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New Delhi: Faced with rising number of complaints of vulgarity on television shows, Government today said it would soon constitute a council headed by a retired judge with representation from civil society to regulate such content. "We are right on the threshold of announcing a self-regulatory mechanism to monitor content on television," Information and Broadcasting […]

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government will file an appeal either in the Supreme Court or before the Krishna River Water Disputes Tribunal on March 29 against the Tribunal`s award over allocation of Krishna water to the state. The government will convene an all-party meeting here on March 22 to discuss the state`s strategy to contest the […]

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said atomic power plants in the country are under threat from various terrorist groups. Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said in view of the prevailing security scenario, the atomic power plants continue to remain targets of terrorist groups. "Central security agencies review security of atomic power plants […]

Cuttack: The Annual High School Certificate (HSC) examination conducted by the Orissa Board of Secondary Education (BSE) is all set to begin tomorrow. Some 4.85 lakh students across the state are scheduled to write the examinations in at least over 2000 examination centers both in regular and ex-regular streams. The examinations would continue till April […]

New Delhi: Government on Tuesday said it can look at putting in place additional environmental safeguards to ensure safety of the proposed nuclear reactors in Jaitapur in the aftermath of the tsunami and earthquake in Japan that has endangered the atomic power plants there. "…Based on the technical reviews the NPCIL does, we will certainly […]

New Delhi: Also a part of the band is Lovely, a classical singer who has performed in a large number of events and festivals. A professional singer and music teacher in New Delhi, she is an MA Music (Vocal) gold medalist and a grade a artiste with All India Radio since 1992.Vaibhav Vishen, a singer […]

Mumbai: The bail plea of nine persons accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts has been rejected by a special MCOCA court here on Tuesday. The nine accused had moved the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court last month seeking bail on the basis of the confessional statement of Swami Aseemanand, a key […]

New Delhi: Voicing concern over failure of states and Union Territories in implementing laws regulating employment of construction workers, the Supreme Court today issued notices to officials concerned asking them to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the officials to be […]

New Delhi: Murli Manohar Joshi is expected to be elected unopposed as Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee for 2011-12 after his term expires on April 30 as the Bharatiya Janata Party feels he should be continued as the chief of the panel looking into anomalies in the 2G spectrum scam. The BJP Parliamentary Party, […]

New York: Raja Rajaratnam , prime accused in the insider trading trial, got “red hot” information on a “super-confidential” business deal in the high profile case that has also brought to fore “intimate relationship” and a mysterious “India Book“. The 53-year-old Sri Lankan billionaire also warned another wayward manager not to reveal inside securities secrets […]

New Delhi: `Rock On` star Arjun Rampal is all set to follow in on the footsteps of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Shilpa Shetty by launching his signature perfume. Rampal has been quietly working on it and has formalised his arrangement with a perfume company which would soon launch a signature collection on his […]

Hyderabad: The Income Tax Department has slapped showcause and demand notices to the tune of Rs 122 crore on YS Jaganmohan Reddy, a former Congress MP that owns Jagathi Publications (JPPL), for mismatching amounts reported in company records. The notice assumes significance as Jagan Reddy announced a new party — the YSR Congress Party — […]

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out searches at the premises of senior IAS officer and former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Jairaj Phatak in three different cities in connection with the Adarsh Housing Scam. The CBI teams swooped on his premises in the national capital and in Mumbai and Pune […]

Nagpur: Maharashtra`s Vidarbha region, which has several tiger projects and wild life sanctuaries in close proximity is fast shaping up as the potential Tiger Capital of the country. Former Union Minister and Nagpur MP Vilas Muttemwar, who wrested the initiative in this direction has approached all the top ministers at the State and Central level […]

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 29 paise to 45.35 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today, weighed down by dollar gains against other Asian currencies and a weak start in the stock market. Forex traders said that dollar gains against most other Asian currencies and sharp losses in opening trade […]