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  • m. aslam appointed ignou vice chancellor

    M. Aslam appointed IGNOU vice-chancellor

    March 20, 2013 22:36 IST

    New Delhi, Mar 20: Professor M. Aslam has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), an official statement said Wednesday.Aslam, currently a professor at the varsity's School of Continuing

  • uk s junior foreign minister hugo swire meets modi

    UK's junior foreign minister Hugo Swire meets Modi

    March 20, 2013 21:26 IST

    Gandhinagar, Mar 20: UK's Minister of State for the Foreign Office Hugo Swire today met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and later said it was “a logical next step” in his country's relations with Gujarat.The

  • supreme court verdict on sanjay dutt in mumbai blasts case

    Supreme Court verdict on Sanjay Dutt in Mumbai blasts case today

    March 21, 2013 9:51 IST

    New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver on Thursday its verdict on actor Sanjay Dutt's appeal for acquittal in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case.Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to six years imprisonment  under the Arms

  • tamil protests in mumbai chennai and coimbatore over sri

    Tamil protests in Mumbai, Chennai and Coimbatore over Sri Lankan war crimes

    March 20, 2013 20:43 IST

    Mumbai/Chennai/Coimbatore, Mar 20:  Protests were taken out today in different places of India over Sri Lankan war crimes and calling for a strong UN resolution to independently probe the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. Effigies

  • no new taxes in delhi s rs.37 450 crore budget

    No new taxes in Delhi's Rs.37,450 crore budget

    March 20, 2013 20:26 IST

    New Delhi, Mar 20: With an eye to the Delhi assembly elections scheduled for later this year, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday presented a Rs.37,450 crore budget for 2013-14 fiscal with no fresh taxes.The budget

  • goa terminates lease agreement with dlf for mall

    Goa terminates lease agreement with DLF for mall

    March 20, 2013 19:58 IST

    Panaji, Mar 20: The Goa government has terminated allotment of a plot worth Rs.90 crore to Delhi Leasing and Finance (DLF), a New Delhi-based real estate company, the Goa legislative assembly was told Wednesday.Chief Minister

  • centre turned down 232 cbi requests to prosecute tainted

    Centre turned down 232 CBI requests to prosecute tainted bureaucrats

    March 20, 2013 18:56 IST

    New Delhi, Mar 20 : Government has turned down 232 requests of the CBI seeking sanction to prosecute officials allegedly involved in corruption cases between 2009-2013, Lok Sabha was informed today.“From 2009 to February 2013,

  • india test fires submarine launched version of brahmos

    India test fires submarine-launched version of BrahMos missile

    March 20, 2013 18:08 IST

    Visakhapatnam, Mar 20: India today successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the over 290 km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal becoming the first country in the

  • given poison gurgaon engineering college student admitted

    Given poison, Gurgaon Engineering College student admitted to ICU after ragging by seniors

    March 20, 2013 17:24 IST

    Gurgaon, Mar 20: Tula Ram, a first year student of Gurgaon College of Engineering was admitted to the ICU of a local hospital, after senior students poisoned him and then beat him up, when he

  • maharashtra budget liquor tobacco cosmetics costlier

    Maharashtra budget: Liquor, tobacco, cosmetics costlier

    March 20, 2013 17:20 IST

    Mumbai, Mar 20: Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar today presented the state budget for 2013-14, hiking sales tax on liquor, tobacco and medicated cosmetics. Country liquor will be costlier by Rs 15 per litre, while 

  • mamata orders arrest of tmc councillor for dhapa violence

    Mamata orders arrest of TMC councillor for Dhapa violence

    March 20, 2013 16:27 IST

    Kolkata/ Bankura, Mar 20: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ordered the arrest of a Trinamool Congress councillor allegedly involved in violence at Dhapa on the city's eastern outskirts today leading to one death. 

  • italian marines kerala fishermen demand envoy mancini s

    Italian marines: Kerala fishermen demand envoy Mancini's arrest

    March 20, 2013 16:21 IST

    Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 20: Fishermen from Kerala staged a  sit in protest outside raj Bhavan here today demanding the arrest of the Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini who has been barred from leaving India in  the latest

  • 12 fishermen attacked by sri lankan naval personnel

    12 fishermen attacked by Sri Lankan naval personnel

    March 20, 2013 16:14 IST

    Madurai, Mar 20: Twelve fishermen were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan Naval personnel in two separate incidents when they were fishing off the Tamil Nadu coast, officials said.Four of those attacked have been hospitalised, they

  • one dead in clash between two trinamool groups

    One dead in clash between two Trinamool groups

    March 20, 2013 15:57 IST

    Kolkata, Mar 20: One person was today killed and several others were injured in a clash between two groups of people owing allegiance to two different Trinamool Congress leaders over a vacant piece of land

  • ap assembly adjourned as trs legislators stall proceedings

    AP assembly adjourned as TRS legislators stall proceedings

    March 20, 2013 15:53 IST

    Hyderabad, Mar 20: Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly was adjourned for the day without transacting any business today as Telangana Rashtra Samiti members did not allow any proceedings, demanding that the House adopts a resolution seeking

  • soft drinks cigarettes to cost more in punjab

    Soft drinks, Cigarettes to cost more in Punjab

    March 20, 2013 15:46 IST

    Chandigarh, Mar 20: Soft drinks and Cigarettes will cost more in Punjab effective April 1, with the state government hiking the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Rs 460.21 crore deficit budget presented in the

  • donations to kashi vishwanath temple now tax free

    Donations to Kashi Vishwanath temple now tax free

    March 20, 2013 14:57 IST

    Lucknow, Mar 20: Donations to the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi would now get 100 percent income tax exemption, an official spokesperson of the state government said. A decision to this effect was taken

  • two women in bhopal test positive for h1n1 virus

    Two women in Bhopal test positive for H1N1 virus

    March 20, 2013 14:53 IST

    Bhopal, Mar 20: Two young women tested positive for the deadly H1N1 virus here, official sources said today.  The swab samples of two women, both around 20 years of age, were found positive for H1N1

  • assault on cop by mlas chavan promises strictest action

    Assault on cop by MLAs: Chavan promises strictest action

    March 20, 2013 14:18 IST

    Mumbai, Mar 20: Condemning the beating up of a police officer by some MLAs within the Assembly premises, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said that based on the investigations into the incident strict

  • bombay hc dismisses petition seeking production of missing

    Bombay HC dismisses petition seeking production of missing person

    March 20, 2013 14:05 IST

    Mumbai, Mar 20: Observing that no case had been made out for interference in police investigations, the Bombay High Court has refused to entertain a Habeas Corpus petition filed by a man seeking production of

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