Sheila in hospital after fever, stable
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was admitted to a private hospital following dehydration due to high fever and viral infection and her condition is “stable”. Ms Dikshit is likely to stay in hospital for the next three or four days.
All eyes on today’s meet to see if Houses will run
With the all-party meeting on retail FDI scheduled for Wednesday morning, all eyes are fixed on its outcome as this will determine the fate of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. Two weeks have already been lost due to the
‘Paharganj was target initially, not Jama Masjid’
The interrogation of the two arrested Indian Mujahideen operatives, who fired gunshots at the Taiwanese tourists and planted a bomb in a stolen car at Jama Masjid before the Commonwealth Games, has revealed that they had initially
Govt plans guidelines for Facebook, others
In growing tension between social networking websites and the government, communications minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday his ministry will issue guidelines to ensure that obscene and defamatory material on religious figures and national leaders are not uploaded on such websites.
Muharram procession
Shias take part in a Muharram procession in New Delhi on Tuesday. — Biplab Banerjee
PM under Lokpal? Draft leaves it to House
The draft Lokpal Bill, to be tabled in Parliament Friday, has left the issue of inclusion of the Prime Minister to be decided by MPs on the floors of the two Houses of Parliament after the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel and Law and Justice examined three broad views that emerged on the subject.
Fashion at a click
Shopping just got a whole lot easier for the Net-savvy male. A host of e-commerce sites has sprouted up all over the Internet, offering everything from ‘somewhat snooty English shirts’ to shoes, accessories, fragrances and more.
Rajasthan galvanised on caste lines
Though elections are two years away in Rajasthan, the suspension of BJP MLA Hanuman Beniwal from his party and dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi’s disappearance has galvanised the people on caste lines. The ruling Congress had suspended
When is the NPL?
Youngsters across the country are getting into their paintball gear and picking up their guns to battle it out at the National Paintball League in Bengaluru, early next year. This sport is a growing rage in India and paintball enthusiasts come from all over the world to represent their state in this prestigious tournament.
Lokayukta Bill set to be passed
With Bihar’s Opposition parties continuing to voice their protest against the Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011 framed by the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, the Bill is likely to rouse strong debate in the state legislature but looks certain to be