US support to India over its bid for a permanent UN security council seat may count as a very lightweight factor, warned Strobe Talbott, the former US deputy secretary of state here on Tuesday. Talbott added that US presiden
Around half the buses the Delhi transport corporation (DTC) bought during the Commonwealth Games are idling for the want of drivers. Of the 600 bought, 300 are on the roads are 300 are in the depots. With Blueline buses barred from
Congress today went full blast in attacking the RSS and its sister organisations, accusing them of being involved in terrorism and held that the Allahabad High Court verdict does not condone the demolition of Babri Masjid but skirted the raging is
The central bureau of investigation has registered a case against 17 accused including gold exporters and chairman of Pen Cooperative Urban Bank Ltd., besides the unknown officials of Mineral Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC), a government of India
The government plans to set up a National Council of Children’s Literature as an independent autonomous body to promote and publish the children`s literature. The national book promotion policy, drafted by the human resources develop
Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh has finally realised his mistake. A couple of months` after he gave final clearance to the Indira Sagar (Polavaram) project in Andhra Pradesh, flouting the laws of the land and his own "b
More than a month after the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director was summoned by the Delhi high court for not allotting space for a charitable pharmacy inside the hospital premises, senior officials responsible for execution of
Seeking foreign investments in the rural sector, government today said India`s villages were "ripe" for profitable ventures, especially in areas of infrastructure development and services. "Foreign investors would find the r
A meeting of the AICC is being held here tomorrow in the shadow of the Adarsh housing scam and the Commonwealth mess which have made the opposition to train their guns on the ruling party and several of its leaders. The meeting is b
The alacrity with which the CBI approached the supreme court after Amit Shah was granted bail is only illustrative of the supine nature of the country’s premier investigative agency. Shah, former home minister of Gujarat, was jailed for his
Stepping up his attack against RJD chief Lalu Prasad for allegedly violating the model code of conduct, chief minister Nitish Kumar today called him a "habitual lawbreaker and offender" who would "never improve". "
A decision by the Congress party on Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan`s resignation in the wake of an embarrassing housing scam is expected to take some more time. "Yesterday in the night I had said that we require more time to
What`s in a name? Well a lot if you are a resident of Carterpuri. The identity of this nondescript villlage of Haryana owes it all to its name. 20 kms from national capital Delhi this sleepy village shot to fame in 1978 when the then US President
A group of social activists lead by Arvind Kejriwal and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has said that the V K Shunglu committee, appointed by the prime minister to probe corruption allegations in the conduct of commonwealth games (CWG), is eyewash.
You get to know when the boss is displeased. Either you are summoned for an explanation or, if the boss is really angry, you are given the snub of snubs and left to live in constant fear of an execution without so much as a trial and an opportunit
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning to set up a Solar Park at Taloja. The park will come up on the common regional landfill site on a 117-hectare plot in the area. The region has a sun yield of five hours a
Steel minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday said his ministry was "keen" that the hurdles in the path of two major steel projects of Posco and Arcelor-Mittal were removed. "We are very keen that Posco goes ahead... if the hurdl
The Centre today asked the states to appoint dedicated staff in each panchayat for effective implementation of rural development schemes, saying no goals could be achieved without them. "We are spending Rs 40 lakh each year on
Barring stray incidents, polling passed off peacefully in 48 constituencies figuring in the third phase of Bihar Assembly elections, which saw an estimated 53 per cent voter turnout. Five Maoist-hit constituencies - Amnour, Taraya,
State finance ministers and the centre will try to reconcile their differences on the contours of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) at a two-day meeting starting here tomorrow. However, it is unlikely that the finance minist
