Increase investment in India: Pranab urges diaspora
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday urged non-resident Indian (NRI) entrepreneures to increase investment in India, saying the the economic engagement of the diaspora was not been upto the pot
Illegal mining will trigger crisis in Goa: NGO
Goa might have to face a "Japan-sized" calamity if rampant illegal mining in the state is not curbed, a spokesperson for the NGO Bharat Swabhiman Trust (BST) said on Monday. The organisation, led by yoga guru Swami Ramdev, had zeroed in on illegal mining as one of the most critical issues concerning Goa, president of the group Bharat Ghullanawar told a press conference here.
AP twist: YSR's brother pledges loyalty to Congress
Hyderabad: Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's brother YS Vivekananda Reddy on Tuesday said he would remain in the Congress and denied his nephew YS Jaganmohan Reddy's allegation
Asiad: Women's 4x400m relay team wins 13th gold for India
Asiad: Women's 4x400m relay team wins 13th gold for India
In a sensational display of skill, women's relay team repeat their 2006 Doha Games performance.
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'PM not obliged to sanction Raja prosecution'
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not obliged under the law to grant sanction to launch prosecution proceedings against then telecom minister A Raja in the 2G spectrum scam, Attorney Genera
Left's self-appraisal on anti-Maoist action
New Delhi: With assembly elections in West Bengal barely a year away, the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday released a self-appraisal of its 'efforts' against the Maoists in th
Court okay with Centre’s idea of 70-year tenure
New Delhi, Nov. 2: The chiefs of National Sports Federations (NSFs) received a jolt on Tuesday with the Delhi High Court upholding the sports ministry’s guidelines restricting their tenure of office a
Zimbabwean women raping men for rituals
London, Oct. 9: Women in Zimbabwe are abducting and raping men for ritual purposes, British media reports said on Saturday.
Six men have been gang-raped by women in the last 11 months in this deeply
Teen suffers haemorrhage after sex
A 17-year-old girl in China who suffered a brain haemorrhage after having sex with a man has sought 1.57 million yuan ($231,000) as compensation, blaming him for not helping her in time.
The girl's p
State of infrastructure not good enough, need to do more: PM
New Delhi, July 24: India is not meeting its infrastructure development targets and needs to rework its strategy of implementing mega projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Saturday while a