State Bank of India, India’s largest commercial bank with over 9,000 branches, remained paralysed as the indefinite strike continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.
A day after Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil directed the Mumbai Police to conduct a “thorough” inquiry into the wardrobe malfunction at the Lakme Fashion Week, the police gave a clean chit to the designers, models and organisers.
In a curious turn in India’s highest ever medical negligence compensation case involving Rs 77.77 crore, president of the National Consumer Redressal Commission Justice M B Shah today said India-born US citizen Dr Kunal Saha “will not be allowed” to go to the United States.
Unable to stop the government from signing the OMDA (operation, management, development agreement) document with private players for the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today termed the White Paper issued by the Nitish Kumar government over Bihar finances during the last 15 years as a bundle of ‘‘lies and half truths’’.
Throwing fresh light into the kidnap and murder of 31-year-old Infosys executive Vikram Potdar, Pune Police Commissioner D N Jadhav today said investigations had revealed that the two suspects
Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria has thrown a fit over a new legislation passed by the state Assembly that allows the government to give custody of its temples and heritage buildings to private individuals and trusts.
The CBI has filed a closure report in a decade-old alleged misuse of office case against former Railway Minister C K Jaffer Sharief, after the Centre refused permission to prosecute him.
Seeking to clear the air over a speech made by CPI(M) leader Subhash Chakraborty in West Bengal criticising election officials, party general secretary Prakash Karat has written to the Election Commission saying the former’s intention was not to show EC in poor light.
As Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse toured Pakistan amid speculations of firming up a defence partnership, Leader of Opposition and former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremasinghe today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and explained his view of a federal solution to the Tamil problem.
The Congress today created a furore in the Rajasthan Assembly when it raised the issue of primary school textbooks carrying pictures depicting Prophet Mohammed.
On the seventh day of her agitation, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has turned down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s request to end her indefinite hunger strike.
State Bank of India’s operations remained crippled throughout the country for the second day today, but the government made it clear it would not oblige the bank’s employees
The one-day Ranji final between Uttar Pradesh and Railways might turn out to be a nail-biting clash. One that pits UP’s youth and athleticism against Railways’ experience and reputation.
Ex-Army personnel will no longer be referred to as “retired”, since the force feels that this introduces a sense of despondence among its former staff.
Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa has accused her arch rival, DMK chief M Karunanidhi of ‘‘taking people for a ride’’ with his promise of giving rice at Rs 2 per kg to ration card-holders if he is voted to power.
Pushing for reforms and a comprehensive policy in the Forestry sector, a recently-released World Bank report says that community-led management of forests in India could raise incomes from $222 million in 2004 to about $2 billion annually by 2020.
