India

  • Info on corruption can’t be withheld under RTI Act: CIC
    New Delhi, March 22 (Agencies): Information on allegations of corruption is not excluded from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held. The information co
  • Five-year-old Indian boy becomes millionaire
    DUBAI, March 22 (PTI): A five-year-old Indian boy has become a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery at a national bond draw here. Ebrahim Fahimuddin Shaikh became the second millionaire in the year whe
  • Unaware of pending case against Thomas: Chavan
    Mumbai, March 22 (Agencies): Maharastra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday told Assembly that he as a union Minister of state for Personnel and Training was not aware of any negative vigilance report o
  • Nation Building: GenNext assisting MPs in policy making
    NEW Delhi, March 21 (Agencies): Uthara Ganesh, 22, always thought being an MP in India was all about making speeches and winning electoral battles. Until she decided to work with one. Her mindset underwent a st
  • WikiLeaks expose set to rock Parliament
    NEW Delhi, March 21 (PTI): The cash-for-vote scam is expected to cast its shadow on Parliament on Tuesday with the BJP planning to move a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for allegedly mis
  • Six little-known email tricks for greater productivity
    Mumbai, March 21 (Agencies): For most of us, attending to e-mail is not just an optional part of our daily routine. It’s a requirement - and sometimes not a pleasant one. That’s why it makes sense t
  • Carmakers to increase prices
    New Delhi, March 19 (PTI): The beginning of the next financial year (2011-12) will see top carmakers increasing their prices due to growing input cost which is affecting their bottomlines. While Tata Motors has
  • 15 Dmr NIITians short-listed in reputed orgs
    Dimapur, March 19 (MExN): Fifiteen NIITians of NIIT Dimapur Centre were short-listed in reputed organizations in the recently held NIIT’s Mega North-East IT Job Fair at Handique College, Guwahati. A press
  • After Congress, BJP hit by WikiLeaks disclosure
    New Delhi, march 19 (PTI): BJP was on Saturday hit by the Wikileaks expose with US diplomatic cables stating that the party leadership had told them that its criticism of the US in public was to score “ea
  • Corruption, land-grab among 16 charges slapped on Justice Dinakaran
    New Delhi, March 20 (Agencies): Corruption, land-grab and abuse of judicial office are among the 16 charges framed against Justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing removal proceedings in Parliament. A three-member commit
  • AIADMK seals seat-sharing deals with Left
    CHENNAI, March 19 (PTI): Seeking to mollify allies miffed over its “unilateral” announcement of candidates for 160 constituencies, AIADMK today concluded seat sharing arrangements with the Left part
  • Karmapa’s office hands over $150,000 to ED
    Dharamsala, March 19 (Agencies): Over a month after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at the monastery where the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is residing and recovered huge amounts of unacc
  • Sonia calls Maya symbol of women’s empowerment
    NEW Delhi, March 19 (Agencies): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi elevated arch-rival Mayawati to a pedestal by identifying to a global audience the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh as a big symbol of women’s em
  • Cong seeks more time from TMC
    New Delhi, March 19 (PTI): Taken by surprise, Congress today said it has sought more time to resolve the differences with its ally Trinamool Congress which has made a unilateral decision to announce a list of c
  • JD-S levels another allegation against CM Yeddyurappa
    Bangalore, March 19 (PTI): In a further jolt to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the JD-S on Saturday accused him of receiving Rs 13 crore “kickback” through two private firms owned by his family, fr
  • PM rejects WikiLeaks exposé
    NEW Delhi, March 18 (PTI): Strongly rejecting allegations of bribery during the 2008 Trust Vote, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said nobody from the Congress or the government engaged in any “unl
  • Women’s voices should be heard in climate change debate: Sonia
    London, March 18 (PTI): Women’s voices should be heard in the ongoing global climate change debate as they have played a stellar role in raising environmental consciousness, Congress President Sonia Gandh
  • Talwars to face trial for Aarushi’s murder
    New Delhi, March 18 (Agencies): In a big setback for Aarushi’s parents, the Allahabad High Court, Friday, rejected two spate petitions filed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, thereby paving way for the starting
  • Mamata goes ahead with her list, leaves only 64 seats for Cong
    Kolkata, March 18 (Agencies): Trinamool Congress on Friday unilaterally announced candidates for 228 constituencies for the Assembly elections in West Bengal, leaving 64 seats to Congress and remaining two to a
  • NPPA revises prices of drugs: 62 medicines to cost more
    NEW Delhi, March 17 (PTI): The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) today said it has increased prices of 62 drugs, which are mainly based on indigenously manufactured insulin, giving a filip to dom