The BJP on Friday took out a protest march in the city against the report of the Centre`s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that it was a deliberate attempt by the Congress-led UPA government to deny people of Jammu their rightful deman
The ongoing strike by a section of air India pilots has not affected the national carrier`s operations in the domestic sector, a senior airlines official said on Friday. "A total number of 108 flights a day are being operated from v
Citing increasing incidence of diseases like oral cancer, the congress-led UDF government in Kerala on Friday announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco in the state with immediate effect. Ann
In a bid to end the stalemate, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday met striking Air India pilots for the first time and told them that there would be no victimisation if they resumed duty immediately and that their grievances would be con
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the business environment in the country was very risky at the moment and there was a need to "clampdown" on any unethical practices by companies. "The busi
Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him. Fearing breakdown of law and order situation in view of Jag
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file its chargesheet today against the five arrested accused in the Madhya Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case. The chargesheet will be filed in the Special CBI court here against p
Shedding his defiant posture after persuasion by party leaders, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday left here for Mumbai to attend the concluding session of the BJP National Executive meeting. "I am leavin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Centre for reducing kerosene allocation to the state, alleging it tantamounted to penalising the poor people for voting her AIADMK to power. In a l
In the backdrop of strong protests by UPA allies and the Opposition over the steep hike in petrol price, Congress on Thursday hinted at the possibility of a partial rollback and expressed hope that the government would be able to find a way out to
Sanjay Joshi has become the recurrent bad dream for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Much as the party leadership tries to get rid of it, the nightmare returns with a renewed vigour to shake and stupefy the party and its cadre at regular interval
Andhra Pradesh minister for excise and prohibition Mopidevi Venkata Ramana on Thursday was arrested by the central bureau of investigation in the disproportionate assets case related to Kadapa MP, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. Following his arres
Sacked CWG organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, facing prosecution in a games-related graft case, on Thursday told a Delhi court that various panels set up to procure equipments for the mega sporting event had said that Swiss timing ha
We know our market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has failed us in the past, on more occasions than one. Parliamentary committees and courts have rapped it for its various failures – failure to discharge its du
After facing flak for fixing poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities, the planning commission on Thursday constituted an expert group headed by noted economist C Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar committee methodology fo
A local court on Thursday ordered framing of charges against dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the double murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj four years back. The framing of charges will take place
In a U-turn, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday told the two-member inquiry commission probing the adarsh housing society scam he is ready to appear before it on June 30. Chavan, an accused in the adarsh case, also
Ruling out a return to the pre-1953 position, Centre`s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir have favoured setting up a Constitutional Committee to review all Central Acts and Articles of the Constitution of India to the state extended after 1952.
Slamming Wednesday`s petrol price hike, MDMK leader Vaiko on Thursday said the Tamil Nadu government should reduce the 27 per cent value added tax (VAT) on fuel to minimise the impact. "The hike citing the falling Indian rupee amoun
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to direct the Centre to take back a press release of the Army alleging that Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh offered a bribe to the Army Chief in connection with a defence deal. "The Union of India
