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I never threatened to quit UPA : Karunanidhi

Archana Patel — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:00:39 +0000

DMK president M. Karunanidhi Wednesday says he never threatened to pull out, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Supremo does a U – turn. Karunanidhi says, government and that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is looking into the matter and has promissed action. ‘I can not say if we will quit if there is no rolled back and [...]

Vishwanathan Anand become World Chess Champion for fifth time

Archana Patel — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:33:35 +0000

Moscow : India’s Vishwanathan Anand defeats Israeli Boris Gelfand in the tie-breaker games here on Wednesday, 30 May 2012. This is 5th World Chess Championship title for Vishwanathan Anand. Both had thrilling speed chess decider to decide winner and Anand won by 2.5-1.5 at the Tretyakov Gallery. Anand will get 55% of total price of $2.55 million [...]

Sensex falls 126 points on weak rupee and global cues

IANS — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:05:12 +0000

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets fell over 126 points Wednesday as weakness in the rupee recurred. Automobile, consumer durables and realty stocks faced the brunt of intense selling. Amid volatile trade, the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 16,391.90 points, closed at 16,312.15 points — down [...]

Fuel shortage to ease in Chennai, says Jayalalithaa

Archana Patel — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:18:34 +0000

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said on Tuesday that Government will solve diesel and petrol shortage crisis . Jayalalithaa also said we will purchase diesel by road from Bangalore’s oil marketing companies. Jayalalithaa said the fuel being sourced from various cities to resolve crisis. Fuel crisis are reported after shutting down of Mangalore Refineries [...]

I will give up public life if allegations are proved: Manmohan Singh

Arun Nakarani — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:06:09 +0000

Prime Minister has declared on Tuesday that he will give up public life if allegations are proved against him. Manmohan Singh directly takes on team Anna. He told that he will give up public career if anything in allegation has found true but not to use such words which are being used without reason or [...]

Kolkata Knight Riders had victory parade

Arun Nakarani — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:53:09 +0000

Indian Premier League (IPL) champion team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), owned by Shah rukh khan, has started a victory parade at Kolkata on Tuesday. The West Bengal’s Cheif Minister Mamata Banerjee had taken part in Kolkata Knight Riders victory celebration at the Eden Gardens. Indian Premier League Champians Kolkata Knight Riders facilited by the West [...]

Manmohan Singh meets Aung San Suu Kyi

Archana Patel — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:38:11 +0000

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy(NLD)leader Aung San Suu Kyi today. Aung San Suu Kyi is a opposition politician leader in Barma. Manmohan Singh and opposition politician leader Aung San Suu Kyi were met at a hotel in Yangon. Even Manmohan singh has invited her to [...]

A gas leakage in Vatva, Ahmedabad on late Monday

Worldsnap Staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:10:22 +0000

At late night of Monday, people around Vatva, ahmedabad felt problem to take breath because of gas leakage in company called Associated Dyestuff company’s main valve of tank. Company is in GIDC, Vatva. According to source, leakage gas was Olium and it created nausea and irritation in eyes, skin and throat in peoples who stays [...]

Market Closed postive, Nifty touched 5000

Worldsnap Staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 04:08:23 +0000

Nifty has crossed 5000 points in intra-day but closed at 4990 with 5020 as intraday-high and 4,982 as intraday low. 26 stocks are in green while 24 stocks are in red at end of day in Nifty 50 Index. HCL, Cairn and Tata Motors are top gainers while BPCL, IDFC, ACC and Reliance Infra are [...]

Court quashes 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities

IANS — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:02:43 +0000

Hyderabad : In a setback for the United Progressive Alliance government at the centre, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday quashed the 4.5 percent sub-quota for the minorities carved out of the 27 percent reservation for other backward classes in jobs. A division bench of Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar, [...]