White paper on irrigation scam a white lie, says Congress
The letter has asserted that the percentage rise in land under irrigation achieved in the past 10 years was 0.1 and not 5.27 as mentioned in the white paper.
View ArticlePowai attacker offered acid to victim as sherbet
According to Siddhesh Kamble, the boys uncle, the woman was irritated by the noise from the children playing near her house in the Filterpada slum.
View ArticleA story foretold
Anderson exposes Indias brittle top order to leave them tottering on 87/4; England go into Day Three of the fourth Test with a 243-run lead.
View ArticleIts all slipping away from Dhoni
Skippers limitations being exposed as SERIES defeat at home looks inevitable now.
View ArticleVocational courses in Maharashtra set to become costlier
The fees for these courses, which currently cost between Rs2,000 to Rs5,000, will be increased significantly once the newly-designed formula for deciding fee structure is put in place.
View ArticleBombay HC tells ACB to file affidavit on delay in nod for prosecution
Petitioner Prakash Sheth, a social activist, highlighted the alleged misuse of section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which makes it mandatory for the ACB to get a pre-trial valid...
View ArticleRaigad Military School@Andheri battles to stay open
Teachers of this CBSE institute have not been paid for months, power bills are pending, but principal tries to keep it going.
View ArticleInflation cools, but interest rates may not
Headline inflation fell for the second month in a row in November, mainly because of a lower impact of fuel price hike on other products due to slowing demand in the economy.
View ArticleQ&A with BA Prabhakar: New NPAs dont warrant higher provisioning
The PCR is a function of the NPA portfolio and the regulatory guidelines that are in place for making provisions to various categories of NPAs.
View ArticleBharti Infra issue price seen around Rs225
Of the total shares reserved for retail investors, there were bids for just 6%, while institutional investors category was subscribed 10%.
View ArticleMore well closures, output drops in offing at KG basin
With only 11 wells operating, down from 12 at the start of this fiscal, it has reduced total gas output (from the D1, D3 and MA fields in the D6 block) to 23 million metric standard cubic metres per...
View ArticleRBI extends truncation deadline for cheques
The RBI on Friday extended the deadline for banks to standardise their cheque leaves under the new cheque truncation system (CTS) to March 31.
View ArticleSolution to Goods & Services Tax by month-end
Sources also say that diesel price decontrol is also on the agenda but it remains to be seen how it translates into action on ground given the political impact of any such decision.
View ArticleFrozen in the crease, a shadow on the run
Of late, the Indian batting has been like a dream: you never know where it takes off and how it ends.
View ArticleGMR sees Male compensation deal in 6-12 months
GMR, which had won the bid to develop the airport with an outlay of about $500 million, has so far invested about $240 million on the project, including a debt portion of about $160 million.
View ArticleForeign coaches laugh all the way to the bank
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has asked the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to reward four foreign coaches and two support staff members with another two-year contract. Not just that ,they are...
View ArticleRate of inflation unacceptably high: Manmohan Singh
Our government has acted to reverse the cycle of negative expectations and stimulate investment, said PM Manmohan Singh.
View ArticleMemorial mass held for Indian-origin nurse at Bristol
Jacintha Saldanha's friends and family attended St Teresa's Church in Bristol last evening to honour her memory.
View ArticleTearful Obama calls for 'meaningful action' after school shooting
Obama deplored the "heinous" attack by a heavily armed gunman at a school in Newtown, Connecticut that killed 26 people, including 20 children.
View ArticleVenezuela furious at Barack Obama's comments on ailing Hugo Chavez
Sensitive moment in Venezuela over Chavez's cancer as socialist leader fighting to recover from operation. Leader of Latin America's left seen as heir to Castro.
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