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Kolkata: The CPI-M on Friday said its demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum scam had become all the more important with the arrest of former Telecom minister A Raja and the party stressed for a new legislation in Parliament to curb corruption. "It is now quite clear and evident that a JPC […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved formation of a ministerial panel, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to sort out environmental issues hurting coal production. This comes in the backdrop of ever widening demand-supply gap in Coal which is likely to touch 142 Million tonnes next fiscal and classification of 203 coal blocks […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said steps have been taken to tame inflation but the government has no magic lamp to bring it down immediately. "You cannot expect that there is any magic wand or like Alladin`s magic lamp that you rub it and your problem is solved," Mukherjee told reporters here. […]

Shimla/Dharamsala : Bank accounts of a Trust backed by Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje and its trustees have been frozen in connection with the probe into the seizure of a huge amount of foreign currency from a transit home of the Tibetan spiritual leader. "It (freezing of bank accounts) is part of the investigation process as […]

Nagapattinam (TN): Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Friday declined to comment on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram`s charge that she was making "thoughtless allegations" on the issue of P J Thomas` appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner. "The matter is pending in the Supreme Court. It is not proper for me to comment on […]

London: Britain faces terror threats from home-grown suicide bombers who are not on the radar of intelligence agencies, and the danger is not expected to abate "anytime soon," counter-intelligence officials in the UK have warned, according to documents released by WikiLeaks. The bombers, who pose a "unique" threat to Britain, are from a generation of […]

New Delhi: All decisions on spectrum allocation since 2003 by successive governments, including the UPA, were procedurally wrong, concluded the one-man committee, which probed into the procedural lapses following the telecom scam. Unveiling the report of the Shivraj V Patil committee, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said here on Friday that the findings on procedural lapses […]

Mumbai: After two-day upward movement, the BSE benchmark Sensex dipped again on Friday to 5-month low by losing 441 points to close at 18,008.15 as high inflation and rising interest rate fears gripped investors. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said inflation poses a "serious threat" to the nation?s growth momentum. Investors have also been concerned over […]

London: Off-the-shelf blood vessels could soon be a reality, as scientists have have come up with a way to grow new human veins in the laboratory. The lab-made blood vessels, which can be stored for up to a year and safely transplanted into any patient, could revolutionise heart surgery, said the researchers behind the breakthrough. […]

Kanpur: Senior BJP leader L K Advani will be arriving here on Saturday to flag off a campaign against the Central government, highlighting the issues of corruption and price rise. With many prominent leaders having already arrived in town to back the `Mahasangram Rally`, other senior BJP leaders like Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and Sushma […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said it is going to the upcoming Foreign-Secretary level parleys with India with an "open mind" and was hopeful of a "constructive attitude" from it so that the stalled peace process can be resumed. Referring to the upcoming meeting between the Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India on the margins of […]

(image) Los Angeles: She was recently voted the worst celebrity role model but teen star Miley Cyrus seems in no hurry to clean up her image and has added another tattoo to her collection of body art. The once-squeaky clean star has been working overtime to shed her famous `Hannah Montana` image and was out […]

Islamabad: Facing death threats from extremist elements, senior Pakistan People`s Party leader Sherry Rehman has withdrawn from Parliament a bill aimed at amending the controversial blasphemy law through elimination of the mandatory capital punishment under it. Rehman has withdrawn the private member`s bill, which she had submitted in the National Assembly or Parliament`s lower house […]

Kolkata: The Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone-starrer period film "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey" might have bombed at the box office but it will soon be a part of the prestigious Oscar library. The library of the Academy of Motion Picture and Science has asked for the screenplay of the film for their permanent core […]

(image) Los Angeles: Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts is in talks to play the Evil Queen in Indian-origin director Tarsem Singh`s `The Brothers Grimm: Snow White`. The film, produced by Relativity Media, is a modernised spin on the fairy tale with the studio planning to release it in 3D, reported Variety online. If the deal is […]