Lalu apologises for coming late
NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Tuesday apologised to the Rajya Sabha members for coming late when the House was discussing the Railway budget. Neither he nor any Minister of State for Railways was present when the discussion began ...
Sacking of Pakistan Chief Justice condemned
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the International Bench and Bar Association (IBBA) have condemned the sacking of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, by President Pervez Musharraf during the pendency ...
Now potable water vending machines at stations
NEW DELHI: After allowing setting up of reputed fast food chains and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) at railway stations across the country, the Railways are now all set to provide potable water through vending machines. Reverse ...
Maritime University bill introduced
NEW DELHI: Shipping Minister T.R. Baalu on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha the Indian Maritime University Bill, 2007. It seeks to establish and incorporate a teaching and affiliating university at the national level to facilitate and promote ...
HOME SWEET HOME Foreign placements losing their sheen for IIM-A students
AHMEDABAD: An increasing number of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, students are preferring to work in India overcoming the fascination to go abroad or are opting out of the placement rituals to start their own ventures. The ...
Bar Council opposes entry of foreign firms
NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India on Tuesday made it clear that neither foreign lawyers nor foreign law firms would be allowed to enter the Indian legal arena. Addressing a press conference here, Chairman Jaganath Patnaik reiterated the ...
BJP to insist on discussion on Quattrocchi
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party would insist on a discussion in the Lok Sabha on extradition of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, accused in the Bofors case, as soon as the debate on the general Budget is over later this week. At ...
