New Delhi: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Wednesday will be facing the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) for the first time in nine years headed by the Prime Minister in New Delhi. Chennai wants Bangalore to release 2 TMC of water from Cauvery river as crops have been destroyed due to a deficit monsoon. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been vociferously demanding such a meeting to discuss thread-bare...
07:11 AM, Sep 19, 2012
London: British author Salman Rushdie's memoir of more than nine years in hiding after Iran's supreme leader issued a death sentence against him hits the shelves on Tuesday, ending the wait for his account of a furore that has echoes across the world today. "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" opens with the moment when Rushdie, already a member of London's literary elite, received a call from a journalist asking for his...
12:49 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Chennai: With the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) all set to meet on Wednesday after a gap of nearly 9 years, there is an uneasy calm prevailing among farmers in the Delta region. They are eagerly looking at the signals coming from Karnataka, where political parties have declared they would not release water to Tamil Nadu, as an indication of the stressful season ahead for cultivation. While a temporary relief was...
12:24 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday ordered suspension of six senior Airport Authority of India officers for irregularities in awarding airports ground handling contracts. Sources said that major penalty proceedings have been also initiated against the officials. A CBI inquiry has found these officers involved in committing irregularities and favouring a particular company namely M/s Bhadra International India Ltd in award of contracts for ground handling services...
05:31 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the much-awaited meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) for the first time in nine years on Wednesday primarily to discuss Tamil Nadu's demand that Karnataka release water from Cauvery river to save the crops that depend on it. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been vociferously demanding such a meeting to discuss thread-bare water issues between the state and...
09:26 PM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom subscriber base fell to 944.81 million in July from 965.52 million a month ago, the first ever decline in the country. The subscriber base report for the month of July released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) shows that overall telecom user base of the country dropped by 20.71 million subscribers over June. "This is the first time we have seen decline in overall subscriber base,"...
05:09 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen accused noted author Sunil Gangopadhyay of sexually harassing her and other women. She also alleged that the President of the Sahitya Akademi was actively involved in banning her novel 'Dwikhandito' and her "banishment" from West Bengal. "Sunil Gangapadhyay is for book banning. He sexually harassed me and many other women. He is the President of the Sahitya Akademi. Shame shame!" Nasreen tweeted recently....
01:43 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Three bills - Northeastern Areas Reorganization Amendment Bill, Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Work Place Bill, National Highways Authority of India Amendment Bill - were passed in the din in the Lok Sabha on Monday. While there was an uproar in the Lok Sabha over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation, the three bills were passed on the basis of voice votes. Following this, the...
01:15 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Seattle: Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s best-selling novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" among other spiritually oriented books rooted in themes of flight and self-discovery, was in serious condition on Saturday after his small plane crashed. The SeaRey single-engine amphibian aircraft clipped power lines on Friday at 4:30 pm about three miles (5 kilometers) west of Friday Harbor Airport, according to Ian Gregor, a public affairs manager for the Federal...
04:27 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Alex Paul Menon Age: 32 Profile: CEO, Raipur Development Authority Achievements As the DM of Chhattisgarh's Naxal-hit Sukma district, launched several initiatives to alleviate hunger and poverty in the region. Was kidnapped by the Naxals, but resumed work right after his release after 12 days. A common saying in India's administrative circles " "PM, CM and DM" " shows the primacy the three positions " the prime minister, the chief...
03:15 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday appeared in the Supreme Court to face a show cause notice for failing to implement the order to write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Jostled by crowds, Ashraf waved before stepping inside the court building. The apex court had issued the notice August 8. The order said it was unfortunate that the Prime...
10:02 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho turned 65 on August 24, 1947. He is one of the most widely read authors in the world. Coelho's 1988 allegorical novel 'The Alchemist' became one of the best-selling books in history. The author's sales total at least 300 million in 150 countries. On Coelho's birthday, we've put together some quotable quotes, mostly tweets that make you say...what?! - We may not know what...
03:08 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Chennai: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday renewed her request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) headed by him to finalise the distress sharing formula. She also wanted the PM to direct Karnataka to release water immediately to help farmers in Tamil Nadu cultivate the Samba crop.Pointing that the PM was yet to respond to her demand, on May 18, to...
08:09 AM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: State-run gas utility GAIL India Ltd has cut its equity stake in ONGC's Dahej mega petrochemical project to 15.5 per cent after project cost further escalated by 9.5 per cent. GAIL had in 2008-09 picked up 19 per cent stake in ONGC Petro-additions Ltd (OPaL) which is building a mega petrochemical complex at Dahej in Gujarat. The 1.1 million tonnes plant was at that time estimated to cost...
02:13 PM, Aug 23, 2012
CJ Bhagwan Bhairwani, a shopkeeper, takes on authorities who have turned a blind eye to the lack of upkeep of a busy commercial centre in the capital. ...
01:54 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Mohammad Hamid Ansari was born in Calcutta (now renamed Kolkata) on April 1, 1937, though his family hailed from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. The grand nephew of former Congress President Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, a leader of the Indian independence movement, Ansari studied at Shimla's St. Edwards High School and St. Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta. A two-doctorate degree holder, he joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1961. He...
11:24 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: In what seems to be a growing proximity between the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh and businessman Ponty Chadha. The Noida Authority has cleared the masterplan for the 152-acre 'Wave City Centre'. This land was won by Wave Infratech, owned by Ponty Chadha during the Mayawati regime. Ponty Chadha was believed to be extremely close to Mayawati. The Uttar Pradesh administration under the SP regime had initially...
10:35 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the application filed by the State of Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery row seeking convening of a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority on August 17. A Bench comprising Justice D K Jain and Justice Madan B Lokur heard the submissions of senior counsel C S Vaidyanathan, Additional Advocate General Guru Krishnakumar and Umapathy Ganeshan averring that the application was filed for directing...
12:43 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: "Meri Naukri, Meri Chokri (My job, my girl)". Young India's rallying cry is simple. They want love, they want money and they want stature in society, says popular mass fiction writer and media columnist Chetan Bhagat. "They want a good life and a great girlfriend. If your cause will help them get a good life, then they are with you. That is what young India wants. The social...
01:24 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Mumbai: Airport Authority of India (AAI) has refused to allow the lessors to take back about half a dozen aircraft rented out to Kingfisher Airline, sources said. The lessors want the aircraft back as Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) has defaulted on rentals. "AAI has said no...to Kingfisher lessors to allow them to take back six aircraft parked at Chennai airport," sources said. One of the lessors has sent a legal notice...
02:23 PM, Aug 05, 2012
