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11:22 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. ...
11:18 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. ...
09:11 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Hyderabad: Kings XI Punjab coach Darren Lehman hopes his batsmen will come good in Friday's game here against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 6. The coach said that while the victory against Kolkatta Knight Riders has bolstered the team's confidence, they need to play well against Sunrisers, who have eight points from five matches. Punjab have won two out of four games but their batsmen, including captain Adam Gilchrist, have...
08:27 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G spectrum scam on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying that the duo was not informed of the change in policy by the then telecom minister A Raja. The JPC report said that the 2G spectrum was allocated on 'first come, first serve' policy and that norms were tweaked to favour a...
08:06 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Actor Aamir Khan and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram feature on 'Time' magazine's 100 Most Influential People list this year. The actor who won critical acclaim for his TV show 'Satyamev Jayate' last year, has been termed as a pioneer in the list. The other Indian who features under the pioneer category is lawyer Vrinda Grover. Union minister of finance, P Chidambaram features under the Titans list alongside Facebook...
07:26 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Mumbai: The committee of legislators probing the attack on API Sachin Suryavanshi in the Maharashtra Assembly premises has held two MLAs, Kshitij Thakur and Ram Kadam, guilty. The committee in its report has given the benefit of the doubt to the other three MLAs citing inconclusive CCTV evidence and has recommended that the Speaker revokes their suspension. The report also recommends that the suspension period of Thakur and Kadam be...
01:59 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New York: Asserting that India can absorb $50 billion foreign investment annually, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the downturn in Indian economy was temporary and growth will return to 8 per cent in two years. Acknowledging the largeness of the current account deficit (CAD) at around 5 per cent of GDP in 2012-13, he said the government had no timelines or targets in mind for bringing it down. He...
11:51 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced India's concerns over dam construction on the Brahmaputra river by China and proposed a joint mechanism during talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing is believed to have not shown willingness to move on the issue. During his meeting with President Xi in Durban, Manmohan Singh had sought a joint mechanism to assess the construction work on dams on the Brahmaputra...
04:36 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Bangalore: The bomb blast near the state BJP city office that left at least 16 people injured indicated the hand of terrorists and state police has set up a special team to investigate the attack, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Wednesday. "By tomorrow or day after, details will be known about the incident and appropriate action will be taken in this regard," he told reporters after visiting the...
01:21 AM, Apr 18, 2013
A blast near the BJP office in Malleshwaram in Bangalore on Wednesday left 16 people injured including eight policemen. The explosion reportedly took place near a temple just metres away from the BJP headquarters. ...
11:54 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Boston: Vowing to deliver on the fiscal roadmap, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has expressed confidence that elections are not a hitch in carrying out reforms including fuel price adjustments. Addressing an investor meet hosted by Citi Group in Boston, he said while fiscal deficit will be reduced by 60 basis points each year, the current account deficit (CAD) will be narrowed by raising exports. Citi said in a note after...
06:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
3:40 pm: The Home Ministry confirms that the Bangalore blast was a terror attack. 2:39 pm: 11 policemen have been injured in the Bangalore blast, say sources. 2:30 pm: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says, "Have constituted an enquiry into the Bangalore blast under the Special Secretary of Home department. I will have interaction with the Karnataka government and the police." 2:16 pm: Mumbai put on high alert after Bangalore...
12:48 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Bangalore: A blast near the BJP office in Malleshwaram in Bangalore on Wednesday left 16 people injured including eight policemen. The explosion reportedly took place near a temple just metres away from the BJP headquarters. Bangalore Police said that several cars have been damaged in the low intensity blast including a police vehicle. The police added that the cause of the blast in not known yet. The blast comes weeks...
11:08 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Mumbai: A Maharashtra government-appointed committee, which probed the assault on a traffic police officer by a group of legislators inside the assembly premises in Mumbai last month, on Tuesday submitted its report to the Speaker. The committee, headed by Ganpatrao Deshmukh, a veteran MLA of Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), comprised the entire panel of presiding officers belonging to different parties. The seven-member panel submitted its report to Assembly Speaker...
11:51 PM, Apr 16, 2013
The talented Matt Damon teams up with Jodie Foster for director Neill Blomkamp's new science fiction film 'Elysium'. Set in the year 2159, the film narrates of a fictitious perfect land called Elysium where people from planet Earth want to escape to. The film will be released in August this year. ...
10:53 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Adam Scott has climbed to a joint career-high number three in the world rankings following his dramatic Masters victory on Sunday. Scott became the first Australian to win at Augusta after sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to clinch a playoff victory over Angel Cabrera. He edged past the Argentine to claim the green jacket after the pair had finished locked together on nine-under-par 279 after...
09:45 PM, Apr 15, 2013
One of the truly enigmatic personalities on the contemporary Indian political canvas, Narendra Damodardas Modi is difficult to ignore. From his humble beginnings as a RSS pracharak to his rise in the Hindutva ranks, and from being Bharatiya Janata Party' master planner to one of the its most popular and controversial state chief ministers, Modi's mantra of change and development is gradually finding many takers. Though he evokes vastly different...
07:21 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government faced fire in the Bombay High Court on Monday over its handling of the drought situation. Hearing a petition from two farmers in Solapur, the court said the drought situation has worsened due to government inaction. The court had last week asked the Maharashtra government to release water from two dams to the Ujni Dam. Although the government has started releasing water to the Ujni Dam,...
03:41 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Mohali: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will travel to north India on Tuesday expecting to bag two easy points against hosts Kings XI Punjab, who are struggling to get their act together in IPL 6. Punjab have had a miserable run in the last two matches. After starting their campaign with an impressive eight-wicket win over Pune Warriors India, they were delivered a 10-wicket hammering by Chennai Super Kings and...
03:05 PM, Apr 15, 2013
