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  • six metro stations to remain close from 8 am to 6 pm on

    Six metro stations to remain close from 8 AM to 6 PM on Sunday

    August 24, 2012 21:01 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24: Six Metro stations in Central Delhi will be closed for most part of the day on Sunday, an apparent precautionary step following a call by erstwhile Team Anna to gherao residences

  • curfew lifted bandh suspended in kokrajhar for five hours

    Curfew lifted, bandh suspended in Kokrajhar for five hours

    August 24, 2012 20:57 IST

    Kokrajhar, Aug 24: The Bodoland Peoples' Front today suspended its indefinite bandh, called to protest arrest of its MLA Pradip Brahma, for five hours following the lifting of curfew for the same period.The indefinite curfew,

  • tejinder pursuing sinister anti national agenda v k singh

    Tejinder pursuing 'sinister anti-national agenda': V K Singh

    August 24, 2012 20:53 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24: Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh today told a Delhi court that ex-Lt Gen Tejinder Singh, who has filed a criminal defamation case against him and four other Army officials,

  • army out as floods ravage rajasthan yamuna in spate in delhi

    Army out as floods ravage Rajasthan, Yamuna in spate in Delhi

    August 24, 2012 18:39 IST

    Jaipur/Delhi/Churu/Sikar, Aug 24: Flood relief columns of the army have been pressed into service  to provide relief and rescue to millions of people facing floods in different parts of Rajasthan.  Army's Jaipur based South Western

  • after twitter clampdown us asks india to maintain balance

    After Twitter clampdown, US asks India to maintain balance

    August 24, 2012 17:20 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24: The government has issued a series of directions leading to levels of Internet censorship that have so far not been seen in India. In its attempt to curb hate comments in

  • sarabjit s sister meets president shinde

    Sarabjit's sister meets President, Shinde

    August 24, 2012 17:10 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24: The sister of Sarabjit Singh, the death row prisoner languishing in a Pakistani jail, today met President Pranab Mukherjee, seeking his intervention for his release and demanded that the Indian High

  • tejas aircraft to be put to test at pokhran in feb

    Tejas aircraft to be put to test at Pokhran in Feb

    August 24, 2012 17:05 IST

    Jodhpur, Aug 24: The much-awaited indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will now be put to test in the forthcoming air exercise “Iron Feast”, to be held in February next year in Pokhran of Jaisalmer.The

  • ups and downs for swamy in 2g crusade

    Ups and downs for Swamy in 2G crusade

    August 24, 2012 17:01 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24: Following is the chronology of events leading to the Supreme Court today rejecting the plea of Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking investigation into Finance Minister P Chidambaram's alleged role in

  • centre to act only against websites posting inflammatory

    Centre to act only against websites posting inflammatory content

    August 24, 2012 14:48 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24  :  Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said only those social media accounts which have posted objectionable and inflammatory content are being blocked and there is no need for others to be

  • ed issues notice against balkrishna for violating forex

    ED issues notice against Balkrishna for violating forex rules

    August 24, 2012 14:40 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 24 :  The Enforcement Directorate has slapped a show cause notice against a firm related to Yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna for alleged violations of forex rules.Balkrishna, who has been booked

  • vijay mallya offers 2.5 kg goldplated door to karnataka

    Vijay Mallya offers 2.5 kg goldplated door to Karnataka temple

    August 24, 2012 18:34 IST

    Bangalore, Aug 24: Tycoon  Vijay Mallya has donated a gold-plated door worth Rs 80 lakh to Lord Subrahmanya in a  temple in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, says a Mail Today report.  Mallya made the offering

  • niira radia back with new firm

    Niira Radia back with new firm

    August 24, 2012 18:37 IST

    New Delhi: Niira Radia is back. The corporate lobbyist who shut down her flagship firm Vaishnavi Corporate Communications last October, has incorporated a new company. And this time, she wants to have nothing to do

  • twitter unable to block 28 accounts govt firm on stand

    Twitter unable to block 28 accounts, govt firm on stand

    August 23, 2012 22:46 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 23: Twitter has conveyed that it was facing technical difficulties in blocking certain webpages where morphed and inflammatory images were uploaded but the government made it clear that the social networking site

  • pilotless micro light aircraft lakshya 1 test flown

    Pilotless micro-light aircraft Lakshya-1 test flown successfully

    August 23, 2012 18:28 IST

    Balasore (Odisha), Aug 23: India's indigenously developed, micro-light pilot-less target aircraft ‘Lakshya-1' was successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here today.Lakshya-1, fitted with an advanced digitally controlled engine, was test

  • cag vinod rai posts personal details on website

    CAG Vinod Rai posts personal details on website

    August 23, 2012 18:22 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 23: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) today posted Vinod Rai's high school certificate showing his date of birth and the letter of his appointment as CAG on its official website.This comes

  • jayalalithaa asks pm to direct karnataka to release water

    Jayalalithaa asks PM to direct Karnataka to release water

    August 23, 2012 16:24 IST

    Chennai, Aug 23: Pressing her demand for convening the Cauvery River Authority meeting, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct Karnataka to release water to the state to

  • mumbai police commissioner arup patnaik shifted

    Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik shifted

    August 23, 2012 22:12 IST

    Mumbai, Aug 23: Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who was facing flak over the August 11 Azad Maidan violence in the city, has been transferred, Home Minister R R Patil said here today.Patnaik has been

  • 27 killed in rajasthan downpour relief work in full swing

    27 killed in Rajasthan downpour, relief work in full swing

    August 23, 2012 21:39 IST

    Jaipur, Aug 23: At least 27 persons were killed and several rendered homeless in the heavy rains that lashed Rajasthan in the past two days as authorities undertook large-scale relief work to mitigate the suffering

  • sc extends ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves

    SC extends ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves

    August 22, 2012 22:23 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 22: Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in

  • govt serves ultimatum to twitter to block offending webpages

    Govt serves ultimatum to Twitter to block offending webpages

    August 22, 2012 21:15 IST

    New Delhi, Aug 22: Government has given an ultimatum to social networking site Twitter to block nearly 30 of its webpages which continue to host morphed and inflammatory contents or face punitive action.The move comes

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