March 27, 2012
Kingfisher Airlines may have landed into all kinds of troubles, but its flambouyant promoter Vijay Mallya thinks that India's image as an investment destination has taken a beating. "India's global image has taken a beating," Mallya said Monday on the social networking platform Twitter. Kingfisher which is neck-deep into financial problems, seems to be betting on the government's intent to allow foreign airlines to invest in the domestic carriers.
March 27, 2012
Amid outrage over his claims of having been offered a bribe, Army Chief General VK Singh said that corruption is entrenched in the system like a cancer and a big surgery is the need of the hour. Gen Singh, in an interview to a newspaper, had made explosive revelation that he was offered a bribe by an equipment lobbyist.
March 26, 2012
Sachin Tendulkar does not want to predict whether his seemingly unconquerable record of 100 international centuries would ever be broken but the iconic cricketer hopes that as and when it happens, the feat is accomplished by a fellow Indian.
March 26, 2012
A Tibetan protester lit himself on fire at a demonstration in the Indian capital ahead of a visit by China's President.The protester was engulfed in flames as he ran near the speakers at the rally near the Indian Parliament. Fellow activists beat out the flames with Tibetan flags they were carrying, while others poured water on him.
March 26, 2012
President Pratibha Patil's wanderlust has cost the public exchequer a whopping Rs 205 crore on her foreign visits, surpassing the record of all her predecessors.
March 26, 2012
Despite initiating steps to prevent crime in trains and stations, there has been an increase in cases of misconduct against women passengers.
As per data available with the Railways, a total of 712 cases including rape, murder, robbery and eve-teasing were reported against women and children in railway premises in 2011 as against 501 cases in the previous year.
March 26, 2012
Pakistan will continue to seek access to civil nuclear technology as it believes any strategic imbalance with India could lead to instability in the region, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday.
March 26, 2012
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has undertaken an ambitious Rs.20,000 crore project to establish telecom links in all villages across India and to take e-governance to rural and far-flung areas in the next two years, a BSNL official said here.
March 25, 2012
Paying glowing tributes to batting ace Sachin Tendulkar, Selection Committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth described his achievement of scoring 100 international tons as something super human and cited him as a classic example of "thriving in an imbalanced world."
Selection Committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
March 25, 2012
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar refuted the allegation that NCP ditched Congress in the recent elections to the posts of Zilla Parishad chairman and vice-chairman in the state, saying it was Congress which had failed to honor the 'dharma' of coalition.
