Riding on high yields and an increased passenger load factor, state-owned Air India posted a healthy 46 per cent revenue growth last month over the same period last year, airline sources said today. "The yields on domestic sect
With the deadline set by the Maoists holding BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka hostage ending today, his fate still remained unknown despite the Odisha government`s decision to seriously consider withdrawal of prosecution in "suitable cases" involvin
India on Wednesday postponed the scheduled first flight test of Agni-5 missile, from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. Agni 5 is India`s maiden attempt at an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The proposed test was call
The supreme court on Wednesday upheld the election commission criteria for recognition of state political parties. In a majority decision, two judges of the three-member bench said the parameters decided by the commission had kept the balance in m
The CBI on Wednesday carried out searches at three locations in Noida and the national capital in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all terrain vehicles to the army. Three teams of
The Enforcement Directorate has registered 14 separate cases under anti-money laundering laws against former UP family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and others in the alleged financial irregularities in the NRHM scam. The CBI
Social activist Anna Hazare will undertake a month-long statewide tour from May 1 to create public awareness on the need for a strong Lokayukta legislation in Maharashtra. Hazare will begin the tour from Shirdi, an associate of Hazare said
With the Maoists pressing the government to spell out its stand on release of jailed rebels, Odisha Government on Tuesday announced its decision to seriously consider withdrawal of prosecution in "suitable cases" if abducted MLA Jhina Hi
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the government will examine the notice of Vodafone that threatened to drag India to international arbitration if the telecom giant was made liable to pay Rs 11,000 crore in taxes over a 2007 acquis
Special Judge O P Saini, trying the 2G spectrum allocation case, on Tuesday disclosed that one of the 2G case counsel tried to meet him in his chambers and asked them to be "on guard." Special Judge Saini expressed anguish
The CBI for the first time questioned defence PSU BEML chairman V R S Natarajan on Tuesday in connection with alleged irregularities in procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain trucks to the Army. Vectra chairman Ravinder Rishi and form
State-run oil companies have served an ultimatum to the government that they will raise petrol prices by Rs 9.6 a litre if excise duty is not cut or they are not provided compensation for Rs 49-crore per day loss on fuel sale. "
With over 1.56 lakh first generation engineering students benefiting from a scheme exempting them from paying tuition fee, the government today said it had allocated over Rs 400 crore for 2012-13, with the scheme now being expanded to Sri Lankan T
The prime minister on Tuesday delivered a most disappointing speech (see below or http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=82308) at the 3rd National Ganga River Basin Authorit
A day after non-Congress chief ministers and an ally attacked the centre over NCTC, home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday lamented the "mistrust" harboured by some states and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved in the
The third meeting of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) was convened by the prime minister in the national capital on Tuesday. Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanada, one of the exper members, was absent as he has been on a fast protest to put pressu
Chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Tuesday said he doesn`t see online voting becoming a reality in near future while state funding of elections in the country will first require certain key reforms in the electoral process. "
Buoyed by the results in Delhi civic polls, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday attributed the victory to good governance given by the party saying it has emerged as a strong alternative to the "corrupt" Congress. The BJP vict
Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered a police probe into the leak of CAG report, which the opposition termed as an attempt to put a pressure on a constitutional body. The assembly witnessed four adjournments, amidst pandemonium, as th
Vodafone today threatened to drag the government to international arbitration over retrospective tax legislation under the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between India and the Netherlands. Dutch subsidiary Vodafone International
