New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Chief Economic Advisor Dr C Rangarajan has admitted that a hike in diesel and LPG prices is imminent despite a steep hike in petrol prices last week. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's advocate, Dr Rangarajan said the government can soften the blow but fuel price hike is the need of the hour to contain the fiscal deficit. Here's an excerpt of the interview:...
07:17 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Beirut: Peace envoy Kofi Annan said on Friday he was "frustrated and impatient" a week after a massacre in Syria of 108 people shocked the world, and there were signs Russia might be moving closer to the West's position on tackling the crisis. President Vladimir Putin denied that Russia, which has a base in Syria and supplies it with weapons, was providing the government with the means to crush rebels,...
01:45 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma says the Finance Ministry has come out with number of notifications easing investment flows. ...
07:14 PM, Jun 01, 2012
That '3', Aishwarya Dhanush's debut venture as director, was selected for screening at the New York Indian Film Festival and the Superstar's elder daughter went to the US to take part in it is no more news. The latest is that Aishwarya was honored with the Pride of Tamil Nadu award by the New York Tamil Sangham at a glittering event at Queens Museum of Art in the Big Apple....
03:15 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, India's most literate state with the best socio-economic indicators, has ironically a history of political killings in which virtually every party is involved. A recent RTI inquiry revealed that 56 people fell victim to internecine violence in Kannur in the decade from January 1997 to March 2008. Not everyone who dies is a political activist. Often, innocent citizens die in turf wars in which they have no stake....
12:52 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Les Miserables' is an upcoming film starring Anne Hathway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. ...
11:39 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Karnal: A gas tanker in Karnal exploded on Friday morning causing a huge fire at a gas bottling plant. The police suspect the incident took place while illegal pilferage of LPG was on. A probe has begun, while 15 fire tenders are trying to douse the flames. No casualty or injury has been reported so far. No casualties were reported even as villagers raised questions over there being no casualty....
10:20 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Dublin: Four-times champion Tiger Woods, without playing at his best, moved ominously into contention at the Memorial tournament after shooting a two-under-par 70 in Thursday's opening round. The former world number one birdied three of the four par-fives in surprisingly firm and fast-running conditions at a sun-drenched Muirfield Village Golf Club to finish one stroke off the early pace. Australian Aaron Baddeley, South African Rory Sabbatini, Argentina's Andres Romero and...
09:05 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Paris: Fourth seed Andy Murray, grimacing in pain, battled his way into the third round of the French Open on Thursday by defeating Finn Jarkko Nieminen 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 despite back problems. Defending champion Rafa Nadal's progress was rather more swift. The Spaniard, aiming for a record seventh French Open title, thrashed Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-2 6-2 6-0. Nadal and Murray were joined in the third round by French...
07:56 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Launching an austerity drive to contain expenditure, the government today banned creation of new posts in its departments and holding their meetings in five-star hotels besides imposing curbs on foreign travel. The Finance Ministry has also asked all ministries and departments to reduce non-Plan expenditure by 10 per cent in the current financial year. "There will be a total ban on holding of meetings and conferences in five-star...
06:21 PM, May 31, 2012
'Dekh Indian Circus' has gone on to win some key awards at the New York International Film Festival. ...
05:04 PM, May 31, 2012
Viswanathan Anand, the Indian ace, won his fifth World Chess Championship title beating Israel's Boris Gelfand in Moscow on Wednesday. Viswanathan Anand bio Born: 11 December 1969 Title: Grandmaster (1998) World Champion: 2000-02, 2007 " present (Undisputed) FIDE Rating: 2971 (May 2012) 4th Highest rated Chess Player One of six players in history to break the 2800 mark Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1987 He was also the first...
03:54 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Her participation in the Olympics may have been jeopardised by a first-round exit from the French Open but top Indian tennis player Sania Mirza on Thursday asserted that she has done enough to "deserve" a wild card into the London Games. Sania has had a successful season so far, forcing her way into four WTA finals and winning two titles. She, along with Russian Elena Vesnina, was also...
01:19 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Left leaders Prakash Karat, AB Bardhan and Sitaram Yechury on Thursday courted arrest along with a number of their supporters in central Delhi as part of their protest against petrol price hike. The protest was organised at Delhi Gate on Thursday morning and a number of demonstrators blocked traffic. Holding placards and shouting slogans against the government, the Left activists marches towards the Daryaganj Police Station where they...
12:50 PM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Troubled carrier Kingfisher Airlines' loss widened to Rs 1,151.53 crore in the fourth quarter of 2011-12 due to steep hike in fuel prices and sharp depreciation of the rupee. It had net loss of Rs 355.55 crore in the January-March quarter of 2010-11, Kingfisher said in a filing to the BSE. It has been facing financial troubles for almost a year now. The airline, which never made a profit...
11:59 AM, May 31, 2012
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