Friday, March 23, 2012

Supreme Court rejects Vilasrao's 'blessing' argument

Supreme Court rejects Vilasrao's 'blessing' argument


Supreme Court rejects Vilasrao's 'blessing' argument

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 03:21 AM PDT

The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Maharashtra government, film maker Subhash Ghai and PIL petitioner Rajendra Lakshman Sontakke on a plea by union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh challenging th...


No consensus on Lokpal Bill after all-party meet: 10 big facts

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 03:21 AM PDT

Will India get the new anti-corruption law it has been waiting for? The Lokpal Bill - named for a national anti-graft agency that it creates - was passed by the Lok Sabha. But the Winter Session of t...


In speech to party, Mulayam refers to mid-term elections

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 03:19 AM PDT

With UPA allies pushing the Congress in a tight corner over several issues, the Samajwadi Party chief who is extending outside support to the UPA government at the centre, has hinted at more political...


Lokpal Bill: Prime Minister's all-party meet fails to evolve consensus

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 03:09 AM PDT

Gujarat porngate: Speaker gives clean chit to accused MLAs; BJP says will demand apology from Congress

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 02:27 AM PDT

Save Ganga activist Swami Agarwal, 80, ends fast in Delhi

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 02:15 AM PDT

An 80-year-old environmentalist who has been on a hunger strike since January 14 has ended his fast today. GD Agarwal was hospitalized in Delhi on Monday. He has been campaigning for years for a bet...


Israel embassy car blast: Interpol notice against 4 accused

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 02:05 AM PDT

Kudankulam row: MDMK chief Vaiko arrested

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 01:45 AM PDT

'India succumbs to US pressure': Sri Lankan dailies criticise UN vote

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:37 AM PDT

India may have managed to extricate itself from a domestic political imbroglio at Sri Lanka's expense, but that has "plunged" the country "into an unholy diplomatic and political mire", a leading dail...


Committed to effective Lokpal, says PM at crucial all-party meeting

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:34 AM PDT

Why Indian IT majors want an image makeover in America

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:31 AM PDT

Congress rift in Andhra Pradesh after election results

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:24 AM PDT

The Congress in Andhra Pradesh has been battling on many fronts, especially the Telangana issue, which has given Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy a hard time. And adding to his woes are the Congress' ...


For Indian women, divorce is still a raw deal

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 12:14 AM PDT

Much has been written about divorce being on the rise in India, sometimes accompanied by hand-wringing about the egos and inflexibility of younger couples, who seem less willing than their parents to ...


Yeddyurappa will stay with BJP but warns of more 'resort' camps

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 10:03 PM PDT

Air India pilots threaten to go on strike from April 2

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 09:06 PM PDT

The debt-laden national carrier Air India is set for more troubles beginning next month with 200 of its pilots, who have not been paid their dues for the past four months, threatening to go on strike ...


Maoists blow up block office in Bihar's Jamui district

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 08:35 PM PDT

Heavily armed Maoists blew up the Khaira Block office, destroyed official files by putting them on fire and torched 12 sand-laden truck late last night in the district, during their two-day East Bihar...


Talks begin, Maoists say Italians are in good health

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 08:06 PM PDT

Talks to resolve hostage crisis in Odisha began on Thursday with a Maoist mediator saying that the two abducted Italians are in good health and that all 13 demands of the ultras came up for discussion...


Yeddyurappa on hold, won't return as Karnataka chief minister just yet

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 07:13 PM PDT

Air India pilots threaten to go on strike from April 2

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 10:50 AM PDT

The debt-laden national carrier Air India is set for more troubles beginning next month with its employees, who have not been paid their dues for the past five months, on Thursday threatening to go on...


Planning commissions Rs 28/day poverty line figure to be reviewed: Prime Minister

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 09:22 AM PDT

After the government faced flak over the Planning Commission's latest poverty estimates, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said a government panel would devise new methods to assess poverty in...


Odisha assembly appeals Maoists to release Italians

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 09:08 AM PDT

No need for clarification, says Prime Minister; auditor says coal report was 'pre-final draft'

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 08:53 AM PDT

CAG Coal Report: In the morning, the government's season of embarrassments got hotter with a leaked report that said 10.7 lakh crores had been wasted because coalfields had not been auctioned from 20...


Maoists kill Sub-Inspector in Malkangiri in Odisha

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 08:49 AM PDT

Even as talks were in progress for the release of two Italians abducted by Maoists in Odisha, the rebels shot dead a Sub-Inspector of police in Malkangiri district today, police said.

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