New Delhi: Coming off her 13th women's doubles title at the Pattaya Open, Sania Mirza on Monday retained her career-best seventh position in the latest WTA doubles rankings. Sania, along with her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova, had clinched the women's doubles title at the Pattaya Open on Sunday to stay inside the top-10 in doubles rankings and if she is able to retain her top 10 spot till June 21,...
08:46 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Male: Facing coup charges, the Maldives' new regime on Monday said it was open to any independent probe into transfer of power in the country, where the Commonwealth was sending a fact-finding team amid efforts by nations like India to resolve the political crisis. Nearly a week after Mohammed Nasheed, the country's first democratically-elected President, stepped down in what he claimed was a coup attempt, the 54-nation Commonwealth grouping announced...
08:38 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Action against Union Minister Salman Khurshid as demanded by the Election Commission for his defiance on the subquota issue appears unlikely. The talk in Congress circles is that Khurshid could issue a statement signalling that he had no intention to hurt the Election Commission, which the party hopes can lead to a closure of the issue. Indications to this effect were available at the AICC briefing when party...
08:19 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday cleared the way for players' participation in the World Series Hockey (WSH), a joint initiative of Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Nimbus Sport, if the tournament schedule does not clash with international commitments of the national team. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw disposed of a petition of Joachim Carvalho, a former player and...
08:18 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Initial investigation suggested that "foreign substance" was attached to an Israeli embassy car leading to the explosion in the vehicle, Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry Ajay Chadha said on Monday night. "Initial report suggests attachment of foreign substance in the rear of the vehicle. However, the exact cause of the explosion will be known only after further investigation by the Delhi Police," Chadha told reporters...
07:55 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of Rail Budget, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Monday met Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the national transporter looks to explore several avenues to shore up its finances and funds for its modernisation plans. At the hour-long meeting at the Rail Bhawan, the two are believed to have discussed threadbare the action plan of railways' resource mobilisation initiatives. The meeting assumes significance as the...
07:34 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: In a much needed boost to India's bid to host the 2017 Under-17 World Cup Football, FIFA President Sepp Blatter will visit the country early next month to have a first hand account of the developmental work here. Blatter, who is scheduled to visit Nepal during the AFC Challenge Cup (March 8-19), will be in India on March 9, All India Football Federation vice-president Subrata Dutta said here...
07:28 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday said his ministry has spent over 70 per cent of the modernisation funds allocated to it for the current fiscal. The Defence Ministry has been sanctioned Rs 69,199 crore for capital expenditure outlay for finalising acquisition of major items such as 10 C-17 heavy-lift aircraft and 145 ultra-light Howitzers. "Already by December 31, we had spent 66...
07:06 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: The trial of a case involving rape of a Christian nun allegedly by religious fanatics during the 2008 Kandhamal riots in Orissa was stayed on Monday by the Supreme Court on a plea by the victim challenging the prosecution's failure to cross-examine a sub-divisional magistrate. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S S Nijjar stayed the trial while asking the Orissa government and others to respond...
06:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi on Monday committed a faux pas naming Madhya Pradesh, ruled by arch rival BJP, as one of the fast developing states, a 'slip of the tongue' she corrected immediately. Blaming the BSP government in Uttar Pradesh for lack of development, she said while the state has not progressed for last 22 years. "You have seen Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. All these states are progressing...
06:37 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: A 2G case prosecution witness on Monday told a Delhi court that Sonata Investment Limited, allegedly involved in transfer of funds between Swan Telecom and Reliance ADA Group, was a part of the latter but Anil Ambani was not on its board of directors. "I am aware of Sonata Investment Ltd. This company is also part of Reliance ADA Group. Sonata Investment Ltd is part of Reliance Energy...
06:17 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Pratapgarh: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged hooliganism and casteism reared their ugly heads and development took a back seat during the successive non-Congress regimes in the state in the past 22 years. Only the Congress could ensure development in the state and for this people's mindset needed to be changed, he told a public meeting here. Asking people to get the maximum work done from him for...
05:53 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Chandauli: Lashing out at Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his spat with the EC over the issue of quota for minorities, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Monday termed him as a "lawless" minister. "He (Khurshid) is not the Law minister but lawless minister," Gadkari told an addressing an election meeting here. He also blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not sacking the minister. Khurshid had told an election meeting...
05:39 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Agartala: India will soon start the final survey to lay the rail link between Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala, a project which New Delhi plans to implement within two years, a top railway official said on Monday. Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) of Northeast Frontier Railway Mohan Lal said the survey for the 11.5 km line would start immediately after allocation of funds in the coming budget. "Just after allocation of...
05:35 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Questioning the PMO's 'silence' on the controversy involving Law Minister Salman Kurshid, the BJP on Monday said the Prime Minister should sack the minister without delay as he is still unrepentant. "Practically, even after a week Salman Kurshid is unrepentant and is actually defiant. This is an example of votebank politics, communal politics, corrupt politics that denigrates all constitutional authority," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, adding the episode...
05:15 PM, Feb 13, 2012
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