Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday said that a case will be made against CPI(M) leader MM Mani for his speech that his party has committed murders to finish off their political opponents. "All who heard the speech will not spare our government if we do not proceed against him because he made it very clear the way his party had killed their political opponents. When a leader...
02:15 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Several party workers of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) clashed on Sunday as five municipalities across the state went to polls. The police had to resort to a mild lathicharge to control the situation. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress are contesting separately in these polls. The civic polls are a testing ground for both parties for the larger panchayat elections next year. The virtual split in the...
01:35 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: Observing that there was lack of optimum use of science and technology for development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday that the profile of science must be raised in India. "We did not use science and technology in our development processes as much as we should have," Manmohan Singh said at the Indian Science Congress Association meeting here. "We did not build local capacities that could meaningfully address problems...
08:07 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani opposition lawmakers and members of the treasury benches on Friday engaged in fisticuffs as Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh presented the government's new budget in Parliament amidst uproar. Members of the main opposition PML-N, who were protesting against power cuts and corruption during Shaikh's speech, scuffled with lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan People's Party in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Several lawmakers were seen raining...
11:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazara will be arriving in Delhi on Saturday, a day ahead of his day-long fast against corruption alongwith yoga guru Baba Ramdev at Jantar Mantar. Anna and Ramdev are expected to meet later in the day. Ramdev had earlier claimed that their anti-corruption rally will begin in New Delhi and proceed to other parts of the country. Both Anna and Ramdev on Friday had trained...
08:12 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Just a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case in the coal block allocations case of 2006-09, the Prime Minister's Office has turned the tables, accusing BJP President Nitin Gadkari's son of benefiting in the deal. "Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's government allocated coal blocks to those close to BJP President Nitin Gadkari. The issue was not allowed to be raised in the Assembly,"...
07:42 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Lucknow: Haunted by the spectre of cheating in the MBBS entrance exam for those aspiring to be doctors, the Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT) organisers have this year put in place unprecedented security measures. These include bringing answer sheets on a chartered flight, keeping secret the forward route of the sheets and closing all photocopying shops around the test centres. Other steps include taking fingerprints, keeping handwriting experts on...
07:29 AM, Jun 02, 2012
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
Thiruvananthapuram: A crucial by-election to the Kerala Assembly from Neyyattinkara segment in the district will be held on Saturday after a tumultous month-long campaign by the ruling Congress-led UDF and opposition LDF and BJP. A total of 1.6 lakh voters are eligible to cast their ballots in the polls. Though the main battle in Neyyatinkara, situated in the southernmost part of the state, is between R Selvaraj (Congress) and F...
03:31 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Lucknow: Haunted by the spectre of cheating in the MBBS entrance exam for those aspiring to be doctors, the Uttar Pradesh Combined Pre-Medical Test (CPMT) organisers have come up with unprecedented security measures in 2012. These include carrying answer sheets on a chartered flight, keeping secret the forward route of the sheets and closing all photocopying shops around the test centres. Other steps include taking fingerprints, having handwriting experts on...
02:32 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Ratnagiri: Expressing disappointment over the Centre not doing enough to eradicate corruption, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has said he has lost his faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "I had a strong belief in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but now I do not have faith in him," Hazare said. "We have to select persons having good character and send them to Parliament, then only the expected change will take place,"...
01:46 PM, Jun 01, 2012
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Puducherry: Archana Sasi, with a score of 176 marks, topped the unreserved category in the MBBS entrance examination results of JIPMER which were announced in Puducherry on Thursday evening. Regi Selvanayagam (172 marks) and Anubha Dev (171 marks) finished second and third respectively in the examination conducted on May 27. Ashuvanth S (155 marks), Gowri Shankar B (154), Surya R (151) finished first, second, third respectively in the Puducherry unreserved...
10:40 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: All health insurance companies will now have to provide health insurance to citizens upto the age of 65 and settle all claims within a month. According to the new regulations by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), there will be no exit age for policy renewals and all policies will allow for treatment across India. Also, life insurers can offer products with a four-year term while non-life...
07:18 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Kolkata: Warning that "politics of destruction" would not be tolerated, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government was considering bringing in a law to penalise political parties indulging in vandalism. "We can't tolerate vandalism, hooliganism and politics of destruction. We can't accept the destruction of public property during shutdowns and strikes by political parties," Mamata told reporters here on a day an opposition-sponsored shutdown saw sporadic...
02:02 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the CPI-M of colluding with the BJP over Thursday's NDA-sponsored bandh and indulging in acts of arson and other violent activity. "They (CPI-M) used to dub me as the supporter of BJP. But today the CPI(M) in collusion with the BJP has organised this bandh and indulged in destructive activities like setting fire to some buses. I leave it to the...
08:21 PM, May 31, 2012
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