World
Gulf region lines up $1 trillion worth of projects
Dubai, Feb 11 (IANS/WAM) New projects worth more than $1 trillion are expected to be completed in the Gulf region by 2020. Edmund O'Sullivan, chairman of the judging panel of the Meed Quality Awards for Projects 2012, said the projects will be evaluated not just in terms of size [...] Read more...More in World :-
- US-UAE trade reaches record high of $18 bn
- Indonesia: 14 dead, 40 injured in West Java bus accident
- Indian jailed for groping pregnant woman not to be deported
- 21 vehicles collide in China
- Asians most discriminated against in New Zealand: Study
- Uzbek man admits plot to kill Obama
- CIA website hacked
- Beijing move to end street begging by children
- Employee in dock for obscene contest mail
Sports
Lajong register unlikely win over East Bengal
Shillong, Feb 11 (IANS) Shillong Lajong came from behind to earn full points as they registered an upset win over East Bengal 2-1, in the 20th round of I-League football at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sport Complex here Saturday. East Bengal foreign recruit Tolgay Ozbey opened the scoring in the [...] Read more...More in Sports :-
- Odafa rescues Mohun Bagan again in I-League
- Sporting Clube wary of Nigerian striker Chidi
- Chirag United challenge for Air India
- NSW says it won't block Cricket Australia reforms
- Myneni, Rushmi new champions at National Grass Court Tennis
- Pune FC eager to get on against Prayag United
- Age is no bar for adventure in Solang Valley
- Indian basketball's CEO Harish Sharma dead
- Wolfsburg edge out Freiburg 3-2
Entertainment
David Guetta's India tour: tickets sell well
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The tickets for Grammy Award-winning DJ and music producer David Guetta's maiden performance in India are selling well, according to the organisers of the show. Guetta will perform in New Delhi (March 9), Pune (March 10) and Bangalore (March 11) as part of the [...] Read more...More in Entertainment :-
- Five employees of The Sun held in Britain
- Jamia Bazaar's second edition gets bigger, better
- Salman's RSVP to David Dhawan from Cuba
- Taurani files complaint against Deepika
- No Rolling Stones at London Olympics (Lead)
- Dad's surgery went off smoothly: Abhishek Bachchan (Lead)
- Now filmmakers free to make genre-based movies: Goldie Behl
- Amitabh Bachchan in happy state before surgery: Doctors
- Jolie grateful to humanitarian deeds
Business
Delhi cops want higher penalties to end traffic woes
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Citing absence of effective laws to manage traffic, Delhi Police Saturday said the situation on city's roads could get worse if penalties for driving offences were not raised and licence issuing process was not improved. According to a message posted by Joint Commissioner [...] Read more...More in Business :-
- Kudankulam row: Officials expect early resolution
- Suzlon Energy posts quarterly net loss of Rs.286.46 crore
- Calcutta High Court judge laments farmer suicides
- Pepsi test-markets Slice in Canada to tap diaspora market
- PM holds meet on 2G verdict, as issue takes diplomatic turn (Second Lead)
- Sharda Motors looks for equity investor
- India to carry northeast essentials via Bangladesh
- Africa to be 'next centre of growth' for Bank of Baroda
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka to increase trade to over $2 bn
Science-Health
Films, TV shows influencing child crimes?
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The recent cases of a 12-year-old who died aping a TV serial suicide and a 15-year-old who stabbed his teacher to death after being reportedly influenced by watching revenge drama "Agneepath" have put the spotlight on the influence showbiz exerts on young, impressionable [...] Read more...More in Science-Health :-
- 10 die as emergency services crippled in Andhra hospitals (Lead)
- White men find Asian women more attractive: Study
- Britain's oldest married couple to give advice on Twitter
- Tribal woman killed for suspected witchcraft in Tripura
- Spurious heart medicine kills 120 in Pakistan
- Men more corrupt than women: Ex-Indonesian president
- Reliance Communications quarterly revenue rises at Rs.5,052 crore
- Spreading awareness about tech innovations the Microsoft way
- Baby Falak slightly better, next 48 hours crucial: Doctors (Lead)
India
Baramulla tense over youth's killing, probe ordered (Roundup)
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Tension persisted in Kashmir's Baramulla district Saturday following the death of a 25-year-old youth in a firing incident late Friday. His family and villagers finally agreed to bury the body after the state government ordered a probe and the army expressed regret over the [...] Read more...More in India :-
- Peerzada's ouster a dark shadow on Congress in Valley (Kashmir Newsletter)
- Omar divests minister of education portfolio
- 70,000 faithful throng Hazratbal shrine (With Images)
- Kashmiri students on 'mission' know the nation
- Srinagar shuts tobacco shops near schools
- Amnesty favours trial of rights violators in Kashmir
Politics
Khurshid's remarks: Poll panel seeks president's intervention
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Taking exception to union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid sticking to his remarks about backward Muslims during campaigning in Uttar Pradesh despite a censure, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Saturday sought President Pratibha Patil's intervention so that polls in the state [...] Read more...More in Politics :-
- Voters in Gorakhpur seek 'right to reject'
- Congress wants Rae Bareli, CSM Nagar officials moved out
- House panel should probe all land deals, demands YSR Congress
- CPI-M aims to vibe more with sympathisers, minorities
- Mayawati hits out at Congress for Khurshid's remarks
- Raj Thackeray slams Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP
- No evidence North Korean leader dead: US official
- Over 60 percent turnout in UP second phase poll (Third Lead)
- Work with us for Siliguri's development: Mamata to Railways
Misc
Trinamool government pursuing undemocratic policies: CPI-M
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of pursuing "undemocratic and anti-people" policies after it decided to revoke subsidies to the transport corporations. "What kind of a policy is this? It is not necessary [...] Read more...More in Misc :-
- Squash: Ghosal enters semis of Windy City Open
- Student commits suicide after killing girlfriend
- More than 6,000 join Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon
- Second phase UP polls: 36 percent higher voting than 2007
- India urges Maldives to resolve issues peacefully (Lead)
- Another Indian student stabbed in Britain, Krishna assures help (Lead)
- Denied ticket, Goa Congress legislator slams Sonia
- India concerned about Islamic extremism in Maldives
- Journalist couple stabbed to death in Dhaka (Lead)
