Toronto: The head of Canada`s spy agency has virtually rejected a key recommendation of the federal inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing, which stressed on enhancing powers of the national security adviser. "The Air...
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex slipped by nearly 117 points in the opening trade today, as IT stocks suffered setback after the industry bellwether Infosys Technologies posted third quarter earnings lower than the...
Durban: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his side was "completely outplayed" by South Africa in the first cricket one-dayer here today. Chasing 290 for victory, India suffered a top-order collapse and slumped to...
(image) New Delhi: For their ability to reach out to people who cannot read and for those who want to multitask in modern day busy lifestyle, audiobooks in India are slowly getting popular, though the...
(image) New Delhi: Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan and svelte actress Katrina Kaif has been voted the most desirable man and woman respectively in a new online poll. The `Guzaarish` star was followed by Salman Khan...
Bhubaneswar: Targetting completion of four laning of National Highway-203 between Bhubaneswar and Puri before 2015, the state government on Wednesday decided to start work from next month, official sources said. The decision was taken at...
Bhubaneswar: A total 5,912 cases of violation of Control of Tobacco Product Act (COTPA), 2003 were detected in Bhubaneswar and Rs 6,89,450 fine realised during the past 10 months. Commissioner of police B K Sharma...
Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the future requirement of minerals in the state, the Orissa government plans to regulate export of iron ore and chrome abroad and at home. "I have accepted a proposal from the...
Bhubaneswar: Intense cold wave gripped the entire state with the mercury nosediving to a ten year low to 9.9 degree Celsius here on Wednesday. With reports of temperature remaining below ten degrees at 16 meteorological...
Bhubaneswar: Like Forest Rights Act safeguards rights of tribals and other traditional forest dwellers over land and other resources, a similar law is being envisaged for the fishermen community by the Center. For this, the...
New Delhi: Hitting out at Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday said his "improper" remarks against the CAG on the 2G spectrum issue had hurt the dignity of the government auditor....
New Delhi: The telecom ministry on Wednesday extended till January 31 the tenure of the one-man committee under retired Supreme Court judge Justice Shivraj V Patil which is looking into the appropriateness of procedures followed...
Moscow: Russia on Wednesday blamed human error as the prime cause of the crash that killed Poland`s President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others, saying the crew of the presidential aircraft were forced to land in...
New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday took dig at Rahul Gandhi on his remark that coalition politics was responsible for rising prices, saying even the NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a coalition regime but...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said a commemorative event to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is being planned to be held in Chicago where the 19th century philosopher had...
Colombo: Sri Lanka`s opposition on Wednesday demanded that the government lift the emergency before local elections in March, saying there was no justification for continuing curbs, two years after the end of civil strife in...
Islamabad: US Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday dismissed criticism that his country favours India and wants to "weaken or dismantle" Pakistan, saying the strategic partnership between Washington and Islamabad, including in the fight against...
Rishikesh: A man-eater tigress, which had let loose a rein of terror in the Corbett Tiger Reserve by killing 4 women in nearly two month, was injured in an attempt by Uttarakhand forest department hunters...
Durban: South African skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the first one-dayer here on Wednesday. For India, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, S Sreesanth and Umesh Yadav have...
New Delhi: Deprecating various high courts` tendency to summon senior government officials at the drop of a hat, the Supreme Court has counselled them to avoid doing it unless absolutely necessary, saying it would amount...
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