Extortion case: Zee journalists sent to 14 days in judicial custody

Extortion case: Zee journalists sent to 14 days in judicial custody
PM asks ministries to implement cash transfer scheme urgently: 10 latest developments
A suave Inder Kumar Gujral made a mark in India's foreign policy
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral dies in Delhi
PM's office asks ministries to speed up work on cash transfer scheme
Railways find difficult to complete projects: Pawan Kumar Bansal
Air Force plane crashes in Sikkim; pilot bailed out, say eyewitnesses
NDTV employee missing, please help with information
Mani Shankar Aiyar in trouble for calling opposition MPs animals
Gujarat polls: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife to contest against Narendra Modi, files nomination papers
With tears and a fax, Yeddyurappa quits BJP after 40 years
BJP complains to Election Commission against Aadhar-based direct cash transfer scheme
Kashmir gets season's first major snowfall
Giving new life to vultures to restore a human death ritual
Chhattisgarh writes to Prime Minister against direct cash transfer of subsidies
Cabinet Committee on Investments to monitor projects worth 1000 crores, says Chidambaram
Rajya Sabha to hold discussion on FDI, date to be decided later: Hamid Ansari
Overseas Gujaratis not keen to vote in Assembly polls
Govt says it may raise cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders
Srinagar reels under curfew for third day
Supreme Court asks Maharashtra to explain Facebook arrests
Government preps for FDI vote: what happened at cabinet meeting
BS Yeddyurappa in tears as he exits the Bharatiya Janata Party
Mamata Banerjee says critics like 'barking dogs'; Left outraged
Gujarat polls: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife to contest against Narendra Modi

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:47 AM PST

Top Zee News journalists Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, who have been arrested and charged with trying to extort Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal's steel company, were today sent to ...

PM asks ministries to implement cash transfer scheme urgently: 10 latest developments

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:42 AM PST

The government has called its scheme to directly transfer cash to those benefiting from subsidies as well as other social schemes a "game-changer". The opposition calls is bribing the voter with the 2...

A suave Inder Kumar Gujral made a mark in India's foreign policy

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:35 AM PST

A suave and sober politician, Inder Kumar Gujral belonged to that genre of intellectuals who made a mark in India's foreign policy and a slice of luck catapulted him to the Prime Minister's office, th...

Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral dies in Delhi

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:13 AM PST

Former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral has died. He was 93. Mr Gujral was admitted to the Medicity Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon on November 19 with a lung infection.

PM's office asks ministries to speed up work on cash transfer scheme

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:41 AM PST

the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has instructed ministries and departments to immediately start work for the rollout of the direct cash transfer of subsidies programme from January 1.

Railways find difficult to complete projects: Pawan Kumar Bansal

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:33 AM PST

Railways find it "very difficult" to complete projects at the desired pace as new schemes are announced in response to demands of MPs, Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said in the Rajya Sabha on F...

Air Force plane crashes in Sikkim; pilot bailed out, say eyewitnesses

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 01:05 AM PST

There are reports that an Air Force plane has crashed in Sikkim.

NDTV employee missing, please help with information

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:58 AM PST

Ravi Nibhanapudi, 26, who works with NDTV has been missing since Saturday. His family says he left Delhi on Friday for a trip to Dharamsala and McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh.

Mani Shankar Aiyar in trouble for calling opposition MPs animals

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:52 AM PST

Members in Rajya Sabha belonging to various parties on Friday raised strong objections to reported comments of Mani Shankar Aiyar comparing MPs shouting slogans in the Well with animals and demanded a...

Gujarat polls: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife to contest against Narendra Modi, files nomination papers

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:50 AM PST

In a red cotton sari, her husband and suspended cop Sanjiv Bhatt by her side, newcomer Shweta Bhatt filed nomination papers today as the Congress' candidate from Maninagar in Ahmedabad and instantly f...

With tears and a fax, Yeddyurappa quits BJP after 40 years

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:49 AM PST

BS Yeddyurappa was in tears this morning as he prepared to formally quit the BJP, his party of 40 years. The 70-year-old former Karnataka Chief Minister was at Bangalore's Freedom Park this morning, f...

BJP complains to Election Commission against Aadhar-based direct cash transfer scheme

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:41 AM PST

The BJP today complained to the Election Commission that the announcement of direct cash transfer scheme was a violation of the model code of conduct in view of the assembly elections in Gujarat next ...

Kashmir gets season's first major snowfall

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:27 AM PST

The Kashmir Valley witnessed the season's first major snowfall on Thursday night, pushing the temperature below the freezing point in the region on Friday.

Giving new life to vultures to restore a human death ritual

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:26 AM PST

Parsi leaders have negotiated for six years with the government to revive a centuries-old practice.

Chhattisgarh writes to Prime Minister against direct cash transfer of subsidies

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:02 AM PST

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Chief Minister Raman Singh said limitations in banking and information technology would make it difficult for Chhattisgarh to implement the scheme.

Cabinet Committee on Investments to monitor projects worth 1000 crores, says Chidambaram

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:52 PM PST

The government has proposed to set up the Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) to monitor and advise ministries on expediting projects entailing investments in excess of Rs 1,000 crore, Finance Mini...

Rajya Sabha to hold discussion on FDI, date to be decided later: Hamid Ansari

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:30 PM PST

The five-day deadlock in Rajya Sabha on the FDI issue ended on Friday after Chairman Hamid Ansari allowed a discussion on the issue under a rule that allows voting.

Overseas Gujaratis not keen to vote in Assembly polls

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:09 PM PST

Globally placed sizable chunk of Gujaratis apparently have no interest in elections back home, as just five overseas electors have enrolled themselves with Gujarat Election Commission to cast vote in ...

Govt says it may raise cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:03 PM PST

The government has indicated it may roll back a major economic reform introduced in September - a limit of six subsidised cooking gas cylinders per year for households.

Srinagar reels under curfew for third day

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:55 PM PST

Curfew continued for the third day in most parts of summer capital Srinagar, as authorities feared sectarian violence after Friday prayers.

Supreme Court asks Maharashtra to explain Facebook arrests

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:03 PM PST

The Supreme Court has asked the Maharashtra government to explain why two young women there were arrested for their posts on Facebook last week. The arrests were made under a contentious internet law ...

Government preps for FDI vote: what happened at cabinet meeting

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:37 PM PST

At a cabinet meeting last evening, sources say the focus was almost exclusively on the strategy to win the vote, which is non-binding, but has major implications for the government. If it loses the v...

BS Yeddyurappa in tears as he exits the Bharatiya Janata Party

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 08:11 PM PST

Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is all set to resign from his membership of the Assembly as well as sever his 40-year-old association with the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee says critics like 'barking dogs'; Left outraged

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:36 PM PST

After Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju's letter calling her "intolerant and whimsical", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has hit back.