The body carrying out the development of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) — an Indo-Japanese attempt to take on the manufacturing might of China — has finalized initial details of the project. According to the blue-print prepared by the DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC), there will be seven mega cities (called nodes) built over the […]
Actor Salim Kumar, who usually restricts himself to comedy roles, has won the National award for best actor. The award was given for his role in the Malayalam film ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’ [Abu, son of Adam.] The film also won the award for the best feature film as well as several others like that for […]
DMK Patriarch M Karunanidhi has been caught in a catch-22 situation after the arrest of his daughter Kanimozhi. Most senior leaders have reached the party headquarters and gone into a huddle to determine their next step. While, on an emotional level, both the leader and most of DMK’s rank and file want to ‘take revenge’ […]
A day after environment minister and IITian Jairam Ramesh rued the quality of research and faculty at India’s premier technology and management educational institutions, he got support from human resources minister Kapil Sibal. Sibal, talking to the media, pointed out that Indian IITs and IIMs — on which many Indians feel proud — are not […]
The Delhi High Court explosion was caused by an unidentified package left near the Ford Figo car, and not inside the car as suspected earlier. Dharmendra Kumar, Commissioner for Law and Order in Delhi said the suspected package was left near the car and may have contained explosive substance. “The Forensics team are on their […]
J Jayalalitha, who is being sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s new chief minister, is unlikely to join the Congress-led UPA at the Centre any time soon, according to sources in Chennai. While Sonia Gandhi has already invited the AIADMK supremo for ‘breakfast’ and congratulated her on her victory over Congress ally DMK, the feisty former-actress […]
Embattled Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has claimed support from 121 MLAs out of the total 224 members in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Yeddy, as he is popularly known, is on his way to the national capital Delhi where he plans to speak to the Prime Minister and the President of India. All BJP MLAs […]
The Supreme Court has again pulled up the agencies investigating the 2G scam — this time the Income Tax department under the Ministry of Finance. Disappointed with the “slow progress” of the probe into upstream investors of companies that got the controversial licenses in early 2008, the Court asked the agency to speed up its […]
The government will auction five more wireless broadband spectrum slots increasing the total wireless broadband players from 3 to 8 by the next year, going by what telecom minister Kapil Sibal told an international conference in Geneva today. Sibal, speaking at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, said the total wireless […]
Despite strong reservations from the Telecom Regulator, telecom minister Kapil Sibal has said that the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) will be tasked with creating a massive optic-fibre network across the country. Speaking at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva today, Sibal said that “initially,” BSNL will be in charge of […]
Even as wholesale price inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index or WPI declined in April, experts have raised questions about the upward revision of earlier data. According to numbers released today, inflation in the country came down marginally to 8.66% in April from 8.98% announced for March last month. However, the government also […]
The petroleum ministry has hit back at detractors pointing out that the Rs 5 per litre hike in the price of petrol was only half of what was actually required. It claimed that even after the hike of Rs 5 per litre, state-owned oil companies continue to lose another Rs 4.58 per litre. “Loss” by […]
A delegation of senior National Democratic Alliance, including BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Sushma Swaraj and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav met the Prime Minister to request the recall of Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured them that he will not take any ‘unconstitutional step’ irrespective of what is contained in the […]
The Centre for Science and Environment, one of India’s foremost environmental groups, welcomed the Supreme Court’s move to ban controversial pesticide Endosulfan today. It also accused two Committees preferred by the Government, the O P Dubey committee and the C D Mayee committee, of manipulating ‘facts’ to favor continuance of the use of Endosulfan in […]
The state elections of 2011 has been remarkable for a variety of reasons — the fall of a 34-year old Communist government in West Bengal, the resounding signal sent by the Tamil Nadu electorate that corruption will not be condoned and the not-quite-there victory of the Congress in Kerala. While the first two have been […]
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), India’s second biggest industry association, said that Mamata Bannerjee’s victory in Bengal may bring back West Bengal’s lost status as one of India’s industrial hubs. FICCI, which normally restrains itself from commenting on changing political fortunes, said it “strongly welcomes” the transition of power in […]
The next time you are prompted to enter your facebook or twitter password after clicking on some nice ad, make sure the location bar of the browser says ‘facebook.com’ or ‘twitter.com.’ Gone are the days of alluring emails asking you to part with your bank account details to claim your million dollar prize, cyber criminals […]
On the second day of his official tour of Afghanistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to reassure the Afghani lawmakers that India did not want to ‘impose’ its views on the country, and was interested only in ‘friendship.’ In his brief address to the join session of the two houses of Afghani Parliament, Singh mentioned […]
Oommen Chandy is all set to be Kerala’s next chief minister as the Congress ‘High Command’ Sonia Gandhi is expected to have lent her weight to his candidature, even as his rival Ramesh Chennitala withdrew from the race. Senior Congress leaders Mohsina Kidwai and others are expected to touchdown in Trivandrum by 1 pm with […]
The 16 Karnataka MLA’s, who were disqualified by the Karnataka Speaker after they switched sides from BJP, have again lent their support to the party, according to BJP state unit. The BJP Karnataka unit has faxed their claim to the Karnataka Rajbhawan, claiming that they continue to have majority in the Assembly. The MLAs too […]
