Poll costs ceiling to be raised: Moily
Bengaluru, Feb. 13: The Union law minister, Mr Veerappa Moily, said on Sunday that the decision to enhance poll expenses to `40 lakh for a Lok Sabha seat and `16 lakh for an Assembly seat will be take
Shourie to be grilled by CBI on spectrum
New Delhi, Feb. 13: The CBI, which is probing possible criminal aspects, if any, in the allotment of spectrum licences since 2001, will question the former communications minister, Mr Arun Shourie, he
Vijays Angel clinches Hyderabad feature
Feb. 14: L.V.R.Deshmukh-trained Vijays Angel was ably ridden by jockey P.S. Chouhan to win The M.L.N. Reddy Memorial Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Monday.
The results:
1. The M.L.N
Pak singer Rahat held with $1.5L
New Delhi, Feb. 13: Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who has done a number of Bollywood hit numbers, was detained at the IGI Airport here by revenue intelligence officers Sunday evening after he
Tata expands aerospace plans in city, sets up 3 cos
Feb. 14: Tata Advanced Systems (TAS) would set up its three new aerospace manufacturing facilities in Hyderabad. While one facility would be a Tata enterprise, the other two in joint venture with US a
China baulks as India steps up moves for UNSC berth
New Delhi, Feb. 13: The external affairs minister, Mr S.M. Krishna’s outreach effort at the United Nations (UN) to introduce a sense of urgency to the text-based negotiations for the Security Council
26/11 probe to figure in next Indo-Pak talks
New Delhi, Feb. 13: After India’s recent round of talks with Pakistan in Bhutan, the Union home secretary, Mr G.K. Pillai, is likely to extend an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart Mr Chaudhry Q
Pace-oriented team strategies could backfire
Feb. 12: Batsmen will be licking their lips. For the next one-and-a-half months, deliveries are unlikely to bounce higher than their waist — if they do they’ll be innocuous enough. Quicker ones will
SMK reads Portuguese FM speech
New Delhi, Feb. 12: It was an innocent mistake, but one which caused the external affairs minister, Mr S.M. Krishna, embarrassment.
Addressing the UN Security Council in New York on Friday, the mini
S-band row: Isro biz arm to get new chief
New Delhi, Feb. 12: Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Isro, will have a new chairman. A process to restructure Antrix Corp. has now started in the wake of the controversial two-satellite d