News from India

New Delhi: Admitting that counter-terrorism was "first and foremost" on the minds after last week`s Mumbai bomb blasts, the US today pledged "full" support to India`s efforts to protect itself from terror attacks, and said it will press Pakistan as "hard" as it can on terror. After the second round of Indo-US Strategic Dialogue with […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday decided to commence from Thursday arguments on framing of charges in the high-profile 2G case in which former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and several corporate honchos have been charge sheeted by the CBI. "Arguments on charges shall commence with effect from July 21," Special CBI […]

M Thambidurai of AIADMK is all set to be the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

Does a baby know that a dog can jump a fence while a school bus cannot or a cat can avoid colliding with a wall while a table being pushed into a wall can't? The answer may be yes

No sportsperson has been named for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna while 15, including cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, were on Tuesday recommended for the Arjuna Award this year

New Delhi: Insisting on "non-negotiable reforms" in social audit for MGNREGA, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said "tough decisions" will have to be taken if states do not implement measures initiated to bring transparency in the UPA`s flagship job scheme. Hailing the recent notification of MGNREGA Audit of Schemes Rules, 2011 by the […]

Industrial output slowed down in June to 3.4 per cent though it remained in the positive territory for third month in a row, while retail inflation inched up marginally in July on account of costly vegetables

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected film producer and 2G scam accused Karim Morani`s plea for interim bail on health grounds. "The case for interim bail is not made out. Move for the regular bail at an opportune time," Justice Ajit Bharihoke said.

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone feels that her upcoming off-beat English language film 'Finding Fanny' is a challenge and not a risky proposition

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has reconstituted a panel probing charges against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran following the Supreme Court directions to remove jurist P P Rao from the committee. G Mohan Gopal has replaced Rao, a Rajya Sabha notification said here. Gopal is Director of Rajiv Gandhi Institute […]

New Delhi: Former CVC P J Thomas on Tuesday withdrew from the Delhi High Court his plea for direction to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to decide his representation against the Supreme Court order sacking him. "I seek to withdraw my petition," Wills Mathews, the counsel for Thomas told Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, seeking to withdraw his […]

New Delhi: Delhi Police has approached the Home Ministry seeking permission to question MP Amar Singh in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam. In a related development, MP Ashok Argal and former MP Mahavir Bhagora, who were allegedly offered money at the time of the trust vote, claimed that accused Sanjeev Saxena had told them that the […]

London: Former England captain Alec Stewart has ridiculed the ICC`s `Greatest Test team of all time` –chosen through online polling — as a "joke" for leaving out greats such as Gary Sobers and Malcolm Marshall. The legendary Sir Donald Bradman was the only pre-1970s player in the team whih was picked after polling to commemorate […]

New Delhi: Parliament today approved the Sebi Amendment Bill to empower the market regulator to crack down on ponzi schemes, though it will not have the authority to tap telephone conversations. Sebi, however, will have the powers to seek call data records for investigation purposes, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while piloting the Securities Laws […]

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board has recovered a fine of Rs. 4.5 million from former national captain Shahid Afridi. A senior official of the board confirmed that the finance department had deducted the fine amount from the dues that were to be paid to Afridi for the World Cup and tour to West Indies. "In […]