Repoll by and large peaceful in Manipur
IMPHAL: Repoll in 11 booths in Senapati and Thoubal districts on Monday were by and large peaceful. Official reports said there was 70 per cent polling. However no votes were cast in the Sajouba-A, Sajouba-B and Sajouba-C polling stations ...
Prodi visits Mother House in Kolkata
KOLKATA: Visiting Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi expressed here on Monday his country's eagerness to improve bilateral and trade ties with India. "We want to multiply the relations between India and Italy," Mr. Prodi said, after visiting ...
Baglihar: Pakistan wanted construction stopped
NEW DELHI: India has claimed a "moral victory" in the determination of the World Bank-appointed neutral expert that it could complete the 450 MW hydropower project in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, because Pakistan had wanted it to stop ...
Mamata extends campaign to Bhangar
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee extended her campaign against acquisition of farmland for industry to Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district on Monday the proposed site for an infrastructure project to be set up by the ...
NBA: Centre given time on plea for CBI probe
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted four weeks to the Centre and the States of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh on a petition for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged routing of foreign funds received by the ...
Women's groups want prices checked
NEW DELHI: Women's groups on Monday expressed concern over the rising prices of essential commodities and asked the Government to include price control measures in the Budget proposals. A delegation of representatives from various women's ...