India

Bangalore, Jan 12: Social activist T J Abraham today sought Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar's sanction to prosecute three ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok for alleged 'massive illegality and corruption.' In a letter to him, he said he intended to file separate complaints in the Court of Special Judge (Lokayukta Court) for trial of offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act

New Delhi, Jan 12: Asserting that repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan are “unacceptable”, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne on Saturday warned that India may have to look at “some other options for compliance” if such incidents continue. “We have a Line of Control, we have a ceasefire agreement, we have certain structures and mechanisms which are sacrosanct and any violation of these

New Delhi, Jan 12: In a village in Uttar Pradesh, a woman sits hunched on the ground in a green shawl, visibly weak and shivering in the January cold. She says she has not eaten for days, and neither have her five young children. She has never heard of Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, having never ventured further from her village than a nearby market town, and ekes out a living working in

New Delhi, Jan 12: Union minister Kapil Sibal on Friday warned against foreigners who come to India to do business. His remark comes at a time when the UPA-2 government at the Centre is trying to attract foreign direct investment ( FDI) to boost the economy. Pointing to history, communication and IT minister Sibal said, "People from foreign countries have come to India for business and then became

Jabalpur (MP), Jan 12: Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markanday Katju today released a report on Gujarat polls which claimed that the malpractice of paid news was noticed on a large-scale in the recently held elections. Releasing the report before the media here, Katju said that the team has found large-scale practice of paid news, both in print and electronic media, in the recent

New Delhi, Jan 12: The Congress Friday talked tough by saying India wanted peace with Pakistan but the neighbouring country should not take it as a sign of weakness. It also warned that if Pakistan did not stop violating the LoC (Line of Control), India would have to think of taking strong action. "We don't want to break the process of peace but at the same time, we need to send a strong message

New Delhi, Jan 12: Even as the Congress core group headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi got down to debate the fuel price hike, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily on Friday said the decision on hiking diesel and LPG prices would be taken “as quickly as possible”. A decision on increasing the supply of subsidised cylinders from six to nine per household a year would also be

Chennai, Jan 12: IIT-Madras scientists have blood on their hands — and nobody is complaining. A team of scientists from the department of engineering design has been successful in creating enough red blood cells from stem cells to be used as 'artificial blood' in people who need transfusion. Having proved their oxygen-carrying capacity, the RBCs will now go into 'mass production' before starting

New Delhi, Jan 11: In a move that could be followed by major Indian airlines, no-frill carrier SpiceJet today slashed air fares substantially by offering a limited-period sale of 10 lakh seats across its domestic network for an all- inclusive fare of Rs 2,013. The promotional offer, which follows similar schemes like 'Jaldi Jaldi' of Air India, is valid for sale till January 13 from today, for

New Delhi, Jan 11: The suspension of veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani from the BJP, for daring the party to act against him on the issue of appointment of CBI director, may be revoked. Indications to this effect were available after Jethmalani met senior leader L K Advani and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari this morning. Jethmalani was also vocal on the resignation of Gadkari as BJP president in the wake of