March 30, 2006
Taking forward the momentum in Indo-Pak relations, commerce secretaries from both countries today decided to upgrade transport links...
March 30, 2006
March 29, 2006
Veteran Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal died in New Delhi tonight. Family sources said he had been unwell for quite some time.
March 29, 2006
March 29, 2006
The Election Commission today refused audience to Opposition UPA delegation from Jharkhand on the issue of office of profit on the ground that it was a ‘quasi-judicial’ matter under scrutiny.
March 29, 2006
March 29, 2006
Having initially kept Ayodhya out of the twin-yatra routes, the BJP has suddenly woken up to the potential of strategic losses due to this oversight.
March 29, 2006
March 29, 2006
The Supreme Court today observed that the government had an inherent right to abolish any post under it and refuse to re-employ that person.
March 29, 2006
March 29, 2006
The AIADMK’s election manifesto, released today by Chief Minister and party chief J Jayalalithaa, flayed the ‘corrupt’ Congress-led UPA government, of which the DMK is a partner, for its ‘‘anti-people policies’’ and for ‘‘misusing power’’.
March 29, 2006
March 29, 2006
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today launched the Public Health Foundation of India, a public-private initiative that aims to strengthen the country’s public health system.
March 29, 2006
March 28, 2006
Twelve days after 31-year-old Infosys executive Vikram Potdar’s murder, prime suspects Victor...
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
India will have its first public health institute in a few months followed by four others in quick succession.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
The Railways has selected sites near the following stations for developing hotel projects...
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
Despite the differences with India following New Delhi’s vote at the IAEA, visiting Iranian Vice-President Rahim Mashaee on Monday indicated that the bilateral relationship continues to be positive and that there is good progress on supplying natural gas to India.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
The BJP here today demanded that the Election Commission decide whether or not Sonia Gandhi held an office of profit as chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
The Andhra Pradesh government today turned down the Opposition demand for a judicial inquiry into the police firing during a protest in Gangavaram district in Visakhapatnam in which one fisherman was killed and 17 others injured.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
On a day of hectic activity, over the office of profit issue, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda today arrived in Jaipur with 40 MLAs to keep his flock together before the Election Commission decision on disqualification petitions against several NDA legislators.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
The CPI in Kerala today announced 24 candidates for the Assembly elections, half of whom are debutants, including two women.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
They may have been wary of BJP’s ‘‘yatras’’ so far but the NDA’s coalition partners are getting used to the Parivar’s ways now. At least two allies — the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa and the Akali Dal — will keep company with BJP chief Rajnath Singh on his Bharat Suraksha Yatra.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
On a petition by the National Commission for Women (NCW), the Supreme Court today stayed a much-debated Delhi High Court decision of October 2005, which had the effect of ratifying the marriage of teenage girls between 15 and 18 years of age
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
In reponse to a Public Interest Litigation alleging that Islamic and Shariat courts were being run as a parallel judicial system across the country, the Centre today said that it was looking into the issue.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
As part of consolidation in the promoter stakeholding in Reliance Industries...
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
Symantec Corp, the fourth largest software company in the world, plans to double its manpower in Pune in the next two years, from 1,700 to ...
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
India’s air rifle shooter upsets Chinese star to clinch first quota place for Beijing
March 28, 2006
March 27, 2006
As Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi called off an election tour to spend another day talking to political parties...
March 27, 2006
March 27, 2006
Heir to the British throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla charmed their hosts today...
March 27, 2006
March 27, 2006
UPA leaders Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan have once again locked horns in their home state...
March 27, 2006
March 27, 2006
England’s search for a stable one day outfit is on, as the Ashes champs...
March 27, 2006