Thane: As the state of Maharashtra reels under a severe drought, one is seeing a strange occurrence in the district of Thane. The farmers in its villages are resorting to polygamy, so that there are more hands to fill and carry water from wells that are over two hours from their villages. CNN-IBN visited one such family, where the farmer and his three wives have lived happily for over 30...
07:59 AM, May 11, 2012
Ketan Dalal, Managing Director and CEO, of Price Waterhouse Coopers presents a few agendas the finance minister could work on given the current economic situation. ...
12:59 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Hisar: The Haryana government on Friday refused to release the Jat leaders and protesters who were arrested in various incidents and arsons over the past week. The Jat agitators have been demanding quota in government jobs. However, the government said there was no agreement with Jats on the issue and if they indulged in destruction of public property, stringent action would be taken against them. The agitators early on Friday...
01:56 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Kolkata: A CPI(M) office in Kolkata was vandalised by workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday for allegedly "videographing" them as they were at work. The incident took place in Jadavpur outside the Ganguly Bagan police station, where a TV journalist and cameraperson were also present. The duo too was injured in the incident as the agitators heckled them. The policemen, however, just chose to watch the ruckus from...
05:13 PM, Feb 28, 2012
The Supreme Court had last week cancelled 122 2G licences that were issued by the UPA as the grounds for the policy were flawed. ...
05:36 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Today the Yamuna Biodiversity Park in Delhi with wetland is home to nearly 200 different species of birds and over 900 species of plants, but it has become synonymous to a filthy dead drain. However, a team of scientists is trying to restore the river's original ecosystem. This green wonder has been created by field biologist Faiyaz Khudsar and his team of scientists who have painstakingly restored the...
08:43 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: A trip to Manchester during the Christmas break became his last for Anuj Bidve, an Indian student in the UK. Twenty three-year-old Anuj, a student at Lancaster University, was shot in the head by a British youth on December 26. Anuj was with a group of Indian friends when the attack happened. Shockingly, he was killed for failing to answer a simple question - What's the time? Bidve's...
08:51 AM, Dec 29, 2011
The CMs of Delhi, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh discussed the development of their respective states at the HT Leadership Summit. ...
10:00 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Mumbai: Thirty years since the first reported case of a person infected with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus or HIV and 25 million deaths later, there's still no realistic prospect of a vaccine against the disease, AIDS. One of the main reasons is that HIV is such a complex virus! There are two strains - both with three subtypes each and different continents see different sub-types. So far, scientists have identified...
09:21 AM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: In yet another case of honour killing, a 22-year-old engineering student near Rohtak was beaten to death allegedly by the family of a girl he had an affair with, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday at Sanghi village, about 25 km from Rohtak, when Deepak Sharma went to meet the girl, they said. The girl's family members, who were opposed to their relationship, came...
05:32 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: The battle for Uttar Pradesh is getting more colourful by the day. For now, it's Mayawati's blue flags vs Rahul Gandhi's Congress tricolour. A day after the UP Chief Minister put the Congress in a spot by passing the resolution to split Uttar Pradesh into 4, Rahul Gandhi began the first phase of his public contact programme from Barabanki in Awadh, launching a no-holds barred attack against Mayawati...
11:19 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to interrogate YSR Congress party Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy over the illegal mining scam. Jagan will be questioned on his financial dealings with the Obulapuram Mining Corporation and granting mining licences to the Reddy brothers. The clearance for mining leases to OMC was given during the tenure of Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister. CBI has recently questioned the then cabinet...
08:44 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Kolkata: Twelve infant deaths in 48 hours. The thirteenth succumbed on Thursday morning at the state-run BC Roy Pediatric Hospital in Kolkata. Following the hue and cry over 18 crib deaths in quick succession in June this year, the hospital it seems is yet to take corrective action. The hospital says that the facility is always over burdened with patients in a critical state being referred from both government and...
08:38 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Pakistan seniour journalist Hamid Mir said that Pakistan is not ready to be blackmailed over the Haqqani network. ...
11:31 PM, Oct 21, 2011
Supreme Court senior lawyer KN Bhatt senior lawyer SC said that former Karnataka chief minister was advised wrongly. ...
01:17 PM, Oct 15, 2011
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