The meeting coming just days after RSS brokered a fragile truce between an aggrieved Advani and the pro-Modi group within the BJP. ...
10:42 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Seeking to put behind the acrimony witnessed last week, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met senior BJP leader LK Advani, who had resigned in protest against his appointment as head of the Election Campaign Committee. Modi, on his first visit to Delhi after his elevation, had a 45-minute interaction with Advani which was described by sources close to the BJP patriarch as "good and one that...
07:58 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, who will be in the national capital on Monday evening, is expected to meet senior BJP leader LK Advani on Tuesday. The meeting is likely to take place even as Advani continues to voice his grievance over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation as poll panel chief. RSS chief had played peacemaker earlier and averted the Bharatiya Janata Party's crisis by...
10:15 AM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Isha Singh, who hails from Dharamshala, has won the FEM Miss North India 2013. The 26-year-old bagged the title Friday. Jagmeet Kaur, 24, was the first runner-up and Shweta Singh, 23, the second runner-up. The participants at the pageant, organised by Shree Sai Entertainment, were selected from various North Indian states. The platform was meant "to enter glamorous world of fame, attracting a lot of fanfare," Bharat K....
12:05 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Patna: Bihar BJP ministers on Sunday skipped the Cabinet meeting called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Senior BJP leader CP Thakur said that the ministers will resign if Nitish breaks away. Meanwhile, the BJP ministers are holding a separate meeting at Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi's house. BJP state president Mangal Pandey said that there was no meaning in attending the Cabinet meeting when JD(U) leaders were trying...
11:59 AM, Jun 16, 2013
At the 32nd Infosys Annual General meeting, recently-appointed Executive Chairman NR Narayana Murthy said it will take the software major three years to get back on track. ...
08:16 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Bangalore: Recalled to ride out the bad times for Infosys, its Chairman NR Narayana Murthy today said the task of rebuilding a "desirable" Infosys would take at least 36 months and there would be some tough decisions resulting in "pain." "The challenge is daunting and the task is tough," said Murthy in a candid address to shareholders at the 32nd Annual General Meeting in Bangalore, two weeks after he was...
06:33 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: A panel of ministers on disinvestment headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram will meet on Wednesday to decide the base price for the sale of stake of Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India. The sale of 9.33 per cent of MMTC's stake is expected to begin by June 13. The government expects to raise Rs 250-300 crore through the stake sale and the base or floor price...
10:48 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: The Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Wednesday will review the water position of the river. During the meeting in New Delhi, the position regarding storage and allocation will also be reviewed. The decision was made keeping in mind the poor storage and oncoming monsoons in Karnataka. The meeting will be attended by the Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry and Kerala. On June 7, Karnataka had decided to...
10:39 AM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on Wednesday. The Chief Minister is expected to demand a special status for Goa and push for a financial package for those affected by closure of mining activity in the state. An all-party will be meeting Prime Minister today and the Congress is likely to be represented by MP Francisco Sardinha in Delhi. Goa's Leader...
09:52 AM, Jun 12, 2013
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11:50 PM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held an all party meet on the Naxal insurgency. An all-party resolution against naxal violence and armed insurgency was passed at the meeting. The meet ended with the Prime Minister assuring full support to the governments in Naxal affected states. The meeting was held in the backdrop of the recent attacks in Bastar in which top Congress leaders were killed. Ruling out any compromise...
10:25 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday asked private lender Yes Bank to advance its board meeting and hold it before June 27 while asking plaintiff Madhu Kapur, wife of the bank's deceased co-founder Ashok Kapur, to name her nominee for a board position. Justice SJ Kathawala on Monday directed Madhu Kapur to make a formal representation to the bank, nominating her daughter Shagun Gogia as nominee-director, so that the...
08:30 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has become BJP's Central Election Committee chief despite opposition from senior party leader LK Advani but faces many big challenges and responsibility. Modi's elevation at the National Executive meet in Goa has not only given him a very important and responsible position but also made sure that his path ahead will be full of thorns. The biggest challenge that Modi faces is to...
01:49 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: In a big blow to the Rajasthan Royals, the Board of Cricket Control in India has suspended the franchise's co-owner Raj Kundra pending inquiry into the IPL scandal. The decision was taken in the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting on Monday. Also the committee decided that the same probe panel, comprising of Justice R Balasubranian and Justice Jayaram T Chouta, which is inquiring into the IPL spot-fixing case...
01:07 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has now officially become the man who will pilot the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral fortunes in the next general election. Just hours after being anointed the BJP's poll campaign chief, Narendra Modi reached Ahmedabad to a rousing welcome. Supporters and party workers in Gujarat turned out in full strength to welcome the Chief Minister home. On Sunday, BJP President Rajnath Singh named Modi...
11:27 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Cricket Association President Ravi Sawant is likely to be appointed as the new BCCI Treasurer at the board's emergent working committee meeting on Monday, say sources. The post of the Treasurer was vacant after Ajay Shirke had resigned with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal hit the board's credibility. More key decisions are on the cards in Monday's BCCI meet. According to sources, the BCCI is considering suspending...
10:58 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Chennai:Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said she is happy for 'good friend' Narendra Modi, who has been made the chairman of the BJP's Election Campaign Committee for the 2014 polls. However, Jayalalithaa declined to comment on the development, insisting it was that party's internal matter. "Politically I do not think it would be proper for me to make a comment on what has happened in another party,...
10:50 AM, Jun 10, 2013
