Telangana slogans rent air after declaration
Karimangar: Telangana supporters and activists and leaders of different parties including Congress celebrated the UPA government’s announcement of its decision in favour of formation of separate...
View ArticleConcerns of some people on Telangana misplaced: Digvijay
New Delhi: Amid protests in parts of Andhra Pradesh over the decision of Congress and its allies to create Telangana, party leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday said "division of a state like division of...
View ArticleObama calls for economic reforms, wary of India, China
President Barack Obama has called for economic reforms in US saying that not doing so would mean waving the white flag to the rest of the world especially to emerging countries like India and China.“If...
View ArticleLast date for filing income tax returns extended to Aug 5
The government Wednesday extended the last date for filing of income tax returns by five days to August 5. The due date, which was Wednesday, has been extended in wake of “unprecedented surge” in...
View ArticleMayawati renews demand for splitting Uttar Pradesh into 4 parts
Lucknow: With the UPA giving its nod for the creation of a separate Telangana state, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday renewed her demand for splitting the state into four...
View ArticleTelangana: Bandh in Rayalaseema, coastal Andhra
Normal life was disrupted in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions Wednesday as a shutdown began in the two regions against the decision of the Congress and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to...
View ArticleCoal scam: CBI awaiting files from coal ministry
At least five crucial files related to allotment of coal blocks during 2006-09 have not been received by CBI that has again communicated to the coal ministry to make them available as soon as possible....
View ArticleRevelations embarrass govt, but CM unmoved
UP minister Ahmad Hasan has said that suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal should apologise even as embarrassment for the Akhilesh Yadav government over her suspension intensified on Tuesday after...
View ArticleAkhilesh, ministers vent ire on media
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his ministers on Tuesday vented their ire on the media in the Durga Shakti Nagpal case. During a official function here on Tuesday, the chief minister said, “Should...
View ArticleModi won’t fight LS polls, feels Cong
While speculation of the BJP’s election campaign committee chief Narendra Modi contesting the Lok Sabha elections is refusing to die down in the political circles, the Congress officials are predicting...
View ArticleAmazon’s Bezos, in surprise deal, buys Washington Post
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family’s 80-year ownership and hands one of America’s most influential...
View ArticleSC: Sanction not needed to probe officials; govt disagrees
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the government’s sanction should not be necessary before a probe can be initiated against its officers, particularly when the probe is being monitored by a...
View ArticleIndia slips out of trillion-dollar club
India slipped out of the elite global league of stockmarkets with a trillion-dollar valuation Tuesday, as the total value of all listed companies fell to $989 billion amid huge selling pressure on...
View Article6 terrorists may have sneaked in, warns IB
The attack on the Indian border outpost in Poonch along the Line of Control was a “well-planned and executed operation” by Pakistan Army regulars and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Mohammed militants....
View ArticleFury erupts in Parliament, spat between 2 MPs in RS
Both Houses of Parliament were rocked by uproar and adjournments over the killing of five Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops on the LoC on Tuesday, with the Rajya Sabha witnesss to an ugly spat...
View ArticleRajan is next RBI governor
Chief economic adviser Raghuram Rajan will be the new governor of the Reserve Bank. At 50, he will one of the RBI’s youngest governors when he takes charge on September 5. His appointment is for three...
View Article5 soldiers killed in Poonch strike by 20 men from Pak
In a daring and apparently well-planned cross-border raid by a team of heavily-armed Pakistan-based terrorists and suspected Pakistan Army “border action team” commandos, five jawans of the Indian Army...
View ArticlePolitical storm erupts over Antony's statement on LoC killings; BJP asks govt...
New Delhi: Political storm over Defence Minister A.K. Antony's statement on LoC killing paralysed Parliament on Wednesday with an aggressive Opposition accusing him of giving a 'clean chit' to Pakistan...
View ArticleAam Aadmi Party candidate Santosh Koli succumbs to injuries, Kejriwal lashes out
Gurgaon: Santosh Koli, a close aide of Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party candidate for Delhi polls who was critically injured in an accident, died today in a Gurgaon hospital after battling for life...
View ArticleOwners of Micromax mobiles arrested by CBI in bribery case
New Delhi: CBI on Wednesday arrested the two owners of Micromax mobiles while they were allegedly giving Rs 30 lakh bribe to the engineers of North Delhi Municipal Corporation for clearance to a...
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