"Steps to control inflation not enough"
NEW DELHI: Political parties supporting the Government as well as those in the Opposition have said the steps taken to control the "runaway" inflation were not enough. The parties are not impressed by the cut in petrol and diesel prices and ...
Vijay Goel detained
NEW DELHI: The police detained Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Goel during a protest march against price rise here on Friday. Accompanied by a large number of party workers, Mr. Goel began his march from Chandni Chowk towards Connaught ...
"Reference to Indian nuclear test unacceptable"
NEW DELHI: Senior officials told The Hindu that India was prepared to undertake never to detonate a nuclear weapon using U.S.-supplied materials or technology but could not accept a general reference to its unilateral, voluntary ...
`Rademaker is not a U.S. official'
NEW DELHI: Responding to an article in The Hindu (`India's anti-Iran votes were coerced: former U.S. official', February 16), U.S. Ambassador David C. Mulford said the individual quoted was "not a U.S. official." The story quoted ...
Protests in Kashmir against excavation near Jerusalem mosque
SRINAGAR: Violent protests at several places in Kashmir, coupled with a general strike called by militant organisations, against an Israeli excavation near Jerusalem's Masjid Al Aqsa paralysed normal life in the city on Friday. Most shops and ...
Memon detained by immigration authorities
CHENNAI: The Immigration authorities at the Anna International Airport here detained Mohammed Iqbal Memon (29) of Mumbai on Friday. The Immigration authorities said around 9 a.m. the detained person landed at the Anna International airport. He ...
Left to oppose nuclear deal
MUMBAI: The Left parties will strongly oppose the India-U.S. nuclear deal in the budget session of Parliament, according to national secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and MP, Sudhakar Reddy. Mr. Reddy told a meeting at the CPI ...
Creating trouble is Mamata's politics: Basu
KOLKATA: "Creating trouble is her religion, it is her politics", veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu said here on Friday, referring to Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's determination to continue her movement against the Tata Motors' car ...
Drug prices rise by 6-7 per cent
NEW DELHI: The Central Government's recent announcement to merge local taxes with the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) has pushed up drug costs by 6 to 7 per cent. With people grappling with their household budgets following the steep rise in the ...
Congress leaders discuss U.P.
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leaders and Union Ministers, including Shivraj Patil, A. K. Antony, Kapil Sibal and Political Secretary to Congress president Ahmed Patel, on Friday held discussions here on the developments in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. ...
Shops to have consumer scale soon
BANGALORE: Your neighbourhood grocery store will soon have a new feature exclusively at the disposal of consumers. Soon all traders dealing in packaged commodities will have to install an electronic scale, known as the consumer scale for the use ...
