Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed all those involved in Commonwealth Games preparations that everything should be done to ensure success of the mega sporting event, Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan said today.
Pharma major Dr Reddy`s Laboratories has opposed the parliamentary Standing committee recommendations on increasing the number of drugs under price control and cap on profit margins of all medicines. "Price controls in the long
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposed National Identification Authority of India Bill, 2010, which envisages to make UIDAI a statutory body. The Bill proposes to constitute a statutory authority to be called the National Ide
The other day I came across Munnabhai after a long while. In his late 50s, Munnabhai is a fruit vendor. His fruits are famous for their freshness in the entire Darya Ganj area of central Delhi. Munnabhai is also known for his warm nature. He share
With the August 29 Bihar policemen hostage crisis fresh in mind and poll boycott call given by Maoists besides the criminal background of some candidates, Bihar goes to a six phase assembly election from October 21. Of the 243 assembly con
Ahead of talks with defence minister A K Antony, his US counterpart Robert Gates says he wants removal of restrictions on export of American high -technology items to India and that this contentious issue was high on their agenda. Simultan
Maoists blew up a building housing the office of a farmers` organisation and set afire a community hall in Jhargram sub-division of West Midnapore district early Friday. Police said that a large group of ultras raided Bandhgora village a l
Though Supreme Court`s decision to postpone the Allahabad High Court verdict on Ayodhya title dispute brought a sigh of relief, political leaders have divergent views on the issue. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Sunderlal Patwa, who
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed charges against two investigative journalists for conducting a sting operation to expose the cash-for-query scam involving members of parliament in 2005. Justice S N Dhingra set aside the trial court
New Zealand`s Olympic Committee (NZOC) will take another day before deciding whether to participate in the troubled Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi. But its Prime Minister John Key indicated that the country will not pull out of the event despit
Commonwealth Games (CWG) Federation chief Mike Fennell on Friday inspected the Games Village here and said "considerable improvements" have been made even as embattled organisers continued their sprint against time to complete preparatio
In a bizzare incident, a `pooja` was found performed inside the state-run civil services academy here on Thursday night, apparently on behalf of a senior official of the institute to surmount hard times he had been passing through.
Global aviation body IATA today termed the service tax on air travel in India as "illegal" and said the "disconnect" between various ministries on aviation issues was "embarrassing" India in global fora. Maint
The country has fully switched over to cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel as of yesterday and well ahead of the October one deadline, minister of state for petroleum Jitin Prasada said today. "We launched Euro-IV grade pet
Despite the announcment of some high profile athelets pulling out of the commonwealth games, the organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was confident none of teams would pull out. “We believe there will be no serious complaints
The Supreme Court today deferred the Allahabad High Court verdict on Ayodhya title suit by one week. The verdict was due to be pronounced tomorrow. The Apex court issued notices to contesting parties on the petition seeking stay on the A
The Supreme Court today stayed for a week the Ayodhya title suit verdict that was due to be pronounced by Allahabad High Court tomorrow and will hear the plea for deferment of the judgement next Tuesday. The Court issued notices to the con
Akhil Bhartiya Grahak Panchayat has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the legality of Special Exclusive Zone (SEZ) Act on the ground that it empowers the government to acquire agricultural land for development of SEZs in the state. T
With the build-up to the Commonwealth Games going from bad to worse, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting with sports minister M S Gill and urban development minister Jaipal Reddy in New Delhi today to discuss the troubled preparatio
A top US official on Wednesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "a man of uncommon decency and grace" who has led the way in building the Indo-US partnership, as he presented the Indian leader `The World Statesman Award`.
