Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Vegetable prices soar in Delhi, other cities

Vegetable prices soar in Delhi, other cities


Vegetable prices soar in Delhi, other cities

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 03:30 AM PDT

Prices of key vegetables including tomato and potato have risen this week in the national capital and other parts of the country due to trading in the futures market and hoarding, impacting the common...


'Alarmist' to say army troops moved towards Delhi without informing govt: PM

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 02:53 AM PDT

The Prime Minister today described as "alarmist" a newspaper report that says in January, the army moved two units towards Delhi in January without informing the government. "The Defence Ministry has ...


CPM calls for building Left-democratic alternative at party Congress

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 02:48 AM PDT

Charging the Congress and BJP with harming the country's interests by pushing neo-liberal policies, the 20th CPM party Congress began in Kozhikode today with a call to build an alternative of Left and...

Kingfisher asked to pay Rs 600 mn in service tax soon: Official

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 02:04 AM PDT

A trip to a part of Bengal where humans are bought and sold everyday

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 01:50 AM PDT

It takes about two hours by road and then a boat to reach Sandeshkhali, an island in the Sunderbans. This area is infamous for the conflict between its residents and tigers. Now, it has a bigger probl...


Supreme Court orders Subhash Ghai to return land, slams Vilasrao Deshmukh

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 01:27 AM PDT

Bollywood producer Subhash Ghai has been told by the Supreme Court that he will have to return the 21 acres allotted to his film academy, Whistling Woods, in Film City, Goregaon on the outskirts of Mu...


Jewellers continue with strike; baton-charged in Ahmedabad

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 01:27 AM PDT

Jewellers across the country intensified their strike by blocking roads and holding dharnas in various parts of the country.Jewellers in Ahmedabad were baton-charged when they tried to block traffic ...

High Court sets aside single bench order for release of Italian ship

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 01:16 AM PDT

The Kerala High court on Tuesday set aside a single judge's direction to release, on furnishing a bond, the Italian ship 'Enrica Lexie' detained off Kochi port since February 15 in connection with gun...

Dignity of Army Chief's office must be protected, says Prime Minister

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:41 AM PDT

The government is working hard to put all controversies surrounding the Army Chief to rest. "The Army Chief's office is an exalted office and nothing should be done to lower its dignity," Dr Manmohan...


Nuclear-powered submarine INS Chakra joins Indian Navy

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:53 PM PDT

INS Chakra - the nuclear-propelled hunter killer submarine - formally joined the Indian Navy today. "The INS Chakra will increase our flexibility and capability immensely," Chief of Naval Staff, Admi...


Centre invites Jayalalithaa to May 5 anti-terror body meet

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:42 PM PDT

As part of efforts to reach out to states opposed to the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Centre on Tuesday invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the May 5 meeting to discuss...

Shirdi temple earns Rs 3.9 cr during Ram Navmi festival

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:24 PM PDT

The devotees also donated 696 grams of gold and three kilograms of silver ornaments during the festival. The temple trust also earned a revenue of Rs 60 lakh through the sale of prasadam, sources from...


Pak-Canadian jailed for 14 yrs for helping Khalistan terror group

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT

A 50-year-old Pakistani-Canadian has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for providing material support to the Sikh militant group Khalistan Commando Force, blamed for carrying out assassinations and b...


US bounty is an act of terrorism: Hafiz Saeed

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:43 PM PDT

The founder of the Pakistan-based Islamist group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks who was hit Tuesday with a $10 million US government bounty said the move had come at the behest of arch-rivals Indi...


India to induct Russia-made nuclear-powered Nerpa nuclear submarine into Navy today

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:40 PM PDT

CPM's 20th Congress begins today, Buddhadeb to stay away

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:37 PM PDT

They were routed in the general elections of 2009. They lost West Bengal and Kerala last year. And this March, in the Assembly polls, they couldn't win a single seat. This is the reality before the CP...


US: Bounty on Hafiz Saeed because of 26/11, not his protest against NATO

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:36 PM PDT

The US has rubbished Hafiz Saeed's claims that the$10 million bounty announced for his capture is a result of Washington's "frustration" with him for his protests against the resumption of North Atlan...


Should Chidambaram be investigated for 2G scam? Supreme Court hears two petitions today

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:52 PM PDT

Who is Jagan Mohan Reddy?

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Thirty nine-year-old Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy has been in the limelight ever since his father and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR Reddy died in a chopper crash.


Odisha CM appeals to Maoists to extend deadline

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday evening, made a statement in the state assembly in which he has appealed to the Maoist abductors of the tribal BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka to extend the April 5 dead...


Top Maoist's wife likely to be set free

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:13 AM PDT

The criminal case against Subhashree Das alias Mili, wife of top Odisha Maoist Sabyasachi Panda, which came up for hearing at a court in Gunupur in Rayagada district on Tuesday has been postponed till...


US announces $10 million award for Hafiz Saeed; bounty will pressure Pakistan for action, says Chidambaram

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:41 AM PDT

The US has put Hafiz Saeed on its list of most-wanted terrorists and has announced a reward of $10 million. Saeed, the founder of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and believed to be the mastermind of the...


Doctors who allegedly locked up teen help turn into mystery

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:16 AM PDT

A doctor-couple in Delhi, wanted by the police for allegedly torturing their domestic help, has returned to India according to their lawyer. Sources at the airport also confirm the couple arrived in D...


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