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Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has opposed the proposed legislation to bring all the IIMs under one umbrella body, saying it would curtail its autonomy. We have as a society opposed it, the faculty has opposed it and the Board of Governors has opposed it, Chairman of IIM-A...
23:02
A senior police office attached with Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in front of his family members in a hotel at neighbouring Thane today. Though the motive behind Deputy Commissioner of...
22:58
Criticising the Gujarat government's move to bring Lokayukta Aayog bill in the ongoing session of the assembly, the Gujarat Parivartan Party today alleged that it was an attempt to delay the appointment of the ombudsman in the state. The proposal to...
22:57
The CBI, which is investigating the disproportionate assets case of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, today quizzed Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao,once a close aide of former state chief minister late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. KVP, who appeared before the...
21:30
Amid a row over the arrest of some Muslim youths on terror charges, the Union home ministry has backed a proposal to set up special courts for the expeditious trial of terror cases and promised action against officers responsible for 'knowingly' holding innocent persons in custody. ...
21:27
The government is committed to providing 4.5 per cent job reservation to backward Muslims and trying to expedite the matter pending before the Supreme Court, Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan said today. Addressing the National Editors's Conference, Khan said the...
21:26
Vishwa Hindu Parishad National president Praveen Togadia today said that the BJP will choose its prime ministerial candidate after the next elections and the VHP has no role in the procedure. The BJP will decide who will be its candidate for the...
21:24
With just ten days to go for the high-profile Indian Premier League, the governing council of the T20 tournament is yet to take a decision on the participation of Sri Lankan players in Chennai, in view of the prevailing anti-Sinhalese sentiments in Tamil Nadu. The...
21:23
India needs to create 15 million jobs every year, National Innovation Council Chairman Sam Pitroda said today. We have about 550 million youths under 25 years of age and considering this, we also need to create 15 million jobs annually, Pitroda said at a FICCI event on next...
20:16
Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir should learn a lesson from the DMK, which had quit the UPA government at the Centre on the issue of rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka. If the NC is...
20:14
The CBI today concluded its arguments in the trial of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, rebutting the defence.The agency said the nature and extent of the crime shows the vast network and larger conspiracy behind...
20:13
After spending about eight months in jail in connection with the attack on some youngsters suspected of indulging in undesirable activities at a homestay in Mangalore last year, a regional TV channel reporter was released today, following the bail granted to him. On...
20:11
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that a report by the Comptroller and General has stated that the state has made maximum progress in fighting malnutrition in the last five years. According to a CAG report,...
20:10
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today spoke to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and demanded that the case of arrest of an alleged Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist by the Delhi police be transferred to the NIA for a 'time bound speedy...
19:50
Sanjay Dutt's sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt on Saturday issued an emotional statement in the wake of the Supreme Court upholding the TADA Court's verdict against the actor in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A 20 year ordeal has finally come to an end. 20 years is a...
19:08
Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda-led JD-S today said it would announce the list of its candidates for the May 5 assembly elections by March-end. We will announce the list of at least 220 candidates within March 31, senior JD-S leader Basavaraj...
19:06
Pope Francis on Saturday held a historic meeting with his predecessor, 'Pope emeritus' Benedict, at a papal residence at CastelGandolfo in Italy.This is the first time a Pope has met his predecessor. Pope Benedict is the first pontiff to resign from his post in the last 700 years.
18:44
Whistle-blowing website Cobrapost.com on Saturday differed with the clean chit given by the RBI to the money-laundering practices exposed by it in ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank. A press statement issued by the website stated, The manner in which the RBI deputy governor has rushed...
18:34
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal today extended his support to Sanjay Dutt following the Supreme Court's verdict against the Bollywood actor in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Expressing his support for Dutt on his Facebook post, Mohanlal wrote that his colleague and friend Sanjay...
16:39
Social activist Anna Hazare today said it was wrong to presume that the CBI acts of its own volition and alleged that Congress had always 'misused' the central investigating agency.Asked about the CBI raid on DMK leader M K Stalin's residence immediately after the party withdrew its support to...
14:43
Five persons, suspected to have SIMI links, were arrested by Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad from Seoni district with a cache of crude bombs and firearms.Giving this information, police officials said here today that links of the arrested youths with leaders of the banned Student Islamic...
13:08
Announcing further liberalisation of FII investment norms, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the government is steadily and surely working on next generation of reforms to put the economy back on high growth path.Addressing the National Editors Conference here, he said with liberalisation...
12:39
Faced with a challenge from the assertive judiciary, President Asif Ali Zardari has quit the political office of co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party and made his son Bilawal its 'patron-in-chief'.President Zardari is no more the co-chairman of the PPP. The main body of the PPP has been...
12:35
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, SMK leaders TKS Elangovan and Selvaganapthy are now drafting a strongly-worded resolution in Tamil to be moved in the emergency meeting of the DMK executive convened on Monday in Chennai. Raja's bungalow in New Delhi has become the central location for the DMK...
12:16
DMK leader M K Alagiri on Friday drove to Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan's residences with flowers -- as a courtesy after the DMK severed its ties with the UPA.This gesture was aimed at to remove ill feelings. Alagiri was accompanied by party colleagues...
12:13
The insider buzz in the DMK is that the party is certain to support any government other than the Congress including the NDA -- after the Lok Sabha elections A political sense is now being felt in Delhi, with the frequent meetings former Telecom Minister A Raja -- with Yashwant Sinha,...
12:05
Union Minister of Shipping G K Vasan is under pressure from the Tamil Nadu Congress cadre to revive the Tamil Maanila Congress which his father G K Moopanar founded.The trigger point is the Sri Lankan Tamil genocide and that Congress President Sonia Gandhi or Vice President Rahul...
10:59
NDTV reports: A court in Jodhpur read out fresh charges against Salman Khan and four other actors in a case of alleged poaching of blackbucks 14 years ago.A case was filed against Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre in 1998 for having allegedly shot blackbucks in a village...
10:22
China has secretly entered into an agreement with Pakistan to construct a third nuclear reactor at Chashma in Punjab province that the Obama administration says will violate Beijing's promises under an international anti-nuclear weapons accord, a media report said.According to US intelligence and...
03:46
The Norwegian foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that a Norwegian national has been kidnapped in the Sinai desert in Egypt.We can confirm that a Norwegian citizen has been abducted in Egypt, Svein Michelsen, a spokesman for the Norwegian foreign ministry, said in a statement.The ministry has...
02:32
Italy's center-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, was chosen today to form a new and viable government, which is badly needed to steer the country out of recession and get more Italians back to work. The national elections last month produced no clear winner, but President Giorgio Napolitano...
02:31
A powerful tornado ripped through more than a dozen rural villages in eastern Bangladesh today, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100, officials said. The tornado wrecked havoc in Brahmanbaria district over a 15-minute period, authorities said, uprooting thousands of trees...
01:30
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigned on Friday effectively dissolving the government and thrusting the country into political uncertainty at a time when the conflict in Syria is sparking sectarian tensions here.Mr. Mikati's resignation came as a result of a disagreement with the cabinet...
01:20
Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda will face International Criminal Court judges for the first time on Tuesday following his transfer from Rwanda to The Hague, the court announced today. The initial appearance of Bosco Ntaganda before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the ICC is scheduled for...
00:52
The European Commission today expressed relief over the end of a diplomatic stand-off between India and Italy over marines issue. The commission took note of the decision of the Italian authorities to send back to India the two marines, Massimilian Latorre and Salvatore Girone, but we have...
00:47
The UN Security Council on Friday overcame differences on the Syria conflict to agree on a rare statement condemning a suicide bomb attack on a Damascus mosque.UN leader Ban Ki-Moon also condemned the new atrocity in Syria.The Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack...
00:37
Anxious to keep Syria's civil war from spiraling into even worse problems, President Barack Obama said Friday he worries about the country becoming a haven for extremists when ' not if ' President Bashar Assad is ousted from power.Obama, standing side by side with Jordan's King Abdullah II, said...
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Jayalalithaa's one-rupee 'idli sambar' a hit in ChennaiDawood moved back to Pak days before 1993 blasts verdictHC allows media to cover Delhi gang rape case trialKerala CM thanks SC and PM for resolving marines issueMarines will not face death penalty, India assures ItalyKatju supporting Sanjay...
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