New Delhi: The government will convene an all party meet on Tuesday to iron out the controversial Land Acquisition Bill. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has called the meeting as the party meet could not reach a consensus by March 7. While the Left wants the Land Bill to be sent back to the standing committee, the Trinamool Congress has completely rejected it. Earlier in April, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
07:40 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be meeting Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the allocation of funds for her state for 2013. Mamata hopes to get a hike of 25 per cent in the plan size compared to 2012's 16 percent. Mamata is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the CPI(M) claimed the trip...
07:29 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of recent scams in defence purchases, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday said the armed forces should have "transparency" in their functioning. Inaugurating the bi-annual Army Commanders' Conference in Delhi, he expressed concern over the regional security situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and expressed confidence that the armed forces would be prepared to meet the challenges. "You should work towards having transparency in your functioning,"...
03:30 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Mumbai: Rumours have it that mobile messaging service WhatsApp may be Google's next big buy. Digital Trends is quoting "inside sources" as saying that WhatsApp is "playing hardball" and eyeing an acquisition price that's "close to $1 billion". The negotiations reportedly began four or five weeks ago. If this is true and the deal does come through, Google will have a force to reckon with on its side in the...
01:39 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Mumbai: TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor, who has back-to-back projects -- 'Ek Thi Daayan', 'Shootout At Wadala', and 'Shaadi Ke Side Effects' -- lined up for release, is tired and says that she will take a break to attend a summer entrepreneur course at the Harvard University. "I am planning to take a break. I am tired. I take each day as it comes. Now completely busy with the...
12:29 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams on Saturday said staying away from voting in a democratic set up is tantamount to losing one's moral right to complain about deficiencies in the system. Williams, who had cast her vote through the absentee ballot in the US presidential elections, said youths should participate in electoral democracy. "Exercising my franchise is something that I take seriously. If you don't vote and then complain about...
09:00 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Mumbai: Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has joined the Mumbai Indians squad after missing the first two games and is likely to be fit for the team's clash against Delhi Daredevils on April 9. Malinga, key paceman for the Mumbai franchise, was ruled out for the opening match in Bangalore due to a sore back, which he had sustained during Sri Lanka's recent limited overs series against Bangladesh. "He...
07:44 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Mumbai: TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor, who has back-to-back projects -- 'Ek Thi Daayan', 'Shootout At Wadala', and 'Shaadi Ke Side Effects' lined up for release, is tired and says that she will take a break to attend a summer entrepreneur course at the Harvard University. "I am planning to take a break. I am tired. I take each day as it comes. Now completely busy with the promotions...
05:42 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: KR Nayar, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been suspended on charges of sexually harassing a student. JNU Public Relations Officer Poonam Kudaisya said on Sunday that KR Nayar was a senior faculty member at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH) and been suspended following allegations of sexual harassment made against him. The order of suspension was issued on Friday and will remain...
04:27 PM, Apr 07, 2013
London: Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try. For centuries the library has kept a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. Starting Saturday, it will also be bound to record every British website, e-book, online newsletter and blog in a bid to preserve the nation's "digital memory." As if that's...
12:32 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Ahmedabad: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday moved the Gujarat High Court against a special court's judgement in a 2002 riot case in which 11 members of a family, nine of them women and children, were killed. The judgement in the Deepda Darwaza riot case was delivered on July 30, 2012. Designated Judge S C Srivastava had awarded life imprisonment to 21 people, a year in jail to a...
01:35 AM, Apr 06, 2013
They might seem like any other girl band but when it's showtime the Tetseo Sisters bring folk from the hills of Nagaland all the way to the stage. The siblings have been performing in India and overseas for more than a decade now. They are not just folk singers but are also the cultural ambassadors of Nagaland. .. ...
12:30 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another case of crime against women a engineering college girl student has alleged that she was raped by Delhi University college lecturer. Delhi Police has arrested the college lecturer on the victim's complaint. The student alleges that she knew the accused lecturer Virendra Singh, who taught at Delhi University's Satyawati College, for quite some time She alleged that Singh entered into a physical relationship with her...
12:20 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Beijing: Chinese scientists have developed the world's lightest substance - carbon aerogel - with a density only one sixth of that of the air. Scientists at Zhejiang University produced the solid material which has a density of only 0.16 mg/cubic centimetre, breaking the previous record of the world's lightest material held by graphite aerogel. The graphite aerogel was developed by German scientists last year with a density of 0.18 mg/cubic...
10:32 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Geneva: Scientists said on Wednesday they may be close to tracking down the mysterious "dark matter" which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen. A final identification of what makes up the enigmatic material would solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics and open up new investigations into the possibility of multiple universes and other areas, said researchers. Members of an international...
06:10 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress put 40 SC and ST MLAs of the ruling BJD in a fix in the state Assembly by suddenly demanding division of vote at the introduction stage of a bill for reservation to SC and ST in government jobs. The opposition Congress raised objection to the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for SC and ST) Amendment Bill, 2013, by claiming that it lacked provision...
11:20 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Mumbai Indians will miss the services of their Sri Lankan pace spearhead Lasith Malinga in their opening Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. ...
04:58 PM, Apr 03, 2013
In a shocking instance of police brutality, a student activist belonging to the SFI lost his life after being beaten up by policemen during its crackdown on a protest. Sudipto Gupta, a student of MA at Rabindra Bharati University was admitted to hospital with severe internal haemorrhage and later succumbed to his injuries. ...
07:25 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The Defence Acquisition Council is expected to approve changes to procurement rules on Tuesday and sources said the new rules will give domestic industry, both public and private, the right of "first refusal" before the import option is exercised. ...
01:48 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Girls from the desert villages in Rajasthan, which infamous for female foeticide and child marriages, are benefiting, thanks to residential education camps. From would be child brides, they are now looking at financial independence. ...
10:36 AM, Apr 02, 2013
