RTE confusion interrupts admission process
Chandigarh: Confusion prevails here over implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act and activists are accusing private school managements of back-pedaling on flimsy grounds for fear of losing their
Pakistan guv's guards knew about assassination plot
Islamabad: Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, has disclosed during investigations that he had informed his fellow Pakistani guards about his intentions, a media report said o
City manager's parents summoned by police
Gurgaon: Raghuraj and Deeksha Puri, parents of Citibank manager Shivraj Puri who is accused of masterminding a Rs.300 crore fraud, were summoned by the police Tuesday to help in the investigations, po
Bofors returns: Court to resume payoff case on Thursday
New Delhi: India's premier investigative agency again sought withdrawal of the case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors payoffs scam citing lack of evidence, even after a tax
Sensex ends 77 points lower
Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities Tuesday closed 77 points lower on a volatile trading day.
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,617.
15,000 flats for Delhi slum-dwellers
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday initiated the process of allotting around 15,000 low-cost flats to make the city slum-free, an official said.
The allotment of flats, construc
Kumble to manage IPL-4?
Bengaluru: Former Indian captain Anil Kumble on Tuesday pulled out of the auction for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), preferring to administer the game rather than play in the s
Markets dull, Sensex closes 62 points lower
Mumbai: A benchmark index of the Indian equities market on Tuesday closed 62 points lower on a volatile trading day, even though cues from other Asian markets remained strong.
The 30-share sensitive i
Kalmadi ducks CBI, aides questioned
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who was supposed to appear before the CBI for questioning about financial irregularities in the conduct of the October Games
Congress summons Telangana MPs to Delhi
Hyderabad: Two days before the Srikrishna committee's report on Telangana is to be made public, the Congress leadership has summoned all its MPs from the region to Delhi.
The MPs from Telangana have b