New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a PIL on Tuesday seeking a ban on Ranbaxy drugs. The petitioner cited the pharma giant's case in the US - where Ranbaxy USA admitted to selling substandard and adulterated drugs. The pharma giant was asked to pay a fine of 500 million dollars. Ranbaxy has been facing the heat off late - with a few hospitals banning its drugs. The PIL has...
08:49 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) looking into the revival strategy for state- owned telecom firms BSNL and MTNL has been deferred by a day to June 12. "It has been deferred to June 12," an official source told reporters. The GoM, headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, was scheduled to meet on June 11. The high level inter-ministerial panel has not met since the time...
08:45 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: Private carrier Jet Airways has hiked the salaries of its pilots, acceding to their long pending demand, even as its 24 per cent stake sale deal with Etihad Airways awaits regulatory approvals. "The airline has hiked its pilots' wages by up to 18 per cent in staggered manner with retrospective effect from 2010-11," sources said. The maximum hike stands at 6 per cent per year based on the pay...
01:50 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Paying rich tribute to Shikhar Dhawan for his maiden ODI century against South Africa, former India skipper Kapil Dev said the Delhi left-hander was the future of Indian cricket. The 1983 World Cup-winning captain is so excited with Dhawan's batting performance against a four-pronged South African pace attack during India's Champions Trophy match that he summed up the opener's 114 in just one word, "fabulous". Kapil sees Dhawan...
11:48 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: One should not underestimate the power of pen. The latest to demonstrate the power of pen is Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal, who has come up with a song on spot-fixing. Daler Mehndi has given his voice to the song. Here is the song: Jeet hamaari jhoothi hogi iska pata na tha, khel ki duniya maili hogi, iska pata na tha, cricket ka yeh khel tha samjhe, yeh...
04:56 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: The woes of the Kerala Congress are far from over. Senior party chairman R Balakrishna Pillai on Wednesday hinted at leaving the party if his son KB Ganeshkumar wasn't given a Cabinet berth. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is already under pressure to include KPCC Chief Ramesh Chennithala in the Cabinet. However, there is only one seat which is vacant. ...
06:53 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after he alleged that the UPA was doing nothing for national security with Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal accusing Modi of promoting terrorism. "Modi's administration has the ability to generate fake encounters. He must be knowing a lot about terror. The next time we wish to enact a law on terror, we must call Mr Modi,...
02:32 PM, Jun 05, 2013
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
New Delhi: A Public-interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Supreme Court against Ranbaxy Pharma. The PIL is seeking prosecution of all Ranbaxy directors and sealing of its manufacturing units at Paonta Sahib and Devas. This was based on Ranbaxy USA's 500 million dollar settlement with the US for making and selling aulterated drugs for over four years. Earlier in May, Ranbaxy had pleaded guilty to felony charges. ...
09:22 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Chennai: After one of the songs from the soundtrack of upcoming Vijay-starrer Tamil thriller 'Thalaivaa' was uploaded illegally on the Internet, its director A.L. Vijay filed a police complaint here Tuesday. Director Vijay filed the complaint at the office of the Chennai police commissioner. In his complaint, he has asked the police to take immediate action against those who are responsible for illegal uploading of the song, sung by the...
04:13 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The recent appointment of SK Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court by lawyer and anti-corruption activist Prashant Bhushan. Bhushan has filed a PIL in the apex court, adding to a similar PIL that had been filed on May 22 by another lawyer ML Sharma. Both the matters are to be heard in July. Sharma on May 23 was...
03:12 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: Three more senior executives of Kingfisher Airlines, including its chief information officer, have quit the grounded carrier even as a section of its pilots are set to revive their agitation over non-payment of salaries. "The airlines' chief information officer Saurav Sinha, flight operations head Capt Ronald Nagar and cabin crew head Ajit Bagchi have put in their papers recently," Kingfisher Airlines sources told PTI. Their resignations come close on...
01:37 PM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday launched a Rs 422 crore road corridor project in Mukarba Chowk area of North-West Delhi. To be constructed on Outer Ring Road, the corridor will link the crowded Madhuban Chowk with Mukarba Chowk area. The project is part of a 20 km-long signal free corridor from from Vikaspuri in West Delhi to Wazirabad in North Delhi, the total cost of which...
12:41 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Concerned over the unchecked sale of abortion pills, Women and Child Development minister Krishna Tirath is planning to write to Health ministry seeking measures to regulate the sale of such medicines. Official sources said that Tirath, who is on a visit abroad, would soon be sending Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad a letter apprising him of her views on the matter. "There had been certain complaints related to...
01:58 AM, Jun 01, 2013
New Delhi: With an aim of bringing transparency in judicial proceedings, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said working of trial courts should be audio recorded and discussions are on in this regard. "...We want that to bring transparency, at least the proceedings are audio recorded but the government cannot do this on its own. We will discuss it with judiciary, Chief Justices, because trial courts fall under High Courts...
06:06 PM, May 31, 2013
Hyderabad: The IAF training academy at Dundigal on Friday witnessed the induction of basic trainer aircraft Pilatus, PC-7 Mk-II, in the Air Force. Union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh unveiled the Swiss made aircraft at a ceremony in Hyderabad. Led by Group Captain RS Nandedkar, three PC-7 MK II aircraft put up an air display for dignitaries, including Chief Secretary Andhra Pradesh PK Mohanty, Swiss ambassador Linus Van...
05:39 PM, May 31, 2013
The Tamil film 'Mapillai Vinayagar' is a comedy entertainer featuring Santhanam, Lollu Sabha fame Jeeva in leading roles. The movie is directed by Sriram Padmanaban. The music is composed by Abhishek and Lawrence. The storyline of the movie is about a guy and his obessed to get married and the funny incidents that follow. Recently, the team recorded a song for the film sung by music composer Abhishek and has...
03:37 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned some Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials at its headquarters to find out the truth about the inputs that led to the Ishrat Jahan encounter in 2004. The CBI is probing whether a senior IB officer connived with Gujarat Police officers. According to the CBI an IB officer sent a false input of threat to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi that was passed...
02:27 PM, May 31, 2013
Geneva: The United Nations urged Syria on Wednesday to cease heavy weapons attacks on civilians in the rebel-held town of Qusair, in a heated debate that underlined deep divisions among powers even as they seek to convene peace talks in the coming weeks. The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution brought by Qatar, Turkey and the United States, but Damascus and allies Russia and Iran warned that the condemnation...
08:33 AM, May 31, 2013
