Five years rigorous imprisonment for Sukh Ram
New Delhi : A Delhi court Saturday sentenced former telecom minister Sukh Ram, 84, to five years rigorous imprisonment in a 1996 telecome scam…
Have broken no laws, say Airtel, Vodafone
New Delhi : Even as the CBI Saturday raided the offices of telecom service providers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone for alleged irregularities in additional…
Everybody joins corruption chorus in Karnataka
Bangalore : Karnataka is fast becoming a satirist’s delight with its political heavyweights and public figures engaged, almost every day, in a slugfest over…
Not encouraging self-immolations in Tibet: Dalai Lama
Dharamsala : Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has expressed concern over self-immolation protests in Tibet, saying he was not encouraging such action, a…
India, Canada to clash in Kabaddi finals on Sunday
Bathinda (Punjab) : A spirited Canada pulled off a surprise win over Pakistan to set up a clash with hosts India in the finals…
Engaging giants India , China a challenge: Pentagon
Washington : The United States faces difficult challenges in the Asia and Pacific regions, including how to engage emerging powers such as India and…
Rangarajan for RBI intervention to check rupee fall
Kolkata : Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor C. Rangarajan has called for the central bank’s intervention to check the depreciation of rupee…
IAF awaits cabinet nod to buy Pilatus trainer
Bangalore : The Indian Air Force (IAF) is awaiting cabinet approval to buy the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 aircraft to train its rookie pilots, Chief…
Ahmed Patel was mastermind behind cash-for-vote scam: Gadkari
Bhopal : The BJP national president Nitin Gadkari Friday alleged that Ahmed Patel, advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was the ‘mastermind’ behind the…
Wikipedia plans various initiatives in India
Mumbai : India would be the focus this year for Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the multilingual reference website Wikipedia, with plans for several initiatives…