In a crackdown, Air India today sacked ten 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 Aviation Minister Ajit [...]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today pressed Pakistan to do more to ensure its territory is not used as “launching pad” by terror groups for attacks and also said that Hafiz Sayeed was “one of the “principal architects” of [...]
New Delhi: Key strategic issues, including civil-nuclear cooperation, terrorism, situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran and security were discussed between the Prime Minister and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who also briefed Manmohan Singh on her recent China visit. [...]
New Delhi: The BJP may not have taken an official position on Pranab Mukherjee’s candidature for Presidential poll, its leader Yashwant Sinha today applauded the Finance Minister in anticipation of his moving to the “big house”. A smiling Mukherjee watched [...]
New Delhi: Amidst US pressure to cut oil imports from Iran, India today asked a visiting Iranian business delegation to focus on trade items which do not attract sanctions. In a meeting with Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, a delegation of [...]
New Delhi: Accusing the government of leading the country to a situation of policy paralysis, the BJP today slammed then Finance Minister P Chidambaram for “committing the original sin” by not following fiscal discipline. Initiating the debate on the Finance [...]
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered from early lows to close higher by 82 points after the government deferred implementation of the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) by one year. The 30-share barometer index had dropped by 317 points to intra-day [...]
Kolkata: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today pressed India to do “even more” to cut its oil imports from sanctions-hit Iran to keep pressure on Tehran to meet international demands on its disputed nuclear programme. Clinton, whose trip to [...]
New Delhi: Both the precious metals, gold and silver tumbled in the national capital today on heavy sell-off by stockists in tandem with a weakening global trend. While gold dropped by Rs 120 to Rs 29,620 per 10 gm, silver [...]
Kolkata : The US has agreed to treat West Bengal as a partner state for investment in the changed political situation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here today. “As per partner state, they will invest in West Bengal which was [...]
Kolkata: The US would push Pakistan for securing the conviction of Hafiz Saeed, the Mumbai attack mastermind, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today, adding that country has not done as much as the US and India wanted it to [...]
Patna: Calling his bete noire Lalu Prasad a ‘frustrated man’ in response to Prasad’s comments about his shaking hands with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has hinted it was, however, an unavoidable [...]
New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders’ Australian pacer Brett Lee today said his IPL skipper Gautam Gambhir is one of the most brilliant captains he has played under as the Indian backs up good leadership with strong personal performances. “Gambhir is [...]
Kolkata: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said Pakistan has not done as much as the U.S. and India wanted it to do to fight terrorism. “Pakistan has lost far more people than India and the US. 30,000 [...]
Hyderabad: Virtually out of the reckoning for a place in the plays offs, a demoralised Deccan Chargers would look to salvage some pride when they take on Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match on Tuesday. Having won [...]
Bangalore: RCB stand-in skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday heaped praise on AB de Villiers for his whirlwind 47 off 17 balls which helped them to beat Deccan Chargers by five wickets and keep their hopes alive of making it to [...]
Kolkata: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held nearly an hour-long meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today and are understood to have discussed various issues ranging from the Teesta water treaty to FDI in retail. This was [...]
Pune: NDA would decide its strategy on the election of the new president when the presidential election draws nearer, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said. “We have not yet mulled over candidates for the election,” Kumar said on his [...]
New Delhi: Ahead of the election to the state legislative council, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today held consultations with Congress president Sonia Gandhi here. There are six vacancies in the Maharashtra Legislative Council and Congress and NCP have decided [...]
New Delhi: Dashing Australian opener David Warner feels that having made an impact in Test matches hasn’t changed his perspective towards batting. “Test cricket hasn’t changed me as a batsman. I still believe in “if you see it, then hit [...]
Kolkata : Kolkata Knight Riders prevailed in their prestige fight against Pune Warriors, defeating the Sourav Ganguly-led side by seven runs in a thrilling Indian Premier League match in Kolkata on Saturday. Dubbed as the ‘Battle Royale’ of this edition [...]
New Delhi: Stepping up attack, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the proposal to set up the NCTC does not strengthen the federal structure and should be dropped forthwith. He also accused the Centre of taking a [...]
New Delhi: Opposing the NCTC on practical, legal and constitutional grounds, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought a relook at the Constitution instead and suggested setting up of a new Constituency Assembly for the purpose. Speaking at the [...]
Manila: India needs to raise infrastructure spending to 10 per cent of GDP to achieve and sustain 9 per cent economic growth target in the coming years. “In order to sustain growth targets, this (investment in infrastructure) would need to [...]
Manila: Sharing concern over slow pace of key reforms in India, the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, said here today that delays are inevitable in a coalition-run government as it has to take on board the views of different ruling [...]
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday said her party was yet to decide on the ensuing presidential polls and nobody had approached her so far on the issue. “AIADMK has not [...]
New Delhi: Smarting under the shock defeat in Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections, BJP central leaders on Friday held a meeting to analyse what went wrong in the polls in which Deputy Leader of the party in the Upper House SS [...]
New Delhi: As the talk for a presidential candidate gains ground, Sharad Pawar’s NCP is learnt to have favoured Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the top Constitutional post. The key UPA ally is keen to back Mukherjee over Vice-President Hamid [...]
New Delhi: In a veiled warning to the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said she will wait for a few days for her demand of a three-year moratorium on loan repayment to be accepted after which [...]
Manila: Amid perception of policy paralysis in the government, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today assured the global financial community of reverting the Indian economy to recovery path by creating conditions for revival of private investment. “For the current fiscal year, [...]
Mumbai: Falling for the third session in a row, the BSE benchmark Sensex on Friday closed 320 points down, slipping below the psychologically important 17,000 levels amid heavy selling by foreign funds due to fresh concerns over the Mauritius tax [...]
New Delhi: After the flip-flop on the issue of making Pranab Mukherjee presidential candidate, a Congress MP today said there is no dearth of talent in the party. “There is no problem at all. There are many talented persons in [...]
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will leave for Delhi on Saturday to attend the Chief Ministers’ meeting on NCTC, to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Faced with stiff opposition from several Chief Ministers, including UPA ally [...]
New Delhi: The Presidential race gained momentum on Thursday with major UPA constituent Trinamool Congress holding discussions with Congress amidst indications that the party like some other parties may have no problem with the candidature of Hamid Ansari or Pranab [...]
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and discussed the President’s election. After an hour-long meeting at Yadav’s residence, she told reporters that they would meet again and take a [...]
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has an ambition–to make Delhi government and its employees as efficient as the Delhi Metro which she hailed for its “meticulous planning” and dedication. Dikshit was effusive about the Delhi Metro, its former chief [...]
Ranchi: BJP’s former deputy leader in Rajya .Sabha SS Ahluwalia on Thursday lost theRajya Sabha polls. Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morchaleaders won the polls.
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is believed to have discussed the coming Presidential election. Emerging from the meeting at Gandhi’s residence, the Trinamool Congress declined to divulge the [...]
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has condemned Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s claim that he met him on the Telangana statehood issue. “While making a statement on Telangana in Lok Sabha yesterday, Chidambaram noted that I met [...]
New Delhi: Gold prices today rose to all-time high of Rs 29,695 per 10 grams in the billion market here as investors shifted funds from melting equity markets to the precious metal, considered as a safe-haven investment. Gold closed higher [...]
New Delhi: About 60 per cent of India’s rural population lives on less than Rs 35 a day and nearly as many in cities live on Rs 66 a day, reveals a government survey on income and expenditure. “In terms [...]
New Delhi: Indigenously built RISAT-1 satellite launched on April 26 is capable of imaging even without sunlight and could penetrate through clouds, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. The Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) has cloud penetrating capability and also can [...]
A Congress member in Lok Sabha today attacked alliance partner National Conference for demanding autonomy for Kashmir saying any attempts to “divide the state” should be taken serious note of. An emotionally charged Lal Singh’s attack on NC for its [...]
New Delhi: In a surprise statement, Mamata Banerjee today said the Congress has announced that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is not their Presidential candidate, comments that came shortly after a Congress spokesperson suggested he is too ”valued” to be spared. [...]
Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori has said that his team fell short by 50 to 60 runs despite Chris Gayle (71) and Virat Kohli (45) putting on 118-run second wicket stand together and laying a solid platform against [...]
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare today came to the defence of Ramdev over his comments that MPs were devils in the form of humans, saying whatever the Yoga Guru had said “is not wrong”. Ramdev stoked a controversy by [...]
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said it did not fear a presidential contest and that BJP leader Sushma Swaraj’s remark that Vice President Hamid Ansari lacked the stature for the top job was unfortunate. “It (Sushma’s remark) is unfortunate… [...]
Ghaziabad: Holding that legal history is replete with instances of matricide, a special CBI court on Wednesday denied bail to dentist Nupur Talwar in the sensational 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. As she prepared [...]
Hyderabad: The list of probable Congress candidates for the bypolls to be held in Andhra Pradesh next month triggered protests and angry reactions from party leaders in Andhra Pradesh even before it is formally released. With the names of candidates [...]
Mumbai : The rupee on Wednesday fell below the 53 mark intra-day before closing at nearly four-month low of 52.96/97, down by 23 paise against the US currency, due to firm dollar demand and fears of more capital outflows. Strong [...]
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said China intruded twice into the Indian airspace last month when its helicopters were found flying over territories of Himachal Pradesh. “There was an incident of air violation on March 16 when two Chinese [...]
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal offered to allot 20 acres of land near Chandigarh to star cricketer Yuvraj Singh for setting up a sports academy. Yuvraj, who is recovering after undergoing treatment for a rare germ cell cancer, [...]
New Delhi: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith has signed up with Mumbai Indians as a replacement for Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson and would be joining his IPL team tomorrow. Smith, who had played for Mumbai Indians during the inaugural edition [...]
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said it has in-principle decided to allow foreign direct investment from Pakistan and the move was expected to enhance commercial engagement between the two countries. When asked whether government has decided in principle to [...]
New Delhi: A select few fans will get to spend an evening with iconic Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar when he embarks on a worldwide, six-city tour over the next three years as part of FidelisWorld ‘Celebration Series’. “…the first Evening [...]
Amethi: Facing a barrage of complaints against local-level leaders, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday promised that those who harmed the party during the elections would be identified and shown the door. Continuing the review of the just-concluded elections [...]
Amethi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday cut short his visit to his parliamentary constituency here and rushed to Assam where over 100 people died in a boat tragedy in Brahmaputra. The Congress leader, who had to fly from [...]
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of controversy over Tatra truck deal, government today told the Rajya Sabha the purchases were made as per the requirement raised by defence forces and action will be taken if any wrongdoing was detected in [...]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to adjudicate itself the pleas of Rajiv Gandhi killers against their death penalty due to the delay of over 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President. A bench headed [...]
New Delhi: India hockey team will kick-start its campaign in the Four Nation London Olympics Test event with a match against Australia at the Riverbank Arena tomorrow. Indian team, which arrived in London last Saturday, will take on higher ranked [...]
New Delhi: Quick service restaurant chain Subway today said it plans to operate 1,000 stores in India by 2015 through franchise route, which will entail an investment of $58 million (over Rs 300 crore). The Connecticut-headquartered brand is present in [...]
New Delhi: The Left parties, which have been advocating “maximum consensus” to elect a new President, may not be averse to supporting a candidate like Vice-President Hamid Ansari if the Congress comes up with his name. The Left parties were [...]
New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO’s interest rate for its over 50 million subscribers for this fiscal could be higher than 8.25 per cent provided during 2011-12 “Suppose if our income goes up, it may be beyond 8.25 per also,” [...]
Amethi: Facing a barrage of complaints after the Congress’ poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday advised party workers to shun groupism and strengthen the organisation. “You all should shun groupism and work unitedly to strengthen the party. [...]
New Delhi:VE Commercial Vehicles has recorded a 14.8 per cent rise in sales at 4,213 units in April 2012. The company, which is a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, had sold 3,669 units in the same [...]
New Delhi: Gold prices set yet another record high of Rs 29,690 per 10 gm in the national capital today on rising wedding season demand amid a firming global trend. Gold which had gained Rs 700 in last nine days, [...]
Dubai: India’s Tourism Ministry has taken up with the Prime Minister’s office the issue of hike in charges by airports regulator AERA that has made travel costly, hitting budget tourists hard. Minister of State for Tourism Sultan Ahmed said here [...]
New Delhi: Indicating fissures in the NDA over the issue of Presidential election, the JD-U today snubbed the BJP for unilaterally announcing its stand on the issue. “Whatever Sushma Swaraj has said is the opinion of the BJP. This is [...]
Pune: Putting to rest all speculation about his joining politics following his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he was not quiting cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman. Speaking for the first [...]
New Delhi: A Samajwadi Party leader today said his party was in favour of a Muslim candidate occupying the post of the President but maintained that it was against “communalising” the elections for the constitutional office. SP leader Kamal Farooqi [...]
Ghaziabad: Additional District Judge S Lal reserved the order on the bail application of Nupur, who was sent to jail yesterday, after hearing arguments of her counsel as well as CBI, which opposed any relief to her. Nupur’s lawyer claimed [...]
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi later this week when the issue of Presidential poll candidate may come up for discussion. While Congress sources said the meeting between the two is billed for [...]
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each for the next of kin of those killed in the Assam boat tragedy. “An assistance of two lakh rupees has been announced for [...]
Coimbatore: Left parties will meet on May 4 to decide on the strategy for the coming Presidential elections, CPI National Secretary D Raja said today. However, CPI wanted a consensus canditate for President, whether political or apolitical, he told reporters [...]
New Delhi: The RJD on Sunday extended support to the Congress in the Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand on May 3, giving a shot in the arm to the party which is hoping to retain a seat from the state. [...]
New Delhi: With Parliament session on and other commitments, Defence Minister A K Antony will skip the review of culminating stages of exercise ‘Shoorveer’ in Rajasthan, which will be attended by Army Chief Gen V K Singh. The Defence Minister [...]
Mumbai: The cost of air travel from the city will go up by Rs 600 for those flying to overseas destinations and by Rs 100 for domestic travellers with the levy of development fee from Tuesday. The Directorate General of [...]
New Delhi: Indian weightlifters earned two quota places for the London Olympics – one each in the men’s and women’s sections – in the Senior Asian Championships that concluded at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday. Indian women lifters collected 93 [...]
Karachi: Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif will be released from prison on May 5 after completing his jail term in the United Kingdom. Asif will decide when he plans to return to Pakistan after being released from prison, said his [...]
New Delhi:Eight core industries’ growth rate slowed down to 2 per cent in March as against 6.5 per cent in the same month last year on account of dismal expansion in crude oil and natural gas sectors. The eight industries [...]
New Delhi: After Gen V K Singh pointed out critical shortage of tank ammunition in a letter to the Prime Minister, a Parliamentary panel today pulled up the Government saying it was alarmed over the way deficiencies were allowed to [...]
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel today “strongly dismissed” a report about movement of troops near the capital in January after the Government stated that it was based on “wrong inferences, surmises and conjectures”. In the report tabled in Lok Sabha [...]
New Delhi: Giving a new turn to the Presidential race, BJP today ruled out supporting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari or any other candidate who may be put up by the Congress but is open to supporting anyone [...]
Chandigarh: Trade movement between India and Pakistan at Attari-Wagah land route continued to remain affected, with Punjab traders protesting against the “exorbitant” amount of handling charges of cargo at the newly built Integrated Check Post (ICP). With trading activity being [...]
New Delhi: The government on Monday decided to allow further cotton exports in 2011-12 marketing year ending September as production estimates have been revised upwards. “A decision has been taken to remove suspension of cotton exports registration. Registration of cotton [...]
New Delhi: With reports suggesting that he is one of the candidates for the presidential post, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today parried questions on whether he is in the race for it. “Oh my goodness…oh my goodness..,” a smiling Mukherjee [...]
Ghaziabad: Nupur Talwar, mother of murdered teenager Aarushi, surrendered before a special CBI court here following a SC directive to her to do so in the twin murder case of her 14-year-old daughter and domestic help in Noida four years [...]
Chennai: Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist acknowledged the positive impact Azar Mahmood has made on the side`s fortunes in the ongoing Indian Premier League with all-round capabilities. Mahmood, a former Pakistan cricketer, today took three wickets and scored 18 [...]
Chennai: Criticising Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for demanding allocation of entire power from the Kudankulam nuclear power plant to the state, her archrival and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Saturday said she was adopting contradictory approach in this matter. Referring [...]
New Delhi: Real estate firm Mahindra Lifespace Developers on Saturday said its standalone profit after tax (PAT) rose by 5.34 percent to Rs 32.12 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The company had posted a profit after tax [...]
New Delhi: India will host the 46th Annual Meeting the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May next year which is expected to be attended by 4,000 delegates from across 67 countries. The meeting will be held at India Expo Mart [...]
Tumkur: Virtually setting the ball rolling for next year’s assembly elections in Karnataka, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP and asked her partymen to set aside individual ambitions and work together to [...]
New Delhi: Congress on Saturday stepped up its attack on BJP over the jail term awarded to its former chief Bangaru Laxman in a bribery case, saying the Opposition has lost the moral right to talk about corruption. “It is [...]
New Delhi: Government today rejected Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy’s allegations against Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis equity issue saying they were “totally baseless”. After perusing records of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the issue, a government [...]
Mumbai: Stating that every step that Congress takes has a selfish agenda, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday said there was a need to check the “motive” of that party in nominating cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to Rajya Sabha. [...]
New Delhi: Riding high on confidence after registering back-to-back wins, table toppers Delhi Daredevils would look to maintain their ascendance when they take on a dangerous Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match in Delhi on Sunday. Led by dashing Virender [...]
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi today said there is no scientific basis for exit and opinion polls and sought a ban on both saying these could be sponsored. Speaking at a panel discussion on “Is India’s media becoming [...]
Raipur:Mediators today failed to achieve any breakthrough to secure the release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon after the second round of talks even as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh asserted that the demands of the Maoists would [...]
Kottayam: CPI on Friday alleged that the UPA government at the centre has converted itself into a sponsored government assisting capitalists of the world. Addressing a meet the press programme here, party state secretary Panniyam Ravindran said Kerala has to [...]
New Delhi: The Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi, today met amid indications that a number of states will be seeing change of Governors in the next few days. Sources said the issue [...]
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