
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said that Rahul Gandhi has made Uttar Pradesh his 'special turf' and the party's heavy reliance on him in the Assembly polls there would prove to be a 'risk worth taking'. He said that it will not be the end of the road for Rahul Gandhi if the Congress does not perform well in the Assembly elections in the politically-crucial state of Uttar...

06:15 PM, Feb 12, 2012

Whitney's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her accomplishments. ...

05:22 PM, Feb 12, 2012

The Election Commission on Saturday sought the 'immediate and decisive' intervention of President after it charged Congress minister Salman Khurshid with 'improper and unlawful' defiance of its orders under which he was censured for promising sub-quota for minorities. ...

10:01 AM, Feb 12, 2012

New Delhi: It was a perfect groovy winter evening as Romanian artist and international star Edward Maya performed in Delhi on Saturday. Performing for the second time in India, Edward set the stage on fire on a windy rainy evening at the finale of Amity University's first Youth Festival in Noida. With a crowd of almost 25,000, the national capital region did manage to see an international music star's concert...

12:57 AM, Feb 12, 2012

Hip-hop superstar, actor and two-time Grammy Award winner LL cool J is the first official host of the Grammy Awards in 7 years. ...

03:34 PM, Feb 11, 2012

Uma Bharti is the star campaigner of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as she leads the election campaign in the state. ...

12:12 AM, Feb 11, 2012

Former deputy Army chief Lieutenant General (Retired) Raj Kadyan said General VK Singh's position was untenable and he should quit. ...

11:42 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Has the controversy over the Army Chief's date of birth ended in the government's favour or is it an outcome that suits both the sides equally? ...

08:49 PM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: The CBI chargesheet in the Emaar - MGF scam in Andhra Pradesh could spell more trouble for Jagan Mohan Reddy. The chargesheet accessed by CNN-IBN says Emaar-MGF had misappropriated funds in excess of Rs 100 crore in the deal. A close aide of Jagan Reddy, Sunil Reddy, has already been arrested in the scam. The CBI chargesheet says that investigations are still on to find out who was...

06:23 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Washington: Mitt Romney has taken a political gamble by supporting automatic increases in the federal minimum wage, a move that could help bolster his support among low-income Americans but is opposed by the conservative base of his party. The former Massachusetts governor wants to see the US minimum wage raised from $7.25 per hour by having it indexed to inflation. Mr Romney made the proposal early in his campaign for...

05:19 PM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: The void of missing the Beijing Olympics may never be fulfilled for Indian hockey but watching the team at practice instils the belief that India's return to the Olympics is on the cards. And the coach of the mens team, Michael Nobbs, fully endorses it. "I want to make sure that everything we do is perfect. I just want to keep winning. If you win, everybody's happy, the...

05:08 PM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: Michael Nobbs, the national men's hockey team coach, feels France could pose some problems to India's hopes of making a comeback into the Olympics as the team gets ready to run a final check on its preparation for the qualifiers, which begin here from February 18. India, Canada, France, Singapore, Poland and Italy will vie for a solitary spot for the London Games, which begin later this year....

03:55 PM, Feb 10, 2012

The National Academy of Sciences in India (NASI) and Elsevier, an international publishing firm for scientific literature, have for the past five years, handpicked and ...

12:02 PM, Feb 10, 2012

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is planning to paint Kolkata blue. On roads, on flyovers and even on trees, after the red rule of the Left and the green wave of Poriborton, Mamata is out to paint the city blue. The chief minister has decreed that the city needs a neutral uniform colour code. If the government has its way even the iconic yellow taxis of Kolkata will...

10:01 AM, Feb 10, 2012