Former Union law minister Ram Jethmalani on Thursday demanded setting up of a special investigation team to probe unaccounted money of Indians, estimated to the tune of 1500 billion dollars, lying in Swiss and other
After the government came under opposition attack on the handling of Naxal violence, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the state governments have the primary responsibility to fight the Maoist menace and the Centre
In the wake of various types of errors coming to light in the IIT-JEE question papers, the organisers on Thursday assured candidates that such mistakes would not affect evaluation and asked them not to panic.
An acrimonious debate began in the Lok Sabha on Thursday over the Dantewada massacre, as senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha allged that the Congress had taken help from Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh for “narrow political
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at Home Minister P Chidambaram accusing him of turning a blind eye to CPI(M) allegedly highjacking anti-Maoist joint operations in West Bengal's West Midnapur district. She
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today on a two-day visit during which he will attend the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) and India-Brazil- South Africa (IBSA) Summits and hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and
More people in India, the world's second most populous country, have access to a mobile telephone than to a toilet, according to a set of recommendations released on Wednesday by United Nations University (UNU) on
NEW DELHI: Key members of a consortium that won the franchise for the Kochi Indian Premier League (IPL) side wanted the team to be based Ahmedabad and not Kerala's commercial hub, former president of the
Uncle Talat Aziz presented a special ghazal for the newly-wed couple Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik at Hotel Taj Krishna on Wednesday evening. The reception is due on Thursday. The Taj Krishna was lit up for
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday night as the controversy surrounding him in the IPL snowballed with the opposition demanding his sacking. Tharoor, who
Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday ruled out resigning from the government and rejected charges that he had misused his office or indulged in corruption in IPL Kochi team's bid. "Have
As a fresh controversy exploded over Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that he may take action if warranted. "I have heard about these things (allegations
Concerned over the ongoing public spat between the two regulators, Government on Wednesday asked SEBI and IRDA to move court immediately on the contentious issue of who will regulate unit-linked insurance products. At the same
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Washinton on Wednesday for Brazil after attending the Nuclear Security Summit and holding talks with US President Barack Obama during which he asked him to press Pakistan to rein in
Breaking her silence over the raging IPL Kochi controversy, Sunanda Pushkar on Wednesday batted for her friend Shashi Tharoor, describing the union minister as a "principled" man and denying accusations that she was fronting for
The IPL controversy surrounding Shashi Tharoor took another twist on Wednesday with the Union minister having allegedly received a death threat asking him to stay clear of the Kochi franchise and a gym trainer in
Seven people - five men, a woman and an infant - died in a stampede on Wednesday morning at Maha Kumbh in Haridwar. The incident took place as the Sadhus were preparing to start their
At least 110 people were killed and over 200 injured when a storm packed with a windspeed of 125 kmph raged for 40 minutes leaving a trail of destruction in North Dinajpur district in West
The Enforcement Directorate has launched discreet inquiries into the inflow of funds from Dubai to finance the over-Rs1,500-crore IPL Kochi deal.According to the Mumbai newspaper DNA, transactions of over Rs400 crore were under the ED's
Ancient Egyptians Used to call it the kiss of death, the suave British used to name it devil's work. Iran bans use of lipstick among its women, yet lipstick and lipgloss have become part of
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