NEW DELHI: A Defence Ministry staff member, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the corporate espionage case, was today sent to judicial custody till March 5 by a Delhi court. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal remanded Defence Ministry’s house-keeping staff member Virender Kumar to eight-day judicial custody afterRead More

KOLKATA: In an embarrassment to Trinamool Congress, party MLA Swapan Kanti Ghosh today staged a sit-in demonstration outside the West Bengal Assembly and levelled corruption charges against TMC-run Suri municipality. The party suspended Ghosh with immediate effect pending enquiry. Ghosh, who did not attend the assembly during the day, satRead More

NEW DELHI: After India has signed various nuclear deals with other countries, the capacity utilisation of nuclear reactors in country has increased from about 50 per cent to 83 per cent, the government today said. “Following the fruition of international cooperation in the field of nuclear energy in 2008, nuclearRead More

NEW DELHI: Faced with fierce attack on the land acquisition ordinance, government today said it was ready to deliberate on opposition suggestions and “go the extra mile” to prevent any injustice to farmers and to strengthen their hands. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu also said in Lok Sabha thatRead More

AGRA/LUCKNOW: Thousands of widows living as recluse in ashrams in Agra and Varanasi will celebrate a special four-day Holi in Vrindavan beginning March 3, deviating from their prosaic day-to-day activities. At least 1,000 kg ‘gulal’ (coloured powder) in different colours is being arranged for the Holi programme being organised byRead More

NEW DELHI: As many as 51 more people have died due to swine flu in the country raising the toll to 926 even as the number of those affected by the H1N1 virus breached the 16,000 mark on Wednesday. According to collated data from the Health Ministry till February 24Read More

PANAJI: With deep fissures within the Congress rendering the main opposition party virtually toothless, the main opposition to Goa’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be from its own camp. Two first-time legislators from the saffron party, Michael Lobo (Calangute) and Vishnu Wagh (St. Andre) over the last fewRead More

NEW DELHI: Environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who is facing charges of sexual harassment, was Wednesday admitted to a hospital here, a source said. “Yes, he (Pachauri) has been hospitalised,” the source told IANS. Pachauri stepped down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following a complaint of allegedRead More

NEW DELHI: Social activist Anna Hazare, who is spearheading agitation against amendments in the Land Acquisition Act, today rubbished Government’s claim that these were more “effective” and “farmer-friendly”, saying it was trying to mislead the people. Hazare said the BJP government has misled people on several fronts including the blackRead More

NEW DELHI: There is no proposal under consideration of the government “to delete” Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. “No, sir. There is currently no such proposal under consideration,” minister of state for home haribhai Parathibhai ChaudharyRead More