Lalu praises TTE
NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Thursday praised the Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) who caught his parents-in-law travelling without tickets on the Darbhanga-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express, stating it would set a lesson for those ...
Rights Watch seeks independent probe
SRINAGAR: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Government of India to launch a credible and independent investigation into all ``disappearances'' and fake ``encounter killings'' in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy began in 1989. The New ...
Mulayam should quit: Mayawati
LUCKNOW: : Bahujan Samaj Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday said that by allowing her party's writ petition filed before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court seeking the disqualification of 37 ...
Italian Minister calls on Railway Minister
NEW DELHI: Italian Minister for Infrastructure Antonio Di Peitro on Thursday called on Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and held discussions with him. Mr. Lalu told the Minister that Indian Railways had taken important initiatives towards its ...
Iran Minister calls on Soz
NEW DELHI: Iranian Energy and Water Resources Minister Parviz Fattah met Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz here on Thursday and discussed cooperation in urban water management and hydrological studies. The two also talked about the ...
No overheating of economy: Kamal Nath
NEW DELHI: The Government would attempt to ease supply side pressures that were leading to inflation through a more liberal import and fiscal regime. "Prices are rising because supply has not kept pace with demand in a rapidly growing economy. ...
Return farmland, demands Mamata
BARASAT (WEST BENGAL): : Accusing the West Bengal Government of creating a conflict between agriculture and industry, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked authorities to return farmland "forcibly" acquired in Singur for ...
Mufti: revoke special powers with the Army
JAMMU: The former Chief Minister and founder of the People's Democratic Party, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Tuesday demanded the revocation of all special powers vested with the armed forces active in Jammu and Kashmir for counter-militancy ...
