| TIMES OF INDIA |
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 |
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TIMES OF INDIA
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Satyam: A Rs 7,000 crore lie
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Satyam means truth. Yet, Ramalinga Raju, head of the Hyderabad-based firm, was lying for years, building up to India's largest-ever corporate fraud.
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Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible: US
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The evidence in the dossier given by India to Pakistan about the involvement of Pakistanis in the Mumbai attacks is "credible", US ambassador David Mulford said.
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Finally, Pakistan admits Kasab is a Pakistani
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Pakistan information minister Sherry Rehman said captured Mumbai attack terrorist Kasab has links to Pakistan after media reported he was a Pakistani.
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Obama picks Sanjay Gupta as US surgeon general
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US President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr Sanjay Gupta, a well-known medical correspondent and a neuro-surgeon of repute to be the country's surgeon general.
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Kasab a Pakistani national: Pak media
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The lone surviving gunman captured during the Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani national, Pakistan's television reported, citing unidentified officials.
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Satyam case a failure of governance: Murthy
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N R Narayan Murthy described developments at Satyam as shocking, painful and a good warning for other IT sector companies.
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Second fuel price cut likely, says government
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Petroleum minister Murli Deora has said the government may cut petrol and diesel prices further in "the next 2 to 3 weeks" and also slash cooking gas prices.
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Pietersen resigns as England captain: Report
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Kevin Pietersen has resigned as England captain after his relationship with team coach Peter Moores broke down, according to reports.
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Satyam chief quits, Sensex crashes 750 pts
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Sensex tumbled 750 points to end below the 10k level, on heavy selling by funds.
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All options open to dismantle terror groups: India
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"Even after 26/11 there is no serious attempt to dismantle terror outfits and that is the major worry, so we are examining all possible options," defence minister Antony said.
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Pak to conduct 'credible probe' into Mumbai proof
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Pak president and prime minister discussed the regional situation during a meeting and decided to carry out a credible investigation of the evidence provided by India.
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Satyam's Ramalinga Raju resigns, admits fraud
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Ramalinga Raju resigned as Satyam's chairman saying his last-ditch efforts to fill the 'fictitious assets with real ones' through Maytas acquisition failed.
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Pakistan key challenge for US, says its NSA
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Pakistan's increasingly turbulent border region poses threats not just to the US mission in Afghanistan, but also to India and the world beyond, says US.
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I was ready to visit India, says ISI chief
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Inter-services intelligence chief Ahmed Shujaa Pasha said he was willing to travel to New Delhi to help in the Mumbai attacks investigation, according to Pakistan media.
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Scent of DDA flat scam in Rajasthan
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The alleged bungling in the DDA scheme that’s now under the scanner of Delhi Police has been partly traced to Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu and surrounding villages.
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Talaq uttered in drunken state valid: Darul Uloom
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Typing ‘talaq’ on an SMS which may not be sent or uttering the word thrice even under influence of alcohol or in a fit of rage amounts to separation under the sharia.
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The advance of Taliban
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Talibanistan, where girls can’t study or women work, where the ruling Islamic militia has vowed to kill modern jurisprudence and other faiths, is closer than what we think.
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Kargil scam: 'Operation Vijay now Operation Cover-Up'
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After making a hue and cry over the alleged Kargil arms purchase scam, the govt told the SC about its inability to honour a direction for filing a status report of the CBI probe.
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Pak in denial mode despite incriminating evidence
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The conversations between terrorists who executed the 26/11 attack on Mumbai and their Pakistani handlers are chilling. Excerpts from some of these chats.
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Tossing iron powder into ocean to fight global warming
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Indian scientists, along with their foreign counterparts are embarking on an expedition to find whether tossing iron powder into the ocean can help fight global warming.
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26/11 witnesses identify terrorists
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Some of those who had seen the terrorists on 26/11 were summoned by the crime branch on Wednesday to identify their bodies kept at the JJ Hospital morgue.
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Fuel crisis in Delhi as oilmen strike
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The capital faces the prospect of acute shortages of fuel, power and essential commodities in the next few days.
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Noida gangrape: 5 sent to custody
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Police have arrested one more person in connection with the alleged gang rape of 24-year-old MBA student while five other accused were remanded to 14-day judicial custody.
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Mumbai: PIL against 'Ghajini'
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The film, released last month, has too much violence to be certified as U/A, claims petitioner Pratibha Naithani.
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Govt employees on strike in Bihar
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Three lakh Bihar government employees launched an indefinite strike from Wednesday seeking total implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.
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BSP MP faces fraud charge in UP
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Complainant Ibrar Ahmad, a resident of Beechu village in Sultanpur, alleged that Khan in connivance with six others sold his land by using forged documents.
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Pakistan is the biggest challenge for Obama: US NSA
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In a statement which has gone down well with the Indian establishment, Steven Hadley has called Pak the biggest challenge for president-elect Barack Obama.
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5 kg RDX recovered in J&K
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Army troops busted a hideout and recovered a cache of ammunition and explosive material, including five kg of RDX, in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, army officials said.
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Amarnath shrine board reconstituted with six new members
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Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra reconstituted the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) by appointing six new members.
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4.3 lakh birds culled in Assam: Minister
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The bird flu situation in Assam was 'stable' and nearly 4.34 lakh birds, including commercial and backyard poultry were culled till December last, state Veterinary minister Kher Sing Engti said.
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SP threatens to withdraw support to UPA
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Samajwadi Party has threatened to withdraw support to the UPA government for failing to take decisive action against Pakistan.
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Advani undisputed choice for PM: BJP
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BJP party president Rajnath Singh has termed Advani as the "undisputed" choice for the prime minister's post.
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Sanjay Gupta to be US surgeon gen
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US President-elect Barack Obama has asked Dr Sanjay Gupta, a well-known medical correspondent and a neuro-surgeon of repute to be the country's surgeon general.
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Obama at White House to meet Bush
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President-elect Barack Obama has returned to the White House for a private meeting with President George W. Bush, less than two weeks before their official transfer of power.
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Indians safe in Gaza
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Indians in the Gaza Strip are safe, though "concerned",with the Indian mission in Tel Aviv constantly monitoring their situation since violence flared up in the coastal enclave.
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Mumbai terrorists had UK link: MI5
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Britain's intelligence service MI5 chief has said his agency has uncovered links between the gunmen who struck in the Indian metropolis and the UK.
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Nepal's U-turn on Pashupatinath
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Nepal's Maoist government on Wednesday reversed its decision to replace the Indian priests at the Himalayan country's most revered Pashupatinath temple.
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Halt to Gaza strikes for 3 hrs daily
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Israel said it would suspend bombing Gaza for three hours every day beginning on Wednesday as diplomacy to end the Jewish state's war on Hamas gained momentum.
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Investors call for a change
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The institutional investors in Satyam have decided to act jointly to oust the company's management to protect their interests.
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Government promises strict action
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Govt promised strictest action against those involved in the Satyam fraud and those involved in the scam would be punished, even if they have resigned.
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Pricewaterhouse faces scrutiny elsewhere too
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The Satyam fraud is not the sole brush with infamy for Pricewaterhouse, one of the world's top auditing firms.
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Satyam doom knocks 749 pts off mkt, investors lose $23bn
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Ramalinga Raju's confessions cast doubts over the financial health of sensex constituents, pushing the benchmark index down by 749 points.
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Stock plummets 78%
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Investors lost a massive Rs 9,344.7 crore (about $ 2 billion) with the Satyam stock plunging 77.5% during the day.
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Raju, directors could face 10-yr jail
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The law of the land is expected to take its course and Raju and any other director/executive found to be involved in the scam are liable to be prosecuted.
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Now, cars made of coconut husks
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Researchers at Baylor University have developed a new way to transform coconut husks into automotive interiors.
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Technique to squeeze light developed
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For the first time, physicists from University of Toronto have developed a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit.
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Black holes 'came before galaxies'
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Astronomers claim to have finally solved the cosmic chicken-egg problem by concluding that black holes came before galaxies.
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Now, 'green' hydrogen for clean electricity
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In a breakthrough study, scientists from University of Aberdeen have successfully produced hydrogen from the fermentation of crops.
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Iguanas shed light on evolution
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Pink iguanas unknown to Charles Darwin during his visits to the Galapagos islands may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than the English naturalist's famous finches, researchers said.
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Gossip good for sounding out ideas
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Those who believe gossip is nothing but idle talk or rumour think again, for a new study advises employers to use it to their advantage instead of fruitlessly seeking to stamp it out.
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S Desai: Lessons from 2008
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2008 has told us that ups and downs are part of life and that being caught up in the intensity of a moment can blind us to its eventual transience. That is our biggest learning from this unfortunate year.
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Swapan Dasgupta: There's a clash, don't deny it
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Before the "public intellectual" became fashionable, academia nurtured a deep abhorrence of anything "popular".
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M J Akbar: Forget others, can we find peace with ourselves?
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The only good thing about 2008 is that it is over. What remains intriguing is the optimism with which we wish peace in a new year when there is none within view.
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SA Aiyar: 26/11 a buying opportunity, not economic disaster
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Foreign portfolio investors have adopted Nathan Rothschild's maxim that the best time to buy shares is when blood runs in the streets.
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S A Aiyar: IPI gas pipeline, RIP
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The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline has been discussed for almost a decade, with its proponents arguing that it will promote our energy security. After 26/11, the project is dead.
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M J Akbar: How a mouse in Pakistan became its Man of the Year
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If it's Gandhian, it must have a moral. There is one. A single alphabet separates 'shoe' and 'shot'. If al-Zaidi had aimed a bullet, he would have been vilified and his country could have been burdened with another decade of war and misery.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT | Security First
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Pakistani denials should concentrate Indian minds.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT | Less Is More
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Stop refereeing and focus on core areas of governance.
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TOP ARTICLE | One Too Many
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Following the outcry yet again against wastage of manpower for VIP security following the Mumbai terror attacks, there are reports of a re-look at the entire system of providing security at public expense.
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TIMES VIEW | Self-regulation is the way to go
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The government is ready with a host of restrictions to prevent news broadcasters from showing any live telecast other than an authorised feed during a law and order emergency.
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COUNTERVIEW | Government has to step in
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Following the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, the information and broadcasting ministry has got approval from the law ministry to amend the Cable Television Network Rules 1994.
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SUBVERSE | Secularists' doublespeak
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Mumbai's Muslim leaders even met former ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who was slain by terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, to protest against the raid on a Muslim mohalla.
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Live your best life
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Count out the negatives and challenge yourself to design the best life, suggests Nona Walia.
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Giving dossier to US may not yield much
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The dossier against Pakistan being put together by India also includes the logbook recovered from the vessel the terrorists used to reach Mumbai.
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Surrogacy stays within the great Indian family
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Instead of strangers, egg and sperm donors from within the family step forward to help childless couples in Gujarat.
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Cold wave kills 10 as north India shivers
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At least ten people succumbed to extreme cold wave conditions, as mercury dipped further across north India due to western disturbance over Pak, adjoining areas.
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Ten myths about Pakistan
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Pakistan controls the jihadis: Or Pakistan's government controls the jihadis. Or Pakistan Army controls the jihadis. Or ISI controls the jihadis. Or some rogue elements from the ISI control the Jihadis. Nobody knows the whole truth but increasingly it's the tail that wags the dog.
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Separatism R.I.P?
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The high turnout of voters in the recent elections is being seen as a rejection of Kashmiri separatists' boycott politics.
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Eye spy?
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Katrina Kaif, we hear, has flown to Chandigarh to be with Salman while he is shooting for 'London Dreams'.
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Raveena: Committed to a cause
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Raveena Tandon is promoting the cause of the girl child, an issue that is of immense importance in Rajasthan, a state with high count of female foeticide. The actress was in Jaipur recently to campaign...
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Happy birthday, Bipasha!
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Yes, it’s her birthday today. And Bips is turning 30! And now, she says she’s looking for 'hatke' roles...
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Jiah Khan: Mad about Mani
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After having worked with directors like Ram Gopal Varma and AR Murgadoss, she now wants to work with Mani Ratnam!
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Paris patches up with Lindsay
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Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have dissolved differences and reformed their friendship.
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‘I can now kick ass!’
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... says Deepika Padukone who learned martial arts and is keen to work with Aamir and Salman after SRK, Akshay and Saif.
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Do you think the PMC is justified in doubling the taxes?
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The civic body has proposed a two-fold rise in taxes for using roads and water. Besides, the civic chief has also mooted a steep hike in multiplexes, theatre taxes.
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Do you find Lucknow railway station clean enough?
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Filthy toilets, rats and cockroaches in the compartments and dirty linen are all part of the package.
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Should there be a ceiling on the number of casinos in Goa?
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Ten hotels in the state have been granted licenses to run casinos. Besides this, there are five licenses given to offshore casinos.
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What should be done to check accidents in Hubli?
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A girl was killed in an accident in Hubli on Monday. Her friends blame the unscientifically placed traffic signals for the accident.
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Is the drive launched by Lucknow police to check drunken revelers effective?
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Lucknow police have launched a drive to check nuisance caused by drunken revellers, who have been accused of eve-teasing and creating a ruckus.
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Will putting up gates in Mohali sectors improve security?
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After Mumbai terror attacks, Mohali police had proposed a single entrance and exit in all city sectors.
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Readerspeak: Pakistan is not going to confess, we must take action
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This is enough now, India should react very strongly. Now what we the people of India want is security and that comes only by tit for tat,says a reader.
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Readerspeak: What use are these billion dollar toys
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Will these equipments be ever used? Even in the worst situations we stress only on diplomacy and allow our expensive weapons to gather rust, says a reader.
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Readerspeak: Why doesn't US let Afghanistan or Pak try 9/11 masterminds
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The US has shown its true colours in dealing with tension between India and Pakistan. It is high time that US stop acting as a super power, says a reader.
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Readerspeak: Taliban is ruining lives of innocent women
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What a shame that even 7-year-old sweet girls are not spared by them. Something concrete needs to be done to root out this social evil, says a reader.
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Readerspeak: Pakistan is never going to change its attitude
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It’s time to take strict action. Let’s wipe out the terrorists of Pakistan and destroy terror-camps. Pakistan will never do these things on it own, says a reader.
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Readerspeak: Why do we rely on America? India must fight its own problems
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Even basic logic demands that Mumbai attack terrorists be tried on Indian soil, under Indian law. Anything else is totally pointless, says a reader.
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Which way for India now
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Only time will tell but somehow there is not much optimism in my heart that any lessons will be learnt from the ghastly Mumbai attacks.
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President Obama - The rise of a political phenomenon
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The young man from nowhere is today the most important man in the world, offering hope to millions the world over to dream and think big.
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Can Congress tide over the odds?
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Let’s wait and watch if Congress is able to tide over the prevailing mood, or if the BJP can cash in on the negative Congress trend.
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Thumbs down for Tendulkar; I am a North Indian
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Thumbs down to Tendulkar's feat! His name sounds too Maharastrian and as a North Indian, I've been told they are different from us, according to Raj Sahib.
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An evening at the Wagah Border
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I'm not sure whether the name Wagah comes from a village on 'our' side or 'their' side, but it sits in the middle of Punjab fields planted by farmers of both sides.
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Left to Right - Tata drives to Gujarat
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Tata's move comes as a double delight for Narendra Modi, who was only recently exonerated by the Nanavati Commission over his role in the 2002 riots.
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Col. and his band's bold calls
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Irani Cup: Delhi on top
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Kapil joins Territorial Army
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India's ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahender Singh Dhoni said the first-ever bowlout against Pakistan was the best memory he has of the World Cup.
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Asif gets date with IPL dope tribunal
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Singapore GP: Homecoming for Mallya
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Cricket Scorecard
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Israel's Gaza offensive
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Israel will halt Gaza bombings for three hours daily.
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