Auto sales up 22.2 percent in November
byNew Delhi : Despite high input costs, fuel price hikes and rising interest rates, the Indian automobile sector’s November sales grew by 22.22 percent…
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Farmers block rail, road traffic in Punjab
byChandigarh : Road and railway traffic was affected in various parts of Punjab Thursday as hundreds of farmers blocked railway tracks and highways to…
‘No black money abroad’, BJP MPs to declare Friday
byNew Delhi : Main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said its MPs will give a declaration on the occasion of world anti-corruption day…
Harvard decision a dangerous precedent, says Swamy
byWashington/New Delhi : The Harvard University in the US has cancelled Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy’s summer courses over his controversial article in a…
Supreme Court nod to JNU students’ union polls
byNew Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday permitted elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) for the current academic year by relaxing…
Back to square one: Anti-Chidambaram protests disrupt parliament
byNew Delhi : After only a day of peace and normal business in parliament, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were back to…
Funds lie idle as Jumbo problem persists
byDehra Dun : Uttarakhand has a jumbo problem on hand, but the bureaucracy here apparently has more important things in mind, than being concerned…
Anthony Hopkins to play Hitchcock
byLondon : Veteran actor Anthony Hopkins has been roped in to play legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in a new biopic. The film “Alfred Hitchcock…
New hope for Mahatma Gandhi’s schools in Bihar
byPatna : There is new hope for an important but forgotten part of Gandhian heritage. After decades of neglect, the 391 Buniyadi Vidyalayas (basic…
Khanduri panders to populism – announces 4 new districts in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : For Uttarakhand chief minister B C Khanduri, all importance lies in repeating the BJP government in the state somehow, even if…