Bihar government today said it would further intensify anti-Maoist operations and rescue searches for the four abducted policemen, even as Maoists set an ultimatum to release their eight jailed cadres by tomorrow failing which they would kill a
Jharkhand police today said some persons with general crime records were trying to contact the police identifying themselves as Maoists but warned that they would not get any benefits under the surrender package earmarked for identified left wing
In the unseemly battle between journalism and the media industry, the securities market regulator has stepped in to stem the rot in the latter. Media organisations have been increasingly passing off sponsored content as unbiased journalism to unsu
Home Minister P Chidambaram today said government`s stand on providing access to data by Blackberry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is "firm" and there was "no uncertainty" over the issue. "I hav
The process of BEd evaluation at the Osmania University (OU) was again stalled today after Telangana invigilators boycotted the `Spot Valuation`, even as the varsity authorities said a Committee was constituted to look into the demands of the Tela
The Central government appointed Justice Srikrishna Committee visited Karimnagar district here today. Members of the committee, headed by its Chairman Justice B N Srikrishna, arrived at Thotapalli village under Bejjenki mandal today and in
Accusing the state government of trying to create social discord to cover up its "failures", Opposition PDP today exuded confidence that people would "defeat the latest government design to divide them on religious and sectarian lin
City police today lathicharged students protesting against the rules of fee reimbursement at the Collectorate here, police said. Students from various institutions had staged a dharna in front of the district Collectorate office p
Bringing good news to power crisis-plagued Bihar after majority of thermal power units fell on the Jharkhand side after the bifurcation in November 2000, US energy major AES Corporation has evinced interest in setting up a thermal power plant in t
Maharashtra leads the west zone states with maximum number of candidates failing to file their election expenditure certificates, chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi said today. The Chief Election Commissioner said 307 candidates who
Food Corporation of India (FCI) has decided to make direct payment to farmers for their produce in the coming paddy lifting season to bring more transparency in procurement process, a senior FCI official said today. "Farmers
The Supreme Court today issued notices to all the accused in Bhopal gas leak case on a petition by the CBI seeking to restore against them the stringent charge of culpable homicide, which attracts a maximum punishment of 10 years` jail term.
Economy grew by an impressive 8.8 per cent during the quarter ended June on the back of robust manufacturing growth. However, certain sectors like financial services restrained the growth in economy, which had recorded 6 per cent gr
CPI(M) today asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir Government to immediately initiate the process of dialogue to find a solution to the Kashmir issue, saying delay will only aggravate the situation. Expressing concern at the &q
Bowing to demands by several political parties, government today said it has decided to include caste in census and the formality of endorsing it is expected at the next Cabinet meeting. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lo
Those waiting for a decked up Connaught Place (CP) will have to wait. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will take at least two more years to beautify CP, restoring it to its past glory. This project includes a uniform look for all th
In the race to attract more and more investment in the state, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is banking on skilled workforce, abundant natural resources, continuous power supply, peaceful industrial work atmosphere, a si
Corporate restructuring, not unlike medical surgery, involves transformative treatment based on professional diagnosis. It is a corporate management term that refers to the act of partially dismantling and then reorganising a company for the purpo
Senior Gujarat IPS officer Geeta Johri`s allegation that the CBI was intimidating her to depose against former state home minister Amit Shah in the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter rocked both the houses of Parliament. The calcula
The union ministers and ministers of state will now require the prime minister`s prior approval before proceeding on official foreign tours and they will also have to keep the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) informed even about their private
