For life without a cellphone – dial in
New Delhi : Ankit Varma pores over his worn out, slightly yellowed diary, tracks his own smudged handwriting for a number and thumbs in…
China’s 2011 grain output reaches 571 mn tonnes
Beijing : China saw a bumper harvest of grain this year, with its output rising to a record high of 571 million tonnes, a…
Can’t let politics block valued foreign equity in retail: Pranab
New Delhi : Farmers and consumers will be the casualties if foreign equity in retail trade is prevented for narrow political gain, Finance Minister…
US Sikh group leads call for probing racial profiling
Washington : Amid charges of racial profiling by a group of 38 civil rights organizations led by the Sikh Coalition, the US Transportation Security…
Let politics not block valuable foreign equity retail: Pranab
New Delhi : Famers and consumers will be the casualties if foreign equity in retail trade is blocked due to narrow political gains, Finance…
Stalin, son booked for land grab
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Police Thursday said they have registered a land grab case against former deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin, his son Udayanidhi…
Government mulling quota for Muslims within OBCs: Salman Khurshid
New Delhi : In a significant move ahead of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Law Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said the government is considering…
Court notice to N.D. Tiwari on paternity suit
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to N.D. Tiwari on a plea by a 32-year-old man, who claims to be…
‘Divine footprints’ on pond attract hundreds of devotees
Kolkata : “Human footprints” on the surface of a pond adjoining a temple in West Bengal’s Howrah district Thursday saw hundreds thronging to see…
Culinary institute to come up at Haryana’s Pinjore
Chandigarh : A National Culinary Institute (NCI), the first of its kind in north India, would soon be set up at Haryana’s Pinjore to…