http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Mon, 21 May 2012 12:39:25 GMT Mon, 21 May 2012 12:39:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Lokpal_bill_discussed_in_Rajya_Sabha_128362 New Delhi: The Lokpal bill was taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha Monday evening, two days before the budget session ends. There is no consensus yet on the long-awaited legislation.During the winter session, the Lokpal bill was moved in... Mon, 21 May 2012 12:39:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/No_sign_of_China_diverting_Brahmaputra_water_says_India_128361 New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Monday said there was "nothing to suggest" that China was building dams to divert the waters of the Brahmaputra river towards its northern regions.Replying to supplementaries... Mon, 21 May 2012 09:26:39 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Experts_welcome_SIDBI_fund_for_service_sector_startups_128360 New Delhi: The creation by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) of a Rs.500 crore fund for small and medium enterprise (SME) startups in the service and retail sectors would give a major boost to an area that has long been ign... Mon, 21 May 2012 09:20:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Hope_Lokpal_bill_taken_for_discussion_in_Rajya_Sabha_128357 New Delhi: With just two days left for the budget session of parliament to end, Union Law Minister Salman Khursheed Monday said he hoped the Lokpal bill would be taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing session."I hope ... Mon, 21 May 2012 09:05:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Tiwari_asked_to_furnish_blood_sample_on_Saturday_128353 New Delhi: Congress leader N.D. Tiwari has been asked to appear in the Delhi High Court dispensary on Saturday to submit his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit.The court's joint registrar, Deepak Garg, Monday asked the dispensary ... Mon, 21 May 2012 08:48:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/White_paper_on_black_money_tabled_in_Lok_Sabha_128352 New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday tabled in the Lok Sabha a white paper on the government's strategy on bringing back black money stashed away abroad.After demands from the opposition for an authoritative report on how the ... Mon, 21 May 2012 08:44:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/IPL_molestation_case_Victims_fiance_backs_her_version_128337 New Delhi: The statement of the fiance of an American woman, who was allegedly molested in a five-star hotel here by IPL cricketer Luke Pomersbach, has corroborated her version on the incident, police said Sunday.Sahil Peerzada's statement b... Mon, 21 May 2012 04:05:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Team_Annas_candlelight_march_for_dead_activist_Balwani_128334 New Delhi: Team Anna Sunday organised a candlelight march here and demanded a proper investigation into the mysterious death of Right To Information (RTI) activist Ravinder Balwani last month.After the march at Jantar Mantar, Team Anna member A... Mon, 21 May 2012 04:01:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Zubair_Kirmani_takes_designer_menswear_to_Srinagar_128331 New Delhi: Delhi-based designer Zubair Kirmani, who hails from Srinagar, has recently set up shop in his native town in an attempt to cater to the local market, which lacks designer menswear.Kirmani has launched a men's collection store in Srin... Sat, 19 May 2012 12:47:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Refarming_of_spectrum_will_harm_incumbents_Assocham_128330 New Delhi: The telecom regulator's proposal for an immediate re-farming of spectrum will adversely affect the profits of established service providers, an industry lobby said Saturday.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended... Sat, 19 May 2012 12:46:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/RCB_owner_Sidhartha_Mallya_gets_legal_notice_for_tweets_128329 New Delhi: An American woman who was allegedly molested by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach has issued notice to the team's owner Sidhartha Mallya seeking his apology for his tweets questioning her character.Zohail Hameed... Sat, 19 May 2012 12:29:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/RCB_owner_Sidhartha_Mallya_gets_legal_notice_for_tweets_128328 New Delhi: An American woman who was allegedly molested by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach has issued notice to the team's owner Sidhartha Mallya seeking his apology for his tweets questioning her character.Zohail Hameed... Sat, 19 May 2012 12:25:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/RCB_player_Luke_Pomersbach_gets_bail_128325 New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to Australian player Luke Pomersbach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team who was arrested for allegedly molesting an American woman in a five-star hotel here and beating up her fiance.Met... Sat, 19 May 2012 12:20:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Court_reserves_order_on_bail_of_Pomersbach_128320 New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday reserved its order till 4 p.m. on the bail plea of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach who was arrested for allegedly molesting an American woman and beating up her fiance.The Delhi Poli... Sat, 19 May 2012 10:55:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Father_rapes_daughter_in_west_Delhi_128319 New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her own father in west Delhi, police said Saturday.The girl filed a complaint four days ago that she was raped by her father, Ramashre, around three month... Sat, 19 May 2012 10:53:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Global_Vectra_probe_to_be_over_in_three_weeks_court_told_128309 New Delhi: The central government Friday informed the Delhi High Court that a preliminary inquiry has been initiated by it against the Global Vectra Helicorp, the aviation arm of the Ravi Rishi-led Vectra Group, and the probe will be completed i... Sat, 19 May 2012 08:08:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Iranian_president_calls_up_Manmohan_Singh_128308 New Delhi: Amidst pressure from the US on India to cut its oil imports from Teheran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has spoken to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek further expansion of bilateral ties and to extend an invitation for th... Sat, 19 May 2012 08:06:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Officials_defend_ministers_trip_to_US_to_get_Dreamliner_128303 New Delhi: Civil aviation ministry officials Friday defended Minister Ajit Singh's visit later this month to the US to receive the first of the 27 Boeing-787 Dreamliners, saying the aircraft manufacturer is sharing the cost."The programme o... Sat, 19 May 2012 03:39:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Halfchopped_body_found_in_a_bag_in_South_Delhi_128301 New Delhi: The half-chopped body of a man, with the head and torso missing, was found packed inside a synthetic cement bag in the capital's upscale Defence Colony Friday, police said.The unidentified body was found from in front of a house in... Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Australian_IPL_player_arrested_for_molesting_woman_claims_innocence_128300 New Delhi: The highly popular Indian Premier League (IPL) was hit by another controversy when Australian player Luke Pomersbach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team was arrested Friday for allegedly molesting an American woman in a fiv... Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Panel_asks_government_to_speed_up_poverty_survey_128295 New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has expressed concern that the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), which was to end in 2011, is yet to start in major states, and has asked the government to complete the identification of poor at the earlies... Fri, 18 May 2012 12:25:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/No_divide_within_BJP_says_party_128291 New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janta Party Friday said there was no divide within the party.BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, at the regular party briefing, jumped to deny any rift in the party when asked about the political situation of the pa... Fri, 18 May 2012 12:20:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/IITJEE_results_out_Faridabad_boy_tops_128282 New Delhi: The results of the Joint Entrance Examination for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-JEE) 2012 were declared Friday.The results of the exam, which was held April 8, were announced on the official JEE website Friday ... Fri, 18 May 2012 11:02:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Arrested_cricketer_wont_play_for_RCB_says_Mallya_128281 New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) owner Vijay Mallya Friday said that arrested cricketer Luke Pomersbach will not play for his team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being charged for molesting an American woman."We regret... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:58:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Truck_runs_over_cop_in_Delhi_128280 New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable was killed and a home guard injured after a truck ran over their motorcycle here Friday, police said.The accident occurred near Ashoka Garden in west Delhi's Bharat Nagar area around 2.45 a.m. when constable Na... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:57:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/ndia_must_covertly_target_terrorists_like_Hafiz_Saeed_Book_128276 New Delhi: If India wants to destroy terrorism, then it must target terrorist leaders in India and abroad, including the Pakistan-based Hafiz Saeed, a new book says."In order to achieve a lasting impact and ensure that the actual perpetrat... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:52:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/IndiaUAE_joint_task_force_to_explore_investments_128273 New Delhi: To boost their $57-billion bilateral trade, India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Friday decided to set up a high-level joint task force to further explore investment opportunities, including in the energy sector. This decision was ta... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:48:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Attack_on_judges_Delhi_lawyers_observe_strike_128272 New Delhi: Protesting the attack on three judges by bike-borne men in yet another incident of road rage in the capital, lawyers in all the six district courts of Delhi Friday observed a one-day strike, paralysing legal work, a lawyers' body said... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:47:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Retail_inflation_surges_to_1036_percent_in_April_128270 New Delhi: India's inflation based on retail prices surged 10.36 percent in April as compared to 9.38 percent in the previous month due to a sharp increase in prices of vegetables, edible oil and milk products, government data showed Friday.The ... Fri, 18 May 2012 08:51:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Sensex_slumps_161_points_in_noon_trade_128269 New Delhi: A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading over 161 points low from its previous close around 12.30 p.m. Friday as automobile, capital goods and metal stocks came under intense selling pressure.The 30-scrip sensitive in... Fri, 18 May 2012 08:38:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Rajya_Sabha_adjourned_over_land_grab_128268 New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha lost its question hour Friday to protests over the alleged involvement of Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal in a land grab case.The upper house was disrupted as BJP MPs demanded the suspension of question hour to discuss t... Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Daredevils_blown_away_by_Gayle_storm_hopes_alive_for_Royal_Challengers_128260 New Delhi: Chris Gayle destroyed Delhi Daredevils with an unbeaten century as Royal Challengers raised their hopes of making it to the play-off stages with a convincing 21-run win in their crucial Indian Premier league (IPL) match at the Ferozes... Fri, 18 May 2012 04:41:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Dust_storm_hits_Delhi_delays_flights_128254 New Delhi: A layer of dust covered the capital Thursday bringing down visibility and delaying the landing of flights."A 60 km per hour wind between 4.30-7.30 a.m. brought with it a lot of dust. The visibility dropped to 400 metres at Indira ... Thu, 17 May 2012 12:46:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Indian_IT_experts_devise_technique_to_fight_deadly_bots_128250 New Delhi: Indian computer experts have devised a technique to smoke out bots and deter their malicious programmers from taking over your desk computer or laptop, stealing passwords or vital information in your hard drive even without your susp... Thu, 17 May 2012 12:32:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Panel_opposes_state_role_in_land_takeover_for_private_use_128245 New Delhi: A parliamentary panel Thursday suggested that the state should have no role in acquisition of land for private players, except in cases of infrastructure and social sector projects.The report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee o... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:58:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Two_detained_for_obstructing_Dikshits_convoy_128241 New Delhi: Two car-borne youth were detained Thursday for not giving way to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's convoy in north Delhi, police said. They were let off after questioning. The incident took place around 11.35 a.m. near Nirankari ... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:31:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Indian_parliamentarians_for_a_global_parliament_at_UN_128232 New Delhi: In order to improve the democratic character of global governance, Indian parliamentarians have lent their support to a global campaign for the creation of an elected global parliamentary assembly at the United Nations.Speaking Wedne... Thu, 17 May 2012 09:10:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Chidambaram_stuns_Lok_Sabha_speaks_in_Bhojpuri_128229 New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is known to be fluent in Tamil and English, stunned the Lok Sabha Thursday when he addressed the house in Bhojpuri, receiving praise from Speaker Meira Kumar, who comes from Bihar, for his effort.Chid... Thu, 17 May 2012 08:56:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Rupee_recovers_from_record_low_Sensex_up_128228 Mumbai: On the back of a rebound in equity markets, the Indian rupee recovered by almost 30 paise Thursday from the previous day's record intra-day low of 54.52 against the dollar due to selling of the American currency by banks.The rupee rose t... Thu, 17 May 2012 08:53:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Sensex_rises_120_points_FMCG_realty_metal_stocks_up_128227 Mumbai: A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading high around 12:30 p.m. Thursday on account of buying activity picking up in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), realty and metal stocks.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of th... Thu, 17 May 2012 08:51:22 GMT http://samachaar.in/Weather/Cloudy_dusty_morning_in_Delhi_128226 New Delhi: The capital saw a cloudy Thursday morning with a dust haze settling over the city and the minimum temperature settling at 27.3 degree Celsius, a notch above average. The met office has forecast dust and thunderstorms later in the day.... Thu, 17 May 2012 05:14:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Delhi/Government_queried_on_revoking_Vectra_choppers_licence_128219 New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to explain why it had not issued show-cause notice to Global Vectra Helicorp, the aviation arm of the Ravi Rishi-led Vectra Group which operates a fleet of helicopters, before ca... Thu, 17 May 2012 04:40:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Lok_Sabha_passes_amended_OBC_quota_bill_128217 New Delhi: Parliament Wednesday passed a bill which will give higher education institutions three more years to fill up the 27 percent seats reserved for other backward classes (OBCs).The Lok Sabha passed the Central Educational Institutions (Re... Thu, 17 May 2012 04:36:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/India_must_have_option_of_nuclear_power_PM_128212 New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government was committed to ensuring foolproof security of nuclear power plants but it would be harmful for the country to pass an ordinance against nuclear power."We must put ever... Wed, 16 May 2012 12:30:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Slowdown_a_concern_but_Indias_growth_story_intact_Pranab_128211 New Delhi: Blaming the eurozone crisis for the economic slowdown and the sharp drop in the stock markets, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said India's growth story was intact and the government was taking measures to revive growth an... Wed, 16 May 2012 12:22:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Science/India_creating_architecture_to_ensure_cyber_security_NSA_128210 New Delhi: India is creating a "coherent and comprehensive" security policy to deal with the "anarchic new world" of cyber threats, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said here Wednesday."(The) government is in ... Wed, 16 May 2012 12:20:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Paternity_suit_Court_allows_use_of_force_against_Tiwari_128207 New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed its joint registrar to take police assistance, if needed, to bring veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari to court premises for collecting his blood sample for a DNA test in a paternity suit.The su... Wed, 16 May 2012 11:58:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Sports/Pune_Warriors_Mishra_admits_making_statement_apologises_128203 New Delhi: Pune Warriors cricketer Mohnish Mishra, who was suspended by the Indian cricket board pending inquiry, Tuesday accepted the statements he made during the sting operation conducted by a TV channel and said he did it casually "t... Wed, 16 May 2012 04:50:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Weather/Sunny_morning_hot_day_ahead_for_Delhi_128201 New Delhi: Delhi woke up to a bright, sunny Wednesday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 25.6 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year."We should have mainly clear skies today while the maximum temperature should be ... Wed, 16 May 2012 04:44:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/_Mobile_projectors_to_educate_kids_on_health_hygiene_in_Gujarat_128195 New Delhi: Armed with mobile phones and projectors, teachers in 150 anganwadis in Gujarat are all set to impart health and hygiene education to hundreds of kids while improving their teaching skills, activists said Tuesday.  NGO Sesame Wo... Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:33 GMT