'Not unlike politicians who gravitate towards whoever is in power, mafia dons too have a great survival streak, switching loyalty to the party in power,' observes Virendra Kapoor a week after gangster Vikas Dubey was slain in an alleged encounter.
The iPhone 6 represents the flagship smartphone of the company and whether or not it manages to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or Sony Xperia Z3, you can bet Apple will create history once more.
Interrogation of Kerala based Jamat-i-yyathul Ansarul Musalimeen founder, Mohammad Sameer, has revealed that the 13/7 Mumbai blasts were planned in Dubai for which funding came to Kerala via Muscat, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
'Should the government be in the business of running banks?' 'Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?'
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Here is a first hand account of the most advanced version of Android operating system.
However, The Lok Sabha did not take up notices for no-confidence motion
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah said if any State/Union Territory in exercise of their jurisdiction under the Disaster Management Act (DMA) has taken a decision that it is not possible to conduct the final year/terminal semester examination by September 30, then they can make an application to the UGC for extending the deadline.
Single registration will be coupled with single licence, along with a single return, for executing projects for five years.
Raking up the issue of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-Team Anna "nexus", Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday alleged that Mohan Bhagwat, Anna Hazare and Govindacharya are "contradicting" one another over the issue.
Training his guns simultaneously at social activist Anna Hazare, Bharatiya Janata Party and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday sought to pep up the morale of his party men, 135 of whom have been awarded tickets for the forthcoming 2012 election to the 403-member UP state assembly.
Dr Ashok Ganguly, former chairman of Hindustan Lever and a Rajya Sabha MP, and one of the signatories to the recent open letter to the government by a group of 14 eminent people, speaks about the issues raised in the letter.
The outlawed People's Liberation Army intends to form a 'Strong United Front' against Indian government along with Maoists and JK-based terror outfits, the Delhi police on Friday claimed after arresting two "high-ranking" militants of the Manipur-based organisation.
The formal notification of handing over the case to the NIA is expected to be issued by the ministry soon, an official privy to the development said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has called Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, for questioning on November 4 in connection with alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam.
A powerful IAS officer of the 1979 batch, Pandey was also divested of the additional appointments of principal secretary (secretariat administration) and the state's food and drug authority. He has been moved to the insignificant position of a member in the board of revenue.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday rejected Opposition parties demand for resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the wake of a Lokayukta report indicting him on illegal mining, claiming that he had no "direct nexus" with mining activity.
'Businessmen like Rajiv render public service when they speak truth to power,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
Vicky Nanjappa traces the origins of the bond between the Babbar Khalsa and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
The Indian Medical Association and the Mumbai Association of Medical Consultant have written a letter to Narendra Modi expressing disappointment over his statement during the Bharat ki Baat Sabke saath event in London.
The arrest of Al Qaeda operatives in Spain and Thailand has once again revealed the burgeoning nexus between terror outfits and criminal gangs across the world.
A White House official said 'no one within or associated with the White House was injured, and everyone in the White House is safe and accounted for'.
Sandeep Sharma, who worked for a local news channel, had told the district administration he feared he could be killed by the sand mafia, his nephew, Vikas Purohit, said in a complaint to the police.
The National Investigation Agency has seized Rs 1.4 crore, believed to be terror money, in Bangalore. The agency sources told Rediff.com that the money was sourced through modules in North East and was sent to Bangalore.
What made Microsoft announce Surface tablet now? To take on the iPad or Google's Nexus? US-based Get Ahead reader Rangaprabhu Parthasarthy offers a sneak-peek into Microsoft's timing
Public money 'looted' through an 'unholy nexus' between United Progressive Alliance politicians and bureaucrats is being used for the April 13 assembly elections in Kerala, alleged Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday.
The Adarsh housing scam, which exposed the politician-bureaucrat nexus and dethroned a chief minister, the political storm over Lavasa hill city project, and war of words between the Thackeray cousins dominated Maharashtra's political landscape during the year.
Currently, companies are taxed in the jurisdictions in which they have a physical presence. However, digital businesses generate revenues from markets without a significant physical presence in a country.
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will travel to Islamabad later this month to hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart during which India will raise the issue of nexus between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks, as brought out by the trial of Pakistani-Canadian terrorist Tahawwur Rana in the United States.
The case relates to alleged terror funding in 2017 in the valley and involves Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind based in Pakistan.
'I don't think such a meeting ever happened... I don't see how it is even possible without people coming to know immediately,' says Julio Ribeiro.
'Definitely, they are going to attempt this, not only in Kashmir but elsewhere, maybe in the Jammu area and beyond.' 'They would want to expand the battle space and the conflict area.'
Internet user base in India has touched 100 million.
At its heart, the issue is more than compliance. It is the risk of possible breakdown of a strong nexus between insurance firms and motor car dealers that makes the business the top earner for the former.
Two lecturers -- one from Nabha and another from Patiala -- wanted to be posted to a government polytechnic institute at Patiala.
Menace of unaccounted money has been well documented and understood by governments of the world.
Ranjan was nominated to the board of ICICI Bank on April 7
Think what Samsung has done for you, me and all. It has made our life easier, happening and connected through its TVs, mobile phones, audio-video products, computers and many more. The list is too long, but we have tried here to compile ten best Samsung gadgets.
Marking their second meeting in four months, foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks in Islamabad from June 23. The Indian side is expected to press for effective action against those behind the 26/11 attacks, including elements in the Inter-Services Intelligence.
India must carefully weigh its options, says strategic expert Gurmeet Kanwal.
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