Ahead of the march by separatists to curfew-bound Anantnag in south Kashmir, authorities today reimposed curfew in Pulwama and Kakpora towns, parts of Srinagar and Baramulla districts. The step to clamp curfew again was taken to avoid any
A group of armed Maoists today set afire an MSRTC bus plying between Malewada and Gadchiroli during their bandh call given to protest against killing of CPI (Maoists) Central Committee member Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in Andhra Pradesh.
A Delhi court today deferred the pronouncement of its order on a plea by an advocate opposing CBI`s move to withdraw the two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi. Chief Metropolitan Magistra
Atabhai owns a sprawling farm in Vanger village where he grows onion, maize, coconut, mango, and a variety of vegetables. He earns Rs 50,000 every six months, which makes him one of the more affluent farmers in this region in Mahuva taluka of Bhav
Delhi commuters pay the price Movement of 31 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses remained affected in the National Capital Region on Monday following the agitation over price hike. Tyres of 29 buses were deflated while
With a view to further promoting tourism under the Public-Private Partnership model, and to encourage production of adequate publicity material of international standards, for use in the domestic and international markets, the union ministry of to
Operating on a single machine at a time, A Muruganantham explains his every move in broken English to four village women who watch carefully as he delicately handles lumps of cotton-like substance and rolls them to make sanitary napkins.&nbs
Delhi`s three private power discoms are earning an additional profit of Rs 300 crore monthly due to holding back of the announcement of the revised tariff structure by the city government, power regulator DERC said today. In its detailed r
Divided over whether caste should be included in census, a Group of Ministers (GoM) today failed to reach a conclusion on the politically-sensitive issue and decided that the government would seek views of political parties on the matter.
A day after union home minister P Chidambaram had suggested Chhattisgarh government redeploy CRPF in Maoist-hit areas, the state`s police chief tonight shot back by saying "we cannot teach the paramilitary personnel how to walk".
Despite satisfactory rainfall for sowing seeds, the district is still reeling under acute shortage of drinking water, district collector Sanjay Deshmukh said here. The district has received 10.5 percent of the annual average rainfall till
The Opposition in Karnataka today withdrew its two-day-old dharna in the Assembly, ending the stalemate over the mode of debate regarding the sudden resignation of Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde. The Opposition began the dharna well of t
A special court here today posted the hearing of CBI`s petition seeking police custody of S N Sharma, the suspended chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board (Mumbai), and others involved in the alleged multi-crore recruitment scam to July 2.
Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL which had questioned eligibility of 12 members of the State Legislative Council, nominated by the Governor. Can a Governor`s decision be challenged in a PIL, the High Court asked the petitioners earl
Pharmaceutical industry cannot be left out when talking of medical ethics for doctors and there is a need to involve all stakeholders to bring reforms in the health sector, Medical Council of India governing body chairman Dr S K Sarin said on the
The National Advisory Council (NAC) today debated universal entitlement of foodgrains under the government`s ambitious Food Security Bill, with a special focus on reaching out to the poorest of the poor. The Council, headed by UPA c
The Mayawati government today created a new district named after dalit icon Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj which would include Amethi, Rahul Gandhi`s Lok Sabha constituency. "The state cabinet in its meeting chaired by chief minister Maya
Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan today said applications of transfers and promotions would not be entertained at the `Janata Durbar` which has been revived by the state unit Congress from today. Chavan while addressing over 2
The July 5 `Bharat Bandh` to protest fuel price hike is unlikely to get the support of all non-Congress non-UPA parties with BSP, RJD, LJP and RLD so far maintaining a silence on which side of the political divide they are. In view
Nearly two weeks after their meeting with IOC officials in Lausanne, IOA and the government continued to wrangle over the tenure limitation issue with the sports body today claiming that the matter is a "closed chapter" while the sports
