Three more missions to Mars planned
Mumbai : After the latest mission takes off Saturday, NASA is planning to send three more missions to Mars, with the next one scheduled…
Odisha seeks special status
Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday to reiterate his demand to accord special status…
Omar’s olive branch to army on AFSPA
Jammu : Extending a hand of cooperation toward the Indian Army to get the Armed Forces Special Powers Act lifted from some parts of…
Top Maoist Kishanji killed in West Bengal
Kolkata/New Delhi : The Maoist movement suffered a major blow when one of its top leaders, Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji, was killed Thursday…
India’s cabinet approves revised Companies Bill
New Delhi : The Indian cabinet Thursday approved a revised Companies Bill to replace the 55-year-old old legislation that seeks to tighten norms on…
Fact sheet on India’s retail trade industry
Fact sheet on India’s retail trade industry, in which the cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Thursday approved up to 51 percent foreign…
India opens doors to global retail chains
New Delhi : In a major push to reforms, India Thursday allowed global chains like Wal-Mart, Carrefour and 7-Eleven to bring up to 51…
Engineering student killed for having affair
Rohtak (Haryana) : A 22-year-old engineering student was beaten to death by the family members of a girl he was having an affair with…
Dravid crosses 13,000-run mark, Tendulkar closer to 100th ton
Mumbai : Rahul Dravid Thursday became the second player in the world to score 13,000 runs in Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, who himself…
Farooq, Omar crumbling to Congress pressure: Mustafa Kamal
Srinagar : Mustafa Kamal, the ousted chief spokesman of the National Conference, says his nephew and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and…