India

  • Aarushi’s parents charged with double murder
    Ghaziabad, February 9 (Agencies): Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were today made an accused in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi by a special CBI court which rejected the agency’s closure report in th
  • Shastri: Portrait of an honest PM
    NEW Delhi, February 9 (Agencies): At a time when Indian politicians make news for corruption and misuse of power comes a book on Lal Bahadur Shastri, the country’s second prime minister who was so upright
  • India begins 1.2 bn population headcount
    New Delhi, February 9 (Agencies): Some 2.7 million officials fanned out across the country Wednesday to begin the mammoth exercise of headcounting India’s estimated 120 crore (1.2 billion) people, with Pr
  • Aero India 2011: Defence firms vie for India orders
    BANGALORE, February 8 (PTI): Global defence manufacturers, competing to sell products to one of the fastest growing aircraft markets in the world, are poised to unveil new products at India’s biennial air
  • RBI to issue new Rs. 10 denomination coins
    Chandigarh, February 8 (PTI): The Reserve Bank of India will soon put new coins of Rs. 10 denomination into circulation to felicitate its Platinum Jubilee. The front face of the coins will have the Ashoka Pilla
  • Hyundai to launch 6 models in 3 years
    NEW Delhi, February 8 (PTI): Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday said it will launch at least six new models in the next three years as it looks to enhance its position in the domestic car market. The company, which
  • Centre may agree on JPC to break stalemate
    NEW Delhi, February 8 (Agencies): Indicating that the deadlock in parliament over the opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam could finally end, the g
  • ‘Guns, stones give nothing to Kashmir’
    JAMMU, February 8 (Agencies): Guns and stones have given nothing to the people of Kashmir Valley “except death and destruction”, says senior political leader and Agriculture Minister Ghulaam Hassan
  • Security guard bends down to clean Mayawati’s shoes, opposition slams CM
    AURAIYA, February 8 (PTI): A personal security officer of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati touched a new low when he bent down to wipe her dusty shoes with his handkerchief during her visit to the district
  • German, Swiss govts promise help on black money; assert secrecy
    NEW Delhi, February 6 (PTI): Germany and Switzerland have promised full support to India in unearthing black money stashed in their countries, but have asserted that their secrecy clause - barring Indian govern
  • “Public Relations sector is fast emerging as one of the most powerful sectors”
    Guwahati, February 5 (MExN): Madhuchanda Adhikari Choudhury, chairperson of Public Relations Society of India Guwahati Chapter presented a report of the PRSI National Conference that was held in Kolkata from De
  • Maruti’s luxurious sporty sedan Kizashi
    Maruti Suzuki India Chief Executive Officer Shinzo Nakanishi, right, and managing executive officer of sales and marketing Mayank Pareek pose next to a Maruti Suzuki Kizashi at its India launch in New Delhi, Fe
  • Rs 2 L cost imposed on Merc India
    New Delhi, February 6 (Agencies): Premier luxury car manufacturer Mercedes Benz and one of its Chennai-based dealers have been ordered by the national consumer commission to pay Rs 2 lakh as damages to a custom
  • Legal order must constantly adapt itself to change: PM
    Hyderabad, February 6 (Agencies): Developing countries needed a legal system that was conducive to rapid economic development and one that had a bulit-in mechanism to promote equitable distribution of gains fro
  • Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party to merge with Cong
    NEW Delhi, February 6 (PTI): Congress in Andhra Pradesh today got a major boost today when actor Chiranjeevi announced the merger of his Praja Rajyam Party with it that could come as a breather for the ruling p
  • Karunanidhi sends notice to Swamy over 2G remarks
    CHENNAI, February 6 (Agencies): Rejecting charges of his involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Sunday issued a legal notice to Janata Party pr
  • JuD leaders chant ‘jihad’, would not mind Indo-Pak N-war
    ISLAMABAD, February 6 (PTI): Extremist leaders, including Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, have stepped up calls for jihad against India, even advocating the use of nuclear weapons if needed in the R
  • Don’t approach law officers directly for legal opinion: Govt
    New Delhi, February 6 (PTI): Unhappy with its law officers giving independent advice to various ministries without consulting it, the law ministry has shot off a letter to all central ministries and departments
  • Pranab to make another bid to break Parliament deadlock
    New Delhi, February 6 (PTI): With budget session a fortnight away, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government begins a fresh exercise on Tuesday to resolve the deadlock in Parliament on the issue of Joint
  • Gandhi, Akbar among TIME magazine’s top icons
    New York, February 6 (PTI): Indian political geniuses Mahatma Gandhi and Emperor Akbar have been listed among the ‘Top 25 Political Icons’ of all time by TIME magazine, along with Tibetan spiritual