Indian Overseas Bank has completed 76 years of operations in February 2013. From being the smallest bank to be nationalised in 1969 and the tenth largest nationalised bank in 2010, IOB is now the seventh largest nationalised bank in the co
The Congress seems to lack the cognitive ability to discern that toughness in governance cannot be demonstrated only by flash executions of convicted terrorists. But that`s exactly what it wants to convey through the hangin
Now that Afzal Guru has been hanged, buried, the press conferences addressed, and clarifications made and sought — respectively by the UPA government and the BJP — it’s time to get back to the core question: why now? Read
The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remained critical of the UPA government, questioning the delay of over five years in hanging parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Addressing a press briefing within hours of Guru`s hangin
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah appealed to the people of his state to maintain peace in the aftermath of the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Saturday morning. Addressing media persons, Abdullah said there
Among the opposition, the Shiv Sena was the first to come out in full support of the move to hang parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Saturday morning. Sanjay Raut, Sena spokesman, told media persons that home minister Sushilkumar Shinde must
The UPA government does not look at electoral considerations when it comes to national security, said information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari, shortly after JeM terrorist Afzal Guru was hanged on Saturday. Addressing a press me
Afzal Guru, convicted in the audacious attack on Parliament in 2001, was today hanged in Tihar Jail, in an operation shrouded in secrecy. "Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 AM," Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said shortly
Having been constantly attacked by the UPA government for exposing massive scams in the past couple of years– 2G, CWG, Devas-Antrix deal and coal block allotment etc – the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vindo Rai is now
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is likely to finally visit the UK. Earlier, he had to cancel this trip soon after the US refused him visa. His third victory, however, is prompting all to take a second look at him. Envoys of the western countr
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has apparently come round to accepting Narendra Modi as the BJP`s prime ministerial candidate for 2014. Or has he? At an RSS-VHP meet at the kumbh mela on Thursday, he indeed made several comments on this hotly debated topi
The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) has estimated India’s economic growth rate for the current fiscal at 5 percent, the lowest in a decade. That was not surprising. On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund not only made that prog
There are indications that Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Jawed Usmani may join as secretary in the prime minister’s office (PMO) soon. If so happens, the state will have a monopoly in the PMO as the incumbent principal secretary, Pulok Chatt
Fresh summons were on Friday issued by a fast track court against Congress MP Mahabal Mishra and his family members for their alleged role in the kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006, after he they failed to appear before it. The fa
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited would foray into the civil aviation sector and aero-engine making business where it sees huge opportunities, besides designing, developing and manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles, its Chairman R K Tyagi said tod
The Cabinet today approved the setting up of a special purpose vehicle to build the USD 9 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, as multinational firms have been unwilling to build the project. The Duba
Social media has brought about a paradigm shift in governance, having introduced a demand-driven approach to e-governance, which was till date supply-driven and implemented in a top-down fashion, according to telecom secretary R Chandrashekhar.
Amidst demand for action against VHP leader Praveen Togadia for allegedly making provocative speeches, the Centre has asked the Maharashtra government to probe the charges and book the Hindu outfit leader if he is found to be violating laws.
