Rosaiah, other Congress leaders hold anti-RSS protest
Andhra Pradesh chief minister K. Rosaiah, state Congress chief D. Srinivas, party MPs and other leaders on Friday participated in a massive protest here against RSS leader K.S.
Harvard scholar is frontrunner for Tibetan PM-in-exile
Dharamsala: Lobsang Sangey, a senior fellow of Harvard Law School, on Friday emerged as the frontrunner during the primary poll to nominate candidates for the Kalon Tripa or 'prime minister' of the Ti
Sensex down 289 points in afternoon
Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities on Friday was trading 289 points lower with realty and metal stocks in the red. The dull cues from Asian markets also pulled down sentiments.
The 30-share
Discourage sale of BMWs, Audis, says Jairam
New Delhi: Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday called for corrections in the fiscal policy to discourage luxurious cars like BMW and Audi in the country as they were a major sourc
2G: Raja refuses to give up throne, says matter is with judiciary
New Delhi: Stating he had full faith in the judiciary, Communications and IT Minister A Raja said on Friday that there was 'no question' of him resigning over allegations that he was involved in the 2
India to host four big hockey events in three years
Montreux: The International Hockey Federation has allotted four major events to India in the next three years. The Netherlands will host the 2014 men's and women's World Cup.
India will conduct the 2
Why should we not bring down your building, Adarsh society asked
New Delhi: The environment ministry on Friday issued a show cause notice to Mumbai's scam-tainted Adarsh housing society for removing the unauthorised structure for violating environmental laws.
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Beeline for cabinet berths in Mumbai ahead of swearing-in
Mumbai: With legislators from the Congress and ally Nationalist Congress Party jostling for cabinet berths since morning on Thursday, Maharashtra's chief minister designate Prithviraj Chavan got a tas
2G spectrum scam haunts govt, stalls Parliament
Pressure on the government to act against IT minister A Raja for his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scandal mounted on Thursday as opposition MPs continued to press for his ouster, forcing par
16 die in El Salvador prison blaze
San Salvador: At least 16 people were killed and more than 20 injured in a fire at a prison in El Salvador's Ilobasco city, authorities said.
"There are 16 dead," Salvadoran Red Cross spokesman Carl