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  • pac meeting likely to be stormy

    PAC Meeting Likely To Be Stormy

    June 27, 2011 23:37 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 27: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is expected to witness a stormy meeting tomorrow as its chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi will table the 2G scam report, which was returned by the Lok

  • 886 applications received from unwilling land owners in

    886 Applications Received From Unwilling Land Owners In Singur

    June 27, 2011 22:46 IST

    Singur, June 27 : Altogether 886 applications have been received by the Hooghly district administration from “unwilling” land-owners in Singur, officials said today.A survey team from Alipore visited the Tata Motors plant site to assess

  • jayalalithaa opposes demand for bringing pm under lokpal

    Jayalalithaa Opposes Demand For Bringing PM Under Lokpal

    June 27, 2011 22:57 IST

    Chennai, June 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has said she was against bringing the Prime Minister under the Lokpal's ambit as it would undermine his authority and pave way for a "parallel government.""The Prime

  • vice admiral sinha new chief of integrated defence staff

    Vice Admiral Sinha New Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff

    June 27, 2011 22:13 IST

    New Delhi, June 27: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, an ace naval aviator, has been appointed Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (CISC), almost two months after the top tri-services post fell vacant.Sinha's name for the

  • lpg cylinders to cost rs 40 less in delhi for bpl families

    LPG Cylinders To Cost Rs 40 Less In Delhi For BPL Families

    June 28, 2011 10:22 IST

    New Delhi, June 27: LPG cylinders in Delhi will cost Rs 40 less for BPL and Antyodaya families and diesel 37 paise less for all, according to a city government decision aimed at providing relief

  • fuel price hike in national interest says congress

    Fuel Price Hike In National Interest, Says Congress

    June 27, 2011 22:15 IST

    New Delhi, June 27: Apparently finding itself on the backfoot over some UPA constituents too protesting the latest hike in fuel prices, Congress today said hard decisions have to be taken sometimes in national interest.The

  • mayawati s month long drive to check atrocities against

    Mayawati's Month Long Drive To Check Atrocities Against Women

    June 27, 2011 22:17 IST

    Lucknow, June 27: Under attack for spurt in crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, the state government today said it will launch a special one-month-long drive on July 1 to check atrocities against women.The decision

  • ranjan mathai is new indian foreign secretary

    Ranjan Mathai Is New Indian Foreign Secretary

    June 27, 2011 20:18 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 27 :  Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France, will be the next Foreign Secretary, succeeding Nirupama Rao.Mathai, a 1974-batch IFS officer, will assume from August one and will be there for a

  • congress workers court arrest in lucknow

    Congress Workers Court Arrest In Lucknow

    June 27, 2011 19:52 IST

    Lucknow, Jun 27 :  Scores of Congress leaders and workers led by UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi were today detained for defying prohibitory orders as they tried to march towards the assembly building here protesting

  • stalin meets kanimozhi in tihar jail

    Stalin meets Kanimozhi in Tihar jail

    June 27, 2011 19:35 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 27  :  DMK leader M K Stalin today met his half-sister and party MP Kanimozhi, arrested in connection with the 2G scam, at Tihar jail here.  Stalin, who flew in from Chennai

  • uttarakhand waives off vat on kerosene

    Uttarakhand Waives Off VAT On Kerosene

    June 27, 2011 19:27 IST

    Dehra Dun, June 27: Uttarkhand today said it would waive off VAT (value added tax) on kerosene, and would not charge VAT on the amount recently increased for diesel and LPG after the Centre on

  • give equal weightage to both lokpal bill drafts shanti

    Give Equal Weightage To Both Lokpal Bill Drafts, Shanti Bhushan Writes To Pranab

    June 27, 2011 19:13 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 27 :  Taking exception to the government's “comparative” analysis of the two drafts of the Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare team today asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to treat both its versions as

  • meerut husband tries to unite lovers but boy dumps girl

    Meerut Husband Tries To Unite Lovers, But Boy Dumps Girl

    June 27, 2011 21:15 IST

    Meerut, June 27: A few days after a husband accepted his newly-wedded wife as his sister and decided to reunite her with her old lover, the woman has reportedly been dumped by her former lover.Nitish

  • why would chhota rajan kill j. dey no answer from police

    Why Would Chhota Rajan Kill J. Dey? No Answer From Police

    June 27, 2011 19:11 IST

    Mumbai, June 27: Hard-boiled crime reporters covering the Mumbai Police beat are yet to be convinced over the open-and-shut manner in which police has claimed to have solved the J. Dey murder case.Both Police Commissioner

  • rahul gandhi meets minor kannauj girl in aiims

    Rahul Gandhi Meets Minor Kannauj Girl In AIIMS

    June 27, 2011 18:20 IST

    New Delhi, June 27: Rahul Gandhi today met a 14-year-old girl from Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, undergoing treatment at the AIIMS here after being stabbed in the eye allegedly by two youths when she resisted a

  • leaking health info may land you in jail

    Leaking Health Info May Land You In Jail

    June 27, 2011 18:23 IST

    New Delhi, June 27: Leaking information on the health of an individual may earn a term in prison for six months and also a fine up to Rs one lakh. According to the new Privacy

  • ramdev s attack is nothing more than yoga exercise says law

    Ramdev's Attack Is Nothing More Than Yoga Exercise, Says Law Minister Moily

    June 27, 2011 18:06 IST

    New Delhi, June 27: Law Minister Veerappa Moily today dubbed Ramdev's fresh attack on the Government as nothing more than a “yoga exercise”.“That is one of his yoga exercises. Nothing much can be attributed to

  • now deve gowda wants to sit on indefinite fast from july 3

    Now, Deve Gowda Wants To Sit On Indefinite Fast From July 3

    June 27, 2011 17:54 IST

    Bangalore, Jun 27 : Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda today staged a sit-in near the official residence of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to highlight the alleged neglect of his home district of

  • sc slams mayawati govt over greater noida land acquisition

    SC Slams Mayawati Govt Over Greater Noida Land Acquisition

    June 27, 2011 17:39 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 27:  Criticising UP Government for acquiring prime agricultural land for building luxury flats in Greater Noida, the Supreme Court today questioned the invoking of urgency clause that bars farmers from raising objections

  • cbi makes discreet inquiries about ramdev trusts funding

    CBI Makes Discreet Inquiries About Ramdev Trusts' Funding Sources

    June 27, 2011 22:34 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 27: In a bid to find evidence of any ‘wrong-doings' in the yoga guru-cum-anti-corruption crusader Baba Ramdev's estimated Rs 1,100 crore, a team of CBI officials are making discreet enquiries to track

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