Kirpalpur, July 7 (PTI): Firing a fresh salvo at the Mayawati Government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said “dalals” were running Uttar Pradesh as people of the state are “divided“
New Delhi, July 7 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to place before it the status report on the probe conducted by it in the “cash-for-vote” scam during the trust vote f
GENEVA, July 6 (Reuters): A solid shift to green technologies in world farming is vital if endemic food crises are to be overcome and production boosted to support the global population, the United Nations said
HELSINKI, july 5 (Agencies): Nokia has cut prices of smartphones across its portfolio from early July in an attempt to slow the decline of its share in the higher-end of the cellphone market, 2 industry sources
New Delhi, July 5 (PTI): Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said his ministry is not pushing for foodgrains export in view of the proposed National Food Security Bill. His remarks comes days after Foo
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, July 5 (TNN): As Sree Padmanbha Swamy temple’s glittering gems are valued and tagged, it’s not just the diamonds that shine but also the royal family of the erstwhile princely st
New Delhi, July 5 (PTI): France on Tuesday said nothing in the existing and future Nuclear Supplier’s Group guidelines should be interpreted as detracting from the ‘clean’ exemption given to I
New Delhi, July 4 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former apex court judge B.P. Jeevan Reddy to monitor the investigation and the steps being
NEW Delhi, july 3 (PTI): Tatas and Ambanis may be known for being among the country’s wealthiest groups, but it takes as many as ten of them to match the stock market wealth of the conglomerate comprising
NEW Delhi, July 3 (PTI): Scotch lovers in the country can now savour their drinks without the fear of sipping a fake one, with India agreeing to formally recognise ‘Scotch Whiskey’ as a product that
New Delhi, July 3 (Agencies): The all-party meeting on Lokpal Bill has begun at 7, Race Course Road, the Prime Minister’s residence. The meeting, convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh aims at evolving
HYDERABAD, July 3 (Agencies): Four dissident Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislators from Telangana Sunday sent their resignations to the Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker even as both ruling Congress and the main o
PUTTAPARTHI, july 3 (Agencies): Skeletons continued to tumble out of Prashanti Nilayam with the Anantapur district authorities on Saturday seizing gold, silver, diamond ornaments worth Rs 76.89 lakh from Yajur
NEW Delhi, July 3 (Agencies): Be cruel to your pet or any other animal at your own peril. For, an offender could end up paying up to Rs 1 crore as fine or be jailed for up to five years. The environment and for
NEW Delhi, july 3 (PTI): Pakistan’s attitude towards tackling terrorism has “altered”, a “concrete” development that India should take note of, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao has s
New Delhi, July 2 (PTI): The CPI(M) on Saturday accused the Congress of reversing its own stand of bringing the Prime Minister under Lokpal purview, saying a parliamentary panel headed by senior party leader Pr
Hyderabad, July 2 (Agencies): Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Congress party on Saturday began efforts to dissuade its parliament and state legislature members from the Telangana region from resigning on Monday,
NEW Delhi, July 2 (PTI): Tihar prison authorities on Saturday ordered an inquiry into reports claiming that sacked CWG organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi is getting special treatment inside the jail p
New Delhi, July 2 (PTI): Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar was on Saturday unanimously chosen the next Central Vigilance Commissioner, four months after the Supreme Court had quashed the appointment of P.J. Thoma
Nagpur, July 2 (Agencies): In a novel proactive step towards curbing the menace of female foeticide, the Indian Medical Association’s DASS Committee (Doctor against Sex Selection Committee) has announced