New Delhi: In a big bang economic push, the government on Thursday approved 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The government, however, left the option on the states to invite multi-brand retails. Here is the full text of the decision taken by the government at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs meeting: Permitting FDI in multi-brand product retail trading The Cabinet has approved the proposal of...
07:03 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: In a major decision signalling the end of policy paralysis in the UPA government, the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday accepted 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The government has, however, left the option to invite multi-brand retail on the states. There is an opt out clause in the FDI in multi-brand retail, which has been the most contagious of the...
05:57 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to hear former BJP President Bangaru Laxman's bail plea in a bribery case. He is serving an 11-year jail term after he was caught taking a bribe on camera in a sting operation in 2001. Laxman's petition also seeks quashing of charges in the case. ...
10:36 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: The IBN Network has added five more awards to its list, this time at the exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards. CNN-IBN was awarded for the best coverage of the Lokpal Bill, while the best in-show graphics award was given to CNN-IBN's sister concern IBN7 for Budget 2012. Also IBN Lokmat bagged three awards for Best Spot News Reporting, Best Continuing Coverage by a Reporter and Best News Programme in...
08:42 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New Delhi: To bid farewell to the London 2012 Olympics, Google on Sunday has come up with the London 2012 closing ceremony doodle, which is apparently the last Google doodle this Olympics. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the doodle and the ceremony that wraps up the so-far spectacularly successful London Games. 1. The doodle features a spate of athletes from different Olympic sports celebrating the last day...
11:53 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: You would have often wondered why it's so difficult to book a ticket during the festive season. An IBN Cobrapost expose has revealed that a full fledged nexus between corrupt police officials, touts and railway clerks defrauds the system. Cobrapost's undercover reporter posing as a travel agent met railway reservation clerk Kanhaiyalal at the New Delhi station reservation office. Since it came soon after an IBN Network expose...
07:21 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Islamabad: Along with a bundle of blessings, fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan also helps people quit the bad habit of smoking, a Pakistani doctor has said. Fasting is considered a strong tool to maintain good health and an effective cure for various psychological and medical disorders, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. "The holy month of Ramadan serves as a best exercise for smokers to maintain good...
04:41 AM, Aug 06, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc held discussions in recent months about possibly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Twitter to gain a social networking presence, the New York Times on Friday, cited people briefed on the matter as saying. The iPhone and iPad maker, which has never delved deeply into a social media space dominated by Facebook Inc, at one point considered an investment that would have valued the microblogging...
12:52 PM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was on Friday questioned by the CBI after arrested arms dealer Abhishek Verma claimed that he met the leader regularly after his arrest last month. The CBI wants to verify whether the meetings were held in connection with the stalling of the blacklisting of Swiss defence firm Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (RAD). CBI sources, however, say that Tytler has denied it. Verma was...
09:02 AM, Jul 28, 2012
Bangalore: The officials of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) seem to have forgotten the deadline given to residents and commercial establishments to install rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems in buildings measuring 40x60 feet. The official deadline ended on March 31. The board, which had threatened to disconnect water and sanitary connection from April 1, has not yet taken any punitive steps on those who have not installed the RWH...
03:07 PM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to honour Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean - on her 115th birth anniversary, Google has today put up a doodle on its homepage that features Earhart climbing up the aircraft "Lockheed 5B Vega," which she used to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. The Google letters take the place of the original registration number of...
11:08 AM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: Environmental issues are increasingly coming in the way of the Indian Navy carrying out live fire testing of various weapons on board ships. Naval sources say that even for testing small weapons, ships have to move far out to sea. This not only means extra expense in terms of fuel but also time. Then theres the fact that in the event of rough seas and during the monsoon,...
02:02 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: Popular filmmakers Anubhav Sinha, Anees Bazmee and Vashu Bhagnani were caught on tape discussing the use of black money in the industry in a Cobrapost-IBN Network Expose. While most of the filmmakers denied their on camera claims, industry veterans expressed shock on seeing known filmmakers openly talking about ways to launder black money. Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt said, "What I have heard from Vashu, it is shocking what we've...
07:47 AM, Jul 11, 2012
On the face of it, Veeru K's film seems to be a refreshing entertainer. Tarak is playing a theatre director named Devadanam. The film's rural set-up is fashioned after Mangamma Gari Manavadu, Muddula Mavayya, the makers say. Mike Testing 143 has been shot completely but for three songs and the scenes for climax. "In the coming schedule from the 25th onwards, we will shoot the talkie part in Hyderabad. A...
07:51 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Almost two months after a Parliament Standing Committee raised an alarm on untested drugs, it has been found that they are still being freely sold in the market. The shocking findings of the Parliament committee had put a huge question mark on the credibility of the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation, highlighting loopholes in drug safety laws. According to its report, 33 new drugs were approved by the...
07:12 AM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: Kerala is the most literate state in the country but when it comes to posting obscene articles or photos on the Internet, people from God's own country seem to be also on top, if one goes by government data. 27 per cent (136) of the 496 cases of obscene publication registered in the country last year were from the southern state, topping the list in this regard. Around...
03:17 PM, Jul 03, 2012
The Madhya Pradesh medium-pacer says he regrets his decision to take Rs 5,000 to deliver a no-ball in a local game. ...
06:59 PM, Jul 02, 2012
"I still maintain that I am innocent and I have not got justice," said Srivastava, who has been banned for 5 years. ...
09:47 PM, Jul 01, 2012
BCCI has banned TP Sudhindra, Shalabh Srivastava, Mohnish Mishra, Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali over IPL spot-fixing. ...
01:29 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Four of these five players sanctioned by the BCCI featured in the now defunct Indian Cricket League. ...
07:51 PM, Jun 30, 2012
