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.
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.
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.
The national capital woke up on Tuesday morning to 'severe' air quality under a blanket of thick haze, as pollution levels breached the permissible standards by multiple times.
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.
When Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia decided to convert her government's capital outpost into a hub of culture, she transformed Bikaner House into Delhi's premier cultural space, notes Kishore Singh.
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.
Current forms of economic growth are widening disparities, leaving hundreds of millions of people to live in poverty, says Rajni Bakshi.
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.
The prime minister said he had kept this three-year-old programme away from politics and had tried to connect with the people without getting swayed by the (political) "heat" and "anger" that may prevail at any particular time.
'He was God's good man and a beautiful human being beyond anything else.'
Narain Karthikeyan finished 11th in both the feature and sprint race as India returned empty-handed from the A1 Grand Prix race.
Growing and harvesting trees for productive and economic uses are once again dead in the water, says Sunita Narain.
Agitating students of Film and Television Institute of India-Pune on Friday.
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.
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.
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.
A brand new engine hardly made a difference to A1 Team India's fortunes as Narain Karthikeyan qualified 14th for the Sprint race and 11th for the Feature race of A1GP Malaysia to be held on Sunday.
Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh resigned on Tuesday apparently in protest against the University Grants Commission's direction to dump the controversial four-year undergraduate programme deepening the crisis ahead of the new academic session.
With these three recipients, 48 eminent people have been conferred the award so far.
The film is good enough to hold your attention.
According to experts, Tata Tiago JTP and Tigor JTP -- a sedan and hatchback -- are not only powerful and faster than every other car in the segment, but also in the segment above, including their peers Maruti Baleno RS, Volkswagen Polo and others.
Narain Karthikeyan confirmed that talks are on with Spyker, the Formula One team part-owned by Vijay Mallya.
Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava who was battling cancer passed away post midnight on Friday. He was 51.
The court held that Pandit, who was gunned down in an ecounter, was a physically challenged person without any criminal antecedents.
The Indian set his two fastest laps of the weekend on his third and fourth laps at the Chinese A1 Grand Prix in Shanghai on Saturday.
The Uttaranchal chief minister is under observation at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences.
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