Senior BJP leader LK Advani took potshots at Pankaj Pachauri, prime minister Manmohan Singh`s media advisor, in his latest blog post. Advani labelled as "stupidity" Pachauri`s attempts at damage control after a Washington Post arti
The first of the fleet of 27 Dreamliners ordered from Boeing by Air India reached Delhi on September 8. The mammoth aircrafts are expected to give a filip to the cash-strapped airline. The purchase had come under criticism from many quarte
Maharashtra Government on Monday sought to distance itself from the row surrounding jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, but said it was trying to seek the release of the artist who has been charged with sedition. Home Minister R R Patil told
Cash-at-judge`s door scam: he Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash criminal proceeding against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav in the 2008 cash-at-judge`s door scam. A bench of justices H L Dattu
Nearly eight months after a ceremonial setting of a foundation stone (on January 30), work is set to begin at the site of the integrated development centre (IDC) in Digha village of Saranda in Jharkhand`s West Singhbhum district, a senior rural
Around 200 protesters were on Monday taken into custody for picketing near government offices and other place during a statewide bandh which disrupted train and road traffic and hit normal life. The bandh has been called by Congress agains
Forgotten and bitter, there were hardly any takers for the nation’s Milk Man during his twilight years in Anand. Some say because he was pompous. Well, he wasn’t young at 90, but he was hardly senile! The truth is he wasn’t worth
The milk industry is perhaps the only industry that has led to the large-scale upliftment of the poor – providing them with both money and health. This was the essence of the dream that Dr Verghese Kurien had. This remains perhaps the only i
With Aamir Khan it is always all or nothing. All for Aamir and nothing for you. So, it is not surprising that Aamir walked away with all the attention and kudos for Satyamev Jayate, the big programming gamble of Star India, the country&rsq
The government may hike petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices simultaneously as early as next week, with Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Friday saying "difficult and painful" decisions need to be taken. "There ar
Accusing the BJD government of turning Odisha into a "police-state", Congress leader and union minister Srikant Jena on Friday said it had lost the moral authority to continue in office, particularly after yesterday`s action against demo
Union minister for rural development and Rajya Sabha member from the Congress, Jairam Ramesh, hit out at BJP after the opposition party demanded that the prime minister resign over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks. The prime ministe
Parliament was disrupted even on the last day of the Monsoon Session on Friday with BJP members insisting on their demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue of coal block allocation. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha w
With the monsoon session drawing to a close, BJP-led NDA on Friday held a demonstration in Parliament House complex demanding prime minister Manmohan Singh`s resignation, cancellation of coal blocks, and a fair probe and declared that it will now
Amid furore over coal blocks allocation, the government will place its views before Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by September 14 on the observations made by CAG. "The Coal Ministry will submit its comments to the PAC o
Simon Denyer, the New Delhi bureau chief of the Washington Post, has been requesting an interview with the
As one glances through the huge media coverage of health reforms in the US, one is amazed at the way the heath care issues are debated. The debate is more focused on insurance, drugs, medicare and medicaid complexities, billing by hospitals, use a
The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) has lodged a formal protest with Washington Post newspaper for an article critical of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, terming it as "unethical and unprofessional" conduct of the journalist. The
Air India`s long wait for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally over, with the first of these long-haul planes set to arrive here on Saturday, sources said on Thursday. The national carrier, which had placed orders for 27 of these aircraft
The fracas over coal block allocations continued for the twelfth day in Parliament on Thursday as BJP members vociferously demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon after
