Inflation shot over 8 per cent before the year 2007-08 ended, with government on Friday releasing final figures of rate of price rise for the week ending March 15 that puts it at 8.02 per cent against the provisional 6.68
Sebi had barred Ritesh Polyester and its promoters -- Ritesh Exports, Surendra Kumar Agarwal and his wife Roop Rekha Agarwal and their minor sons Ritesh and Deepak -- from operating in the capital market for a period of 10 years
The Karnataka high court has given the green signal for the launch of the new Bengaluru International Airport. The order came at 6.30 p.m. on Friday, barely a few hours before the first flight is to touch down at the
The national air-carrier was working on these issues and was confident of attaining 100 per cent e-ticketing before the International Air Transport Association deadline of May 31, the official said. Earlier in the day, Travel Agents Association of India President
Responding to pressures within government, the farm debt waiver and relief scheme has been enhanced to Rs 71,680 crore from the earlier Rs 60,314 crore, even as its coverage was widened to include 7 million more marginal and small farmers,
The Supreme Court has ruled that public sector insurance companies cannot refuse to provide medical cover policies to those suffering from pre-existing diseases and said such an action was arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional.
After a series of protests and court cases, Bangalore, the IT capital of India, finally got a full-fledged international airport at Devanhalli, 31 km away from the city. The first flight flew to Singapore.
When asked if it would not be good for farmers as they would be rid of an anti-farmer government, CPI general secretary A B Bardhan said that the farmers would continue to die as there would be nobody to save
In stark contrast with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommendation that only Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) licence-holders should participate in 3G auctions, Communications Minister A Raja today suggested that foreign telecom companies, too, would be permitted to
The surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II was successfully launched from ITR, Chandipur, Balasore off Orissa coast at 10:26 this morning. Prithvi - II has achieved a range of 350 Kms with a flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude
Three Kurdish rebels and one government-paid village guard were killed in two clashes in southeast Turkey, according to authorities and news reports Friday. Turkish troops killed two Kurdish rebels near the southeastern city of Sirnak late Thursday, the military said,
Beirut - Lebanon's army chief, who is poised to become the country's new president, urged for national unity after feuding politicians agreed to end 18 months of conflict, a newspaper reported on Friday.
Beirut: Al Markaziyeh News agency has revealed the composition of the new government of 30 ministers that was agreed in Qatar in which the majority will have 16, the opposition 11 and president 3 ministers.
Beirut - Democratic Gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt declared the Qatar deal a "big success for Lebanon because the Arab action has averted a civil war in Lebanon."
Beirut- Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his outgoing cabinet convened for the last time on the eve of Friday, May 23, 2008. The Lebanese ministers discussed the latest developments in the Lebanese dossier, particularly the outcome of the Lebanese dialogue
Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah said a committee supervised by the foreign ministry was preparing a 'comprehensive future plan' for harnessing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in the country. He, however, stressed that it was
Welcoming the accord at a news conference here on Wednesday, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah described it as an 'historic agreement among the Lebanese parties' which, he said, would mark a new chapter in the
The latest was a musical night featuring well-known Ghazal singers Ahmed Hussain, Mohammed Hussain, Mohammad Vakil and Group. As Consul General Dr Ausaf Saeed said, it was 'a great moment' for Jeddah because the Indian Civil Society (ICS) delegation members
