For the third time in five days, India test-fired two indigenously developed surface-to-air anti-aircraft `Akash` missiles from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here. The double test-fire came after trials of the missile, with a
Over 80 per cent students on Monday cleared the 2012 class XII CBSE examinations, with girls once again outshining the boys and the Chennai region beating others in the overall pass percentage. The results were declared across the country
After embarrassing the CPI-M by his controversial statement that the party had often eliminated its political foes, senior party leader M M Mani has found himself in trouble with the police registering a case against him on murder and other charge
A bandh call given by the YSR Congress party in protest against the arrest of their leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday evoked a mixed response in Andhra Pradesh even as police clamped prohibitory orders in the city to prevent any untoward incide
Twenty-seven members of a marriage party, including four children, were killed and 26 others injured when a speeding auto rammed in a stationary bus at Khalapur on the Mumbai-Pune expressway. The incident took place in the wee hours arou
Team Anna on Saturday clubbed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with 13 other Cabinet Ministers, whom they accused of corruption, which the Congress dismissed as "unsubstantiated averments" that need not
How much is a species worth? According to a recent ruling by the supreme court, the cheetah is not worth its price tag of Rs300 crore. Some government departments might invest that amount in drinking water schemes for an entire district, but the m
Mopping up Rs 73,000 crore in revenue to promote all-round growth of Uttar Pradesh is one of most crucial items on chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s agenda. The first-time chief minister outlined his agenda in a recent meeting with the state`s
In the midst of uproar over hike in petrol prices, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday attacked the policy of subsidising diesel, kerosene and LPG and suggested that a roadmap be chalked out for phasing it out as the needy are not b
The BJP on Friday took out a protest march in the city against the report of the Centre`s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that it was a deliberate attempt by the Congress-led UPA government to deny people of Jammu their rightful deman
The ongoing strike by a section of air India pilots has not affected the national carrier`s operations in the domestic sector, a senior airlines official said on Friday. "A total number of 108 flights a day are being operated from v
Citing increasing incidence of diseases like oral cancer, the congress-led UDF government in Kerala on Friday announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco in the state with immediate effect. Ann
In a bid to end the stalemate, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday met striking Air India pilots for the first time and told them that there would be no victimisation if they resumed duty immediately and that their grievances would be con
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the business environment in the country was very risky at the moment and there was a need to "clampdown" on any unethical practices by companies. "The busi
Amid reports that he may be arrested, Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday appeared before the CBI here in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case against him. Fearing breakdown of law and order situation in view of Jag
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file its chargesheet today against the five arrested accused in the Madhya Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case. The chargesheet will be filed in the Special CBI court here against p
Shedding his defiant posture after persuasion by party leaders, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday left here for Mumbai to attend the concluding session of the BJP National Executive meeting. "I am leavin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Centre for reducing kerosene allocation to the state, alleging it tantamounted to penalising the poor people for voting her AIADMK to power. In a l
In the backdrop of strong protests by UPA allies and the Opposition over the steep hike in petrol price, Congress on Thursday hinted at the possibility of a partial rollback and expressed hope that the government would be able to find a way out to
Sanjay Joshi has become the recurrent bad dream for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Much as the party leadership tries to get rid of it, the nightmare returns with a renewed vigour to shake and stupefy the party and its cadre at regular interval
