A trade union leader trying to stop a bus from plying was killed in Ambala as the two-day nationwide strike called by Central trade unions disrupted normal life in many states on Wednesday and hit banking and transport sectors leaving commuters in
Reflecting yet again her ambition for a larger role in national politics, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked party cadres to work for securing all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections. "Instead of ce
Hanging of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has been further delayed with the Supreme Court on Wednesday extending its interim order staying the execution of death sentence imposed on them for killing 22 police personnel in a landmine b
Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav on Tuesday stumped a woman reporter with his "beautiful" remark. The reporter sought to know from Yadav which was the better state- Madhya Pradesh or Bihar- ruled by BJP and Janata Dal (
While Jet Airways took the lead in a airfare war, giving out tickets for Rs 2,240 on Monday, and low-cost airlines IndiGo, SpiJet and Go Air joined the race within hours, Kingfisher Airlines is on a different — and an equally surprising and
Rakshit Midya, 10, appears to be like any other boy of his age. On a closer inspection I noticed he was not participating in games with other children, instead observed from a distance. His mother would come to check on him and remind him not to r
The supreme court judgment of February 15, 2013 puts the entire dialogue of spectrum reframing – that is, taking away the spectrum from operators in a particular frequency band and selling it at market rates to others – in a litigation
Defence Minister A K Antony is not part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s delegation that will hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron during which defence deals are expected to come up for discussion. The Defence Minister is
In a significant development in an Indo-Pak dispute, the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague on Monday upheld India`s right to divert water from the Kishanganga hydroelectric project (KHEP) in Kashmir. Reacting to the developme
The supreme court might have stayed the execution of the four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, but the apex court’s Monday-morning order may just have resuscitated the debate over capital punishment, which gained new life after the ex
Narendra Modi`s rapid evolution from provincial leader to prime ministerial favourite is a testimony both to the failure of the Congress and the middle-class hunger for a hero figure. Disappointed in Manmohan Singh, the upwardly mobile millions ar
Launching a fresh attack on Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju, the BJP on Monday said the former Supreme Court judge was expressing "unsolicited, bizarre" opinions against non-Congress ruled states and demanded that he s
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed till further orders the execution of death sentence of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, who were awarded capital punishment in 2004 for a landmine blast in Karnataka that left 22 police personnel dead
Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen was on Monday detained near Wokha district for allegedly carrying a cache of arms and ammunition and Rs 1.10 crore in cash in a vehicle, official sources said. Imchen was going to his constituency Kor
This seems to be the season of scams for the Congress. While at the Centre the UPA government is trying to deflect culpability in the helicopter scam on the NDA government, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has posed some tough questions
The government, through a court order procured by Arindam Chaudhari of IIPM, has blocked 73 links that have negative references to the latter. While there is outrage at how Arindam has gamed the media, as well there should be, the below a
For innovation in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme (MNREGS) that has paid off big, one needs to look at Kandhamal. The hill-locked district in western Odisha may seem the unlikeliest place for such success, tho
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said that all procedures were "strictly followed" by the UPA government in the controversial VVIP chopper deal and the matter should not be politicised. "I don`t think it
The Jet-Etihad deal is almost here and I stick my neck out that a battered Maharaja, living on doles from North Block, is consigned to die. This isn’t to mourn for the inefficient. My despair is on behalf of tax payers in gen
Batting for universal coverage of food entitlement, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen called for strengthening the draft food security bill, particularly the provisions relating to children’s entitlement. He said the supreme court orders on mid-day
