New Delhi:  Amid a raging controversy over the Rs. 32 per capita per day poverty line definition, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today and will clarify the panel’s stand on the issue on Monday. The Planning Commission deputy chief, who returned from a 10-day foreign visit on Saturday,  [ Read More ]

Imphal:  Manipur has been cut off from the rest of the country for more than 60 days now. This is a result of a protest by the Kuki tribe who are demanding a separate district but a part of that area includes what the Nagas have been demanding. So, a blockade and counter blockade by  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  After undergoing surgery for an undisclosed ailment over a month ago, Sonia Gandhi today made her first public appearance when she attended a prayer meeting at Rajghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 142nd birth anniversary. Ms Gandhi, 64, was there for about 15-20 minutes at the memorial along with Prime Minister Manmohan  [ Read More ]

Srinagar:  There is a sudden increase in infiltration attempts by militants in north Jammu and Kashmir. At least nine militants were killed in two separate encounters in the last week in the Kupwara district. Meanwhile, the army has also captured a Pakistani militant who said that the Pakistan Army and other secret agencies are running  [ Read More ]

Kolkata:  Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi has flagged off Kolkata’s first air-conditioned double-decker chair-car train. The train will run between between Howrah and Dhanbad. The double-decker trains are designed indigenously and run on diesel traction. They consist of nine coaches including seven AC double-decker chair-cars, with 128 seats in each coach. With this train, India moves  [ Read More ]

            Following Congress General Secretary in-charge-of Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad’s report on the Telengana statehood demand, the party is in a bind. But leaders from the region want answers from the government. Leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao and members of the Telangana Joint  [ Read More ]

                      A special CBI court on Saturday deferred hearing on the bail application of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kaliagnar TV chief Sharad Kumar till October 17. Kanimozhi is in jail in connection with the 2G spectrum scam case. Kanimozhi’s counsel Sushil Kumar told CBI special  [ Read More ]

                  The inaugural Indian Grand Prix is a month away but virtual tours of the track have begun flooding the web. This after Codemasters, the official game sponsors of Formula One, launched their latest title – F1 2011 – on September 23. Although the game has only  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  The CBI has told the Supreme Court that it plans to file a formal case soon against former minister Dayanidhi Maran for misusing his office when he was Telecom Minister. Mr Maran is being investigated for allegedly pressuring the former owner of Aircel to sell his company to an T Ananda Krishnan, an  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  “Thanks for giving us motor cycles. But our income is low. We need petrol allowance too,” was a plea a few physically-challenged people made to Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra on Wednesday. The appeal was made at a function to distribute motorised three-wheelers to 226 physically-challenged people organised by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.  [ Read More ]