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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 10:46am EST
India and Russia signed 19 pacts, including three in civil nuclear field and one for purchase of 29 MiG-29 fighters besides inking the revised agreement on Gorshkov aircraft carrier.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 9:36am EST
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday rejected in the Lok Sabha demands for rollback of the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel and reduction of excise duties hiked in the budget saying the "financial condition does not permit".
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 9:33am EST
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the passage of the women's reservation bill in parliament would be the realisation of her late husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's vision to politically empower women.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:40am EST
"Firstly, there are no vacancies. Secondly, this would create cadre management problems. Thirdly, there are sound arguments on the basis of which an appeal can be filed," an IAF officer said.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:10am EST
Rioting escalated in western UP city of Bareilly on Friday, engulfing fresh areas, leaving dozens injured and extension of curfew in fresh areas.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 8:10am EST
A 44-year-old woman and her associate, allegedly running a human trafficking racket with the help of three Bangkok-based Pakistanis, were arrested in the national capital, police said
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 6:51am EST
Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over terror groups operating from within Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 5:58am EST
As many as 45 children were injured, five of them seriously, when their school bus overturned and fell into a road side ditch here on Friday morning, police said.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 4:34am EST
Left parties and SP walked out of the Lok Sabha protesting the government's "lack of response" to their demand for a white paper on rise in prices of essential commodities, especially food articles.
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Posted: March 12th, 2010, 3:58am EST
The Delhi HC directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to women officers in all three wings of the armed forces and ordered reinstatement of those who had approached the court on the matter.