Amidst questions being raised on security issues in the wake of the Mumbai blasts, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said Congress agreeing to give the key home portfolio to NCP was a mistake. "I think it was a mi
Amid growing concern over the problem of black money, Indian president Pratibha Patil on Friday said the war against the menace should be fought through domestic and cross-border measures. The president, while addressing the concluding cer
If you are for a strong Lokpal bill and want to do your bit, this is your chance. Starting July 21 (the coming Thursday), Team Hazare will launch a referendum on the Lokpal issue and is inviting volunteers for the same. The team has launch
The seventh list for colleges under Delhi University (DU) was released on Thursday, in which colleges were ordered by the supreme court to exercise complete 10 percent relaxation for OBC (other backward class) students. The court intervened becaus
The Gujarat high court on Friday relieved Satyapal Singh as chief of special investigation team probing the Ishrat Jahan encounter case and appointed senior IPS officer J V Ramudu as his successor. Ramudu, a 1981-batch officer of Andhra Pr
Indian adolescents who are exposed to tobacco use in Bollywood films are more likely to be tobacco users, concluded a study conducted recently by a Mumbai-based ngo Hriday. The study titled, ‘Tobacco use in Bollywood movies, to
Dreamliner made its much-awaited landing in India on July 13, bringing hope to the authorities of the national carrier Air India. The ailing airline has ordered 27 such aircrafts, which it hopes, will revive its sagging fortunes. While the
Civil aviation sector in the country has registered phenomenal growth in the past decade and has the potential to grow further, civil aviation secretary Nasim Zaidi said here on Thursday. Zaidi said that India is one of the fastest growing aviatio
Barack Obama`s decision to withdraw U.S. troops (ISAF- International Security Assistance Force) from Afghanistan by 2014 has created a flutter in many parts of the world and several policy analysts from various parts of the world have voiced stron
The construction of the Barapullah elevated road connecting East Delhi with South Delhi will help save fuel worth Rs 100 crore annually, Delhi Government PWD today said. "According to an estimate, this road will help in saving fuel wo
As the metropolis nursed its wounds from yesterday`s triple terror blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi visited the injured in hospitals and shared the feelings of grieving Mumbaikars. The two leaders a
Rahul Gandhi`s remark that it was "very difficult" to stop every single terror attack today sparked off angry outbursts from the Shiv Sena and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, even as the Congress found "nothing wrong" in
Bangladesh and India today launched the first joint census in 162 `enclaves` on both sides of the borders, as part of efforts by the two sides to reach a decisive end to the protracted border problem. The enclaves, or areas land-loc
Chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu expects headline inflation to moderate to around 6 percent by March 2012 from the current rate of over 9 per cent, even as he said food inflation might stay elevated due to base effect. "I am
Investigators today probed "every possible hostile group" in their search for culprits behind the Mumbai terror attack and the involvement of a suicide bomber was not being ruled out. As Mumbaikars slowly came to grips wit
The incidence of diseases like malaria and diarrhoea has been increasing sharply in Mumbai since 2008 and if the trend continues, it may raise to the level of an epidemic. A Mumbai-based ngo, Praja Foundation, wrote that in a letter to the Maharas
In Govindpura, something as simple as crossing a gate can be a matter of life and death. The tiny hamlet, home to 38 Indian families, has fallen off the map to find itself on the wrong side of the border with Bangladesh. It is in a tiny s
Jairam Ramesh, the newly appointed rural development minister, has said a focused approach would be adopted to ensure that the benefits of the schemes under his ministry reach the people in Left wing extremism affected (LWE) districts of the count
NEW DELHI: With interests of the small traders who form the bulk of its vote bank uppermost in mind, the Bhartiya Janata Party has refused to back a government proposal to allow foreign players to enter the Indian m
In the wake of mounting protests from farmers of Gadag and opposition parties against acquiring lands for the proposed mega steel plant of Posco, Karnataka government today said it was ready to shift the project. "If farmers of
