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Ramesh asks states not to play politics over drought

Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra are facing the worst drought in recent times, but the states should not play 'politics' by inflating their memoranda for central assistance, Union Minister Jairam......

Alleged Sena activists target Marathi daily's office

Apparently irked by a report in Marathi daily Maharashtra Times which speculated that a sitting Shiv Sena MP was on his way to Nationalist Congress Party, alleged Sena workers today vandalised the......

Centre yet to appoint chief of disaster response force

Even as nature's fury is causing multitude of disasters in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the Centre is yet to appoint head of the specialised 10,000- personnel strong NDRF, the mainstay for......

Ishrat Jahan encounter case: Questions the CBI needs to answer

The more one looks into the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the more the details that emerge appear to be murky. With various agencies at war with each other and the National Investigation Agency all......

The INSIDE stories behind PM's Cabinet reshuffle

The Cabinet reshuffle undertaken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday was dictated primarily by political considerations with an eye on the year-end assembly elections and the 2014 Lok Sabha......

Markets jittery; Fed's decision on QE3 awaited

Markets traded range-bound with a positive bias this Wednesday as anxious investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting that concludes later on Wednesday. At 2:20PM,......

Water: By the people, of the people, for the people

Six villages in Maharashtra that are within the drought affected area have remained water secure even in an extremely bad year. A grand entry by the monsoon has raised hopes for the large number of......

Markets in bear hug? This is what you can do

The Indian economy is in doldrums; rupee had touched an all-time low this week, and the stock markets have turned extremely volatile. What should the investors do under the circumstances? In an......

The stunning Mumbai Eastern Freeway inaugurated

The 13.59 kilometre-long Eastern Freeway, aimed at reducing travel time for cars, between suburbs and South Mumbai, was on Thursday, inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The......

Pace of seeding Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts still a concern

The biggest problem is that those with Aadhaar numbers aren’t coming forward for seeding these with bank accountsThe issue of how to hasten seeding of Aadhaar numbers with bank accounts for......

Akshay, Sridevi wish Happy Gudi Padwa!

Bollywood stars turned to Twitter to wish their friends and fans, on the occasion of festivals like Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, Cheti Chand and Navreh. Here is what they had to say: Akshay Kumar,......

Vidya Balan: Wish Sanjay Dutt's punishment is reduced

Sanjay Dutt's Parineeta and Lage Raho Munnabhai co-star Vidya Balan feels that the Bollywood actor deserves a lesser punishment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Maharashtra Governor K......

Bappi Lahiri: I don't care about anyone making fun of me

Sajid Khan's Himmatwala might be nothing like the 1983 original but its songs Naino Main Sapna and Taaki O Taaki are superhit. And the credit goes to music composer-singer Bappi Lahiri. "The '80s......

What you should know about the Malegaon film industry

The recent fifth Nasik International Film Festival (NIFF) showcased 188 films -- short films, documentaries, animation films and feature films. A statue of the pioneer of Indian cinema,......

Police opposes bail plea of Chandila, others

The Delhi police has opposed the bail plea of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying he is a "key conspirator" in the entire case and was acting at the behest......

IPL fixing: No trouble with separate probes, says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is not convinced that separate probes by the Mumbai and Delhi police into the IPL spot-fixing scandal are creating hurdles in the investigation that has "wide......

Sreesanth's honey trap on MMS

The threat perception involving the three cricketers is under probe and preliminary investigations show that not only did the calls come from Dubai, but bookies had resorted to various techiques to......

Honey trap: Bookies shot videos of tainted trio with women

The threat perception involving the three Rajasthan Royals cricketers arrested in the IPL spot-fixing episode is being probed. Preliminary investigations reveal that not only did telephone calls......

Batsmen help Mumbai defeat Pune Warriors to top IPL table

Mumbai Indians produced a commendable performance as they thrashed Pune Warriors by 41 runs to win the 'Maharashtra derby' of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Saturday. - IPL PHOTOS: Mumbai......

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