New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again attacked the Centre over internal security and slammed the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), saying the big brother attitude of the government is not good. "You are attacking the federal structure just by the idea of NCTC. The big brother attitude is not good," Modi said addressing the media after the internal security meet in the national capital. "The multi-agency centre...
01:51 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Cardiff: Two convincing victories in two warm-up games have given India the perfect momentum going into the main event of the ICC Champions Trophy where they face South Africa in the opening encounter on Thursday. They were tottering in both those matches, having reduced to 110 for 4 chasing a huge 334 against Sri Lanka and 55 for 5 batting first against Australia, but found key players who batted with...
12:28 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Mumbai: The rupee failed to maintain its initial gains against the American currency and was quoted lower by one paisa to 56.45 per dollar in the late morning trade on fresh dollar demand from banks and importers. The rupee resumed higher at 56.43 per dollar against the last closing level of 56.44 per dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market and firmed up further to 56.31 per dollar on...
10:02 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Mumbai: Breaking a three-day losing run, the BSE benchmark Sensex on Wednesday closed 22 points up at 19,568.22 on buying in Reliance Industries, ONGC and HDFC Bank shares at low levels even as global markets fell on fears that an early withdrawal of US monetary stimulus will impact inflows. Smart surge in Sensex heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) ahead of annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled on mainly aided Sensex's upmove. The...
09:34 AM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered the freezing of the voting rights and corporate benefits of over 105 private firms. These private firms have failed to meet the minimum public shareholding requirement. The private firms, have faltered in attaining the minimum 25 per cent public shareholding requirement. The SEBI said the companies failed to meet the norms within the stipulated deadline of June 3,...
08:46 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Washington: Indian Parliamentarians met top American lawmakers to raise India's concerns over the immigration bill, in particular those related to the H-1B visa issues. A delegation of seven MPs under the banner of India-US Forums of Parliamentarians of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), included Biju Janata Dal leader, Baijayant "Jay" Panda, Supriya Sule (Nationalist Congress Party), Bhakta Charan Das (Indian National Congress), Uday Singh (BJP),...
07:55 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif will be formally elected by the the members of Pakistan's National assembly on Wednesday evening and will be sworn in by Pakistani President Zardari. With the swearing in, Nawaz Sharif who won May 2013 polls by a huge majority, will formally take charge of the government. Also to be present at the swearing in will be India's high commissioner to pakistan who will be representing the Indian...
07:45 AM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: Following up on the launch of Junglee.com in India in February 2012 Amazon.com has announced its next big India foray - Amazon.in. While Junglee.com is a product aggregator and directs buyers to the seller's website, Amazon.in is the ecommerce giant's own marketplace for India. Amazon.in is Amazon's tenth marketplace launch and it will provide Indian customers with a shopping destination to purchase products from third-party sellers. Amazon.in will...
06:45 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Shillong: BJP on Tuesday alleged that government's rejection of CBI plea to question former coal secretary HC Gupta was to "shield" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during whose tenure as Coal minister, coal blocks were allotted to private companies. "This is being done to save the Prime Minister," BJP leader Prakash Javadekar told PTI in Shillong. He said CBI plea to question the former coal secretary was to obtain clues as...
01:20 AM, Jun 05, 2013
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11:51 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: Accounting regulator ICAI on Tuesday said it has begun an inquiry against 'key management persons' of global sportswear major Reebok with regard to a fraud unearthed in 2012, but is yet to initiate the inquiry against the company's auditor at that time. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has asked the auditing firm, Narsimhan & Co, to give their version and clarification on allegations about their...
11:18 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Jaipur: The Airport Authority of India is going to operationalise civil airports in Jaisalmer and Bikaner this year, AAI Chairman VP Agrawal said on Tuesday. Till date, both cities only have air force stations for flight operations. The AAI will also initiate survey of unused but potential airstrips and runways which could be revived in order to improve air connectivity in the state, Agrawal told reporters. "Jaisalmer airport, spread over...
11:13 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Cardiff: Captain MS Dhoni indicated that Dinesh Karthik has more or less "earned" his berth in the playing XI with an unbeaten century in India's crushing win over Australia in a warm-up match for the Champions Trophy, here on Tuesday. "I think he has earned his place in the side and we'll just have to see who misses out when we play against South Africa. I'd like him to play...
10:59 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Cardiff: Two days ahead of the Champions Trophy opener against India, South Africa were dealing with injury concerns with pace spearhead Dale Steyn nursing a side strain and Robin Peterson taking a hit on his foot while batting. Steyn has been diagnosed with a left side strain after bowling five overs during the side's six-wicket defeat to Pakistan in a warm-up game and scans confirmed the strain. Peterson could not...
10:58 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Cardiff: Despite recording two facile victories in the warm-up games, India are worried about their top-order batting, spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said here on Tuesday. Like the first warm-up game against Sri Lanka in Edgbaston on Saturday, India suffered a similar top order collapse against Australia on Tuesday. India were struggling at 55 for 5 in the 17th over till skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91) and Dinesh Karthik rescued the innings...
10:54 PM, Jun 04, 2013
The IPL 6 spot-fixing and betting controversy has raised many questions about the BCCI as well as the current state of Indian cricket, and as revealed by an opinion poll conducted by CNN-IBN recently, the overwhelming response is one of disillusionment towards the governing body of the sport in India. ...
10:46 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Cardiff: India hammered Australia by 243 runs in a Champions Trophy warm-up match after skittling out the defending champions for just 65 here on Tuesday. Umesh Yadav, who joined the squad late following his recent marriage, took the first five wickets to fall in a stunning return of 5 for 18 in just five overs. Meanwhile fellow paceman Ishant Sharma bagged 3 for 11, including Shane Watson, who scored a...
10:07 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The economic growth can rebound to 7 per cent in two years if corrective steps that are needed be taken, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Tuesday. While addressing at the 30th anniversary lecture of CUTS, Ahluwalia said, "If we take the corrective steps whatever necessary, we will get back to 7 per cent (economic growth rate). I don't say this will happen this year...
10:02 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Kolkata: To satiate the wanderlust of Bengalis, with a record 20 per cent of the state's population hitting the traveller's trail any time of the year, the land of undulating terrain Jharkhand became the focal theme of this year's India Tourism Fair. Bengalis are the most widely-travelled people in this country and one of the most travel-crazy races in the world in terms of budget tourism, spokesman of the Indian...
09:19 PM, Jun 04, 2013
