With three more bodies retrieved from the debris at Dzongu in north Sikkim district, the death toll in the quake-hit Himalayan state has risen to 53 while a major landslide cut off the district from the rest of the state on Tuesday.
Indian power minister Sushilkumar Shinde made a strong pitch for US investment in the growing power sector in India on Tuesday, asserting that lucrative opportunities were available to investors. He was speaking at the US-India Econ
Minister of state in the PMO V Narayanasamy arrived here on Tuesday en route to Koodankulam to hold talks with the locals who are agitating for the past 10 days against the proposed nuclear plant there. "All safety measures in the pla
Prime minister Manmohan Singh leaves for New York on Wednesday to attend the united nations general assembly session on Saturday where India will push for reforms of the security council to reflect current realities and early adoption of a convent
The central vigilance commission has received maximum complaints against railways ministry officials for alleged irregularities in discharging their duty. Out of the total of 25,359 complaints received during 2010, the highest of 8,330 wer
Team Anna members arrived in Dehradun on Monday on the invitation of Uttarakhand chief minister B C Khanduri to give their suggestions for a tough and effective Lokayukta bill against corruption. "We have come here at the invitation o
The CPI(M) on Monday demanded that government rescind its decision to divest 10 per cent stake in state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, claiming that the ruling coalition was "succumbing to pressure" from Indian and foreign defence
Civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi on Monday urged state governments to reduce surcharge on aviation fuel, saying airlines are facing problems due to this. "All state governments should reduce aviation fuel sales tax...It is a burde
Cracking the whip, the BCCI on Monday terminated the contract of IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala for non-payment of bank guarantee, thus abruptly ending the controversial Kerala team`s association with the cash-rich league after just one year.
BJP has not officially declared anyone as its prime ministerial candidate for the next Lok Sabha polls and JD(U) being a key NDA partner would officially be informed of any decision on the issue, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday re
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Monday asked prime minister Manmohan Singh that work on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project be halted till the fears of the people in the area are allayed, accusing the centre of "abdicating" i
Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat met members of the Shah commission as a part of the inquiry initiated against the illegal mining trade in the state. Kamat, who also holds the mining portfolio, had a lengthy discussion with justice M B Sh
Controversy-ridden IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala was slapped with a suspension notice for non-payment of bank guarantee by the BCCI at its annual general meeting in Mumbai on Monday. The consortium, which was mired in a bitter ownersh
Expensive food and clothing pushed up the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in India by 1.18 per cent in August vis-a-vis the previous month, but experts said too much should not be read into the numbers, as the data on retail prices is yet to stabilise.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which runs 125 airports across the country, would approach the government to allow it to raise Rs 5,000 crore through infrastructure bonds, its top official said on Monday. "We will again approac
A special CBI court on Monday extended the judicial custody till October 3 of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and MD of Obulapuram Mining Corporation, B V Srinivas Reddy in connection with an illegal mining case. Both of th
Rajya sabha MP Amar Singh`s counsel Ram Jethmalani on Monday made a u-turn and named before a Delhi court Congress leader Ahmed Patel as the source for the money in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. Arguing for the bail to former Samajwadi part
As Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi`s 72-hour fast entered the third and final day on Monday, top BJP leaders are expected to make an appearance at the venue and lend their support to his `Sadbhavana Mission`. Among the most prominent
With one dementia case every seven seconds in the world, India will have largest number of elders affected by the disease. Every five years of life the number of older persons affected with dementia double and India will have one of the largest nu
An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the richter scale shook parts of Meghalaya on Monday, the seismic observatory Shillong said. The mild intensity quake was recorded at 12.52 AM and its epicentre was located along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh b
