YSR completes five years, confident of another termHYDERABAD - Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Thursday became the first Andhra Pradesh chief minister to complete five years in office and was confident of a second successive term with the stage set for the counting of votes polled for the assembly and Lok Sabha elections. YSR completes five years, confident of another termHYDERABAD - Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Thursday became the first Andhra Pradesh chief minister to complete five years in office and was confident of a second successive term with the stage set for the counting of votes polled for the assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Two years on, fight to free Sen continuesRAIPUR - Dozens of human rights activists marched through the Chhattisgarh capital Raipur Thursday seeking immediate release of Binayak Sen, a doctor-activist, who completed two years in jail Thursday. Main scheduled events on pope’s Holy Land tourA look at the main events scheduled for Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to the Holy Land: Britain honours young Indian orphanLONDON - The British town of Swindon is to doff its cap to an Indian orphan 12 years after he was found abandoned in a basket in Delhi. Astronomers to search for precursors to life in cosmic dustWASHINGTON - A University of Michigan astronomer has decided to use the Herschel Space Observatory to study the organic molecules that make up life on Earth in new detail in the warm clouds of gas and dust around young stars. Supreme Court notice to Chhattisgarh govt. on bail plea of activistNEW DELHI - Acting on a bail petition filed by civil rights activist Binayak Sen, in jail for the last 22 months on charges of aiding and abetting naxalite activities in the state, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Chhattisgarh government. Varun unhurt as dais collapses in PilibhitLUCKNOW - A dais that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi was standing on collapsed Friday in his Pilibhit constituency in Uttar Pradesh, but he did not suffer any injuries, police said. Calendar of major business events scheduled for Tuesday
Major business events scheduled for Tuesday Obama’s Leno show appearance rated fourth highest in 15 years of hostingNEW YORK - Barack Obama’s appearance on ‘Tonight Show’ has gathered one of the fourth highest rankings in Jay Leno’s 15 years of hosting. |