A dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the ruling Left Front, CITU and frontal organizations of CPI-M to protest against the hike in petroleum products crippled normal life in Tripura today. Shops and markets were closed and vehicles went off the
Breaking new grounds in their bilateral relationship, India and Canada today signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement and strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the first Indian
Eyeing more than nine per cent growth rate for Indian economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said exciting opportunities await India and Canada for mutual cooperation to raise their bilateral trade three-fold to 15 billion dollars within the
A meeting of all political parties was held here on Sunday to discuss the issue of sharing of Krishna river water, which was before the Tribunal for the adjudication of surplus water available under scheme-B. The meeting was convened follo
Aalam thought his life would change for the better when he met a construction labour contractor in his village in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district six months ago. The contractor asked him if he was interested in working in Delhi. He was told that
“It`s an undeclared emergency we are living in today and its far worse than that imposed in 1975,” writer and activist Arundhati Roy said here today. She was addressing an audience of writers, activists, lawyers, researc
A battered, old van stands on one of the busiest streets in Delhi. For those not in the know, this could be just any other old van, plying the streets till it is actually condemned. But inside, a blind man is being readied for a trial. Sar
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today met chief minister Ashok Chavan to express his party`s concern for lakhs of 10th class pass students whose fate is in limbo after the Bombay High Court struck down the government`s `best o
"In the urban third world, poor people dread high profile international events—conferences, dignitary visits, sporting events, beauty contests, and international festivals—that prompt authorities to launch crusades to clean up
An Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met for the second time in less than three weeks to decide on raising fuel prices, but Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was absent again. Banerjee and
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is exploring possibilities of intervening to stop the hanging of parliament terrorist attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, fearing it would create new complications in the state like those created by h
Manveer Kaur`s misfortune exemplifies, in a horribly extreme manner, the misfortune of Maqboolpura neighbourhood of Punjab`s Amritsar district. A domestic worker, she has been wodowed twice, having lost her successive husbands to drug abu
Signalling a thaw in JD(U)-BJP ties, Bihar deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Modi today accompanied chief minister Nitish Kumar in the last leg of his Vishwas Yatra to Gaya district. Kumar and Modi arrived at Patna state h
Home minister P Chidambaram today requested Karnataka Lok Ayukta head Santosh Hegde not to press his resignation, saying this would only encourage the "corrupt elements" in the state. Chidambaram spoke to Hegde who had tendered h
The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee today observed black day to protest against the state government`s reported decision to conduct local bodies election on non-political basis. "As a part of the protest the party workers staged demo
New drugs enter the market every new day and make their way to new markets mainly in developing countries, says a report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Lax regulations, populations in economic transition let drug
Justice N Santosh Hegde, perhaps the only performing Lokayukta in the country, submitted his resignation on Wednesday citing systematic lack of cooperation by the Karnataka government. The man who headed the most potent anti-corruption unit in the
Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh today rejoined the party nine months after he was summarily thrown out for writing a controversial book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. At a function organised to announce his re-induction
The Delhi government is keen to provide computers in Madarsas to enhance employment opportunities for students, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said here on Thursday. Dikshit, while addressing an Urdu Editor’s conference, said that the Urdu has b
Tightening the noose around former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in a corruption case, the ED has obtained an additional Letters Rogatory to gather evidence from Dubai where one of Koda`s Pune-based associates allegedly invested Rs 270 crore
