7 councillors join BJP ahead of polls
With the Delhi Assembly polls nearing, seven councillors, including one each from JD(U) and BSP, joined the BJP on Wednesday.
Kanda moves fresh plea seeking bail
Five days after the Delhi high court quashed charges of rape and unnatural sex against him, former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda on Wednesday sought bail from a city court.
Shutdown in parts of AP, normal life hit
Widespread protests were witnessed in several parts of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions with people taking to streets, organising rallies, demonstrations and burning tyres and effigies of UPA leaders as
BCCI panel violated its own rules, says HC
The BCCI probe panel on the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting charges, struck down as “illegal,” was set up in violation of its own rules, the Bombay high court said, adding a prima facie
Protests erupt in Andhra, Cong ministers vent ire
Several ministers from Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema remonstrated Wednesday with chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy over the creation of a Telangana state as protests erupted in the non-Telangana regio
Sensex wipes out initial losses to end almost flat
Wiping out most of its early losses, the S&P BSE benchmark sensex Wednesday closed almost flat on revival of buying by funds after marginal recovery in rupee from record lows and the government announced steps to revive investment climate.
No division of West Bengal: Mamata
With Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) renewing the demand for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling following United Progressive Alliance (UPA) unanimously endorsing creation of a separate Telangana state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday ruled out division of West Bengal and blamed the Congress for the agitation in the hills.
Govt to further liberalise FDI policy, says Chidambaram
Faced with sliding rupee, finance minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said government would further liberalise the FDI policy and encourage public sector undertakings to raise funds from overseas markets.
Took a month to plan jail attack, spent 1 crore: Pak Taliban
A day after the Taliban freed over 250 prisoners from a high-security Pakistani prison, a top commander of the terror outfit has said they took a month to plan the assault and spent Rs one crore to execute it with military-like precision.
Took a month to plan jail attack, spent 1 crore: Pak Taliban
A day after the Taliban freed over 250 prisoners from a high-security Pakistani prison, a top commander of the terror outfit has said they took a month to plan the assault and spent Rs one crore to execute it with military-like precision.