February 24, 2012
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has come up strongly to sort out the differences between the captain and the vice-captain, MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag, of the touring Indian cricket team.
February 23, 2012
Alleging youths had suffered a lot during BSP, SP and BJP regimes in Uttar Pradesh, Congress key campaigner Rahul Gandhi said his party, if voted to power, would generate adequate employment opportunities for them.
February 23, 2012
Alleging youths had suffered a lot during BSP, SP and BJP regimes in Uttar Pradesh, Congress key campaigner Rahul Gandhi said his party, if voted to power, would generate adequate employment opportunities for them.
February 23, 2012
The uncertainties surrounding the world economy and a high fiscal deficit has pushed India to fourth place globally in terms of economic confidence of the people, a survey has said. As per the survey conducted by research firm Ipsos, India slipped one position to the fourth place in January. The report said that India's economic confidence declined by three points to 65 percent in January.
February, 2012
Salaried employees earning up to Rs 5 lakh a year will not be required to file income tax returns from this year, says a Finance Ministry notification. There are about 85 lakh salaried persons in the country whose yearly income, including earnings from other sources like bank deposits, does not exceed Rs 5 lakh.
Februrary 22, 2012
Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu claimed he had twice got the opportunity to become Prime Minister but turned them down. "I got the opportunity to become Prime Minister of the country on two occasions (in the 1990s) but I refused.
February 22, 2012
By LAURA VANDERKAM
There was a time, not so long ago, when I was busy, busy, busy. At least I thought I was.
I told people I worked 60 hours a week. I claimed to sleep six hours a night. As I lamented to anyone stuck next to me at parties, I was basically too busy to breathe. Me time? Ha!
Now I work 45 hours a week and sleep close to eight hours a night. But I'm not getting any less done.
February 22, 2012
Global financial problems, besides a tight monetary policy, are affecting the Indian economy and a slowdown in external demand has led to a decline in exports, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
February 22, 2012
Panchkula (Haryana): Samjhauta blast accused Swami Aseemanand on Wednesday denied in court that he had ever met with Kamal Chauhan, who has accepted that he bombed the train that left 68 dead in February 2007.
He also said that National Investigative Agency ( NIA) was the alleged conspirator in the blast.
February 21, 2012
Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines' promoter Vijay Mallya on Monday night said he will not shut down the private carrier which struggled to stay afloat after further large-scale flight disruptions and resignation of pilots.
"Closing down is not an option. It will not happen.
