New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a meeting of the Planning Commission Wednesday to take stock of the economic situation. Prime minister is the ex-officio chairman of the plan panel, and this will probably be the last meeting of the plan panel under his chairmanship. The term of the panel […]
Patna, April 29 (IANS) Chandradip Ram, BSP candidate from Bihar’s Gopalganj constituency, Tuesday filed a case against yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi regarding Dalits. Ram filed the case in the Gopalganj district and sessions court. “Ramdev has targeted Dalits and insulted all of us. He deserves jail for […]
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Over 1.95 crore voters will be eligible to vote in Punjab Wednesday with the state being put under a comprehensive security of over 75,000 security personnel, senior officers said here Tuesday. Director General of Police (DGP) Suresh Arora said 59,591 Punjab Police personnel, along with 16,119 personnel (199 companies) of para-military […]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Get ready to replenish your closet this summer with fashionable yet affordable apparel, footwear and accessories as online shopping site ShopClues.com has come up with a unique concept of selling products dedicated to theme-based days. ShopClues brings together an assortment of themes in fashion apparels ranging from retro to printed […]
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court Tuesday ordered Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia to pay 10 percent of the Tamil Nadu government’s tax claim of around Rs.2,400 crore. The court also asked the state government’s sales tax department to look into the tax matter afresh. Hearing the Nokia appeal against the Rs.2,400 crore […]
London, April 29 (IANS) Fed up with a daily battle with your overcrowded wardrobe? It’s time to clear out the wardrobe and make way for some new stylish pieces. To sort out the problem, follow tips from Stylist Lucy Turner, reports femalefirst.co.uk. * Take everything out of the wardrobe and bin anything that is damaged […]
Kochi (Kerala), April 29 (IANS) A division bench of the Kerala High Court Tuesday asked for notices to be served on 24 people who were exonerated in the sensational T.P. Chandrasekheran murder case by a lower court earlier this year. The Kozhikode special additional sessions court in January this year, while sentencing 11 of the […]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended Tuesday’s trade 165 points down, as metal, bank and automobile stocks dipped. This is the third straight session of fall in markets which retreated after touching record highs last week. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which […]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Congress is increasingly coming around to the view that it is unlikely to win the 16th general election on its own and that it may have to work with a Third Front to stop the BJP from coming to power. At least four Congress leaders have already hinted that […]
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) The run-up to the election for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab has been on a real high. Security agencies in the state have made seizures of drugs worth over Rs 800 crore and lakhs of litres of illicit and country liquor in the run up to Wednesday’s parliamentary election […]