India

  • Pro-Telangana parties threaten non-cooperation
    Hyderabad, February 5 (Agencies): Intensifying their agitation for Telangana, the TRS, BJP and other pro-Telangana organisations today announced that they will start a “non-cooperation movement” fro
  • IAF unveils ‘Super Hercules’ transport aircraft
    US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, left, presents a model of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft to Indian Defense Minister AK Antony, center, at a ceremony at the Air Force Station at Hindon n
  • Food inflation soars to 17.05%
    New Delhi, February 3 (PTI): Providing no respite to the common man, food inflation rose to 17.05 per cent for the week ended January 22, as Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed “grave concern̶
  • Will manage fluctuating oil prices: FM
    New Delhi, February 2 (Agencies): With political turmoil in Egypt pushing up global oil prices, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday hinted at keeping a status quo on the prices of petrol and diesel,
  • Maruti gears up for future with Kizashi launch
    A model poses next to a Maruti Suzuki Kizashi at its India launch in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. The 2.4 liter petrol engine sedan will be available in two variants priced at 1,650,000 and 1,750,
  • Chidambaram, Sushma in a verbal duel on CVC
    New Delhi, February 2 (Agencies): Home Minister P Chidambaram and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj were today locked in a verbal duel with the minister rejecting her claim that he had told the selection panel that CVC
  • Veteran Congress leader questions Sonia Gandhi’s leadership, eats his words
    Hyderabad, February 2 (Agencies): Senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh, G Venkataswamy, who created a flutter by demanding Sonia Gandhi’s resignation as party president, today said he is ready to wi
  • A Raja, a rare case of arrest of ex-union minister
    New Delhi, February 2 (PTI): Andimuthu Raja’s love for poetry is believed to have got him close to DMK supremo M Karunanidhi for a blazing political career but the script went awry in a rare case of a for
  • 15 ITBP aspirants fall to death from speeding trains
    SHAHJAHANUR/BAREILLY, February 2 (PTI): Fifteen youths were killed and several others injured on Tuesday when they fell from the roof of two speeding trains crammed with job aspirants returning from an ITBP rec
  • HIV+ may get medical insurance soon
    NEW Delhi, February 2 (Agencies): India could soon see a national medical insurance policy for people living with HIV (PLHIV). In a meeting with insurance companies and the Insurance Regulatory Development Agen
  • Michelle wants to make another trip to India: Obama
    WASHINGTON, February 2 (PTI): Fascinated by her maiden trip to Mumbai and New Delhi last November, US First Lady Michelle Obama wants to make another trip to India; but this time along with her two daughters Sa
  • Black money: NDA leaders, Chief Ministers to declare assets
    New Delhi, February 1 (PTI): Pledging to set an example in the fight against black money, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday said it would direct its Chief Ministers and senior most leaders to
  • Serious challenges to internal security: PM
    Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, left, speaks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a conference of chief ministers of Indian states on internal security, in New Delhi, February 1. Singh said Tuesday th
  • Anguished over blind race for power & pelf: Sonia Gandhi
    New Delhi, February 1 (PTI): In the backdrop of a series of scams hitting the government, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Tuesday expressed anguish over the race for power and pelf which after a certain limit t
  • Draft bill fixes sixteen years as age for consensual sex
    NEW Delhi, February 1 (PTI): Bringing sexual offences against children under legal purview for the first time, a draft bill on the issue fixes 16 years as the age of consent for sex and awarding harsh punishmen
  • Maverick Jairam Ramesh makes waves
    NEW DELHI, February 1 (Reuters): Feared by big business and distrusted by politicians, India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is the kind of person that normally ends up in the political cold for defy
  • India warns SL not to ‘repeat’ killings of fishermen, or else...
    New Delhi, February 1 (Agencies): Taking a serious note of the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, India today told Colombo that use of force against them should not be repeated an
  • Motorola launches smartphone Defy @ Rs 18,990
    New Delhi, February 1 (PTI): Handset maker Motorola Mobility India today announced the launch of its Android—based 3G smartphone ‘Defy’ priced at Rs 18,990. “With all the features consum
  • Mercedes relaunches premium Maybach
    NEW Delhi, February 1 (Agencies): German carmaker Mercedes Benz reintroduced its hyper-luxury Maybach car in India on Tuesday, pitching it at the country’s growing number of super-rich. The car, which can
  • Budget session to start on Feb 21
    New Delhi, January 31 (PTI): The budget session of Parliament will begin on February 21 and the general budget will be presented to the Lok Sabha on February 28. The session will be in two parts — the fir