Patna: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir today expressed grave concern over growing practise of “media trial” and said it could prejudice against the accused. “(Media trial) it is a matter of grave concern. This should not happen,” Kabir told [...]
New Delhi: Blamed for a number of issues in the 2G scam, former Telecom Minister A Raja wants to appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) as a witness to tell his side of story. Raja’s request to Lok Sabha [...]
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark S&P Sensex extended losses for the 4th straight week by slipping another 151 points to end the week at two-month low of 19,317.01 on persistent selling pressure from operators ahead of the Union Budget next week [...]
Kanpur: A farmer allegedly committed suicide after he was unable to pay the debt he had taken, police said. 35-year-old Amarnath hanged himself from a tree yesterday in the Bilhour area. The victim had taken loan from many money lenders [...]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India today issued the much-awaited guidelines for new bank licences, allowing corporates and public sector entities with sound credentials and a minimum track record of 10 years to enter the banking business. The Reserve Bank, [...]
New Delhi: The government will get Rs 43,011 crore if all the spectrum is sold at at the base price in the auction, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said today. The government has announced starting auction [...]
London: The world’s two leading internet giants have set aside their rivalries and joined forces to set up the most lucrative science prize in history which is more than double the value of the Nobel Prize. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg [...]
New Delhi: A man has been arrested at the IGI Airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle in about 78 kg of silver jewellery. 30-year-old Shariq Khan, a Mumbai resident, was intercepted at the airport yesterday when he arrived from [...]
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered from initial losses in late morning deals today but was still quoted lower by seven points in view of alternate bouts of buying and selling from operators amid mixed Asian cues. The BSE-30 share [...]
Mumbai: The rupee recovered from initial losses and was being quoted higher by five paise at 54.42 against the US dollar in late morning trade today. The rupee’s gain was boosted by fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters [...]
Mumbai: The rupee on Friday gained four paise to 54.43 against the dollar on the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market in early trade on fresh selling of the US currency by exporters. Forex dealers said euro’s gains against the American [...]
New Delhi: Close on the heels of ordering attachment of bank accounts, investments and all other assets of two Sahara group firms and their promoters, including group chief Subrata Roy, market watchdog SEBI today cautioned the investors and general public [...]
Washington: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has joined the international community in condemning the terrorist attack in Hyderabad that killed more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the indiscriminate attacks against civilians which [...]
New Delhi: The twin blasts in Hyderabad rocked both Houses of Parliament today with opposition members attacking the government for alleged lapses in matters of internal security. As soon as the Lok Sabha met, Speaker Meira Kumar made an obituary [...]
Lucknow: In the wake of serial blasts in Hyderabad, the Uttar Pradesh government toady directed all the districts in the state to step up security and take preventive measures. “The government has alerted all the districts that anti-social and anti-national [...]
Hyderabad: Low to moderate polling was today recorded in the biennial election to six constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council. The election was held for three graduates and as many teachers’ constituencies spread over nearly a dozen districts. The polling [...]
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today criticised the Centre’s decision to bring in food security bill and failing to release 70 million tonne food grains to the market. Sinha alleged that the government was bringing in food security [...]
Hyderabad: Terror struck Hyderabad killing 12 people and injuring 84 others tonight when two powerful near simultaneous blasts ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area. The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices [...]
Hyderabad: Serial bomb blasts rocked Hyderabad Thursday evening, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 57 others, Home Secretary R.K. Singh said. “Twin blasts have occured. The number of dead has increased from 10 to 12 and the injured [...]
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, who has been meeting Congress’ national and state leaders ever since he took over as its vice-president, today said there was “tremendous talent” in the organisation and he was “very excited” about the exercise. “I am [...]
Chennai: Set to complete a century of Test appearances, veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today said he is a “bit nervous” going into the first Test against Australia starting here tomorrow. With 408 wickets from 99 Tests at an average [...]
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex that opened weak fell further to this year’s lowest level of 19,339, down over 300 points in the pre-close trading today, amid renewed concerns that US Federal Reserve’s policy-tightening moves will reduce global liquidity. Snapping [...]
New Delhi: NCP today demanded death sentence for the rapists of three minor sisters in Maharashtra as it pushed for expeditious passage of the bill on crime against women. “It is unacceptable. All of us have to hang our heads [...]
New Delhi: Expressing concern over declining growth, President Pranab Mukherjee today said government is taking steps to revive investment activity and boost economy. “Both global and domestic factors have affected our growth. We need to address the impact of both. [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today set up a two-member inquiry committee to probe the Noida violence, which broke out during the nationwide strike by trade unions, and submit its report in three days time. Principal Secretry (Home) R M Srivastava [...]
New Delhi: Giving shape to the dream of Tata Group to make a comeback in the airline business, Malaysia’s leading no frills carrier AirAsia has sought the approval of the Indian Government to join hands with the Tata Group to [...]
New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow looks set to be stormy with Opposition vowing to strongly raise issues like corruption and inflation even though government expressed readiness to discuss all issues and order any kind of probe [...]
Shimla: The budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly will commence on March 12. The four-week-long session will have 22 sittings, officials said here today. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who holds the Finance portfolio, is likely to present the general [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the Election Commission to ban political parties calling shutdowns, while noting that people of Bengal have rejected the two-day strike called by Central trade unions. Referring to court verdicts against enforcing [...]
Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Wednesday strengthened by 11 paise to end at 54.07 on persistent selling of dollars by exporters and moderate capital inflows, amid reports of low volumes due to the ongoing two-day bank union strike. The rupee [...]
New Delhi: State-owned Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) today said it is targeting to raise up to Rs 2,805 crore through the second tranche of its public issue of tax-free bonds. In the first tranche, which was launched On [...]
New Delhi: India seeks to strengthen bilateral relations with the United Kingdom in all sectors especially in trade and investment, and defence, President Pranab Mukherjee has said. Welcoming visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron at Rashtrapati Bhavan here yesterday, the [...]
New Delhi: Falling for the second straight month, India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows declined nearly 19 per cent to USD 1.10 billion in December 2012 due to global economic uncertainties. In December 2011, the country had attracted FDI worth [...]
New Delhi: She was left scurrying for shelter into the forests during the 2004 Tsunami which had devastated the coasts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands but nine years down the line, Deborah has not only reshaped her life but also [...]
Washington: After his weekend golf session with Barack Obama, Tiger Woods has praised the game of the US President, whom he called “partner” during the friendly match that they won. “After these four years if he spends more time playing [...]
New Delhi: Falling for the second straight month, India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows declined nearly 19 per cent to USD 1.10 billion in December 2012 due to global economic uncertainties. In December 2011, the country had attracted FDI worth [...]
New Delhi: On the eve of Budget Session of Parliament, the government on Wednesday sought to buy peace with the Opposition saying it was ready for any kind of inquiry into the chopper scam on which there was a political [...]
Bangalore: Indian Premier League cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday appointed Virat Kohli as their captain for the upcoming sixth edition of Indian Premier League. Kohli succeeds former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, who was at the helm during [...]
Amritsar: Nearly 94 years after over 1,000 Indian protesters were killed in Jallianwalla Bagh during the British Raj, Prime Minister David Cameron today described the incident as “deeply shameful” but stopped short of a public apology. 46-year-old Cameron, who is [...]
New Delhi: Wipro Technologies today said it has appointed Puneet Chandra as the Chief Marketing Officer (IT Business). Chandra will report to Shaji Farooq, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Global Alliances and Go-to-Market Transformation, Wipro Technologies, Wipro Technologies said in [...]
Chennai: Australia all-rounder Moises Henriques today expressed amazement at being named in the playing XI for the first Test against India and said he was looking forward to make it count in his maiden appearance in the five-day format. “It’s [...]
New Delhi: Normal banking operations were hit today as employees of public sector banks went on a two-day strike in response to a call given by central trade unions to press for wage hike in the backdrop of rising inflation. [...]
Lucknow: Apex industry body Assocham today welcomed Uttar Pradesh’s annual budget 2013-14 and asserted that it would encourage inflow of fresh private investments, spur job creation, create top-notch infrastructure, promote the industrial sector and lead to speedy economic growth. “The [...]
New Delhi: The controversial VVIP chopper scam is set to turn the three-month-long Budget session of Parliament beginning tomorrow into a troubled affair for the government with the Opposition raring for an attack eyeing the Lok Sabha polls which are [...]
New Delhi: Russia should induct the joint venture BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to fully appreciate its tie up with India for developing the weapon system, Defence Minister A K Antony said today. “Russia should induct BrahMos in their fleet so [...]
Tiruchirappalli (TN): A man was today sentenced to 10 years Rigorous Imprisonment by a local court for sexually assaulting a minor girl and inflicting serious injuries on her at nearby Navalpattu in 2008. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rahiman sentenced [...]
New Delhi: Britain has shown keen interest in joining hands with India for facilitating the development of investment zones for manufacturing sector, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today said. “Britain has shown keen interest to work with India for [...]
Pretoria: South African sporting hero Oscar Pistorius broke down in court today as he was accused of shooting his model girlfriend three times through a locked bathroom door in what prosecutors said was a “premeditated” Valentine’s Day murder. The double-amputee [...]
New Delhi: Beijing Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh today said given a chance he would not mind stepping in clean to up the mess that the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation finds itself in following the ban imposed by the International Boxing [...]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today directed for categorisation of sports to ensure focused attention for balanced growth and development of various games. He also emphasised on the formulation of Jammu and Kashmir Sports Policy and handling [...]
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities today lifted the ban on Tamil movie Vishwaroopam, much to the delight of ethnic Indians in the country. Malaysian Film Censorship Board had initially approved the movie – directed and produced by Kamal Haasan – for [...]
Mumbai: In a particular scene, Devgn will speak in Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Tamil in the remake version of Sajid Khan’s ‘Himmatwala’. “Ajay has spoken in five languages in a particular scene where Tamannaah (leading lady) gets some goons [...]
Mumbai: After putting his dancing skills to test on a TV reality show, celebrates Indian chef Sanjeev Kapoor will be soon making his acting debut with two films ‘Lunch Box’ and ‘Super Nani’. ‘Lunch Box’ is directed by Anurag Kashyap’s [...]
Patna: In the face of sluggish domestic demand and global economic slowdown, Bihar has recorded a staggering growth rate of 11.95 per cent rate annually at constant prices during 11th Five Year Plan, the highest among states. Per capita income [...]
Jammu: In a major embarrassment for the ruling Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the its sitting MLCs has filed nomination against the party’s official candidates for elections to the state legislative council. Though the candidature of dissident Mohammad [...]
New Delhi: Bracing to face opposition heat over chopper scam in Parliament, Defence Minister A K Antony today said government has “nothing to hide” and is prepared for a discussion even as he played down reports of his resignation. “I [...]
Lucknow: Aiming to strike a balance between completing the works promised in the ruling party’s election manifesto and populist measures with an eye on the coming Lok Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday presented a Rs [...]
Bhopal: BJP MP Kailash Joshi has demanded that international flights should be started from the Raja Bhoj airport in the city for the convenience of passengers intending to travel abroad. “Starting of international flights from Bhopal would help those desirous [...]
New Delhi: The government will conduct the third round of 2G GSM spectrum auction immediately after the bidding for radio waves ends in March in compliance with last week’s Supreme Court order. In the forthcoming auction, the government will put [...]
Mumbai: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials have sought support from the BCCI for development of the sport in their war-torn country. The officials held a meeting with the BCCI officials yesterday and discussed various issues such as coaching, umpiring and [...]
Ahmedabad: A Gujarat court on Monday ordered Zakia Jafri, wife of ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots, to challenge the SIT closure report giving clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will present his second budget in the state Assembly tomorrow amid allegation of non-spending of funds sanctioned during the previous budget. The BSP, BJP and Congress are ready to corner the ruling party [...]
New Delhi: BJP on Monday asked Congress to come clean on reports alleging that close associates of a former Union minister and a Congress vice president were beneficiaries of the bribes paid in the VVIP chopper deal. “In a posting [...]
Melbourne: The retirement of some batting greats and the recent failure to dominate England with spinners on home soil make India a “vulnerable” side in the upcoming Test against Australia, former cricketer Jeff Lawson has commented. The former Australian fast [...]
Johannesburg: Oscar Pistorius has formally called off the races that were due in coming months in the face of charges of murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, his manager said. The Olympic and Paralympic athlete was charged on Friday with [...]
Mumbai: Shares of Jet Airways on Monday tanked more than seven percent on bourses amid reports that the Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad is likely to revise its deal to buy a stake in the Indian carrier. According to reports Etihad [...]
New Delhi: Global rating agency Moody’s today warned that India’s widening trade deficit is “credit negative” for the country and also raises its vulnerability to global shocks. At present, Moody’s has a ‘Baa3′ (lowest investment grade) rating for India with [...]
Mumbai: The Indian rupee dropped by 11 paise to one-month low against the American currency at 54.33 in late morning trade on sustained dollar demand from banks and importers on the back of a firm greenback in overseas markets. The [...]
Mumbai: Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex gained over 32 points in early trade on Monday on selective buying by funds and retailers amid a mixed Asian trend. The 30-share barometer rose by 32.80 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 19,500.95. [...]
India’s efforts to access information on the helicopter scam received a setback on Saturday with an Italian court rejecting a request for documents related to the deal even as CBI and Defence Ministry teams prepared to travel to Rome to [...]
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Monday will co-chair the first meeting of the high-level task force on investment with the UAE, comprising key investment decision makers from the two sides. The meeting will take place in [...]
Dhaka: In a major step forward to resolve the land boundary issue, India and Bangladesh today exchanged maps of demarcated stretches, as New Delhi said it was ready to release USD 50 million out of a $200 million credit line [...]
Dhaka: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today arrived here on a two-day Bangladesh visit during which he will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top leaders and discuss issues of bilateral interests. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni received Khurshid [...]
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was to address the 60th convocation of Aligarh Muslim University today, cancelled her visit due to bad weather. “The visit has been cancelled due to bad weather,” Congress sources said here. In Aligarh, [...]
Kolkata: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today said micro-finance institutions (MFIs) cannot charge interest rate of more than 26 per cent. “Charging more than 26 per cent is exploitation. If you are not exploiting a person, then it is [...]
Mumbai: Stocks The BSE benchmark Sensex extended losses for the third consecutive week by slipping 27 points to end at 19,468.15 due to persistent selling pressure from operators in view of fall in industrial output and rise in retail inflation. [...]
Chennai: Slamming the hike in fuel prices, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the move amounted to betraying the middle and lower classes and made a fresh demand for changing the fuel pricing policy. “Even before the ink [...]
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today exuded confidence that the Indian economy will bounce back to 8 per cent growth levels and said engineering sector could play a vital role in propelling it. “Though our economic growth has recently declined [...]
New Delhi: The Centre is likely to take a decision on giving freedom to the Rs. 80,000 crore sugar industry to sell the sweetener in the open market in the next 15 days, Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Friday said. [...]
Mumbai: Double Olympic medallist wrestler, Sushil Kumar was today appointed as the Administrative Officer of the Northern Railway Sports Association (NRAS). V K Gupta, General Manager, Northern Railway and Patron of the NRAS made the announcement here in the presence [...]
New Delhi: Renowned Dutch football fitness coach Raymond Verheijen says there is no “injury prevention methods” in place in India. “I was told about the number of injuries which were occurring. Injury prevention methods are not in place. In football [...]
New Delhi: Indian Cricketer Harbhajan Singh is all set to make his big screen acting debut in Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar’s Punjabi production ‘Ba Ji in Problem’. Singh, who is popularly known as Bhajji, will appear in a cameo but [...]
Bhopal: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who arrived here with his family yesterday for the shooting of Prakash Jha’s upcoming film ‘Satyagraha’, has expressed concern over the slow growth in rural India. “The rural and the village India still totters, and it [...]
Mumbai: Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who would be next seen in horror flick ’3G’, said he wants to dedicate this film to his father and playback singer Nitin Mukesh, who is a big fan of this genre. Directed by Sheershak [...]
New Delhi: As it braces for an opposition onslaught in Parliament next week, government today cracked the whip by moving to scrap the 12 helicopter deal with AgustaWestland and decided to send a CBI team to Italy to probe the [...]
Agra: Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won eight out of 12 seats in the student union elections of Dr B R Ambedkar University here, bagging the top two posts of president and vice-president. Navin Kumar and Tanya Paliwal of [...]
Mumbai: The rupee continued to rule firm in late morning deals today by gaining 3 paise to 53.89 against the dollar on selling of the US currency from banks and exporters amid persistent capital inflows. Weak dollar in the overseas [...]
Washington: Observing that India’s life science industry is poised for spectacular growth and international participation, Corporate America has sought major reforms in the country’s health sector including foreign direct investment and global collaboration in life sciences. In a pre-budget memorandum, [...]
Johannesburg: South Africa’s Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after shooting dead his girlfriend having mistaken her for an intruder, media reported today. According to the Beeld newspaper, Pistorius was arrested early Thursday following the shooting. Police could [...]
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex on Friday fell over 39 points in early trade as selling by funds and retail investors amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share barometer fell by 39.26 points, or 0.20 [...]
Mumbai: The rupee continued to rule firm in late morning deals today by gaining 3 paise to 53.89 against the dollar on selling of the US currency from banks and exporters amid persistent capital inflows. Weak dollar in the overseas [...]
New Delhi: Concerned over illegal sources of funding in elections, Assocham today suggested the government create Rs 5,000 crore fund for part-financing expenses of candidates, making campaign money open to public scrutiny and compulsory disclosure of all donations. “We believe [...]
New Delhi: The wife of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail last week, has said she had full right over his body and demanded that the mortal remains be handed over to her for “proper burial” [...]
New Delhi: All India Football Federation President, Praful Patel today said that the contentious Sports Code should ensure that National Federations were not pitted against their international parent bodies and it should be approved by Parliament if at all it has [...]
Jamshedpur: A teenage girl was seriously injured at the uranium township of Jadugora in Jharkhand, about 30 km from here when she was attacked by a youth with a sharp blade on Valentine’s Day on Thursday for refusing to respond [...]
Patna: The CPI-ML(Liberation) will take out a protest march and burn the effigy of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here tomorrow against the alleged gag on media in Bihar during the NDA rule. The alleged gag on local media in the [...]
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu): The body of acid attack victim Vinodhini was cremated at her father’s ancestral town near Porayar in Nagapattinam district today. The body was brought to the house at Thirukkadaiyur last night and the last rites were performed [...]
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu): A local BJP functionary was hacked to death by an unidentified gang when he was returning from a Judicial Magistrate’s court today. Police said the gang members had followed the BJP platform speaker Padaivendran(38) in a car, [...]
New Delhi: From starting his Bollywood journey with a supporting role to working with Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic, Emraan Hashmi has come a long way and the actor is hoping that his debut international film will open many doors for [...]
New Delhi: Fans of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan went all out to show their love to the Bollywood superstar on Valentine’s Day, making him one of the top trends on Twitter. “#WeLoveSRK” trended on the micro-blogging site, besides “#onebillionrising”, [...]
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