The Uttar Pradesh government, which had made budgetary allocation of crores of rupees for installation of statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and her mentor Kanshi Ram in the state, has said it is a wrong notion that only statues of dead persons can be installed.
With new funding from India, Oscar winner Steven Spielberg is ready to move ahead with production and we all shall be able to see six-plus foot invisible rabbit Harvey in the near future.
Students, who were not able to take the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to management institutes due to technical glitches, may take a retest in the middle of January 2010.The number of affected students is estimated at 8,000.
The CBSE issued a circular to its affiliated schools asking them to restrict use of mobile phones by students as well as teachers as these phones can be serious cause of distraction and anxiety.
A study has found that candidates, while trying to make their resumes different and impressive, only end up making blunders in the process.
The Allahabad High Court on Saturday restrained the Uttar Pradesh government from arresting SP General Secretary Amar Singh in connection with an FIR lodged at Kanpur in which he has been accused of corrupt practices while his party was in power in the state.
Superintendent of Police (Uttar Kannada) Rama Gupta had sensed this problem almost a year ago and had shot off two letters in March and July to the plant authorities as well as the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited stating that an inter-union rivalry could lead to the security of the plant being compromised.
According to surveys undertaken by the government of Gujarat as quoted in the Reserva Bank of India Task Force Report of February 26, 'approximately 4,317 diamond units were not functioning and 4,13,000 workers have lost their jobs,' minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who chaired Tuesday's cabinet meeting, the last before the announcement of the poll schedule, presented the results of three different extensive surveys across the state before the ministers.
The ambitious plans of another charity of the Satyam founder, the Health Management Research Institute, in partnership with the Andhra Pradesh government, are under scrutiny.
Revenue in the fourth quarter rose to $9.87 billion from $7.9 billion in the same period last year.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh allowed ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, to invest $167.84 million in taking 8.35 per cent stake in the pipeline.
The 'India-Pakistan Peace Resolution', introduced by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee lists peace initiatives and talks between the two countries from the time of the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to the September 16, 2006 joint statement issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that Uttar Pradesh is a "victim of short sighted politics" but refrained from blaming its Chief Minister Mayawati for it.
In the backdrop of the recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said India had the right to respond to them.
Board of Control Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar was on Wednesday authorised to resolve the IMG issue and report back to the board at its Annual General Meeting on September 24.
From India's perspective, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's re-election has positive ramifications. Under Harper's tenure, India and
"During the Sharm el-Sheik conference, I emphasised President Obama's and my commitment to working to achieve a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians," Clinton said who is on her first visit to the region in the capacity of Secretary of State.
The latest turn to the case comes just days after Switzerland made it clear that its law does not allow UBS to disclose client information. The US government had filed a suit against UBS demanding the banking major part with details of about 52,000 American clients, as it felt the Swiss bank was helping American citizens in tax evasion.
The Liberhan Commission -- the country's longest running inquiry panel -- saw its own share of high drama during its 17-year probe into Babri Masjid demolition and once had a tough time dealing with a Bajrang Dal leader's foul language.
Your friendly postman, besides delivering letters, could soon be collecting crucial data on consumer prices, if a proposal from the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation is accepted by the Department of Posts.
Punjab National Bank CMD K C Chakrabarty has quit his post after his appointment as RBI Deputy Governor. "K C Chakrabarty has demitted office on June 14, 2009 on his appointment as Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India," PNB said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
With higher interest rates, bankers today said their loan portfolios will grow at a slower pace, partly because of the caution being exercised by lenders themselves.
Holders Churchill Brothers of Goa, down to 10 men in the last 25 minutes, held former champions Mahindra United of Mumbai to a 1-1 draw in the opening match of the I-League at the Cooperage football ground on Thursday.
Author Jeffery Archer was in Mumbai for the launch of his latest novel, Paths of Glory
The Allahabad High Court on Monday came to the rescue of 18,000 Uttar Pradesh policemen, whose services had been summarily terminated by the Mayawati government on charges of 'large scale irregularities' in their recruitment carried out by the preceding Mulayam Singh Yadav regime.
As the miasma of the global economic downturn accelerates its pace, Indians abroad are worried about their future but still remain positive.
Speaking to private TV news channel CNBC TV18, Naik said, "Some corporate action will take place in the near future but we cannot comment on taking over Satyam at this stage."
Sanjay Dutt's decision to contest the next Lok Sabha election from Lucknow has surprised many political experts. Questions have been raised about whether Dutt is eligible to contest the polls, as he had been convicted under the Arms Act and sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act Court in July, 1997.However, Dutt's lawyer Farhana Shah is confident that Dutt will be allowed to contest the LS polls.
Successive wins at Silverstone and Hockenheim have left Lewis Hamilton feeling relaxed about his Hungarian Grand Prix chances, the Formula One championship leader said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters ahead of Friday's first two practice sessions at the Hungaroring, Hamilton said his victories in the British and German grands prix would help free his mind as he chased his first Formula One hat-trick.
"We always prefer long-term regulatory policies as we have to plan our businesses for long-term," Arun Sarin, the outgoing CEO of UK-based Vodafone Group, one of the world's largest mobile operators, said here.
Coming out in the open for the first time, a nun who was allegedly raped during the recent communal violence in Orissa on Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incident, charging the state police with being "friendly" with the attackers.
Dismissing as 'statistically insignificant' the 0.04 per cent hike in inflation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the prices of essential commodities had begun to come down and this would be reflected in the inflation index after some time. Talking to reporters after the weekly briefing on the decisions of the Cabinet and its Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), Chidambaram said the inflation figure released on Friday has come as a 'big relief'.
What is India's share of processed food export presently in the world? It is just 1.5 percent.
South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock was on Sunday named captain of Mumbai Indians following Harbhajan Singh's suspension from Indian Premier League matches for slapping pacer S Sreesanth.
Captain Ricky Ponting, his deputy Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Jason Gillespie and Cameron White are the Australians who have joined the IPL.
ArcelorMittal has entered into binding agreements to reduce its economic and voting interest in Dillinger Hutte from 51.25 per cent to 33.4 per cent in line with existing governance rights through sale of shares to Struktur-Holding-Stahl GmbH & Co KG aA and Dillinger Hutte Saarstahl AG, a company statement said. Dillinger Hutte enterprise value is estimated to be about $2.6 billion, the statement said.
Unmindful of the tragedy that he had undergone, two-year-old Moshe, dressed in a bright green T-shirt and blue shorts, was carried into a synagogue in Mumbai to attend a prayer meeting in memory of the Jews killed in the terror attack, including that of his parents Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivika.
Pervez Musharraf's willingness to be persuaded by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to attend the Kabul jirga underscores the criticality of Pakistan's cooperation for Washington.
Serbia's world number three Novak Djokovic crushed Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 to win the US $4.45 million Masters Cup in Shanghai on Sunday. Djokovic, the first Serb to win the men's year-ending championship, also earned US $1.24 million to move to within 10 ranking points of world number two Roger Federer.
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