New Delhi: Olympic-bound Indian discus-thrower Krishna Poonia came up with a below-par effort of 62.11m to miss out on a medal and settle for the fourth spot in the Perfontaine Classic Diamond League Meet at Eugene in Oregon, United States. Krishna's effort was markedly lower than the national record of 64.76m that she pulled off to qualify for the London Olympics in Hawaii earlier this month. But it was still...
01:16 PM, Jun 02, 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
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has had his way, forcing the resignation of Sanjay Joshi from the BJP National Executive. After which he decided to attend the two-day meeting which he had earlier planned to boycott. Sanjay Joshi's exit was made a prestige issue by the Gujarat Chief Minister for attending the two day party conclave in Mumbai. BJP president Nitin Gadkari said, "Joshi has resigned in the...
08:43 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the BJP national executive meet after he spoke to the party president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday. Modi got his way once again as he forced the resignation of arch rival and critic Sanjay Joshi from the BJP national executive in exchange for his presence at the party meet. A vociferous Modi detractor, Joshi's exit saved the BJP the embarrassment of...
12:06 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has his way as his critic and BJP National General Secretary Sanjay Joshi has resigned from the party. This comes on a day when the party is set to begin its two-day national executive meet in Mumbai. "Joshi, who was invitee member of the National Executive, has in a letter to party president Nitin Gadkari said that he is relinquishing his post in...
08:47 AM, May 24, 2012
Mumbai: As the BJP national executive meeting begins in Mumbai on Thursday, all eyes are at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who has yet not confirmed his participation. While there has been no word of confirmation from Modi, the party leaders are worried that his absence from the meeting may overshadow the entire executive agenda. Reports suggest that instead of travelling to Mumbai from Ahmedabad, Modi might visit Udaipur, where...
08:17 AM, May 24, 2012
Kochi: Aiming to promote Indian spices, the Spices board will be taking part in a two-day Special India promotion campaign from August one during the London Olympics to showcase the rich variety of spices grown in the country. Around 40 stalls would be set up on the South Bank Centre in London. The Spices Board will have at least seven stalls where Indian spices exporting companies can take up space....
06:31 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Cabinet will meet on Thursday evening and is likely to clear the amended Lokpal Bill. Once approved by the Cabinet, the amended Lokpal Bill will be sent to the joint Parliamentary panel for its approval. The amendments include change in the Lokpal removal provision as well as that on the setting up of Lokayuktas. The government has agreed to let states decide on the setting up of...
09:24 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip the national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to be held in Mumbai. Reportedly, the Gujarat Chief Minister is upset at being overlooked for the post of BJP president. This comes after reports suggested that current president Nitin Gadkari is set to get an extension till 2014 at the national executive meeting. Nitin Gadkari was given a...
06:42 PM, May 15, 2012
Hyderabad: A two-day international congregation of IT/ITeS industry is being organised in Hyderabad from June 21. 'Advantage AP 2012' will be organised by Andhra Pradesh government, along with IT and ITES Industry Association of AP (ITsAP) and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI). At the event, to be held at Hyderabad International Conventional Centre, top Industry leaders will brainstorm on challenges and opportunities to invest and grow their IT-related business...
10:51 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) was his dream project, a nationwide counter terrorism body but it looks like the fate of the NCTC has been sealed even before it could take off. From a meeting with the state DGPs, to an amended standard operating procedure, to assuring the Chief Ministers in writing, the Home Ministry has done everything to break the NCTC logjam yet Chief Minister after...
09:47 PM, May 05, 2012
The Home Minister strongly defended NCTC, which he said would be an important pillar of the country's security infrastructure. ...
07:08 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Strongly opposing the Centre's plan for setting up an NCTC, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said it "violates" the principle of federalism and the structure adopted for it suffers from "serious and basic flaws". Referring to Emergency days, Kumar said that if such powers are given to a secret intelligence agency of the Central Government, they will remain prone to misuse against political rivals and asked...
06:59 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday said if suggestions made by the state governments are incorporated and the proposed NCTC is suitably amended, he was open to supporting its formation. "We have made certain suggestions for amendment in the NCTC. All the three powers - intelligence gathering, operations and full control over the civil services - by NCTC cannot be accepted. If NCTC is suitably amended, we...
06:42 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: No democratic country has given wide ranging powers to their secret intelligence agencies and hence the NCTC should not be placed under the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said. Patnaik, who was speaking at the Chief Ministers conference on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), said that the body in its present form is not acceptable to his state. "I do appreciate that...
06:28 PM, May 05, 2012
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