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  IAF chopper makes emergency landing

  India | September 30, 2013 20:47 IST

  Rajkot: An Indian Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing in Maktanpar town near Wankaner taluka of Morbi district today due to a technical snag, officials from the force said.The chopper—Chetak SA 316 B—had taken

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  Illegal sand mining on IAF land: NGT seeks Centre's response

  India | September 26, 2013 16:11 IST

  New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today sought responses of the Centre, UP and Haryana on a plea alleging that sand was being illegally mined from land belonging to IAF in Faridabad and is being

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  Mortar round lands in Russian Embassy in Damascus

  World | September 22, 2013 21:21 IST

  Amman, Jordan: A mortar round landed inside the Russian Embassy compound in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, as Moscow said it was willing to send military observers to secure Syrian efforts to surrender its

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  Orbis Flying Eye Hospital lands in Kolkata

  India | September 09, 2013 16:13 IST

  Kolkata: The Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, located on board a DC-10 jet aircraft, was opened here today for providing free medical treatment to local eye patients till September 22.The facility was inaugurated at the airport

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  Robert Vadra's land deal was a sham sale, says IAS officer Ashok Khemka

  India | August 18, 2013 22:52 IST

  New Delhi: Defending his action in the controversial land deal in Gurgaon involving Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has said morality demands one starts at the top and that requires

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  Nicolas Cage's anger could've landed him in jail

  Hollywood | July 30, 2013 7:16 IST

  Los Angeles, July 30:  Actor Nicolas Cage says he was such an angry young man during his teenage years that his aggression could have even landed him in jail.However, the 49-year-old, who has been part

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  Rihanna's negligence lands her in legal trouble

  Hollywood | July 15, 2013 18:42 IST

  Los Angeles, July 15: Singer Rihanna has landed herself in a legal soup after she missed many court hearings after suing her former managers.Rihanna earlier sued the company, Berdon LLP, for not taking care of

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  Muslims won't give up Babri Masjid land, says Owaisi

  India | December 03, 2012 15:39 IST

  Hyderabad, Dec 3: Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi has said the Muslims will never give up even an inch of the land of the demolished Babri Masjid at Ayodhya.The president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM)

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  Martial art champion Silva lands Hollywood role

  Hollywood | November 05, 2012 11:52 IST

  Rio De Janeiro, Nov 5: Brazil's Ultimate Fighting middleweight champion Anderson Silva is set to star alongside Steven Seagal in a new Hollywood film.Xinhua reported that Silva will fly to Los Angeles this week to

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  Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda changed land use to benefit Vadra's company : report

  Politics | October 17, 2012 11:11 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 17 : the Hindustan Times today quoted documents to say that it  was Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda who had cleared the change of land use allowing a company, owned by

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  Employing children under 14 can land you in jail

  India | August 29, 2012 10:12 IST

  New Delhi, Aug. 29: The cabinet  on Tuesday  approved an amendment bill which will impose  blanket ban on  use of any child under the age of 14 years in any form of employment. The amenment

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  Mizuno chooses country over company for 2020 bid

  Other Sports | June 28, 2012 16:42 IST

  Tokyo, Jun28: Given the choice of staying in the family business or helping Tokyo land the 2020 Olympics, Masato Mizuno knew it was time to put country ahead of company.The 69-year-old Mizuno stepped down as

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  Unwilling farmers will get back their land, assures Mamata

  Politics | June 22, 2012 17:24 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 22: In wake of the Calcutta High Court holding as unconstitutional the Singur Land Development Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government was with the farmers and committed to

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  HC Sets Aside Acquisition Of Five Hectares Of Land In Greater Noida

  India | March 23, 2012 18:35 IST

  Allahabad, Mar 23: In yet another case of annulment of land acquisition by Uttar Pradesh government in Greater Noida, the Allahabad High Court today directed authorities to return five hectares of land to two farmers

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  Corrupt Official's Land Seized By Bihar Government

  India | February 29, 2012 21:02 IST

  Patna, Feb 29: Following the much-hyped confiscation policy of Bihar government, state officials on Wednesday seized plots of land of Bhola Prasad, former District Forest Officer of Kaimur.The Forest Officer's plots in the Bahadur Pur

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  Greater Noida Authority To Move Supreme Court

  India | May 21, 2011 16:44 IST

  Greater Noida (UP), May 21: The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority is planning to move the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court order setting aside acquisition of land in Gautam Buddh Nagar district.The authority

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  Bhatta Parsaul Farmers Didn't Even Know Their Land Had Been Sold

  India | May 12, 2011 14:24 IST

  New Delhi, May 12: The Yamuna Expressway Development Authority has sold off lands in and around Bhatta Parsol village even before it had acquired them, says an India Today report.Most farmers do not even know

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  Shanti Bhushan Says, Corrupt Politicians Are Feeling Jittery

  India | April 20, 2011 14:06 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 20 :  A fresh controversy involving anti-corruption campaigner Shanti Bhushan broke out today over allotment of priced farmhouse plots to him and his son Jayant in nearby Noida and demands have cropped

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  Buddhadeb Has No Car, House, Land, Has Only Rs 5000

  Politics | April 05, 2011 21:22 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 5: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee does not own a house or a car and he stays in a rented government flat and has just Rs 5,000 cash in hand.Bhattacharjee, who is