Incidentally, Rao's wife Nirupama Rao is India's ambassador to China. With the appointment of Meera Shankar as ambassador to the United States, Nirupama Rao's chances of becoming foreign secretary are quite bright once the incumbent, Shiv Shankar Menon, retires
IT service provider Mastek on Monday said it is putting 425 staff on 'virtual bench' for the next 12 months following a slowdown in demand.
Telugu Desam Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is coordinating the meeting. He has invited the leaders of all the non-BJP parties.
He attributed the episode to low sugar and low oxygen supply to his body as he was wearing convocation robes.
After detection of fake currency notes with face value of several crores in its Dumariyaganj branch, the largest public sector lender State Bank of India has put all its 1,350 branches in Uttar Pradesh on alert, asking them to be extra cautious.
Reddy alone will take oath on Thursday while his Council of Ministers is likely to be constituted on June 7, party sources said.
Sources said that despite senior leaders making serious attempts to convince him to rethink on his decision, Gandhi is said to be unfazed.
The BJP will need to win at least six seats to remain in power.
The 71-year-old Dalit leader is expected to have a smooth sailing in the event of an election.
Reader Krishna Sudhakar sent us a picture of Irfan Pathan from South Africa.
This year, the effigies of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran at Patna's famous Gandhi Maidan will have a more colourful look. This is the first time in the history of the festival that the three effigies have been dressed in designer gear for Dusshera. Incidentally, at the end of the hugely popular Ramleela staged at the maidan every year, the three effigies will be set on fire.
One's religious faith is a private affair, and the government had no business to make laws on it, the Congress said.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour will recommend to the Union Ministry of Labour to frame laws so as to bring workers of the unorganised sector in the country under the social security net.
Expressing his opposition to a legislation for allowing non-Hindus to worship in temples in the state, Ravi said his case was entirely different as he is a Hindu and his son was also brought up as a Hindu.
The Bihar Cricket Association questioned the Indian cricket board's fresh registration in September 2006.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti, headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao, will form the government in Telangana, after results revealed that the party won 63 seats to clinch power in the 119-member assembly in Telangana.
Forest officials said 43,156 water fowls of 121 different species were spotted in the lake during the survey last summer, of which 9,928 were found in Nalabana bird sanctuary.
Falaknuma Inspector Sudhakar and Mughalpura Inspector Ramachandra Reddy, who were in charge at the firing spot, were transferred by the city Police Commissioner Balvinder Singh.
'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'
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Naidu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and discussed with him the possibilities of all opposition parties uniting and forging a joint opposition alliance.
The then disqualified Congress-JDS MLAs who had shifted loyalty to the BJP and won the December by-elections, were sworn-in at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan with Governor Vajubhai Vala admistering oath of office and secrecy.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on all the action that unfolded at the NIA court hearing the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
The issue of pollution caused due to the non-degradable material is keeping consumer goods majors - from ITC and Dabur to Nestl and PepsiCo - on their toes.
The website would also add space for passenger grievances and the grievances would then be taken up with appropriate authorities, APAI president D Sudhakar Reddy and vice president Milan Zatakia said.
Rahul Dravid has been included in Karnataka team for their Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' final league match.
Sudhakar V Shenoy, founder, chairman and CEO, Information Management Consultants, Inc, says 'if we do not pull up the next generation, we would have failed.'
Though the site is still at a nascent state, visitors can have a look at various speeches that Reddy has made and questions that he raised in Parliament as well.\n\n
The border personal meeting was marked by saluting the national flags by both the delegations members.
He charged KCR with using 'abusive language' in campaigning and claimed that it showed signs of his nervousness and insecurity.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has rubbished allegations in the Supreme Court that Salian was pressurised by the National Investigation Agency to 'go slow' in the case.
A Communist Party of India member of Parliament on Thursday made a strong case for legalising mercy killings.
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have announced a lockdown of educational institutions, malls and other places that attract people in large numbers, even as some of them have been reporting increase in positive cases.
"Nobody can do injustice to Ayodhya," he said, adding that the holy city is identified by Lord Ram.
The funeral procession of the Mahant will start from Digambar Akhara and after taking a round of the town, the body\nwill be taken to Saryu river's banks, where it would be consigned to flames at the Tulsi Ghat around 1400 IST.
Joint leaders Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan and Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan split points in the sixth round of the Parsvanath International Chess tournament.
