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
NEW Delhi, july 2 (Agencies): Invariably polite and punctilious, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s energy levels and intense concentration can give someone in his 20s a run for his money despite two heart s
New Delhi, July 2 (PTI): The country’s top corporate house Tata group’s stock market wealth on Friday crossed the USD 100 billion mark, as some of its companies including IT giant TCS gained value d
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, july 2 (agencies): The legend of El Dorado was definitely not set on the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. But the seven-member panel, which is drawing up a list of assets at the famed shrine her
Dimapur, July 2 (MExN): A 3-days training on “Noting and Drafting Skills” conducted with the objective to enable the participants to learn how to make good noting and drafting in their respective De
New Delhi, july 2 (Agencies): Indian paint majors are showing their true colours in neighbouring markets, by including dangerously high levels of lead in their products, according to a study conducted by some n
Madurai, July 1 (Agencies): The Madras High Court has ordered the home secretary to register a case against city police commissioner P Kannappan and 5 other policemen on charges of malicious prosecution and hum
Mumbai, July 1 (Agencies): Held guilty only for destroying evidence in the brutal murder of television executive Neeraj Grover three years ago, small-time Kannada actress Maria Susairaj can walk free anytime as
Kolkata, july 1 (agencies): Dubbing Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev and their followers as “handful of self appointed messiahs”, union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee lambasted the group stating that par
Mumbai, July 1 (PTI): A sessions court today rejected the bail plea of Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and his associate Kashinath Tapuriah, arrested in March by Enforcement Directorate which alleged that t
NEW DELHI, July 1 (Reuters): The rise of Rahul Gandhi to India’s top office is now more a question of when, not if. The handsome 41-year-old great-grandson of India’s first ever prime minister has l
NEW DELHI, june 28 (Agencies): Under attack from civil society activists, the media and some of his own party members, over perceived communication gap over critical issues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has de
NEW Delhi, june 28 (Agencies): More than a month after DMK leader MK Stalin had met his half-sister and party MP Kanimozhi, he paid her a visit in the women’s jail for about half an hour on Monday afterno
TOKYO, june 28 (Agencies): Women around the world feel stressed and pressed for time, but women in emerging markets are more stressed than their sisters in developed nations -- and Indian women say they are the
Indian police present before the media, six among the arrested seven suspects (faces covered) in the slaying of veteran Mumbai crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai, June 27. Police arrested seven suspects in
NEW Delhi, june 27 (Agencies): After allowing Baba Ramdev to share the dais with him during his fast in Jantar Mantar in April and later voicing support to the yoga guru, veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare has now la
New Delhi, June 27 (Agencies): Leaking information on the health of an individual may earn a term in prison for six months and also a fine up to Rs 1 lakh. According to the new Privacy Bill, 2011, which is slat
Islamabad, June 24 (Agencies): The two day India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary level talks ended here on Friday, with no substantial progress being made even as both sides agreed to carry forward the dialogue proc