April 12, 2006
The DMK’s promise of two acres of wasteland to every landless farmer is now the bone of contention between AIADMK supremo, J Jayalalithaa, and DMK chief M Karunanidhi.
April 12, 2006
April 11, 2006
Teenager Amanpreet Singh showed nerves of steel in pocketing the 10 m air pistol gold in the fourth Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters shooting meet here Tuesday.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
Former India coach and Test star Sandeep Patil has declined an offer to coach the India A side for two tournaments, saying he preferred a long-term assignment.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
The snakes and ladders Board game continues. Jagmohan Dalmiya was today suspended for ‘anti-Board activity’.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
The stories trickled in from all parts of India. Some on issues covered before, but never so well. In others, the India Invisible burst to life on front pages.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
Dismissed IAF officer Wing Commander Sambhajee Surve, an accused in the Naval war room leak case, was arrested today by the CBI and remanded to custody until April 15.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
BJP leader L K Advani today slammed the UPA government and blamed it for farmers’ suicides.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
Inaugurating the 51st Railway Week, Lalu Prasad Yadav today complimented the employees of the Indian Railways for achieving a net profit of Rs 11,000 crore.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
Twenty-six small and medium size cities of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat — actually little known small towns till a few years ago — are about share Rs 87.78 crore among themselves to kickstart the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
For all the concern over increasing terrorist activity in Afghanistan along its border with Pakistan, President Hamid Karzai showed faith in ‘‘brother’’ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and hoped that along with India, the three countries would jointly fight the menace.
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
... but fails to clinch doubles crown at Florida
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006
Cricket Australia’s Test debacle versus Bangladesh has yet to cast a shadow on their ICC test ranking. They have today received $500,000 as reward for topping the LG ICC Test and ODI tables.
April 11, 2006
April 10, 2006
Distinguished panel says the Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism will go to the best among most meaningful
April 10, 2006
April 10, 2006
The week-old strike at the SBI was finally called off today after day-long negotiations between senior Finance Ministry officials and SBI management and employees’ unions.
April 10, 2006
April 10, 2006
Mental alertness is as important as physical valour for security forces to fight modern day terrorism, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said addressing the investiture ceremony of the Central Reserve Police Force here today.
April 10, 2006
April 10, 2006
Naxalites blew up Bansi Nala halt and railway tracks on the Gaya-Dhanbad section today and also took railway staff hostage.
April 10, 2006
April 10, 2006
As the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s kitty swelling every day, they haven’t forgotten those who missed out on the cricket boom.
April 10, 2006
April 9, 2006
The fine distinction that HRD Minister Arjun Singh tried to draw between an ‘‘official announcement’’ and a ‘‘confirmation’’ to the media...
April 9, 2006
April 9, 2006
Stepping up the campaign against Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Saturday said the Attorney-General&#...
April 9, 2006
April 9, 2006
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has resigned from the trusts and foundations that she headed or was a member of.
April 9, 2006
April 9, 2006
Actor Kartik, chairman of the Tamil Nadu unit of the All India Forward Bloc, today threatened to take on AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa in Andipatti if his partymen across the state were ‘‘troubled’’ in any manner.
April 9, 2006
April 8, 2006
Cricket politics means ‘certain players’ go unreported, says Windies great Michael Holding
April 8, 2006
April 8, 2006
Is a one-day, a Test, or a one-day Test? That’s the joke doing the rounds among those who have purchased tickets...
April 8, 2006
April 8, 2006
After fighting a pitched battle with each other over valuation, the Tata group is all set to close a deal with the Birlas to sell its 48.15 per cent stake in Idea Cellular for approximately Rs 4,620 crore.
April 8, 2006
April 8, 2006
The Rajasthan Assembly today passed an anti-conversion Bill that not only gives the state sweeping powers to put behind bars...
April 8, 2006