Govt agency under scanner for child labour
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh: Even as the government make efforts to prohibit child labour, an Uttar Pradesh government-owned urban development agency itself has come under scanner for hiring minors fo
‘Advani like old gramaphone record’
New Delhi: Hitting out at senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, the Congress on Tuesday likened him to an ‘old gramophone record’ for repeating ‘baseless charges’ against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Pak thanks PC for freeing Rahat
New Delhi: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday phoned his Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram to thank him for the release of singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, detained at the airport here f
2G: CBI chief's statement puts 'erroneous' Kapil Sibal in a spot
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation director A.P. Singh on Tuesday told parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it would be wrong to say that there was no loss to the exchequer in the
Nirupama Rao to take up sham US varsity issue with Clinton
Washington: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is expected to take up the issue of some 1500 Indian students of a sham US university with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.
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London, Toronto Merge under review
Toronto: Canada on Monday announced that it will review the proposed mega merger of the Toronto Stock Exchange with the London Stock Exchange.
The TMX Group, which operates the stock exchanges in Tor
Waugh not to coach Team India
Kolkata: Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has ruled out coaching the Indian cricket team once South African Gary Kirsten steps down from the post after the World Cup.
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India raises issue of sham US varsity students
Washington: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna has sought US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's personal intervention to ensure that the interests of over 1,500 Indian students of a sham
Qureshi faces disciplinary action
Islamabad: Shah Mahmood Qureshi faces 'serious disciplinary action', Pakistan's ruling PPP said here after the former foreign minister disclosed that the US had 'forced' him to confirm diplomatic immu
SC seeks reason to remove Lalli
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government to file a statement of facts stating why it wants to remove public broadcaster Prasar Bharati's CEO B.S. Lalli, who is currently und