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New Delhi: Delhi Police is understood to have concluded that the controversial CD purportedly having lawyer Shanti Bhushan`s conversations with political leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh is genuine and not fake as alleged. Sources said investigators are filing a closure report soon following probe into a complaint filed by Bhushan that the CD […]

New Delhi: Confirming fears of a slowdown, India`s economy grew by just 7.7 per cent in the first quarter of the 2011-12 financial year, compared to 8.8 per cent growth in the same three-month period last fiscal, which was mainly due to the poor performance of the manufacturing sector. The government has projected overall economic […]

New Delhi: BJP today gave notices in both Houses of Parliament for suspension of Question Hour to discuss the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat by the Governor without the consent of the state government. The notice for suspension of Question Hour in Lok Sabha was given to Speaker Meira Kumar by BJP member Haren Pathak […]

Berlin: India will receive a loan of 200 million euros from the European Union to finance private sector projects for the development of renewable energy resources. The EU`s assistance comes as part of its "strategic partnership" with India and will be made available by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to ICICI Bank, India`s largest private […]

Beijing: Troubled US financial giant Bank of America said today it would sell roughly half of its 10% stake in China Construction Bank for approximately USD 8.3 billion in cash. The sale will help BofA strengthen its capital base and move closer to the Basel III standards imposed by global regulators, said Bank of America, […]

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rallied by almost 249 points in opening trade today, extending yesterday`s gains on continued buying by funds, powered by a rally in global markets on better-than-expected US consumer spending data. The 30-share index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, which had gained 567.50 points in yesterday`s trade, gathered another […]

New Delhi: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has put the fourth installment of popular Golmaal series on hold as he finishes shooting of Bol Bachchan with Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan. The director says he does not want the audience to get tired of the comedy series, which revolves around the antics of four friends. "Yes, we […]

Leicester: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University after the conclusion of a Twenty20 practice match against Leicestershire here today. Dhoni was praised for his exemplary leadership quality and achievements before he became an Honorary Doctor of Letters at a ceremony here. Dhoni has achieved many milestones […]

New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said the concept of right to recall of elected representatives cannot be accepted in the country unless it was made practical. “I do not think in a large democracy like ours we cannot automatically accept a right to recall unless we look at what the implications are […]

Cuttack: In yet another human trafficking case, police have rescued a woman and apprehended a person from Bihar, official sources informed on Monday. The arrested man has been identified as Ravindra Paswan, a resident of Patari in Bihar. According to reports, Paswan, two months ago, had persuaded a woman from Sikharpur area of Cuttack to […]

Chennai: Claiming that Tamils will be happy if the three Rajiv killers are spared the gallows, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday "fervently" asked for a cancellation of their death sentence. In a statement here, the party patriarch said "they have spent nearly 20 years in prison which is more than life imprisonment, the capital […]

New Delhi: Railway travel, capitation fees or donations in educational institutes and non-compete services are among the many new services that may come under the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST), says a concept paper on the issue. The new service may come under the GST as a result of transition towards negative list, the […]

Bangalore: Hours after the Karnataka High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail application, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa along with his son today appeared in the Lokayukta Special Court in connection with alleged irregularities in denotification of lands. The former chief minister, who was undergoing treatment for hypertension in a private hospital since yesterday, returned […]

New Delhi: Congress today said the right to recall elected representatives and reject candidates as demanded by activist Anna Hazare is "not practical" as "50 per cent of people do not vote" in the country while the BJP said the issue should be given serious consideration. "Right to recall is not practical in India. 50 […]

New Delhi: Not willing to give up on the age issue, General V K Singh has filed a statutory complaint with the Defence Minister seeking a re-examination, in a first by an army chief. Singh filed the complaint with Defence Minister A K Antony under the Army Act on Friday asking him to take a […]