Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today lambasted tennis star Sania Mirza for deciding to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and said she is no longer an Indian. The 84-year-old Sena supremo also said that had Sania been truly Indian at he
Sonia Gandhi has appointed Rahul Gandhi as member of the Jawahar Bhavan Trust as she prepares to devote more time to the National Advisory Council (NAC). With this appointment, applicable from March 15, the young MP will run the Rajiv Gand
India has not made any offer to Russia to purchase Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to undertake the country`s own human space flight slated for 2015-16, a top space department official said. "No, that`s all what the newspapers write," India
In a significant ruling, district consumer complaints redressal forum has held HDFC bank responsible for unauthorised fund transfer in an internet banking transaction. In the order dated March 25, the forum directed the bank to pay a custo
With the Right to Education Act coming into force, India has joined the league of over 130 countries which have legal guarantees to provide free and compulsory education to children. According to the UNESCO`s `Education for All Global Moni
Noting that the US is committed to share full information with the Indian government on Headley-Rana case, a top Obama administration official has said that no decision has been taken on giving Indian intelligence agencies access to David Coleman
With a law on the anvil to allow operation of foreign education providers in India, a top consortium of research institutions from the US has evinced interest in collaborating with Indian universities. A delegation of Committee on Institut
Over three lakh cases are pending in the Bombay High Court, according to an information revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The details, dated till December 31, 2009 were given after local social worker Omprakash
Delhi Technological University (DTU) students have now taken their protest online. Second year students of DTU have launched a website called www.savedce.in. Students say that the website will help them to take their protest to another level. Alon
More than 25,000 donors are needed for 1,000,000 transplants of various organs every year in India but the number of donors is abysmally low despite the Human Organ Transplant Act in place in India. Board of management chairman at Sir Ganga Ram Ho
During the Commonwealth Games, players and visitors will have an opportunity to relish pesticide-free vegetables of high quality, as farmers here prepare to cash in on the higher demand during the event with a bit of help from the Indian Agricultu
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari has posed 14 qustions on price rise in a letter to the Prime Minister. Here are the questions ad verbatim - 1. Where have things gone wrong? 11% inflation in India is highes
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Delhi High Court order which had ruled that Indian courts cannot entertain matrimonial disputes if the couple are foreign citizens. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and T S Thakur posted the matter for
On Wednesday morning a delegation of students visited Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal to seek his help but he didn`t entertain us and said that this was a state government matter and we should approach law-courts. This is despite the fact t
From April 1, education becomes a fundamental right as the historic Right to Education (RTE) Act comes into force. The Act mandates free and compulsory education to all children between the age group of six to 14 years. More than one crore childre
The Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riot cases today kept the option of questioning Chief Minister Narendra Modi open when it told the Gujarat High Court that its decision not to summon him was "not final". The Commission wa
The Press Council of India, a statutory body governing conduct of print and broadcast media, today expressing concern over the phenomenon of `paid news` has said it would issue a white paper on the malpractice. "We are very much conce
Higher prices of milk and pulses drove food inflation up to 16.35 per cent for the week ended March 20 and this could, in turn, contribute to overall inflation touching double digits. Food inflation had hit a four-month low of 16.22 per ce
RPG group company, KEC International, has announced the setting up of a state-of-the-art new tower testing station at Butibori, Nagpur, the largest of its kind in the world. The new station is a significant step by the company towards reta
In order to encourage farmers to adopt drip irrigation system in the water scarce areas of Kutch, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) would provide 25 per cent subsidy to the farmers on installing the system, which will be in addition t
