Raghuram Rajan era begins at Mint St
Mumbai: Dr Raghuram Rajan swept into office as the 23rd governor of the Reserve Bank of India with a spectacular bunch of high profile, but down-to-earth changes that would be undertaken in the next...
View ArticleMHA clueless on Hyderabad status
Hyderabad: The Union home ministry is still not clear on what will be the status of Hyderabad which has been declared the joint capital of the two bifurcated halves of the state for 10 years by the...
View ArticleReliance moves HC for release of Cherry’s films
Hyderabad: Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday seeking directions to the state government and the police to take steps to ensure the smooth release and...
View ArticleDon’t worry about corruption by politicians, Kiran tells civil servants
Hyderabad: Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy’s remarks on Wednesday that one should not worry too much about political corruption, as the excess money earned by a politician would flow back into the...
View ArticleHiked LPG prices irk consumers
Hyderabad: There is growing resentment among domestic LPG consumers about the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme being implemented in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts from September 1. Due to lack of...
View ArticleHercule Poirot to be ‘resurrected’
Agatha Christie’s mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot is to be resurrected in a new novel nearly 40 years after his last adventures, it was announced on Wednesday. British crime writer Sophie Hannah...
View ArticleCBI sends a fresh list of missing coal files to A-G
The CBI, which sent a fresh list of “missing files” to the attorney-general, who in turn forwarded it to the coal ministry, made it clear the documents it has sought are “crucial” to complete its...
View ArticleGovt puts RTI Act changes on hold
With the Opposition on board, the government on Thursday decided to refer a bill that sought to keep political parties out of the ambit of the Right to Information Act to a standing committee of...
View ArticleJust after acquittal, man killed near Saket court
A 30-year-old man was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants soon after he was acquitted in an attempt to murder case by a Saket court. The incident took place near the Saket court complex in...
View ArticleModi under attack: Goa CM hits out
After “loyalist” top cop D.G. Vanzara’s salvo, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is being questioned over his handling of the 2002 communal carnage by another “loyalist” — Goa CM Manohar Parrikar. Mr Parrikar,...
View ArticleIndia must wait longer for Brics ‘kitty party’
India will have to wait for much longer than it had hoped to play kitty party with the group of five emerging economies and draw support from a common currency pool. Though the group of five — Brazil,...
View ArticleOlympics ban to stay as IOC firm on ethics
India looks condemned to an extended stay in the Olympic twilight zone thanks to the intransigence of its sports administrators. Ahead of its 125th general assembly, the International Olympic Committee...
View ArticleRussian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President Barack Obama at the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President Barack Obama at the start of the G-20 summit on Thursday in St. PetersburRussian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President Barack Obama at...
View ArticleParty fiat on Telangana vote
Hyderabad: Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is expecting a direction from the high command to pass a resolution on Telangana in the last week of this month. If the direction comes, the Assembly will...
View ArticleTelangana parties call for 24-hr stir, to block seemandhra men
Hyderabad: The Telangana Joint Action Committee and the Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti have called for a 24-hour bandh from Friday night to Saturday night to protest against the Save Andhra Pradesh...
View ArticleTelangana schools to stay closed on Saturday
Hyderabad: The Telangana Students’ JAC gave a 48-hour bandh call from Friday 5 am to Saturday 5 pm in both Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts. The OU JAC leaders declared that they will block highways...
View Article15 villages brought under Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The state government on Thursday issued orders merging 15 more gram panchayats with Greater Hyderabad, adding strength to the talk that the Centre is considering granting Union Territory...
View ArticleGanesh Chaturthi celebrations begin
Hyderabad: The 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations began here on Monday. Beautiful pandals have been erected at almost every nook and corner of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad....
View ArticleAjit Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, two BJP MPs detained en route to Muzaffarnagar
Ghaziabad (UP): RLD chief Ajit Singh, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad and two BJP MPs were detained by the police after they attempted to enter UP to visit violence-hit Muzaffarnagar district. Singh,...
View ArticleGovernment to bear babus' medical treatment expenses abroad,air fare
New Delhi: Bureaucrats and their dependent family members can now get complex medical treatment abroad at state expense and also get their airfare reimbursed under government's new rules that comes at...
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