New Delhi: A deadline for September 15 has been set by the government for initiating action on de-allocation of coal mines to many of the 58 allottees to whom show-cause notices have been issued. Pushed by an upset Prime Minister's Office, coal ministry has got into action to expedite the process of de-allocating the blocks ahead of the Inter-Ministerial Group meeting scheduled for Monday to consider the issue. According to...
12:02 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Mumbai: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Saturday said Kingfisher Airlines will be allowed to operate as long as it does not compromise with safety. "We cannot shut down the airline (Kingfisher) till there are safety issues involved," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a tour operators convention in Mumbai. The Vijay Mallya-promoted full service carrier, facing severe funding crunch, has not paid salaries to most of its employees,...
11:45 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Ranchi: Taking strong exception to Congress president Sonia Gandhi reportedly asking her party men to launch a counter-offensive against the BJP, former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday accused Gandhi of being "arrogant" as her party was trying to "dilute" the coal block issue through debate. "Sonia Gandhi asks her Congress members to attack the BJP on the coal block allocation issue. Is this the way to say?" Sinha...
05:00 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Mumbai: BJP was stalling Parliament on coal allocation issue because it was afraid that a debate would expose the roles of its chief ministers, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla claimed on Friday. "BJP is adamant on not letting the Parliament function," Shukla told reporters here after attending a prayer meeting for the late Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Friday. "BJP knows that if it allows Parliament to...
02:31 AM, Sep 01, 2012
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader and Sircilla legislator KT Rama Rao has expressed hope that Telangana will become a reality before the 2014 general election. "I do not want to approach elections with Telangana as the agenda," he told a gathering of public prosecutors here on Sunday. He said it was unfortunate that a raw deal was being meted out to the Telangana region in all aspects. For instance, of...
10:19 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into "extreme positions" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected, trying to discredit his Republican rival at the biggest political moment of his life. In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama said Romney lacks serious ideas, refuses to "own up" to the responsibilities of what it takes to be president, and deals in factually...
12:20 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Panaji: Goa government will take up with the Centre the issue of the travel advisory issued by the UK to its nationals visiting the coastal state and also initiate measures to promote the state as safe destination for tourists. In a written reply to Legislative Assembly, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said the state government had not yet objected to the travel advisory issued by the UK in June asking its...
09:10 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday called for "short, medium and long-term solutions" to address the various aspects of Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Addressing a conclave at the Eelam Tamils Rights Protection Conference here, he said "the short-term and medium term solutions include resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced Tamils, besides reconstruction of infrastructural and civic facilities." "Long-term solution is a political solution which has been discussed and debated for...
04:30 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress was left embarrassed on Thursday after Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde took an unwarranted jibe at Samajwadi Party leader Jaya Bachchan as the Rajya Sabha discussed the Assam violence. As Shinde spoke, Jaya sought to intervene, to which the newly-appointed Home Minister said, "Please... this is a serious issue.. not a filmy one." The remark caused an uproar in the Rajya Sabha, with BJP leader Arun...
01:57 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: While the Kerala Congress (M) has toughened its stance on the Nelliyampathy estates issue by maintaining that eviction of genuine farmers will not be allowed even when the party will oppose encroachers, Congress MLAs V D Satheesan and T N Prathapan asserted on Wednesday that the issue is purely legal and it cannot be resolved through political discussions. The differing stance is poised to put the UDF under tremendous...
12:15 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Bangalore: Registering a complaint about civic problems has become more easier now. Citizens can register their complaints online through Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) website. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, BMTF Inspector General of Police R P Sharma said, This is a first of its kind measure. One can log in to our website and register their complaints. The problems may not be related to the BBMP. Any complaints, related...
03:28 PM, Jul 20, 2012
London Olympics organisers are embarrassed after the official security agency failed to provide the promised number of personnel. ...
08:10 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday underlined the need to evolve a national consensus to solve the Kashmir problem "through democratic means". Addressing a public gathering in Inshan, a mountainous area in Kishtwar district about 250 km from here, Mufti said dialogue was the only way to solve all problems peacefully. "Political parties of the country, including the...
02:59 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Washington: Ruling out any solution from "outside" to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, US President Barack Obama on Sunday underlined that disputes between India and Pakistan can only be resolved by the two countries themselves. Welcoming the Indo-Pak dialogue process, he said, "It is not the place of any nation, including the United States, to try to impose solutions from the outside." "That said, nations must meet their responsibilities...
03:15 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Donetsk: Alain Boghossian, an assistant coach for France, insists the matter has been dealt with and his team's full attention is on beating Spain in the European Championship quarter-finals. Two years after France's strife-torn World Cup, a new rift has emerged in the form of a heated locker-room exchange after Tuesday's 2-0 defeat by Sweden. The team met the next day to ease tensions. "The fire's been put out. Nothing's...
11:20 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday expressed concern over reports about Sri Lanka's attitude towards India and demanded that New Delhi give greater attention to Sri Lankan Tamils issue. He cited reports that said the Island nation's relations with China was growing, while it didn't keep India informed about implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), as it did to the United States. "As I...
02:42 AM, Jun 22, 2012
On Board Air India One: India attaches no link between the progress in talks with Pakistan on reducing military presence in Siachen Glacier and other bilateral matters, a top official said. The official also added that the Indian armed forces were better prepared than ever before, seeking to quell such an impression after the letter to that effect written by former army chief General VK Singh. "Our composite dialogue with...
03:40 AM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: When Apple announced the iPhone 4, a lot of users began taking to the forums voicing their concerns about their handsets losing signal. Later on Steve Jobs addressed this issue by stating that it was an antenna issue and one would need to grip the handset in a certain way. The case of the death grip appears to have struck again, this time targeting the quad-core smartphone, the...
12:05 PM, Jun 16, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan wants a "constructive, sustained and result-oriented" engagement with India and is committed to peacefully resolving all outstanding bilateral issues, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday. Zardari made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistan's High Commissioner-designate to India, former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir. He expressed the hope that the resumed dialogue process between the two sides would move forward in the spirit that was displayed during the...
01:22 AM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: India and Pakistan will discuss the Siachen issue, which has been hanging fire for over two decades, on June 11-12 in Islamabad with an aim of demilitarising the world's highest battle-filed. Defence Secretaries of the two sides will hold talks for two days there in an attempt to find a solution to the vexed problem which is costing immensely to both countries in terms of monetary and human...
08:32 PM, Jun 03, 2012
