Yeddyurappa backtracks, says won’t topple Shettar ministry
Bangalore/New Delhi: Former Karnataka BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday changed his tune on toppling the Jagadish Shettar ministry, amid speculation that some BJP lawmakers were…
Why no Bharat Ratna for Bollywood, wonders Suniel Shetty
Mumbai: Actor Suniel Shetty says it is surprising that Bollywood is ignored for the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in the country for performance…
World Bank-funded project could cause harm: Activists
Shimla: Fifty prominent national groups and green activists Monday questioned the environment and forests ministry’s clearance to a World Bank-funded mega hydropower project coming up…
Yashwant Sinha backs Modi as BJP’s PM candidate
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Monday endorsed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate from the party. “Wherever…
Cross-LoC travel resumes, trade to restart Tuesday
Jammu: Travel across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan resumed Monday after being suspended due to tension…
Hi-tech Goa assembly to paperless
Panaji: When the Goa assembly convenes todayy, the reams of cyclostyled paper with questions and answers and other text, a common sight in every state…
Fish gets dearer as trawler owners strike work in Goa
Panaji: Buying fish for the rice plate has got dearer for Goans with prices escalating sharply due a strike by trawler owners. Fishing trawler owners…
A web site that makes others’ dreams come true
New York: Argentine Martin Parlato has created a web site so that netizens can help make other people’s dreams come true, a project he began…
The conflict in Mali: Time India spoke, acted (Comment)
“Going to Timbuktu”. This bit of a statement, made often in jest in metropolitan India, refers to some distant, exotic place on a corner…
Himachal may get more rain, snow
Shimla: A cold wave is likely to grip Himachal Pradesh again with the local Met office Sunday forecasting more rain and snow in the coming…