New Delhi : The American woman allegedly molested by Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach today told a Delhi court that she was being threatened “apparently” by a foreign coach associated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the IPL. The woman [...]
Mumbai: Worried over a spurt in gold imports, the RBI today asked banks to reduce exposure to NBFCs, which give loan against the precious metal, at the earliest and bring it under the prescribed limit within six months. “Banks which [...]
Mumbai: The country’s largest bank SBI’s manifold rise in profits came to the rescue of markets, with Sensex closing 82 points up at 16,152.75 after plunging below the key 16,000 level amid rupee woes and worsening Eurozone crisis coming back [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today called for reconsideration of the decision to ban Shah Rukh Khan, who is the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders and brand ambassador of West Bengal, from entering the Wankhede Stadium for five [...]
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has complimented the Income Tax department for doing a commendable job in checking illegal funds during the recently concluded polls in states like Uttar Pradesh and the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand. “This is [...]
Mumbai: After a day’s lull, the Sensex on Friday dipped again below the psychological 16,000 level as rupee tumbled to a new all-time low of Rs54.89 amid escalating domestic inflation and weak global cues on deepening Greek crisis. The 30-stock [...]
New Delhi: Country’s largest power producer NTPC expects to almost double investments for expansion activities at Rs 21,000 crore in the current fiscal. The state-run company had spent about Rs 11,000 crore in 2011-12. “Our investment plan for this fiscal [...]
New Delhi: A senior Congress leader today alleged that Home Minister P Chidamabaram’s statement on creation of a separate Telangana state was given in 2010 after TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu pledged his support for it. The statement made by Hanumantha [...]
New Delhi: Under pressure from the US to cut its oil imports from Iran, India has decided to set up a high-level joint task force on investment which will also look into securing more oil supplies from UAE that has [...]
Lucknow: Terming the two-month-old Akhilesh Yadav government a “total failure on all fronts,” BSP today alleged that it was resorting to cheap rhetoric to divert people’s attention from the dismal law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and its failure [...]
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of alleged molestation of a woman by an Australian player in IPL, a demand was made in the Lok Sabha for a high level probe into the affairs of the tournament, with a BJP member [...]
New York: India can grow at between 8 or 9 percent for the next 20 years with a supportive global environment, its Planning Commission’s Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said. “In the five years prior to the crisis, the [...]
Bhopal: Though assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are almost one-and-a-half year away, Opposition Congress, which is looking to prevent BJP from scoring a hat-trick in the state appears to be divided on the issue of Chief Ministership. While a section [...]
New Delhi: Terming as “unfortunate” the spat between Shahrukh Khan and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officials, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today advised the Bollywood superstar to be a “little more calmer”. “He carries a lot of weight on his shoulders. [...]
Already mired in controversies, the IPL was on Friday rocked by a fresh scandal when Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach was arrested for allegedly molesting an American woman and severely beating up her fiancee. The 27-year-old Pomersbach’s conduct prompted [...]
The Mumbai Cricket Association on Friday banned Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium for five years for misbehaving with its officials and violating its rules. The “unanimous” decision was taken at [...]
New Delhi: Indicating that it was not impressed by AIADMK and BJD’s decision to support NCP leader P A Sangma for President, BJP today said it will take a call on the candidature for the top post and is unlikely [...]
London: Asia-focussed bank HSBC today said it has achieved annualised cost savings of USD 2 billion, by taking a slew of measures, including selling some of its businesses, as part of a major cost-cutting drive. In a statement, HSBC Chief [...]
New Delhi: With BJD and AIADMK indicating their preference for P A Sangma as Presidential candidate, the NCP leader today thanked them saying they have been responsive to the aspirations of tribals and appealed to other parties to support a [...]
Washington: US which has been asking India to cut oil imports from Iran has said that the reduction has happpened not because of its pressure but due to “financial and commercial considerations”. “Progress is being made,” on India reducing its [...]
Bhubhaneswar/Chennai: Injecting a new element in the Presidential race, regional parties BJD and AIADMK were today first off the bloc when they announced their joint support for former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma but his own party NCP distanced [...]
Mumbai: Blaming the batsmen for surrendering meekly to Kolkata Knight Riders’ varied bowling attack in their IPL match, Mumbai Indians coach Robin Singh said that terming the team’s batting as “extremely poor” is an understatement on this Wankhede wicket. Chasing [...]
Kolkata : Kolkata Knight Riders’ co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was today banned for life from Wankhede Stadium after getting into an alleged scuffle with Mumbai Cricket Association officials as the IPL continued to be dogged by controversies. [...]
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of Rs 5 lakh to an archery player, Rani Dutta from National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons. Rani Dutta, who has played in various national and international archery competitions, has been [...]
New Delhi: With no end in sight to the pilots’ strike that entered 10th day today, the Civil Aviation Ministry has convened a meeting of all recognised trade unions of Air India next week to discuss issues relating to career [...]
New Delhi: Television cameras focusing on Jaya Bachchan when actress Rekha took oath as Rajya Sabha member yesterday created a storm of sorts today with some MPS complaining about it to Chairman Hamid Ansari. However, Bachchan herself did not complain [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government believed in bringing together people of all states despite their diversity in languages and culture. “West Bengal is a true cosmopolitan state. We never divide people on the [...]
New Delhi/Mumbai: On day nine of the stir by over 200 Air India pilots, three pilots resumed duty today and the protesters said they were “open” to talks with the government to resolve the impasse. The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), [...]
New Delhi: Congress today washed its hands of the controversy surrounding veteran leader N D Tiwari, who has been ordered by a Delhi court to give blood sample for DNA test in a paternity suit and restrained from leaving India [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the Lok Sabha that government will make all efforts to match the 4 % agriculture growth target in the 12th Plan period with the resources at its disposal. “I wish to assure [...]
Nagpur: Probity campaigner Anna Hazare was on Wednesday shown black flags here by some unidentified youth, police said. The youth waved black flags at Hazare’s convoy in the afternoon at a couple of places in the city, they said. An [...]
New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab today said it will take strict action against any of its player found guilty of indulging in spot-fixing even as the BCCI has suspended five uncapped Indian players in the wake of a television sting [...]
London: Bollywood star and India`s first Miss Universe Sushmita Sen is all set to add glamour to Leicester when she comes to support diabetes charity Silver Star. The 36-year-old actress has been invited by the charity`s founder-patron Leicester East MP [...]
New Delhi: Congress today kept up the suspense on whether it would make Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee its Presidential poll nominee by remarking that “such people are required everywhere for the benefit of society”. To a series of questions on [...]
New Delhi: UPA constituent Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal, which has been demanding a special package, today did not get any assurance from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who said he could not give preferential treatment to the state even though he [...]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered its registrar to take police assistance for bringing defiant veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari to Delhi for taking his blood sample to decide the paternity suit of a man claiming to [...]
New Delhi: As Congress-led UPA-II completes three years in office, party leaders today said India has performed much better in comparison to other countries during these years but the growth has not been upto the expectations of the government. “If [...]
New Delhi: Citing the difficult economic situation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the government would be resorting to a fresh spell of austerity measures to deal with the problems, but made it clear that he was not pressing [...]
New Delh: Citing the difficult economic situation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the government would be resorting to a fresh spell of austerity measures to deal with the problems, but made it clear that he was not pressing [...]
New Delhi: A decision on the Presidential candidate is unlikely before June 10 as the process of consultations is likely to gain momentum only after the conclusion of the budget session of Parliament on May 22. Congress sources said the [...]
New Delhi: Concerned over the adverse impact of fertilisers on soil and crops, government plans to reduce subsidy on it and divert funds to organic manures, bio-fertilisers, green manures and promotion of organic farming. “During the first Green Revolution, productivity [...]
New York: Facebook has raised the price range for its initial public offering to USD 34-38 a share, which puts the valuation of the social networking site at about USD 104 billion, says a media report. “Late Monday, the social [...]
New Delhi: Star Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom (51kg) continued to make confident strides towards booking an Olympic berth by entering the World Championships’ quarterfinals but L Sarita Devi’s fate hung in balance after she lost a close [...]
New Delhi: The BCCI today termed the alleged spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League and other domestic competitions as “disturbing” and said it would take strict action against those found guilty of indulging in corrupt practices. “The footage that [...]
New Delhi: The BJP today said the Opposition parties will bring a privilege motion against Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for speaking about policy decisions of the Government outside the Parliament. The Civil Aviation Minister was speaking on the policy [...]
Mumbai: Gold prices dropped at the domestic bullion market here today on hectic profit-selling by stockist and investors following sliding overseas trend. Silver also fell on speculative offloading on the back of subdued industrial off-take. Standard gold (99.5 purity) shed [...]
New Delhi: Expressing concern over rise in food inflation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the prices could be kept under check through institutional reforms in agricultural marketing and he would discuss the issue with states. Reacting to the latest [...]
New Delhi: Sourav Ganguly and Co might have lost the ‘prestige fight’ against Kolkata Knight Riders a few days ago here, but in the internet popularity war, based on a survey by search engine giant Google, the Pune Warriors India [...]
New Delhi: Actor-politician Chiranjeevi today dismissed news reports linking him with the raids at the premises of his son-in-law and some of his distant relatives, saying they were aimed at “maligning” his image. “I condemn such reports and declare categorically [...]
New Delhi: There is no proposal to revamp the Food Corporation of India, the government today said even as it admitted to management-related problems in the FCI affecting procurement and distribution of foodgrains for PDS. “There is no proposal before [...]
Bangalore: The political crisis in the ruling BJP in Karnataka today loomed large with rebel leader and former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa deciding to take a final call on his future political course by this evening. “I will consult [...]
New Delhi: The issue of controversial cartoons in textbooks generated heat in the Lok Sabha today with members demanding immediate action in the matter saying the sketch has hurt sentiments of a section of the society. Raising the issue during [...]
Lucknow: Ten newly-elected members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, including Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, today took oath here. The new members were administered oath by Legislative Council Chairman Ganesh Shankre Pandey at a function held here. Other than Akhilesh, SP [...]
Bangalore: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will participate in the booth level officer-bearers meeting of Youth Congress to be held at Dharwad on June 1. He will also participate in a programme to be organised by the state unit Congress [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee described Sachin Tendulkar as a `golden boy` as the state government and the Cricket Association of Bengal jointly felicitated the senior Indian batsman for completing one hundred international centuries. The felicitation ceremony was [...]
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee’s remarks suggesting that Lok Sabha elections could be held next year, at least a year before the scheduled time, evoked mixed reactions from Congress and BJP. While Congress, leading the UPA coalition, insisted that the government [...]
Pune: Three successive wins have brought them back in the play-offs contention and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli says they are peaking at the right time in the Indian Premier League. RCB on Friday beat Pune Warriors 35 runs [...]
New Delhi: Star Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal and national champion Anthony Amalraj failed to book a berth for the upcoming London Games after crashing out of the World Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Doha, Qatar today. Former national [...]
Chennai: More than three years after the Mumbai terror attacks resulted in the snapping of Indo-Pak cricket ties, the BCCI today said it has no objection to a team from Pakistan participating in the Champions League Twenty20 for the first [...]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government will soon set up a Golf Development and Management Authority for securing the existing infrastructure and promoting the sport in the state. “A Golf Development and Management Authority will be set up in the state [...]
Malacca (Malaysia): Their title hopes dashed after the semifinal defeat, defending champions India would aim that they do not return empty-handed from the junior hockey Asia Cup and win at least a bronze when they take on South Korea in [...]
New Delhi : Charging the government with showing apathy towards the grievances of farmers, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today insisted that the proposed Food Security Bill should be formulated after discussing the issues with those involved [...]
Srinaga: Mountain rescue teams, CCTV cameras, fire fighting units and X-ray baggage scanning units will be put in place to ensure a safe and orderly Amarnath pilgrimage, set to begin from June 25. These measures were discussed at a high-level [...]
New Delhi: A day after some UPA allies forced the government to defer amendment to the Insurance Act, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said in a federal structure with multi-party democracy reforms are possible only with broad consensus after dialogues [...]
Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kisan Morcha will hold a two-day farmers’ meet in New Delhi from tomorrow to discuss the issues plaguing India’s agrarian sector. Farmer suicides, market fluctuations, lack of infrastructural facilities and loopholes in government policies [...]
Lambi (Muktsar): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked all political leaders to sink their differences and impress upon the Centre to provide more funds to the state for its development. Asked about the two-day visit of Union Rural [...]
New Delhi: Amid uproar in Parliament over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in NCERT textbooks, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today “apologised” over the objectionable content, saying he has directed removal of the material and stoppage of distribution of books. [...]
Mumbai: The rupee today declined by 21 paise to complete six straight weeks of losses– the longest losing streak since the global financial meltdown in 2008– after a disappointing factory output in March fueled worries of sagging economy. Fresh dollar [...]
New Delhi: Stressing that safety is accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways, the government on Friday said that the Ministry has spent around USD 3 billion in the last three years on some of the identified safety measures. “During [...]
New Delhi: Amid uproar in Parliament over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in NCERT textbooks, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday “apologised” over the objectionable content, saying he has directed removal of the material and stoppage of distribution of [...]
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex fell for the fourth straight day today losing 127 points after factory output for March contracted to a five-month low of 3.5 per cent, renewing concerns of slowing economic growth. The 30-share Sensex, which had [...]
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked officials to make foolproof arrangements to ensure wheat stock procured from farmers is not damaged or stolen. Wheat procurement in the state should be taken up in a festive spirit, [...]
Chennai: They might be upbeat after a narrow win but defending champions Chennai Super Kings’ chances of making the playoffs are still far from good as they take on tournament-leaders Delhi Daredevils in a crucial IPL match on Saturday. The [...]
New Delhi: Proceedings in Parliament were today disrupted due to turmoil over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in an NCERT text book and row over Home Minister P Chidambaram’s statement in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Carrying photocopies of the cartoon, [...]
Bangalore: An embattled former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today welcomed the Supreme Court order for a CBI probe into illegal mining and donations received by his family-run trust from mining firms. “The Supreme Court has ordered probe into [...]
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court today reserved for 14 May its order on the plea of dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, facing prosecution in the twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, for all the [...]
New Delhi: The Department of Post plans to set up 1000 ATMs at post offices and convert them into banks for taking core banking to unbanked population using the vast postal network. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya [...]
New Delhi: Air India on Thursday moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against the office bearers of the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) for allegedly obstructing implementation of its order on training of pilots [...]
Madurai: Asserting that BJP was not a communal party, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today slammed the Congress-led UPA government for hatching a conspiracy to wean away minorities from the BJP. Speaking after inaugurating the party’s two day conclave ‘Thamarai Sangamam’ [...]
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on Thursday said it will support the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha if it is brought without the clause about appointing Lokayuktas in the states. “If the Lokpal Bill is presented without Lokayukta (clause), we [...]
Hyderabad: David Warner blasted his way to an unbeaten 54-ball 109 as he steered Delhi Daredevils to a crushing nine-wicket win over laggards Deccan Chargers in a one-sided Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. Playing only in his second [...]
New Delhi: With the strike by protesting Air India pilots entering the third day, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday reaffirmed government’s readiness to hold talks with the pilots and hoped that they would follow the High Court order [...]
New York: Maintaining his standard and living up to his own expectations still give Sachin Tendulkar “sleepless nights” and it is this restlessness that has brought the best out of him. “I don’t think I woke up one morning and [...]
Mumbai: Falling for the second straight day, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Wednesday fell by nearly 67 points to close at a fresh four-month low on heavy funds outflow amid weak global trends. The 30-share Sensex, which had [...]
New Delhi: Despite Pranab Mukherjee’s name prominently doing the rounds, Congress is in no hurry to make up its mind on the Presidential candidate and the issue is still open with a decision expected only next month. A clear indication [...]
Kolkata: Fresh from winning her first gold medal at the biggest stage, Deepika Kumari might have emerged India’s biggest Olympic medal hope in archery but the teenager wants to take it easy for the London Games. There are lot of [...]
New Delhi: Parliament today passed a Bill that makes children with disabilities eligible for free and compulsory education under the Right to Education Act in all schools. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, passed by [...]
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati spent a staggering Rs 86 crore of government funds to renovate her sprawling Mall Avenue bungalow in Lucknow when she was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh with some windows costing Rs 15 lakh each. [...]
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday suffered injuries in a helicopter accident at the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi. “The chief minister suffered injuries when the helicopter met with an accident while landing,” Ranchi Superintendent of Police Ranji [...]
Mumbai: The rupee tumbled 52 paise to 53.64 against the American currency in the late morning trade on persistent dollar demand from banks and importers in view of higher dollar in the overseas market. In New York market, the dollar [...]
Ranchi/Kharsanwa: A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda and wife crash-landed at the Birsa Munda airport around 12.25 pm on Wednesday. The chief minister and his wife are being taken to Apollo hospital here. Munda and his [...]
New Delhi: The much-debated Lokpal Bill, which seeks to create an anti-corruption watchdog, is likely to come up for discussion and passage in the Rajya Sabha next week. Heeding demands from opposition parties and allies, the clause on setting up [...]
New Delhi: Welcoming the Supreme Court order on abolishing Haj subsidy, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said the government had been working on the issue “in the same direction” over the years. “The issue of Haj subsidy has been already [...]
New Delhi: A bill to widen the beneficiary net for disabled children in Right to Education and provide those with severe disability the option of receiving education at home was moved in the Lok Sabha today. The Right of Children [...]
New Delhi: Oil regulator PNGRB has refused to fix the marketing margin that firms like Reliance Industries and state-owned GAIL India Ltd could charge on sale of natural gas, saying it does not have powers to regulate the fuel. The [...]
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the economic uncertainty, fresher recruitment and salary levels have seen a upward trend in the IT and ITeS sector during the January-March quarter of 2012 compared to other sectors in the same period, shows a survey. The [...]
New Delhi: Expenses on foreign and domestic tours of central ministers and VVIPs rose by more than ten times to Rs678.52 crore in 2011-12, up from Rs56.16 crore in the previous year. The tour expenses was increased from Rs46.95 crore [...]
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MPs from the Rajya Sabha today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek Central assistance worth around Rs one lakh crore for development of Uttar Pradesh. On 14 April, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had met [...]
New Delhi/Mumbai: In a crackdown, Air India on Tuesday acked 10 agitating pilots, de-recognised their union and sealed its offices as around 160 of them failed to join duty, leading to cancellation of five international flights since midnight. With Civil [...]
Resisting U.S. pressure to further scale down oil imports from sanction-hit Iran, India on Tuesday made it clear that it has to look at the issue involved beyond the energy trade as it has “vital” security stakes in the Gulf [...]
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