The Left Democratic Front-led Kerala government on Wednesday accepted the Advocate General's advice against granting permission to prosecute former minister and CPI-M state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin corruption case.
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill aims at strengthening the arrangements for speedy investigation, prosecution and trial of cases related terrorism while at the same time guarding against any possible misuse of such provisions.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he has noted reports about reservations Swiss banks have in sharing client details with India, but did not say what course of action the government would take.
The global alliance between Renault-Nissan and Daimler AG announced today is likely to add one more car to the list of small cars jostling for market share.
Asked about top Swiss bank UBS AG, reeling under criticism for sheltering American tax evaders, agreeing to US government's demand for disclosure, Kochhar generally hedged queries saying Indian banks were not in that kind of business. Black money had become a major issue in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls in April-May, with BJP leader L K Advani claiming that $500 billion of Indian money was stashed in banks abroad.
European auto giant Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft on Tuesday said it has bought 49.9 per cent stake in luxury car maker Porsche AG for 3.9 billion euros ($5.8 billion).
In a sudden change of mind, former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has said that he will lodge his appeal with the Cricket Board (PCB) against the ban and fine next week.
SmartLearn presents video tutorials on how to crack the Chemistry section of IIT JEE 2010.
With the new iPad, not only was I able to save albums, videos and games to my heart's content, but also got sparkling performance.
IT, e-commerce firms to raise the bar in recruitment, packages.
Power and automation major Siemens Ltd on Wednesday said it has bagged an export order worth Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) from Qatar.
The Netherlands, a strong contender for the World Cup title, will aim to maintain a clean slate by beating lowly Canada in Pool A and book a semi-final berth in the hockey World Cup in New Delhi on Friday.
The soundtrack of the film fails to live up to its bonanza title.
Sunny Deol gets candid about his films and more.
These include former drugs controller M Venkateshwarlu, Ranbaxy CMD Malvinder Mohan Singh, Ranjit Shahani, India chief of Swiss pharma major Novartis AG, Ramaprasad Reddy, chairman Aurobindo Pharma and Rajesh Jain, joint managing director, Panacea Biotec.
A 14-year-old boy arrested with five terror suspects, who were allegedly plotting an attack on a five-star hotel to kill Americans, has said that a Pakistani Taliban activist had lured him to the eastern city of Lahore with the promise of a job.
Angry villagers of the Khuti and Gumla districts in Jharkhand are protesting against the transfer of land to steel giant Arcelor Mittal for a proposed steel project.
"While so far there is no concrete evidence available regarding Bangladesh's crackdown on camps of Indian insurgent groups, but there is definitely discomfort among the NE outfits having camps in the neighbouring country," the official said on condition of anonymity. He said security agencies had inputs that the rebel groups were exploring ways to shift to Myanmar, China and Bhutan, while some were intending to cross over to India.
"Right to Privacy is not a fundamental right under our Constitution. It flows from one right to another right. Constitution makers did not intend to make right to privacy a fundamental right," said the AG.
Aston Villa reached the League Cup final after coming from 2-0 down to beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 in a thrilling semi-final second leg on Wednesday.
This would impact Vento, Jetta and Passat sedan cars, Polo hatchback and Polo Cross crossover in India.
The Polo would be available in both petrol and diesel variants.
However, analysts say it is not immediately clear if the merger would have any impact on Novartis India, the listed Indian subsidiary of the company.
India plans to increase stockpiles of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu or its generic version by 10-fold, from one million to 10 million currently, Bloomberg reported, citing Vineet Choudhary, joint secretary, Ministry of Health.
The MPs are learnt to have blamed Union Home Minister P Chidambaram for the wording and timing of his announcement on Telangana, which they said has sent the message that the Centre is agreeable to the splitting of Andhra Pradesh and that now it is just a matter of time before the new state is born.
In yet another setback to Swiss drug multinational Novartis AG, the Indian patent office has rejected its application to secure a patent for an alfa crystal form of its blockbuster cancer medicine, Glivec.
Paul Herrling, global head of Novartis' corporate research, spoke to Business Standard about the changing concepts in R&D and Novartis' strategy.
The global recession is beginning to seriously hurt international migration, and many migrants are forced to go home again.
Brazil's "Beautiful Game" came alive in the second half with three comeback goals in a 3-2 win over the United States in the Confederations Cup final.
Announcing admissions to Goa Institute of Management's (GIM) Post Graduate Diploma in Management PGDM 2009 - 2011.
Though Sun Pictures' Maasilamani is routine, it does have its moments.
Korn/Ferry is a global leader in executive search. For the quarter ended July 2009, its fee income fell over 40 per cent to $116 million from a year ago and the company reported a net loss of $14.3 million as against a profit of $15.3 million in the year-ago quarter. Its chief financial officer, Michael A Digregorio and managing director for India, Deepak Gupta, spoke to Bhupesh Bhandari and Amit Ranjan Rai on the emerging opportunities and challenges.
To jointly manufacture complex and powerful engines soon.
Clifford Chance, the world's largest law firm, announced an alliance with leading Indian counterpart AZB on Wednesday as global legal practices try to gain access to the country's burgeoning cross-border market
Eight Opposition parties joined hands to corner the government over its alleged "sinister" move to "strip" the AMU and the JMIU of their minority status.
Delhi University, Department of Computer Science invites applications for Admission to Master of Computer Applications (MCA).
It is believed that ministry of external affairs in its earlier letter to the finance ministry had raised the issue of apparent contradictions in this regard. At present, a foreign individual cannot become an FII, and as such a Pakistani individual citizen also cannot become an FII, the communication said.
Having faced sourcing issues for potato in 2008, food and beverage major PepsiCo is planning to ensure supply by introducing farming equipment and technology and new potato seed varieties to decrease chances of crop loss. It also aims to increase the acreage under contract farming by entering new states across the country.
Global railway companies have emerged the top contenders on technical parameters for the country's first railway station modernisation and operation project in New Delhi, the first of private-public partnership schemes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party decided to put on hold Shah's proposed rally and the Rath Yatra, saying it will wait for the final order from the high court, which will now hear an appeal by the saffron party on Friday morning.
