Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:32:55 GMT
PM asks ministers for 'performance report'
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:41 GMTIn an attempt to test all his ministers, Manmohan Singh on Friday demanded his men submit a 'performance report' for his personal monitoring. The deadline for submission given by the PM is November 30.
2 tribals killed in Orissa police firing
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:33:37 GMTAt least two tribals were killed on Friday when police opened fire at a mob that attacked a police station in Orissa's Koraput district, an official said.
Visa rider on Mirwaiz's China visit
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:29:36 GMTIndia has declared it has no objection if Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq goes to China, but made it clear that stapled visas on passports would not be valid for travel abroad.
India loses Rs 70k cr/yr in road mishaps
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:58 GMTIndia loses nearly Rs 70,000 crore due to road accidents every year and on an average 315 persons are killed and 5,000 seriously injured every day.
Govt backs off on sugarcane pricing
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:03:30 GMTPushed to the backfoot by Opposition protests, the Centre blinked and announced it would roll back the controversial clause in the sugarcane-related amendments.
This year, more planes get fog-fit
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:46 GMTSince last year, the number of CAT III-compatible aircraft has gone up from 162 to 206. Airlines for long have been reluctant to train pilots in CAT-III operations citing costs.
Senior cop wanted NSG taken off 26/11 ops: Gafoor
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:39 GMTFormer Mumbai police commissioner Hasan Gafoor said there was a suggestion from a very senior police officer to call off the NSG as they were taking too much time to complete the operations.
'1 million newborns die every yr in India'
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:21:44 GMTAlmost 20 years after India signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child, experts are now looking at the glass as half full, on indicators related to child survival and development.
From car cleaners to class toppers
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:38 GMTNestled in the Aravallis and about 190 kms from Delhi, Bal Ashram's four-acre campus is a different world from the sweat shops, factories and farms familiar to the kids.
SC panel wants Reddys to stop 'illegal' mining
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:31 GMTKarnataka's Reddy brothers have been slammed by the Supreme Court's high-powered environment panel which has accused their Obulapuram Mining Company of indulging in largescale illegal mining.
'No better time to be a communist in US'
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:06:18 GMTThe international conference of communist and workers' parties began amidst a call to intensify popular struggles and expand solidarities in the wake of the current world capitalist crisis.
Snowstorm kills 8 in Rohtang
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:03 GMTEight people crossing the Rohtang Pass on foot were killed on Friday when they were hit by a snow storm.
Babus risk angering Left, attend Mamata's dinner
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:56:20 GMTMamata held a quiet, private dinner for bureaucrats from the West Bengal cadre on Wednesday at party MP and minister of state for surface transport Mukul Roy's residence.
Naidu denies claim that RSS scuttled bid for BJP top post
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:54 GMTSenior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu has strongly denied that he was turned down for the post of party chief by RSS.
Naxals 'sorry' for Jharkhand train attack
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:21 GMTOn the back foot after Thursday's attack on a passenger train in Ghagra, the rebels apologised, saying it was carried out by "overzealous new recruits".
