New Delhi: Amid his pitch for a 25 per cent cut in taxes levied on petrol by states, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he has written to chief ministers to reduce taxes by states and put in place a mechanism to contain it if petroleum prices continue to rise. Announcing at the CWC meet that he had written to chief ministers, Mukherjee said he has sought their cooperation...
03:26 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Mincing no words, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked partymen to stop wasting their energy on factionalism and petty issues and prepare themselves unitedly for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress chief's firm message came at the day-long meeting of the CWC that saw Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda calling for a Kamraj Plan to revive the party ahead of the coming electoral challenges. While...
12:33 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accusing him of failing on the economic front to arrest the decline of Rupee vis-a-vis US Dollar. Addressing an award function in Mumbai on Monday evening, he also charged that late prime minister Indira Gandhi had announced during a campaign in the North East that if Congress was elected, the administration would be run as per the...
12:14 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Congress president Sonia Gandhi strongly defended the Prime Minister, accusing Team Anna and the Opposition of questioning his integrity. ...
11:55 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Florence: Italy defender Andrea Barzagli may miss the European Championship because of a calf injury. Barzagli strained his left calf in Friday's 3-0 friendly loss to Russia and could be sidelined for 20 days, according to national team doctor Enrico Castellacci. Castellacci said Monday that "we will do everything to get him fit, it's worth it." Barzagli is almost certain to miss the group games, and Italy coach Cesare Prandelli...
11:52 PM, Jun 04, 2012
A day after anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev shared the stage, the latter refused to commit to working under the leadership of the Gandhian. ...
11:43 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Zagreb: Croatia striker Ivica Olic will miss the European Championship because of a thigh muscle injury and will be replaced by Nikola Kalinic, team officials said Monday. Team doctors said the former Bayern Munich forward's medical checkups Monday in Germany showed that Olic has a muscle tear and he will not travel with the team to the tournament. Croatia coach Slaven Bilic called up former Blackburn striker Kalinic as Olic's...
11:41 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too hit back at critics, saying canard was being spread that UPA was swindling money. ...
09:36 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Taking on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on her remarks against the Opposition and the civil society on the blackmoney issue, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said that she should rise above politics and work for the country. "Sonia Gandhi's allegations against Ramdev are baseless. Is it anti-national to demand that Indian black money be brought back for the country's well-being? I feel she should not have...
07:28 PM, Jun 04, 2012
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Ramdev defended his strategy of not naming individuals in his campaign against blackmoney. ...
06:51 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC), in a crucial meeting held on Monday, asked the government to make firm decisions and stick to them, with the members asserting that they do not want the Congress to be seen as coming under pressure from allies and others. According to sources, the party's highest decision making body also authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to choose the President and the Vice President....
05:40 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: Corporate India expects the rupee to weaken more, with a majority of 440 respondents in an ING Vysya survey of 220 organisations predicting the rupee could fall to as low as 58 to the dollar in the near-term. Of the respondents, 15 per cent did not rule out the rupee breaching below 60 to the dollar, ING Vysya says. The majority in the survey say RBI rules relaxing...
04:46 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Melbourne: In a bid to tap the huge popularity and influence of Indian cinema, a new 'Bollywood Star' hunt has kicked off in Australia. The winner of the new reality show that was launched on Saturday, will bag a role in a Mahesh Bhatt film. The show has been divided in four part series and has been made for SBS TV by WTFN Entertainment. The panelist is led by a...
04:06 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: After Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hit out at those making allegations against him saying 'canards' were being spread about the Congress and the government. "Canards are being spread about us. Every day astronomical sums are being mentioned as black money which can be brought back, nothing can be further from truth. The truth is that the UPA is committed to fighting the menace of...
03:38 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New York: As the high-profile insider trading trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta enters its third week, the Indian-American's prominent friends feel he has been portrayed in an "unfair and one-sided" manner and his philanthropic work in India should not be forgotten. 63-year-old Gupta's trial, which began in Manhattan federal court on May 21, will resume on Monday after a weekend break with his protege and former McKinsey...
03:21 PM, Jun 04, 2012
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