NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday decided to continue the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for its alleged links with certain Pakistan-based terrorist outfits including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its front, Indian Mujahideen.
The decision to continue the ban, first imposed in September 2001, was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee [...]
“As a developing country in the frontlines of climate vulnerability, India has a vital stake in the evolution of a successful, rule-based, equitable and multilateral response to climate change,” said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the inauguration of the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012 organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) here [...]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had shot off an angry letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh last year over the Commonwealth Games scam. NDTV has access to the letter, dated March 28, 2011, in which Ms Dikshit makes an angry defence in the case, slamming the Shunglu Committee report.
“Committee report has caused [...]
New Delhi: Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair, who stepped down as the chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology-Patna, on Saturday said that it was a matter of prestige for him and that he was morally bound to leave all government positions.
“More than being hurt, it is a matter of [...]
New Delhi: Levels of under-nutrition in the country were “unacceptably high” despite impressive GDP growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday and added that the problem of malnutrition was a “national shame”. Addressing a gathering at the release of a malnutrition the prime minister said: “The results of [...]
New Delhi: While the extraordinary designs and futuristic products of the auto giants got ample of attention at the Auto Expo 2012, the young students too managed to grab some eyeballs with their unique creations. With a 500cc Royal Enfield engine, a group of students from IIT Roorkee created their own version of the Formula [...]
New Delhi: A day after vehicular movement was thrown out of gear on city roads due to AutoExpo, Delhi Traffic Police chief Satyendra Garg today admitted it was a “bad show” on their part in dealing with the chaos which led to harrowing times for commuters.Traffic was disrupted for hours in central and south Delhi [...]
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inaugurated the 99th Indian Science Congress in Bhubaneshwar. Speaking at the five-day event, which is being attended by more than 10,000 scientists, the PM said, “China has overtaken India in the field of science.” He also said that there is a “need for doubling of investment in science by [...]
ARAB SPRING: The year began with a mass evacuation of Indians, the biggest since the 1991 Kuwait invasion. During the Arab Spring, over 16,000 Indians were airlifted from Libya, and many from Egypt and West Asian countries like Oman, Yemen and Bahrain. Though there were initial hiccups , “Operation Homecoming” was executed.
PAKISTAN: The bonhomie was [...]
The special court for CBI cases on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking directions to the CBI to include ministers J. Geeta Reddy, Sabita Indra Reddy and other IAS officers as accused in the FIR in Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s illegal assets case.
However, special judge B. Naga Maruthi Sharma observed that the petitioner is at liberty [...]
Pamulaparti Venkata “Narasimha Rao” (Telugu: 28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–1996).[1] He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India.[2] Rao accelerated the dismantling of the Licence Raj. He is often referred to as the “Father [...]
Pamulaparti Venkata “Narasimha Rao” 28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–1996).
[1] He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India.
[2] Rao accelerated the dismantling of the Licence Raj. He is often referred to as the “Father of [...]
Ralegan Siddhi, today (ANI): Criticising the Central Government on the “useless” Lokpal Bill,
social activist Anna Hazare today challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to a public debate on it to convince people that the proposed legislation should be strong.
“Sonia Gandhi said the bill is strong. If it is so,
let she come out and debate with us [...]
Refusing to be cowed down by pressure exerted by Team Anna, the government stood its ground on maintaining the investigative independence of the Central Bureau of Investigation, as the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cleared the draft of the controversial Lokpal Bill late on Tuesday evening. It is now likely to be [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev today in Moscow as part of the 12th annual Indo-Russian summit. The PM arrived in the Russian capital yesterday on a three-day visit during which he aims to work on expanding bilateral cooperation and consolidate coordination on regional and global [...]
With the threat of Anna Hazare’s agitation looming large, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting next week to evolve a broad consensus on the Lokpal Bill and ensure its passage during the current session of Parliament that ends on December 22.
Before the all party meeting, the UPA allies will hold confabulations among [...]
With the landmark India-US nuclear deal languishing even three years after it was signed, US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will hold talks with senior Indian officials on Monday in yet another diplomatic bid to iron out differences over the civil nuclear liability regime.
Burns, who holds most powerful position in the US State Department [...]
Rejecting the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on the Lokpal Bill as a betrayal of the people, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday appealed to them to register their protest across the country by holding an anshan (daylong fast), as he would be observing here on Sunday.
The Congress has declined to participate in a ‘Maha-debate’ at [...]
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