Jul 15 2008
Jharkhand transport secretary Sajjal Chakravarty, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer convicted in a multi-million fodder scam, complained of chest pain in the court Tuesday when the sentence was to be pronounced. Chakravarty was...
Jun 6 2008
“Cutting across the party lines, the government of different states should collectively come forward to sort out the issue,” Shekhawat told reporters here.
May 28 2008
A man, obsessed with having a son, killed his wife after they had three daughters in a village in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, the police said Sunday.
May 28 2008
Japan\’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has promised to double his country\’s aid to Africa within five years.Mr Fukuda made the pledge in front of leaders from more than 50 African countries at a conference in the Japanese city of Yokohama.He...
May 18 2008
Amitabh Bachchan is enjoying his blogging experience and “the ugly abuses, the healthy criticism” that come along with it. The Bollywood icon has clarified that his remarks about Shah Rukh Khan’s quiz show on his blog were...
May 13 2008
Karuna Amman, the Sri Lankan warlord jailed for entering Britain on a falsified visa and diplomatic passport, will not be prosecuted for war crimes and is likely to be deported soon. The former Tamil Tigers leader would not face further charges, the...
May 9 2008
Offers of pandas and vows of friendship between China and Japan gave way to harder questions on Wednesday as leaders of the two Asian powers met in a rare summit intended to build mutual trust despite festering disputes. Chinese President Hu Jintao...
May 2 2008
Banks have no plans to hike the interest rates on home loans in the immediate future and what could be more good news the rates could even fall. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s advice to public sector banks just two days after the Reserve...
Apr 28 2008
India’s PSLV-C9 has successfully injected ten satellites into orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), set up 35 years ago, may be a baby among the world’s space faring nations. But, it is competing with the other biggies to...
Apr 23 2008
The Indian rupee ended slightly stronger on Tuesday, helped by capital inflows, but its rise was limited by suspected central bank intervention and dollar buying by oil firms, dealers said. The partially convertible rupee ended at 39.955/965 per...