BJP has alleged that the crushing of Ramdev Baba’s agitation was planned three days before it was finally carried out on Saturday night. Spokesperson Arun Jaitley said the events of the last four days have to be explained as a tussle between the hard line adopted by home minister P Chidambaram and the compromise path […]
Baba Ramdev launched a blistering counter attack after the Congress party attacked him personally, questioning the source of his funds for setting up the tent and other facilities. “They are trying to scare me. I am not afraid of anyone, I am not afraid of death.. If I were, I would not have set up […]
Civil Society members of the Lokpal drafting committee — headed by Anna Hazare — are drafting a letter to Committee chairman Pranab Mukherjee asking him to spell out clearly what the Government wants from the Lokpal bill. The civil society members may even boycott the entire Committee if the government fails to respond to the […]
Tahawwur Rana, the doctor alleged to have helped David Headley in carrying out the Mumbai terrorist attack, pretended to be or was actually unable to remember the names of the organizations such as Lashkar e Toiba, Jamaat ud Dawa etc.. when talking to the FBI. The Government of US played back the tape of FBI’s […]
Acharya Balkrishna, Baba Ramdev’s main aide, denied the innuendoes by Congress senior leader Digvijay Singh that he had run away. In an emotional media conference, during which he broke down many times, he said he was on the spot helping every one on the spot and did not go anywhere. “I did not run away.. […]
Five days after the devastating attack on the German soldiers in the northern Afghanistan in which two combatants were killed, six soldiers got injured today in a bomb attack on their convoy. So far there is no report of any fatal casualty. German soldiers are posted in the North of Afghanistan,which was supposed to be […]
Baba Ramdev has offered to withdraw his agitation if the government declares the illicit money stashed by Indians in foreign bank accounts as a national asset. “They have indicated verbal agreement. If they are willing to accept this demand, we will withdraw the agitation,” he said. He added that he is willing to temporarily set […]
Former IPS officer and civil society leader Kiran Bedi has said that the civil society movement for Janlokpal will officially seek permission for Wednesday’s fast near Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Jantar Mantar is the official protest venue for political groups, and Baba Ramdev was criticised by the Government for not holding his dharna there. However, […]
India’s decision to buy 10 large cargo aircraft from the US for $4-5 billion will sustain nearly 23,000 jobs in the US, the American ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer said. “This is indicative of the growing military and humanitarian ties between our two democracies. From joint training exercises to defense sales and ship visits, […]
BJP leader in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj has attacked Congress leader Digvijay Singh for making fun of BJP after its leaders dance at Raj Ghat, the final resting place of Mahatma Gandhi, after a demonstration. She pointed out that she joined a party of dancers at 2 am in the morning, after all the protests […]
Baba Ramdev may get most of his demands met by the government even before he starts his fast in less than 24 hours from now. According to sources, the Government is keen to present him with an ‘action plan’ at the venue of his planned fast, which is due to start tomorrow. The marathon meetings […]
Congress spokesperson Digvijay Singh said the agitation by Baba Ramdev was broken up as he did not have the permission to undertake a fast. “He was given permission only for conducting a Yoga-camp… Instead, he was inciting the people… He’s talking to us calmly in Claridges Hotel, but immediately goes to the Maidan and incites […]
The Civil Society leaders led by Anna Hazare and company have decided to go on with the planned fast on Wednesday in an effort to turn up the heat on the Government. Shanti Bhushan, co-chair of the bill drafting committee, said that the civil society members will continue to participate in the meetings only if […]
Only 4% of the enterprises (companies) in India have taken advantage of cloud computing, with the SaaS market reaching Rs 465 crore this year, according to Cyber Media Research. “This is expected to rise to 6.8% for all large and mid-size enterprises in the country by 2012,” it predicted. The key SaaS applications that showed […]
Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer and one of Anna Hazare’s Lieutenants, blamed India’s opposition parties for failing to take up the issue of corruption and pointed out politics is not the preserve of those who seek to monopolize it. She said that people like herself and Anna Hazare were forced to take up the issue […]
Subhash Chandra’s Zee group and Rupert Murdoch’s Start group will float a new joint venture to start a digital cable revolution in the country. Zee will merge its distribution arm Zee Turner, while Star will merge its Star Den arm. The idea behind the JV is to make the big investments required for competing with […]
The three state-owned oil companies have restarted their fuel supplies after the Airline promised to pay its dues as soon as it gets an equivalent amount from the Government of India. The Government of India owes the carrier around Rs 1,150 crore which will now be redirected to the oil companies. The money is owed […]
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications, one of the largest telecom operators in the country, has decided to sell its stake in tower subsidiary Reliance Infratel to pay off its substantial debt. “The Board [of RCOM] has approved taking the process to the next stage of detailed due diligence, etc., with a view to completing such a […]
Pakistan diverted most of the money it received for counter-insurgency operations from the US to non-military uses, the country’s then finance minister Shaukat Tarin told Anne Patterson, the US ambassador to Pakistan in late 2009. In a US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks, Tarin also requested Patterson to share how much money the US pays […]
With Yuvraj Singh also excusing himself from the upcoming West Indies tour, India is all set to go to the Caribbean without its top five players. The Indian squad leaving for West Indies will now not have MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir or Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj, according to sources, has quoted a […]
