Mumbai,February 21 (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday confirmed the death penalty to 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, terming the case as rarest of rare and holding there was “no scope of reform” of
Ahmedabad, February 21 (Agencies): Both the Bible and Hindu mythology talk of how God turned one common language of mankind into many different tongues and scattered the people around the world, thus giving bir
Surat, February 21 (Agencies): A young girl from Surat, who is not in her teens yet, has been named the Indian Ambassador for the prestigious World Maths Day event to be held next month. Priyanshi Somani, 12, a
Paris, February 20 (PTI): Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said about 500 tax information exchange agreements have been signed between different countries across the globe, a development that will h
NEW Delhi, February 20 (PTI): The CBI, which is probing the 2G spectrum scam , has sought telecom regulator TRAI’s help to ascertain the loss to the government on allocation of spectrum to all operators b
New Delhi, February 20 (Reuters): The government has bowed to opposition demands for a parliamentary investigation into a major telecoms corruption scandal, lawmakers said on Sunday, in a move to end months of
Bhubaneswar, February 20 (PTI): The much-awaited talks between the Orissa government and mediators chosen by Maoists began here on Sunday for the release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector RV Krishna and
NEW Delhi, February 20 (PTI): Senior BJP leader L K Advani today took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for saying that he had to make “some compromises” to run a coalition and maintained that
Bhubaneswar, february 19 (Agencies): As Orissa on Saturday intensified efforts for the release of a district collector and a junior engineer abducted by Maoists three days ago, a mediator asked the state govern
Jammu, February 19 (PTI): Rejecting any difference with the Centre on the issue of revoking Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Disturbed Areas Act, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Satur
The briefcase-wielding officials in Oren Ginzburg’s satirical cartoon series ‘There you go!’ claim to want to ‘bring sustainable development’ to an imaginary forest-dwelling tribe.
New Delhi, February 18 (Agencies): Amidst all scandals and scams that the Congress is embroiled in, there is another controversy that seems to be staring the party in the face and Delhi’s Chief Minister S
New Delhi, February 18 (Agencies): The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging an Allahabad High Court order that dropped charges of criminal conspiracy against top BJP leaders including L K Advani and Murl
Bhubaneswar, February 18 (PTI): Asking Maoists to extend their two-day deadline, Orissa government on Friday said it has established contact with two mediators handpicked by the Naxals to negotiate the release
New Delhi, February 18 (PTI): Former telecom minister A Raja had jail food, slept on the floor during his first night in Tihar prisons and was up at 6.00am today to attend the roll call like any other prisoner.
New Delhi, February 17 (Agencies): Former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested for his alleged role in 2G Spectrum allocation scam, was sent to Tihar Jail by a Delhi court today under 14-days’ judicial custo
Gandhinagar, February 17 (Agencies): Reacting a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s allegations that the BJP had scuttled reforms because action was being taken day against a Gujarat minister (read
New Delhi, February 17 (PTI): India on Thursday conveyed its “deep concern” over the detention of 136 Indian fishermen in Jaffna and asked the Sri Lankan government to take “necessary” s
NEW Delhi, February 17 (Agencies): The government Thursday scrapped the controversial deal between Antrix, the commercial arm of Indian space agency ISRO, and private firm Devas on the allocation of space spect
Beijing, February 17 (Agencies): Amid a call by G-4 countries comprising India, Brazil, Germany and Japan for a quick UNSC reform, the state-run Chinese media has said that any attempt to rush through “pr