Traders in China threaten suicide
Deepak Raheja and Shyamsundar Agarwal, Indian businessmen languishing in China, threatened to commit suicide if they were not brought to India safely within a week.
Snapped ties with all those who ‘betrayed’ Jaya: Sasikala
In an apparent fence-mending move following her expulsion from AIADMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged close aide Sasikala on Wednesday said she has snapped ties with all those w
AP helps Orissa in kidnap probe
The Andhra Pradesh police has plunged into action following a request from the Orissa police for help with negotiations with the Maoists as well as for tracking down abducted Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina
K’taka excise minister faces probe
In fresh trouble for excise minister M.P. Renukacharya, a staunch follower of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Lokayukta court on Saturday ordered the Lokayukta police to probe and file a report on alleged violation of excise rules, based on the statement of deputy commissioner excise, Mr Mohan Kumar, who claimed that some of the seized alcohol bottles were meant for the minister.
Chiru & Renuka in Cabinet?
Newly-elected Rajya Sabha members of the Congress from Andhra Pradesh K. Chiranjeevi and Renuka Chowdhury might find places in the Union Cabinet in the next reshuffle, which party insiders say might take place in May.
CPI stalwart Chandrappan dead
CPI stalwart C.K. Chandrappan, a dominant figure of Indian mainstream Left for the last several decades and former Lok Sabha member, died in a private hospital here on Thursday, party sources said.
Jaya gives N-plant go-ahead
Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday announced her government’s decision to give the go-ahead for the “immediate” commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tirunelveli district. The state cabinet also allotted `500 crores for development of the area.
Will India forego Iran for US?
As India negotiates the diplomatic minefield that is West Asia, questions are being asked of the government as to whether and how it could engage differently with Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia, withou
BSY convenes meet of loyalists
In a renewed bid to get the party to reinstate him as the chief minister, BJP Karnataka strongman B.S.
K’taka minister threatens to quit
Even as former Karnataka chief minister B.S.