A railway route electrification project on Ujjain-Indore line is likely to be completed by the end of September next, a railway official said today. "The Rs 70 crore project through Maksi railway route was initiated in year 200
Serious threats posed by terrorism and piracy will be high on the agenda of prime minister Manmohan Singh during talks with African leaders on his six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania next week. Singh, who leaves on May 23 for Add
The Mumbai police has sought to wash their hands off the goof-up in the list of India`s 50 `most wanted` fugitives given to Pakistan after a terror accused, figuring in the document, was found living in neighbouring Thane. Wazhul Ka
The hallowed portals of an IIM will be more accessible to aspiring business students of this city when (IIM-T) opens on June 15 this year. All infrastructure is in place, 12 faculty members have been chosen after stringent selection
Concerned over the growing incidence of female infanticide in state`s Marathwada region and Beed district in particular, the Maharashtra government has convened a meeting on May 20 of all concerned officials in Beed to discuss crackdown on irregul
VHP today claimed the Ram mandir will be built at Ayodhya despite the legal hurdles involved. "A time will come when Muslim fraternity will itself ask Hindus to construct Ram mandir at Ayodhya," VHP international president
IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt today told Nanavati Commission, probing post-Godhra communal riots, he could help in "uncovering" the truth behind the incident of violence at Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002. Bhatt, w
If cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth, the struggle of Greater Noida’s farmers against land acquisition is a violent expression of that truth. Behind the killing of four farmers of Bhatta-Parsaul villages lies the story of loo
At the peak of campaigning in recent assembly polls in West Bengal, the Times Now aired an interview of Purulia arms drop accused Kim Davy. Davy, who had escaped arrest, pointed out that the large cache of arms was meant for the Anand Margis to su
Despite being in the government’s list of children institutions covered by the juvenile justice (care and protection of children) act, 2000, four institutions in the capital have said that they are not covered by act. The four childr
Delhi government on Monday gave the go ahead for allotment of flats to members of the disputed Cooperative Group Housing Societies. These members have been waiting to shift in their own flats for the last many years due to reported irregularities
The supreme court on Monday sought the response of a Rajya Sabha-appointed panel on allegations by Sikkim high court chief justice P D Dinakaran that it has exceeded its jurisdiction in probing charges of judicial misconduct and corruption against
Delivering the historic judgment while decriminalising homosexuality, the Delhi high court had observed that criminalisation of consensual sexual acts of adults in private is in violation of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the constitution. It upheld th
With the Congress-led UDF Ministry in Kerala headed by Oommen Chandy slated to be sworn in on May 18, internal and bilateral parleys among Congress and Front partners to form the cabinet gained momentum today. In the 21-member cabinet to b
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was today set to appear before a court here to answer charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid - a scandal that may bury his ambitions of becoming the next president of France. St
Headline inflation in the country came down marginally to 8.66 per cent in April on the back of moderation in prices of certain food items, in line with the government`s expectations. However, prices of manufactured products and fuel and p
AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa was today sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for a third time along with 33 ministers at a glittering function at the Madras University centenary auditorium here. This was the same venue where she took o
Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj has done it again. He has recommended the president’s rule in the state. Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa then said the Congress bosses in New Delhi were using the governor to commit “unconstitutional acts&
Way back in 2006, prime minister Manmohan Singh’s security was breached when six liquor bottles went missing from Air India One in Hanover. The PM was on his way to Germany, when it was found that the seal of one of the cabinets on the speci
CPI(M) on Monday ruled out any change in leadership following the poll debacle in West Bengal and Kerala as top leaders met here to analyse what went wrong for the party in the assembly elections. The party also dubbed as rumours outgoing
