Yadav vowed to dislodge the government headed by Nitish Kumar, whom Congress leader Avinash Pandey in his address accused of "apharan" (hijacking) of the mandate in the previous elections.
Home Minister P Chidambaram has invited TRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao to come to Delhi to discuss the next step for Telangana statehood.
The payments banks are intended to house transactional accounts for individuals, focusing on payments and remittances.
Days after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licenses for 2G spectrum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday held consultations with senior Cabinet colleagues on its impact on the telecom sector and the way forward. The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Paranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P Chidambaram, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and Law Minister Salman Khurshid.
Assistant Commissioner Sanjay and another official served the summons to Dinakaran at his Besant Nagar residence.
While the assembly elections are being seen as largely a contest between the NDA and the Grand Alliance, the state has been witness to mushrooming of "morchas" (fronts) which may queer the pitch for the lead players in a tight contest.
Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, was slated to travel to Kannuaj, around 125 km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, for a tractor rally as part of the 'Kisan Yatra' in support of farmers protesting against the Centre's new agri laws and the 'Bharat Bandh' called by them on Tuesday.
The telecom industry, with a cumulative debt of around Rs 2,75,000 crore (Rs 2,750 billion), has been mired in various controversies, besides facing intense competition, low tariffs and falling margins.
Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed India's first ever medal in men's doubles after settling for a silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games' badminton competition, in Gold Coast, on Sunday.
A group of four activists from Andhra Pradesh led by revolutionary writer Vara Vara Rao left for Kolkata on Friday morning to bring home the body of the senior Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji, who was killed in an alleged encounter in West Bengal on Thursday.
The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.
The film has a slow narrative but is a good attempt and keeps the audiences engaged.
Noted personalities like member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Shobhaa De and Shekhar Kapur joined others in expressing their displeasure over Sibal's statement on Tuesday on moves to eliminate offensive content from Internet platforms.
Modi govt is aiming to recast the urban landscape of the country by making cities more livable.
Abductions by Maoists in India have become quite a routine affair today. Union ministry of home affairs statistics indicate that in 2012 alone 88 persons have been abducted by the left wing extremists, and 11 have been killed.
Labourers held a demonstration in front of the police station.
The woman was gang-raped on September 14 following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh.
Europe is the second largest market for Indian IT-BPM industry.
Deputy Municipal Commissioner Chandrashekhar Rokade has been suspended by Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar following his arrest on September 9 by the anti-corruption bureau of Mumbai.
The Telecom Ministry, which has sought a legal opinion on cancellation of some telecom licences for failure to meet roll-out deadlines, on Friday said the process of issuing notices over 35 licenses will be completed by March next year.
Member of Parliament from Karnataka Rajeev Chandrashekar has offered to bear 50 per cent of the cost of filing Public Interest Litigations for anyone with a legitimate one.
'Today, according to the law, you can't even claim legal expenses when fighting a case as a non-executive director unless you are acquitted. Given how high legal expenses are, that alone is enough to scare anyone away.'
Noted historians Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib and Amar Farooqi believe that banning the sale of a book by DU because it refers to Bhagat Singh as a "revolutionary terrorist".
Amid intense criticism over Commonwealth Games preparations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a meeting with union ministers and others involved in the sporting event but kept away Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, triggering speculation about his being sidelined.
'We have gathered what we needed and are examining it,' sources said, adding that traces of ammonium nitrate have been found among other material, which are currently under observation.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had issued directions to submit in 2003 a proposal regarding ownership of the land where the controversial Adarsh Housing Society stands, despite knowing that there was a park constructed by the Army there, City Collector Chandrashekhar Oak told a judicial panel on Wednesday. "A letter was sent by the then collector on August 26, 2003 regarding the allotment of land of Khukri Park to Adarsh Society," Oak said.
'Every family in UP has been deeply affected in this second wave.' 'It has only been denial, denial, and denial by the incumbent CM.'
The special Anti-Corruption Bureau Court on Monday granted bail to the deputy commissioner of the city civic body, Chandrashekhar Rokade, in a graft case, shortly after he was remanded in judicial custody.
'One provision in the Act -- immediate arrest (of those accused under the Act), made this act different from all other sections of the IPC.' 'With that provision snatched, the Dalit Act has become toothless because caste criminals feared this provision of immediate arrest the most.'
Special Sessions judge Chandrashekhar Patil's 923-page order convicted Telgi and 17 others. Two other high profile accused in the case, Jayasimha and Nanjappa, jail superintendents who were charged for taking favours from Telgi were however acquitted by the court. In all there were 36 accused in this case of which 18 were convicted.
The Finance Ministry had written twice to the DoT to immediately auction wireless broadband spectrum.
DoT has issued notice for licence cancellation to Etisalat DB and Idea Cellular on ground of failing to meet roll out obligation.
Thanks to the increased thrust on cow protection, the enforcement of the ban on cow slaughter and the relentless crusade by cow vigilantes, the agrarian ecosystem from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh has been irrevocably altered. There's a huge spike in the number of stray cattle roaming the countryside, destroying crops. Ten cows/bulls take barely an hour to eat and destroy a bigha of crop land.
The Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal MPs, including his daughter Misa Bharti and Manoj Jha, also staged a protest at Mahatma Gandhi's statue inside the Parliament complex and contended that despite being the chief opposition party in Bihar and the single largest party in the Assembly, it was not invited.
BSNL had earlier cancelled its tender for 5.5 million GSM lines and called for bids again after revising the guidelines, following an amendment in the licence conditions for security purposes.
According to a report, the executives are T G Chandrashekhar, vice-president, global quality and analytical research, and Abha Pant, executive director for regulatory affairs.
Four of the five accused named in the Ajmer Dargah blast chargesheet filed by the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad have links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an ATS official said.
'Dialogue is the soul of democracy which should not be denied, but it was by Mrs Gandhi,' says Mohan Dharia who resigned as a Union minister in protest against her policies.
In an interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, TRS legislator and the son of party chief K Chandrashekhar Rao, outlines the party's future course of action.
Farmer leader Darshan Pal accused the Centre of dividing farmer organisations, but it will not happen.
