirmed full backward compatibility, and that the console will be revealed prior to E3 in a "pre-announcement." Well, color us "pre-intrigued."
Of course, Nintendo isn't saying anything definitive at this juncture--why would they?--so assume your “wait and see” position that you’ve been taking over the last three years. We know your knees must be awfully tired, but it seems an end is finally in sight.
by "giantbomb.com"
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
50th Anniversary of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's Flight into Space
It was the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
The 27-year-old cosmonaut's mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antennas, a retrorocket and the separation of modules. And there was an overarching question that science had yet to answer: What would weightlessness do to a human being?
The flight was to be fully automatic, but what if weightlessness caused Gagarin to go mad and override the programmed controls? The engineers' solution was to add a three-digit security code that the cosmonaut would have to enter to gain command of the spacecraft.
It proved unnecessary. The flight went off safely, and the handsome Russian with the big smile became a poster boy for the communist world, still a national idol 43 years after his death in a jet training accident, and remembered with enormous affection by the last surviving pioneers of the Soviet space program at Star City outside Moscow, where he trained.
But after a series of botched experimental flights throughout 1960 and a launch pad explosion that killed 126 people, safety was an overriding priority, Ivanovsky says.
The flight was limited to a single orbit because of the questions about weightlessness, and Gagarin was supposed to parachute out of the capsule on return because a soft-landing system was not ready yet.
Even so, Ivanovsky says, the risk was assessed as high. A top design official at the time, Boris Chertok, wrote in his memoirs that "Judging by modern standards of rockets reliability, we had no reasons for optimism by April 1961."
On the eve of the flight, Gagarin and his backup, German Titov, went to bed early and were awakened at 5:30 a.m. Gagarin was joking, his pulse was an exemplary 64 beats a minute and it remained the same after he took his seat in the Vostok.
Before boarding, Gagarin saw Korolyov looking haggard after a sleepless night. "Don't you worry, Sergei Pavlovich, he told the chief designer, "everything will be just fine."
"It was he who was comforting me!" Korolyov would marvel later. He thought of Gagarin as a son, and Gagarin carried Korolyov's picture in his wallet.
The security code for use in emergency was supposed to stay in a sealed envelope for the cosmonaut to open only if necessary, but Ivanovsky was too nervous to stick with protocol. As he escorted Gagarin to the capsule, he whispered the code to him: 1-2-5. Gagarin smiled and said he already knew; his instructor, equally protective, had already let him in on the secret.
Ivanovsky helped Gagarin up the ladder and into the cockpit, patted him on the helmet and wished him luck before closing the hatch, only to hear Korolyov telling him from the control room that a light that was meant to indicate the hatch was hermetically closed had failed to turn on. Ivanovsky and his two assistants had to remove all 32 screws sealing the hatch and then put them back at a frantic pace.
Inside the capsule, Gagarin was whistling a tune. Later he would joke to Ivanovsky: "You should have seen yourself while you were working on the hatch; your face had all the colors of tarnished metal."
Gagarin's rocket lifted off as scheduled on April 12, 1961, at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time. "Poyekhali!" (Off we go!), the cosmonaut shouted as he took off.
Korolyov and his engineers quickly got their first jolt: a signal suggesting a problem with the booster. It turned out to be just a break of a few seconds in data transmission. Gagarin's confident reports from orbit eased the tension, and only after the flight, it emerged that an antenna malfunction had put the Vostok into a much higher and riskier orbit.
On re-entry, a glitch involving a retrorocket made the ship rotate swiftly, and the landing capsule was slow to jettison the service module. Scientists had to take a deep breath as they lost contact with the ship during its fiery earthward plunge.
Gagarin bailed out as planned, and parachuted onto a field near the Volga River about 720 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow. There he was spotted by a forester's wife and her granddaughter who tried to run away from the stranger in his bright orange space suit and white helmet. They may have thought he was a U.S. spy, given that less than a year before, U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers had been shot down over the Soviet Union in his U-2 spy plane, an incident that had badly strained U.S.-Soviet relations.
"Hey, where are you running? I'm one of us!" Gagarin shouted. Then others arrived, realizing he was the cosmonaut they had just heard about on the radio.
Gagarin learned to his great surprise that while aloft, he was being promoted two levels higher, to major. Korolyov and others flew to the landing area and met with Gagarin at a Communist Party guesthouse. Their raucous reunion lasted late into the night. On April 14 Gagarin was flown to Moscow, where he was greeted by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and driven into town on a highway lined with cheering Russians.
"People took to the streets; everybody felt excited, it felt like V-Day," Korolyov's daughter Natalya recalled.
But amid the triumph, Soviet officials, ever obsessed with secrecy and image, already were airbrushing history.
Some local papers quoted witnesses who saw Gagarin parachuting down. But the official version had him landing in his capsule, so the KGB rushed to confiscate all the contradictory accounts in print. Soviet officials also lied about the launch pad's location, a foolish attempt to conceal what the West already knew.
Lies about the flight later caused friction with FAI, the international federation certifying aerospace records whose rules require that a pilot land in his craft.
Americans, waking up as the Soviet Union was well into its celebrations, were shocked. The next day members of Congress grilled NASA officials. One demanded that the U.S. be put on a war footing.
NASA explained that the Soviets had a greater lead time, having started their effort in 1954, four years before the American space agency was founded.
Twenty-three days after Gagarin's flight, on May 5, 1961, American Alan Shepard became the second man in space. But his suborbital hop lasted just 15 minutes. It wasn't until John Glenn's flight on Feb. 20, 1962, that an American managed to emulate Gagarin's globe-circling feat.
"Now let the other countries try to catch us," Gagarin had declared after returning from space, and the U.S. quickly set out to do so. Barely three weeks after Shepard's launch, President John F. Kennedy committed the nation to putting a man on the moon by decade's end. The goal was achieved in July 20, 1969.
Gagarin's legacy, meanwhile, has been dogged by conspiracy theories. Rumors still abound of botched and fatal space missions, the result of pervasive secrecy that surrounded the Soviet space program. "The degree of secrecy created shadows in which monsters could lurk," said Oberg, the NASA veteran.
Some early flights used mannequins which might have been mistaken for real people. But at least one death was real: cosmonaut Valentin Bondarenko died in a pressure chamber fire during ground training less than a month before Gagarin's flight. His death became known only after Mikhail Gorbachev launched his reforms in the 1980s.
And then there was Gagarin's own death on March 27, 1968. It still drives conspiracy theories that the KGB wanted him dead because he supposedly opposed the Soviet regime.
Shatalov, the former cosmonaut, sat in his own jet, waiting his turn to take off after Gagarin and his crewman. He saw his friend smile and wave, and the next thing he knew, their MiG-15 had crashed into a forest. Shatalov surmises that the shock wave from another plane's sonic boom was to blame.
Maybe he should have stopped flying after his leap into space, Shatalov says. "But he really loved it and fought hard to keep doing it."
After Gagarin's death, the letter he had written to his wife on the eve of his space mission was finally given to her.
Valentina Gagarina has never remarried. She published a memoir but has stayed out of the public eye, living a secluded life at Star City. Daughter Yelena is the chief keeper of the Kremlin museums. Younger daughter Galina teaches economics at a Moscow university.
Gagarin's flight on the Vostok was entirely automated, yet simply by having the courage to face the unknown, he taught his fellow humans a vital lesson: that they had a future in space.
"Before this first flight there were reasonable suspicions that human beings weren't made for this environment," Oberg said. "And once Gagarin answered that question, I think every other discovery on every other manned spaceflight was just details. He answered the most challenging, the most awesome question by his performance."
Source "www.artdaily.org"
The 27-year-old cosmonaut's mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antennas, a retrorocket and the separation of modules. And there was an overarching question that science had yet to answer: What would weightlessness do to a human being?
The flight was to be fully automatic, but what if weightlessness caused Gagarin to go mad and override the programmed controls? The engineers' solution was to add a three-digit security code that the cosmonaut would have to enter to gain command of the spacecraft.
It proved unnecessary. The flight went off safely, and the handsome Russian with the big smile became a poster boy for the communist world, still a national idol 43 years after his death in a jet training accident, and remembered with enormous affection by the last surviving pioneers of the Soviet space program at Star City outside Moscow, where he trained.
But after a series of botched experimental flights throughout 1960 and a launch pad explosion that killed 126 people, safety was an overriding priority, Ivanovsky says.
The flight was limited to a single orbit because of the questions about weightlessness, and Gagarin was supposed to parachute out of the capsule on return because a soft-landing system was not ready yet.
Even so, Ivanovsky says, the risk was assessed as high. A top design official at the time, Boris Chertok, wrote in his memoirs that "Judging by modern standards of rockets reliability, we had no reasons for optimism by April 1961."
On the eve of the flight, Gagarin and his backup, German Titov, went to bed early and were awakened at 5:30 a.m. Gagarin was joking, his pulse was an exemplary 64 beats a minute and it remained the same after he took his seat in the Vostok.
Before boarding, Gagarin saw Korolyov looking haggard after a sleepless night. "Don't you worry, Sergei Pavlovich, he told the chief designer, "everything will be just fine."
"It was he who was comforting me!" Korolyov would marvel later. He thought of Gagarin as a son, and Gagarin carried Korolyov's picture in his wallet.
The security code for use in emergency was supposed to stay in a sealed envelope for the cosmonaut to open only if necessary, but Ivanovsky was too nervous to stick with protocol. As he escorted Gagarin to the capsule, he whispered the code to him: 1-2-5. Gagarin smiled and said he already knew; his instructor, equally protective, had already let him in on the secret.
Ivanovsky helped Gagarin up the ladder and into the cockpit, patted him on the helmet and wished him luck before closing the hatch, only to hear Korolyov telling him from the control room that a light that was meant to indicate the hatch was hermetically closed had failed to turn on. Ivanovsky and his two assistants had to remove all 32 screws sealing the hatch and then put them back at a frantic pace.
Inside the capsule, Gagarin was whistling a tune. Later he would joke to Ivanovsky: "You should have seen yourself while you were working on the hatch; your face had all the colors of tarnished metal."
Gagarin's rocket lifted off as scheduled on April 12, 1961, at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time. "Poyekhali!" (Off we go!), the cosmonaut shouted as he took off.
Korolyov and his engineers quickly got their first jolt: a signal suggesting a problem with the booster. It turned out to be just a break of a few seconds in data transmission. Gagarin's confident reports from orbit eased the tension, and only after the flight, it emerged that an antenna malfunction had put the Vostok into a much higher and riskier orbit.
On re-entry, a glitch involving a retrorocket made the ship rotate swiftly, and the landing capsule was slow to jettison the service module. Scientists had to take a deep breath as they lost contact with the ship during its fiery earthward plunge.
Gagarin bailed out as planned, and parachuted onto a field near the Volga River about 720 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow. There he was spotted by a forester's wife and her granddaughter who tried to run away from the stranger in his bright orange space suit and white helmet. They may have thought he was a U.S. spy, given that less than a year before, U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers had been shot down over the Soviet Union in his U-2 spy plane, an incident that had badly strained U.S.-Soviet relations.
"Hey, where are you running? I'm one of us!" Gagarin shouted. Then others arrived, realizing he was the cosmonaut they had just heard about on the radio.
Gagarin learned to his great surprise that while aloft, he was being promoted two levels higher, to major. Korolyov and others flew to the landing area and met with Gagarin at a Communist Party guesthouse. Their raucous reunion lasted late into the night. On April 14 Gagarin was flown to Moscow, where he was greeted by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and driven into town on a highway lined with cheering Russians.
"People took to the streets; everybody felt excited, it felt like V-Day," Korolyov's daughter Natalya recalled.
But amid the triumph, Soviet officials, ever obsessed with secrecy and image, already were airbrushing history.
Some local papers quoted witnesses who saw Gagarin parachuting down. But the official version had him landing in his capsule, so the KGB rushed to confiscate all the contradictory accounts in print. Soviet officials also lied about the launch pad's location, a foolish attempt to conceal what the West already knew.
Lies about the flight later caused friction with FAI, the international federation certifying aerospace records whose rules require that a pilot land in his craft.
Americans, waking up as the Soviet Union was well into its celebrations, were shocked. The next day members of Congress grilled NASA officials. One demanded that the U.S. be put on a war footing.
NASA explained that the Soviets had a greater lead time, having started their effort in 1954, four years before the American space agency was founded.
Twenty-three days after Gagarin's flight, on May 5, 1961, American Alan Shepard became the second man in space. But his suborbital hop lasted just 15 minutes. It wasn't until John Glenn's flight on Feb. 20, 1962, that an American managed to emulate Gagarin's globe-circling feat.
"Now let the other countries try to catch us," Gagarin had declared after returning from space, and the U.S. quickly set out to do so. Barely three weeks after Shepard's launch, President John F. Kennedy committed the nation to putting a man on the moon by decade's end. The goal was achieved in July 20, 1969.
Gagarin's legacy, meanwhile, has been dogged by conspiracy theories. Rumors still abound of botched and fatal space missions, the result of pervasive secrecy that surrounded the Soviet space program. "The degree of secrecy created shadows in which monsters could lurk," said Oberg, the NASA veteran.
Some early flights used mannequins which might have been mistaken for real people. But at least one death was real: cosmonaut Valentin Bondarenko died in a pressure chamber fire during ground training less than a month before Gagarin's flight. His death became known only after Mikhail Gorbachev launched his reforms in the 1980s.
And then there was Gagarin's own death on March 27, 1968. It still drives conspiracy theories that the KGB wanted him dead because he supposedly opposed the Soviet regime.
Shatalov, the former cosmonaut, sat in his own jet, waiting his turn to take off after Gagarin and his crewman. He saw his friend smile and wave, and the next thing he knew, their MiG-15 had crashed into a forest. Shatalov surmises that the shock wave from another plane's sonic boom was to blame.
Maybe he should have stopped flying after his leap into space, Shatalov says. "But he really loved it and fought hard to keep doing it."
After Gagarin's death, the letter he had written to his wife on the eve of his space mission was finally given to her.
Valentina Gagarina has never remarried. She published a memoir but has stayed out of the public eye, living a secluded life at Star City. Daughter Yelena is the chief keeper of the Kremlin museums. Younger daughter Galina teaches economics at a Moscow university.
Gagarin's flight on the Vostok was entirely automated, yet simply by having the courage to face the unknown, he taught his fellow humans a vital lesson: that they had a future in space.
"Before this first flight there were reasonable suspicions that human beings weren't made for this environment," Oberg said. "And once Gagarin answered that question, I think every other discovery on every other manned spaceflight was just details. He answered the most challenging, the most awesome question by his performance."
Source "www.artdaily.org"
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
My First blog post, the mug maker
This is my first blog post on my news blog "the mug maker", first of all every one should ask why i name it "the mug maker", every morning you take a cup of tea or mug of coffee, in my idea a beautiful mug always fresh you in the morning, a mug with beautiful paintings, stylish, unique color, customize your name on mug and so so
hope i may help you more will post one blog every day,
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