Team Anna meets amid reports of friction over tie-up with Baba Ramdev

Team Anna meets amid reports of friction over tie-up with Baba Ramdev
India to join project for building world's largest telescope
Petrol pump dealers defer strike; government to consider demands
Sri Lanka rejects calls to withdraw troops from North
Another anti-Mamata cartoon, professor files complaint
Katni teacher arrested for allegedly raping minor
Now fly to Amarnath for just Rs 1445
Man arrested for posing as Mamata Banerjee's brother
Delhi, Mumbai demand justice for Ansh
Kidnapped Chhattisgarh Collector was informed about threats, he ignored warnings, say sources
Govt working to replicate Kudumbashree mission in other states
Odisha student murder: Krishna assures Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of Centre's help
Congress leaders to submit a report to PM about Sri Lanka visit
Kerala seeks investment for sustainable growth: Chandy
Vigilance commission proposes international task force to check corruption
India's new 'Motor City' rises from the dust
Full transcript: No loss of faith in the India story, Pranab Mukherjee tells NDTV
UP has 60 per cent vacant posts in police; India 25 per cent
Maoists make new demand to release abducted Odisha MLA
Maoists kidnap Collector in Chhattisgarh; two security guards killed
Special court rejects Jayalalithaa, Sasikala applications
Sonia Gandhi meets Delhi Minister Walia after civic poll defeat
Mamata's new 15 day ultimatum to the Centre
Tea to be declared national drink: Montek

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:24 AM PDT

The core team of Anna Hazare met in Noida today, amid reports of a friction within the team over the Gandhian Activist tying up with Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev for a joint rally on June 3 in New Delhi.

India to join project for building world's largest telescope

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:22 AM PDT

India has decided to formally join a project to construct the world's largest telescope in the US for which a budget of Rs 700 crore has been sanctioned by the Department of Atomic Energy.

Petrol pump dealers defer strike; government to consider demands

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:05 AM PDT

Petrol pump dealers have deferred a nation-wide strike from Monday after Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy has agreed to consider their demands that include levying charges for providing facilities such as ...

Sri Lanka rejects calls to withdraw troops from North

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:03 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's President has rejected a call by Indian legislators to withdraw soldiers from the island's former war zone in the north where minority Tamils are concentrated, his spokesman said on Sunday...

Another anti-Mamata cartoon, professor files complaint

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 01:27 AM PDT

An associate professor of Midnapore Medical College filed a fresh complaint on Saturday night against two persons accusing them of circulating a cartoon that denigrates the West Bengal Chief Minister ...

Katni teacher arrested for allegedly raping minor

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:55 AM PDT

A government school teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor in Katni, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.

Now fly to Amarnath for just Rs 1445

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:32 AM PDT

Pilgrims bound for Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir can now avail helicopter service to the cave shrine of Lord Shiva for just Rs 1445 beginning May 7 this year, says Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) Ch...

Man arrested for posing as Mamata Banerjee's brother

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:32 AM PDT

A man was arrested at Contai in Purba Medinipur district for posing as the brother of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, police sources said today.

Delhi, Mumbai demand justice for Ansh

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:27 AM PDT

Mumbai and New Delhi will hold silent protests on Sunday, seeking justice for Ansh Agarwal, the college student who was allegedly killed by his own friends in Mumbai on April 17 . The protest rallies ...

Kidnapped Chhattisgarh Collector was informed about threats, he ignored warnings, say sources

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:17 AM PDT

There is a new twist in the kidnapping of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon. Sources have told NDTV that the Collector ignored repeated warnings by the police that he could be kidnapped.

Govt working to replicate Kudumbashree mission in other states

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:15 AM PDT

Hailing Kerala's Kudumbashree mission,that aims at empowerment of women through self-help groups, as "unique", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the Government was working to "rep...

Odisha student murder: Krishna assures Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of Centre's help

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 12:13 AM PDT

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna assured the Odisha government on Saturday that the Centre would "seriously" take up the issue of the murder of a 24-year-old Odisha student in Boston with US offi...

Congress leaders to submit a report to PM about Sri Lanka visit

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:59 PM PDT

Members of Parliament belonging to the Congress party who were part of the parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka said on Saturday that a report about the visit would be submitted to Prime Minister Man...

Kerala seeks investment for sustainable growth: Chandy

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:25 PM PDT

Hard selling Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has invited global investors to explore various opportunities in the state."There are opportunities galore for investors from all parts of the world t...

Vigilance commission proposes international task force to check corruption

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:20 PM PDT

In an ambitious move, the Central Vigilance Commission has proposed to lead a global task force to promote international cooperation in enforcement and prevention of corruption offences.

India's new 'Motor City' rises from the dust

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 10:41 PM PDT

The first sight of India's newest "Motor City" is a collection of giant blue-and-grey structures, windowless boxes in corporate colours that are the hallmark of modern manufacturing.

Full transcript: No loss of faith in the India story, Pranab Mukherjee tells NDTV

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Speaking to NDTV in Washington, on the sidelines of the annual World Bank and IMF meetings, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee acknowledges that the government's success will depend on its ability to t...

UP has 60 per cent vacant posts in police; India 25 per cent

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 09:42 PM PDT

Uttar Pradesh has an overwhelming vacancy of 60 per cent in its police force against the country average of 25 per cent even as it recorded the highest number of crime cases in any state in India.

Maoists make new demand to release abducted Odisha MLA

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 07:31 PM PDT

Nearly a month after BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was kidnapped by Maoists in Odisha, they have made it clear on Saturday that they would not free him until the state government takes proactive steps to relea...

Maoists kidnap Collector in Chhattisgarh; two security guards killed

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:23 AM PDT

As the hostage crisis involving an MLA in Odisha continues, Maoists today abducted a Collector in Sukma in Chhattisgarh. Two security guards accompanying him were killed in the incident.

Special court rejects Jayalalithaa, Sasikala applications

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT

The Special Court today rejected applications filed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her aide Sasikala Natarajan in the wealth case seeking perusal of unmarked documents pertaining to the...

Sonia Gandhi meets Delhi Minister Walia after civic poll defeat

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 09:35 AM PDT

With Congress suffering defeat in the municipal polls in the capital, party president Sonia Gandhi today held discussions with senior Delhi Minister A K Walia during which the electoral drubbing is un...

Mamata's new 15 day ultimatum to the Centre

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Mamata Banerjeee has given a 15 day deadline to the Centre on her demand for a 3 year moratorium on paying interest on huge loans taken during the tenure of the previous Left governments in the state....