New Delhi, Dec 19: India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was today recommended for Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, by the National Rifle Association of India.Three days after the government modified
New Delhi, Dec 10: Both gold and silver recovered on the bullion market here today on fresh buying by stockists and jewellers to meet the marriage season demand. While gold gained Rs 20 to reach
Cairo, Nov 23: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters today demanded an immediate end to military rule in Egypt, clashing with soldiers at the iconic Tahrir Square, rejecting fresh overtures by Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi to hold
Mumbai, Nov 23: State-run Steel Authority of India has halved domestic demand for the alloy to six percent this fiscal from the earlier 10-12 percent on the back of difficult interest rate regime along with
New Delhi, Nov 3: BJP today alleged that the hike in petrol prices was yet another act of “midnight deceit” by the UPA and insisted that the common man would not spare the dispensation led
New Delhi, Oct 31: Both the precious metals, gold and silver, tumbled today on heavy selling by stockists and retailers at existing high levels, amid a weak trend overseas.While gold fell by Rs 340 to
New Delhi, Oct 17: A day after the Election Commission disfavoured the idea of right to recall, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said government is working on Team Anna's proposal for such a provision which
New Delhi, Aug 30: The storm over the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat paralysed Parliament today with an agitated BJP forcing repeated adjournments of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seeking recall of Governor Kamla Beniwal
Bangalore, Aug 18: The Reserve Bank of India today said domestic demand is starting to moderate indicating that inflation would come down.“We think that this moderation in demand that we are seeing this year is
Mumbai, Jul 26: Seeking speedy execution of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP MLAs today created noisy scenes within and outside the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.As soon as the House began its proceedings today, the
Darjeeling/Siliguri, July 19: A day after the signing of the tripartite agreement on Darjeeling, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung today said its original demand for Gorkhaland still stands.“The original demand for Gorkhaland remains. We
New Delhi, Jun 6: Accusing the UPA government of attacking civil liberties, a delegation of BJP-led NDA met President Pratibha Patil on Monday to demand convening of a special session of Parliament to discuss the
New Delhi/Chennai, Jun 1: Political parties today mounted pressure on Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran demanding his resignation in the wake of reports that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by an
New Delhi, Apr 28: 11 MPs, including one each from SP and BSP, of the 21-member PAC today "rejected" the draft report on 2-G scam that indicted former Telecom Minister A Raja and made critical
Mumbai, Apr 27: The Cricket Board's Working Committee today rejected Indian Premier League franchises Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Sahara Pune Warriors demand for a reduction in the franchisee fee.The two franchises had sought reduction on
New Delhi, Apr 15: Gandhian Anna Hazare today declared his assets which consisted of 2.53 hectares of land in Maharashtra, a bank balance of Rs 67,188 and cash of Rs 1,500 only. Anna's associate Arvind
New Delhi, Mar 8 : Political parties on International Women's Day, cutting across party line, called for passing the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill to give 33 per cent reservation to women in the legislatures but
Chennai, Mar 2: Citing exam season and Tamil New Year festivities, BJP and CPI (M) units in the state today demanded that the Election Commission revise the polling date for the state Assembly elections, scheduled
Mumbai, Feb 21: A victim of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on Monday demanded early public hanging of Pak terrorist Ajmal Kasab, given death sentence by the Bombay High Court. 11-year-old Devika Natwarlal, who was injured
New Delhi, Nov 29: BJP today turned down the government's renewed appeal to give up its demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2-G Spectrum scam, saying its position was based on
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