India has demanded the speeding up of global efforts to ban ozone-depleting chemicals and asked for adequate funding and transfer of related technologies to help developing countries reduce their emission.
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will race triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy around Wembley Stadium next month as a warm-up for the Race of Champions event, organisers said on Tuesday. However, 23-year-old Hamilton will be at the wheel of a Mercedes road car while Hoy will be pedalling a cycle on a parallel track constructed over the turf of the national soccer stadium.
The men and women in Modi's revamped council of ministers have been carefully selected and a delicate balance between administrative experience and balance of power has been maintained.
Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathy ordered the issuing of notices to Ansari and the Secretary General of the Upper House after hearing a petition filed by Nishad challenging his termination as Rajya Sabha member. Justice Tripathy asked them to explain their stand on the matter and fixed May 14 as the next date of hearing of the case. The order was passed on Wednesday.
The two countries, technically still at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended with a truce, agreed on Tuesday that North Korea would send a large delegation across the border to next month's Games.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday arrived in Jharkhand to a black flag protest by Bharatiya Janata Party activists over price rise, as police arrested nearly 100 of them in Ranchi and Bokaro. Earlier, the BJP had announced that it would hold black-flag and effigy burning protests across the state to protest against the Prime Minister's visit, in view of spiraling prices. The Bokaro police picked up approximately 25 BJP activists.
While almost all the members belonging to the ruling National Democratic Alliance took oath by swearing in the name of god, Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, who was re-elected to the Upper House from Maharashtra, took oath affirming his allegiance to the Constitution of India.
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Nishad had campaigned for the Rashtriya Janata Dal in the assembly elections in Bihar in 2005 despite being a member of the BJP, which had prompted party member Sushma Swaraj to file a disqualification petition against him in December that year. Ansari disagreed with Nishad's contention that he had tendered his resignation from the primary membership of the party on 18 October, 2005 'in an agitated mental condition', which he later withdrew by a letter dated 17 Nov '05.
Twenty persons, including a dozen children, have died of meningo-encephalitis (a combination of meningitis and encephalitis owing both to viral and bacterial infections) in Bihar's Gaya district in recent days.
An unidentified gangster demanded an extortion of Rs 5 lakh from Industrial Cooperative Federation Ltd chairman Narain Singh in Patna. Singh, who is in a wheelchair due to disability, got the extortion demand on his cell phone. The gangster also threatened him of dire consequences if the money is not paid.
Overcoming mechanical issues, Narain Karthikeyan raced brilliantly to finish third in Race 1 of the Mugello round of the Auto GP championship.
According to data released by the Central Statistical Organisation, India's per capita income has increased by over one-third from Rs 26,003 in 2005-06 to Rs 37,490 in 2008-09, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
Narain Karthikeyan witnessed perhaps the worst day in his racing career with Team India getting booted out of both the Sprint and Feature races in the Malaysian A1 Grand Prix in Sepang on Sunday.
He said one civilian, Waseem Ahmad Mir, also sustained bullet injury 'in the nearby area' and later succumbed at a hospital on Friday.
The Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday trained guns at each other as they engaged in vociferous protests on separate issues in the national capital inviting police action.
Yamamoto's appointment ended Indian hopes of a Formula One comeback this year for Narain Karthikeyan, the Williams test driver who raced for Jordan in 2005 and had been one of those under consideration.
Rajya Sabha Secretary General Yogendra Narain is the returning officer for the vice presidential election.
Having lost his status as Williams test driver after the Formula One team jettisoned him earlier this week, Karthikeyan took the circuit by storm and raced to the chequered flag, quelling late charge from New Zealand and South Africa.
Narain Karthikeyan ran an impressive race as A1 Team India recorded its best performance of the season so far finishing sixth at Sepang and gaining five more points in the Feature Race on Sunday.
The Indian National Overseas Congress has filed a $100 million (Rs 400 crore) libel lawsuit against three members of the so called Forum for Saving Gandhi's Heritage for allegedly defaming party president Sonia Gandhi during her visit to New York last year.
As he completed one year in office on Saturday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Major Gen (Redt) B C Khanduri has earned laurels as an able administrator. He is seen as a chief minister who has brought down the corruption level and infused a new life into the Himalayan state. Khanduri became the fourth chief minister of the 8-year-old Himalayan state (carved out of Uttar Pradesh) on March 8, 2007 after demolishing a Congress regime.
The Opposition RJD, BSP and the Left parties walked out of the Bihar Assembly to protest rejection of their notice of adjournment motion over presence of "sleazy" content on the official website of the state government. Noisy scenes were witnessed in the House when Speaker Uday Narain Chaudhary after reading out the notice given by RJD's Shyam Rajak and others rejected it, saying it was not in order.
Chief Justice of AP High Court G S Singhvi administered the oath of office to the new governor at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
The 30-year-old Indian driver said he'd be delighted to get back to racing, but he's definitely enjoying his time at Williams.
India's motor racing ace Narain Karthikeyan could be in line for a Formula One comeback as replacement for dropped Dutch driver Christijan Albers.
E-waste is likely to increase to 800,000 tonnes by 2012, up from 150,000 tonnes in 2005, mainly due to high economic growth and increased use of electronic appliances in the country. The government has put in place guidelines to handle the e-waste so that it has no adverse impact on either health or environment. Import of hazardous materials like copper was allowed only for the recycling and direct use and not for dumping. The government has been monitoring the imports.
The issue of labelling pesticide content on soft drink bottles is pending in the Supreme Court.
Parthiv Sureshwaren, who got an opportunity to drive for A1 Team India after Narain Karthikeyan suffered serious injuries during the practice session in Durban last month, seems so excited with the experience that he has carried it forward to round eight of the Championship to be held in Mexico City on Sunday.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 11th in both the feature and sprint race as India returned empty-handed from the A1 Grand Prix race.
The apex court said that he won't be allowed to take any major policy decision till the high-powered committee considers the issue of "divestment of power and authority".
Renault discard Giancarlo Fisichella and highly-rated German Adrian Sutil will lead the Force India F1 while another Italian Viantonio Liuzzi will be its another test driver.
'Vajpayee told the minister disapprovingly: "One should not fight with the tools one uses".' Ministers in the Modi government could have done with that advice.
Karun Chandhok believes both he and Narain Karthikeyan have taken different routes, which probably converge at Formula One.
Clean development mechanism (CDM) should be used to make the prices affordable for the poor.
Current forms of economic growth are widening disparities, leaving hundreds of millions of people to live in poverty, says Rajni Bakshi.
A new advertising code for the outdoor media in Delhi is on the cards. The advertising code, to be out by the end of the month, is being drafted by a two-member committee appointed by the Supreme Court of India.
We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced.
