Need to rationalise fuel prices: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said India needs to rationalise the prices of petroleum products while insulating the common man from its effects.
MP: Dismiss suspended IAS officer
The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday recommended to the Centre the dismissal of suspended IAS officer Arvind Joshi, whose official residence here was raided by the income-tax department in February 2010 and over `3 crores in cash and documents showing investment in properties and other assets running into hundreds of crores were seized.
Interlocutors hold talks with Maoists
A three-member Naxal group led by CPI (Maoist) South Bastar Regional Committee secretary Ramana, alias Ravulu Srinivas, reportedly held talks with their two interlocutors in Tadmetla forest, in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, on Saturday night to decide the fate of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, in Naxal captivity since April 21.
KFC asked to pay over girl’s brain damage
An Australian court on Friday ordered the fast food giant KFC to pay 8 million Australian dollars to the parents of a Sydney girl who was left paralysed and brain damaged after eating its chicken twis
Indian delegation visits Sri Lanka’s war-torn north
An Indian parliamentary delegation has visited Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north where a large number of India-sponsored projects are being carried out, authorities said on Thursday.
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney in a tight race: Poll
President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race in the November presidential poll as Romney solidified support within his party, according to a new p
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav impresses Corporate America
Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav seems to have highly impressed leaders of Corporate America who think he represents the young population of India who want change and progress.
Zardari’s trip to Ajmer a message against extremism: US media
Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip 'heavy on symbolism if not on substance', the US media on Monday said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in
Chinese workers seek end to ‘eating bitterness’
In the eight years since Zhang Shuxiang first left her village in the poor interior of central China, she worked in 20 factories before coming to the assembly line of a Foxconn plant making products f
CPI-M broods over ‘imponderable’ changes in China
After decades of leaning towards the neighbouring Communist comrades in China, CPI(M) is having a critical look on the shift in policies of Chinese Communist Party that is taking 'imponderable' steps