Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ban Sonia photos from government ads, says PIL in Gujarat

Ban Sonia photos from government ads, says PIL in Gujarat


Ban Sonia photos from government ads, says PIL in Gujarat

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:47 AM PDT

Congress president Sonia Gandhi's photos should not feature in government ads because she does not hold any constitutional position, argues a Public Interest Litigation or PIL filed in the Gujarat Hig...


Will Mamata Banerjee quit UPA? Who said what

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:20 AM PDT

Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee will meet her party leaders this evening to decide whether to withdraw support from the UPA over the government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in ...


Foreign media on 'maverick' Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:00 AM PDT

When Mamata Banerjee, a 5-foot-tall dynamo in flip-flops, finally defeated the Communists last year after decades of misrule here, she became one of the most powerful but unpredictable politicians in ...


Ajmal Kasab pleads for mercy in 26/11 Mumbai attacks case

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT

JPC meet on 2G scam: BJP walkout over summons to PM, Chidambaram

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:19 PM PDT

Senior leaders of the BJP walked out of a parliamentary committee meeting today, demanding that they be informed whether the Prime Minister and Finance Minister P Chidambaram will be summoned to answe...


Sonia Gandhi talks Telangana with senior Congress leaders

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:48 PM PDT

The issue of a separate Telangana state was on Monday discussed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi with senior party leaders, including union Ministers, amid growing demands for an early decision on t...


Corruption investigation against senior Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT

Chhagan Bhujbal, a senior minister in the Maharashtra government, will be investigated for corruption. The Anti-Corruption Bureau had sought permission from the Home Department for proceedings agai...


Protest against anti-Islam film: Bandh in Jammu and Kashmir affects normal life

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT

Normal life was disrupted in the Kashmir Valley today due to a strike called by several organisations to protest against an anti-Islam film made in US which mocks the Prophet Mohammad and has enraged ...


Six riots in Akhilesh's six months as Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:09 PM PDT

When Akhilesh Yadav took charge as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh six months ago, he promised to act tough against communal forces in the state. In these six months, the state saw six major riots...

Ready for any sacrifice, says Mamata Banerjee's party on today's big decision

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:42 PM PDT

Will Mamata Banerjee quit UPA? Today, Mamata Banerjee will make what she has described as "hard decisions"- the West Bengal chief minister will consult her party leaders to finalize whether she should...


Bus strike in West Bengal enters second day

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:29 PM PDT

The strike called by private bus operators in West Bengal entered its second day today affecting lakhs of commuters in the state. Nearly 37,000 private buses, 6500 of them in Kolkata, have kept off th...


Sena, Raj Thackeray's close ties find expression in local election

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:21 PM PDT

The Shiv Sena and MNS are expected to form an alliance to contest the municipal corporation polls in Nanded with the blessings of none other than Bal Thackeray, a move that is likely to put the alread...


Mamata's minister not to attend meeting with Chidambaram

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra will not attend a meeting with Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi today, where the two leaders would have discussed a special financial package f...


Will Mamata Banerjee ditch UPA over FDI, diesel hike? 10 Latest Developments

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 12:17 PM PDT

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will consult her party leaders this evening to finalise whether she should quit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition over r...

Sushil Kumar Shinde admits writing to PM for coal block allocation

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday admitted to writing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, recommending allocation of a coal block to a company for its power plant but said the...


2G scam: RBI Governor D Subbarao to depose before parliamentary panel, BJP to attend meeting

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:49 AM PDT

Nearly a month after storming out of the meeting of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are set to attend its deliberations tomorrow where Reser...


India not to undertake human space flight before 2017: ISRO

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT

India will not undertake a human space flight before the year 2017 and is likely to use a next-generation rocket for the ambitious mission, the cost of which would be reworked, Chairman of Indian Spac...


Mamata Banerjee's minister suggests psychiatric help for central leaders

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Even as the Trinamool Congress tests the limit to which it can push its senior ally in the government over the reforms measures announced last week, West Bengal's transport minister has let loose anot...


Fuel prices: Why should we slash state taxes, ask angry Bengal govt

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:23 AM PDT

With the Centre advising states to lower taxes on petro products, the West Bengal government on Monday accused it of attempts to destroy India's federal structure by trying to block the limited avenue...


Coal scandal: CBI says despite admitting to lies, firm went unpunished

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 06:24 AM PDT

The CBI, which is investigating the giant coal scam, today questioned entrepreneur Arvind Jayaswal, Director AMR Iron and Steel Private Limited, whose company is closely linked to Congress MP Vijay Da...


UK: Illegal Indian immigrant caught after 13 years

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT

An Indian immigrant who arrived in Britain illegally by hiding in a lorry and remained undetected for 13 years, has been jailed for eight months and faces deportation at the end of the sentence.


Pune BPO murder case: Two convicts to get death, confirms Bombay High Court

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:44 AM PDT

Two men who kidnapped, raped and then murdered a 22-year-old woman working for a call centre in Pune have been given the death sentence by the Bombay High Court.


Nitish Kumar's bicycles versus Lalu Prasad's buses for schoolgirls

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:17 AM PDT

One of Nitish Kumar's big success stories has been his scheme to deliver a bicycle to every schoolgirl from the fifth standard to the tenth standard. The scheme has helped check the dropout rate for g...


Full transcript: NDTV's exclusive interview with Salman Rushdie

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:40 AM PDT

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