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  Country Needs A Hangman More Than A Lokpal : Thackeray

  India | December 15, 2011 18:07 IST

  Mumbai, Dec 15: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has criticised Team Anna for pressurising Parliament to get the Lokpal bill passed.“More than a Lokpal, we need a hangman to execute Afzal Guru, convicted in Parliament

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  Banerjee Warns Partymen Against Joining Syndicates

  India | December 13, 2011 22:34 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 13: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today warned her partymen against associating themselves with syndicates of building material suppliers and in real estate promoting activities, saying they should not do anything that tarnishes

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  Hezbollah Chief In Rare Public Address In Lebanon

  World | December 06, 2011 19:42 IST

  Beirut, Dec 6: The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah's group made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally on Tuesday to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashoura, claiming his militant group is acquiring more

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  Not In Favour Of Toppling Govt : Mamata

  India | December 02, 2011 17:57 IST

  Dankuni (WB), Dec 2: Remaining firm in her party's opposition to the UPA government's decision on FDI in retail, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that her party is not

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  Lalu Yadav's Elder Brother Dead

  India | November 20, 2011 20:35 IST

  Gopalganj, Nov 20: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder brother Gulab Chand Yadav died after a protracted illness at his ancestral home at Phulwaria village in Bihar's Gopalganj district, his family sources said today.Yadav, aged

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  Atomic Energy Commission Chief Says, Fears Of N-Plant Accidents Baseless

  India | November 10, 2011 19:04 IST

  Ramgarh (Panchkula), Nov 10: The probability of an accident due to a nuclear plant is one is to infinity and all atomic power plants in the country conform to safety standards, Chairman of Atomic Energy

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  Mamata Serves Ultimatum To UPA Govt

  India | November 08, 2011 22:17 IST

  Kolkata, Nov 8: Giving an ultimatum to the UPA government, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said her party would not remain in the coalition if it effected another hike in prices of petro products. 

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  Swamy Says, 2G Accused Must Remain In Jail Till Witness Statements Are Recorded

  India | November 03, 2011 18:12 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 3: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who had approached court in the 2G scam case, today described the denial of bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven others as a “correct decision”

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  I Cautioned Advani Against Removing Modi : Thackeray

  India | October 20, 2011 17:30 IST

  Mumbai, Oct 20: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said he had once told BJP leader L K Advani to ensure that Narendra Modi remained the Gujarat chief minister in the interest of the saffron

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  TRS Chief Meets PM, Demands Early Telangana Statehood

  India | October 03, 2011 23:03 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 3: Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the Centre take immediate steps for formation of a separate Telangana without further consultations with

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  Pass Resolution For Clemency To Rajiv Case Convicts, Says Karunanidhi

  Politics | September 30, 2011 22:17 IST

  Chennai, Sep 30: Continuing to plead for three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today asked the state cabinet to pass a resolution to press for clemency for

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  Shiv Sena Hits Out At Anna Hazare

  India | September 23, 2011 16:04 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 23: Hitting out at Anna Hazare for his plans to visit Pakistan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said he should have given a thought to the sentiments of his country as Pakistanis

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  BCCI Chief Manohar Appears Before ED

  Cricket | August 10, 2011 16:36 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 10: Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) President Shashank Manohar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here today presumably in connection with alleged irregularities in the conduct of the cash-rich Indian

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  My Mind, My Brain Is All Okay: Kalmadi

  India | July 28, 2011 16:59 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 28: “My mind, my brain is all okay,” sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, who is in Tihar jail since May in connection with the CWG scam, today said refuting

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  Lashkar-E-Jhangvi Chief Freed On Bail After 14 Years

  World | July 14, 2011 21:53 IST

  Lahore, Jul 14: Malik Ishaq, the chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, accused of plotting the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, walked out on bail after 14 years in prison today to a

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  TRS Chief Hails Resignations Of Telangana Congress Leaders

  Politics | July 14, 2011 21:42 IST

  Hyderabad, Jul 14: Hailing the resignations given by various Congress leaders for the Talangana cause, TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the people here would never forget the ‘unprecedented sacrifices' made by them.The

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  Rahul is the voice of the farmers: Joshi

  Politics | June 19, 2011 21:48 IST

  Noida, Jun 19 : As part of the celebrations to mark Rahul Gandhi's birthday, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi today visited violence-hit Bhatta Parsaul village where the Amethi MP had sat on a

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  Moldovan Tennis Federation Chief Killed In Car Blast

  Tennis | June 07, 2011 18:44 IST

  Chisinau, Moldova, Jun 7: A car exploded in Moldova's capital on Tuesday, killing the chairman of the country's tennis federation, a government spokesman said.Igor Turcan was hospitalized with serious wounds to his leg after a

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  RSS Chief Comes Out In Support Of Ramdev

  India | June 06, 2011 22:17 IST

  Nagpur, Jan 6: The RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said both civil activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Swami Ramdev cannot be labelled "anti-national". In fact, he said, Swami Ramdev  is the idol for

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  CBI Records Siva Group Chief's Statement

  June 06, 2011 22:14 IST

  New Delhi, June 6: Probing the allocation of 2G spectrum between 2001-07, CBI today recorded the statement of Siva group chairman C Sivasankaran who has accused Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran of arm-twisting him into selling