“I'll take up air support issue with Cabinet”
New Delhi: As Maoists carried out their second major strike in as many months in Chhattisgarh on Monday, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said there was need to revisit the anti-Naxal strategy in the light of the fact that four States want ...
44% not satisfied with UPA first year: opinion poll
New Delhi: An opinion poll conducted by NDTV news channel on Monday said a majority of those surveyed expressed satisfaction with the performance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but nearly half felt Rahul Gandhi would make a better ...
11 of Hindu outfit chargesheeted
PANAJI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Margao blast on the eve of Diwali on October 16 last year, on Monday filed a charge sheet against 11 sadhaks (seekers) of the Goa-based right-wing Hindu outfit ‘Sanatan ...
Monsoon sets in over the Andamans
NEW DELHI: The much-awaited South-West Monsoon has reached the Indian territorial waters. It set in over parts of south Bay of Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and most parts of the Andaman Sea on Monday. Announcing this, the India ...
Tripping on foot overbridge caused deaths, says panel
NEW DELHI: The high-power committee set up to probe Sunday's death of two passengers at the New Delhi station has prima facie said there were no stampede-like conditions on the platforms and that the deaths occurred due to tripping on the foot ...
India favours reforming multilateral FIs
TEHRAN: India on Monday called for wide-ranging reforms in the structure of multilateral financial institutions to step up capital flows for infrastructure investment to developing markets. “We need to continue our efforts for a ...
e-filing of I-T returns suspended
NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry has suspended the facility of e-filing of income tax returns, as security certification for the Income Tax Department's website is not yet in place. In an official statement here on Monday, the Central Board of ...
Israel acting like totalitarian state: Chomsky
RAMALLAH/ TEL AVIV: Noam Chomsky on Monday accused Israel of acting like a “totalitarian state” after an Israeli government decision banning him from entering the West Bank. Mr. Chomsky (81), a Jewish-American professor of ...
Ministry writes to IOA, NSFs on good governance
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry has written to the Indian Olympic Association and the National Sports Federations (NSFs) about the need to adopt good governance and to comply with its latest guidelines in order to meet the aspirations and ...
