Media magnate Kalanidhi Maran, who is also the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi, has been summoned by the city police to appear before it today in a cheating and intimidation case against Sun Pictures owned by him. Police said Ka
Media magnate Kalanidhi Maran, who is also the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi, has been summoned by the city police to appear before it today in a cheating and intimidation case against Sun Pictures owned by him. Police said Ka
Veerappa Moily on Wednesday assumed charge as India`s new corporate affairs minister following a high profile cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday. "I am very happy with prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congr
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Task Force on Health Reforms to make concrete recommendations for upgrading health and medical education sector in the state. "I want concrete deliverables from you so that
Failing his own promises of sweeping changes in the UPA-II midterm, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday carried out a cautious and limited reshuffle of his council of ministers, dropping seven ministers, inducting eight and promoting five
Gurudas Kamat, the 57-year old five-time MP from Mumbai, is confused and sore at being asked to head the drinking water and sanitation department as minister of state (MoS) , independent charge, in the rural development ministry.
DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said he has not sought any replacement in the union cabinet reshuffle for the party in the wake of resignations of A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran over the 2G spectrum scam. "No," was his reply
Delhi state assembly deputy speaker Amrish Gautam on Tuesday earned the Delhi high court’s (HC) wrath for unauthorised construction at his home in Khichripur area of the city. Gautam had approached the HC to get a May 30 Lokayukta or
Madhya Pradesh government will conduct a probe into the allegations that a child specialist from Indore had taken Rs 1.44 crore from several companies for conducting drug trial on children and whether he had taken permission for the same from the
Arguing that the city police has done substantial investigation in the murder case of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, Maharashtra government today opposed petitions filed in the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of probe to CBI. "Th
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and CPI leader D Raja today assured all support to the local people in Jaitapur, who are protesting against the proposed 9,900-MW nuclear power plant. The two Left leaders visited the house of Tabrez Say
Contradicting the Uttar Pradesh government`s claim that it was a suicide, a judicial probe that went into the mysterious death of deputy chief medical officer Y S Sachan has concluded that it was prima facie a case of murder. The report su
After approaching various political parties to garner support for their version of the Lokpal bill, team Anna is now planning to mobilise masses. Starting Friday, the civil society plans to reach out to people in the capital’s Chandn
The planning commission and Maharashtra government gave an in-principle approval for the air-conditioned, elevated Churchgate-Virar suburban rail network last week. The 60 km long rail line is scheduled for completion in 2019. It will have
The union public service commission (UPSC) has decided that candidates who opt for an Indian language medium other than Hindi for the written civil services exam can now give the interview in the same Indian language, English or Hindi. As
Tuesday`s reshuffle of the union council of ministers saw the rise and fall of Congress stalwarts as some junior ministers got cabinet ranks in UPAII`s latest rejig while a few others were dropped as ministers. Jairam Ramesh, who held the
Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a slew of measures, including scholarships and health care benefits, for construction workers engaged in government, semi-government and private sector. As per the new guidelines, the state buildi
Indicating sluggishness in the economy, industrial growth fell to 5.6 per cent in May this year from 8.5 per cent in the same month last year, mainly due to the poor performance of the manufacturing and mining sectors. Factory output in th
The banks will not share details of their customers with the National Intelligence Grid or Natgrid- the project which is going to link various databases of the citizens including the details given on income tax returns, phone records and address p
Air tickets of two civil society members of the joint drafting committee of Lokpal bill- Anna Hazare and Santosh Hegde were sponsored by the government. The government had offered the members business class return tickets to and from Delh
