Jharkhand may have come out of one crisis with the BJP finally deciding to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren government and paving the way thereby for the Congress to step in and try to form an alternate government in coalition with the Jharkhan
News alert: Court enhances sentence of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore from six months to one-and-a-half years prison term in the Ruchika Gihrotra molestation case, says Ruchika family lawyer Pankaj Bharadwaj.
A local court has granted permission to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to carry out further probe into the Margao bomb blast. The NIA has already filed chargesheet in Margao blast case accusing 11 people of hatching a consp
A section of employees of Air India, including engineers, today went on a flash strike to protest delay in payment of salaries and problems relating to the working conditions of cabin crew, union leaders said. There has been no impa
Rescue operation continued today at Paarichcha thermal power station near here amidst apprehension that some labourers are still being trapped under the debris of a chimney, which collapsed leaving six labourers injured, officials said.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is likely to arrive here this afternoon to review the security situation in the region at a high-level meeting, official sources said today. Chidambaram, accompanied by Union Home Secretary G K Pill
The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence awarded to underworld don Aftab Ahmed Ansari for the attack on the American Centre in Kolkata in 2002. A vacation bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the West
Investigators today recovered the crucial `Black Box` -- the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) -- from the wreckage of the Boeing plane of Air India`s budget carrier, three days after it crashed here while landing killing 158 persons.
Eleven passengers suffered minor injuries when 14 coaches of the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express derailed at Amba halt between Kharik and Naugachia railway stations in Bihar today. Rail traffic has been disrupted on the section due
News alert: A section of cabin crew and ground staff of Air India go on a flash strike to protest delay in payment of wages.
If you are thinking of buying a luxury car or a two-wheeler, be prepare to shell out more. Driving private vehicles in Delhi will soon become costlier as the Delhi government on Monday approved a proposal on the new road tax rates.
Three members of Jhintu Bariha’s family died one after the other between September 6 and 9, 2009 – his three-year-old son Sibaprasad, seven-month-old daughter Gundru and 35-year-old wife Bimla. They were ill and died without getting me
Extreme heat conditions in the northern region have caused leaves of cotton crops in Punjab to burn, which has given rise to fears of a low crop yield at the maturing stage. "We have found cases where the cotton leaves have burnt in a
Amid demand for inclusion of caste in the ongoing census, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government would soon take a decision on the issue. "I made a statement in Parliament in which I said that we shall take into accou
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no proposal before his government for creation of new states but there have been demands for a separate Telangana, which is being looked into by a committee. Singh also said he cannot offer
The Confederation of Newspapers and News Agencies Employees Organisations today said it will launch a country-wide agitation if the government failed to extend the tenure of the wage boards of journalists and non-journalists within the next three
As a product manager working for Ujjivan in the northern part of the country, I would say that it’s harder for people in the North to accept group guarantee than it is in the South. That bears out the theory that people in the South find it
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the "law of the land" should be allowed to take its course in dealing with the issue of Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru. "There is law of the land. They should be allow
Manipur-based Naga leaders today asked the Naga students to call off the month-long indefinite economic blockade of two national highways 39 and 53 in Manipur to end suffering of common people. In a joint statement, Naga Leaders Forum, Man
When a prime minister talks, a nation listens. That’s what happened earlier today when Manmohan Singh addressed his first press conference in four years. But because prime ministers say so little, as did Manmohan this morning, it is what the
