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Mumbai: Donning an Anna Hazare cap, Congress MP from North Mumbai Sanjay Nirupam, who faced protesters in suburban Vile Parle on Monday, said he supported the Gandhian`s movement on the issue of corruption. "I support Anna`s movement as far as corruption is concerned. Because this is a big issue, it is a big cause and […]

New Delhi: Chairman of the Standing Committee on Lokpal Abhishek Singhvi today said differences between Team Anna and the Government was not much on content but on the methodogy and promised to present an "acceptable to all" bill within three months. "You and I are together as far the objective and content is concerned. The […]

New Delhi: Union Ministers and MPs on Monday faced the heat over the Lokpal issue when protesters staged demonstrations outside their homes in several parts of the country heeding Anna Hazare`s call to visit the elected representatives. In the Capital, a dharna was staged by Hazare supporters in front of the residences of Finance Minister […]

Thiruvananthapuram: South-west monsoon has been weak over Kerala. Rain occurred at most places in Lakshadweep and a few places in kerala. According to meteorology sources here, Amini,Kavarathi,Arayankavu,Kudilu,Hosdrug,Mannarcad and Perumadu reported a rainfall of 1 cm. Forecast valid until the morning of August 24, rain or thunder showers will occur at many places in Kerala and […]

Panaji: Cyclone Phyan which hit the Konkan-Goa shore in 2009 was a calamity in terms of lives lost and property destroyed. But researchers say that it benefited the marine life in the Arabian Sea. A recently-published study by researchers at Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) on the impact of Phyan shows that it gave […]

Kharagpur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for finding technical and scientific solutions to complex problems affecting the society. "Whether it is rapid urbanisation, climate change or energy security, our scientific and entrepreneurial energy should be channelled to spark a second green revolution, find new pathways for sustainable growth and living and make green […]

New Delhi: Army is planning to set up a mountain strike corps and is talking to various states including in the northeast against the backdrop of a Chinese build up of military infrastructure on its side of boundary. "We are in talks with the governments of states including Assam, West Bengal and Bihar for setting […]

Cincinnati: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their third title of the season and first at Cincinnati after 10 years, following a hard-fought win over Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic in the summit clash of the Western and Southern Open here. The third seeds edged past the fourth seeded French-Serbian combination 7-6(4) 7-6(2) after battling […]

London: The injury-ravaged Indian cricket team’s wretched tour of England just got worse with opener Virender Sehwag and pacer Ishant Sharma ruled out of the lone Twenty20 and five-match one-day series, starting August 31. “Mr. Virender Sehwag and Mr. Ishant Sharma have been ruled out of the forthcoming ODI series against England,” the BCCI secretary […]

Kathmandu: Controversial Bangladesh-born writer Taslima Nasreen had to cancel her visit to Nepal to attend the country`s first literature festival after her contentious tweet generated negative buzz here. “I am sad, but I had to cancel the flight as I did not want any unpleasant incident to happen in Nepal,” Ms. Nasreen, who has been […]

Washington/London: US President Barack Obama led the world leaders in conveying that there was no turning back the clock in Libya and the tyrant Muammar Gaddafi had no place in the future set-up in the strategic north African country. "The surest way for the bloodshed to end is simple….Gaddafi and his regime need to recognise […]

New York: Leading internet communications firm Skype has said it will acquire GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging applications, for an undisclosed amount. The move comes three months after software giant Microsoft announced that it will snap up Skype for about USD 8.5 billion. In a statement, Skype said on Sunday, ”… It has […]

Mumbai: Recovering from its 15-month low levels, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday gained over 200 points to end the day at 16,341.70 amid positive cues in European markets. Brokers said the market sentiment improved as investors bought fundamentally strong stocks at existing levels, encouraged by recovery trends in European markets. Investors felt […]

New Delhi: Non-banking finance company Religare Finvest plans to increase its loan portfolio to Rs 14,000 crore by the end of the current fiscal, betting big on the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector. “We plan to increase our loan book by 40 per cent by the end of this fiscal. At the end of […]

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India is likely to continue with its tight monetary policy stance to fight inflation and effect another hike in key interest rates in September, even though the global economic environment is on a downslide, believe experts. However, while the Reserve Bank of India is likely to go for another […]