UPA backs economic reforms
AMNNEW DELHI: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Coordination Committee today extended support to the government's recent economic decisions, terming them as necessary and unavoidable.
SC upholds Amit Shah’s bail
TIANEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has rejected CBI's plea to cancel the bail granted to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. However the Apex Court…
Law cannot be abused to harass person owing to his religion: SC
TIA Correspondent NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said that the law cannot be abused to harass any person owing to his religion. The apex court observed while acquitting 11…
CVC asks CBI to probe coal block allocations since 1993
TIANEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will start an inquiry into allotment of coal blocks to captive miners including state government entities since 1993. Sources said that CBI…
Maharastra rejects Kasab’s mercy petition
Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition, addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, has been rejected by Maharashtra's Home Ministry, days after the lone surviving perpetrator of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks set in motion…
VP inaugurates Centre for Quranic Studies at AMU
TIA CorrespondentALIGARH: The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari has said that the Aligarh fraternity - students, teachers and well wishers – need to prepare for the future, to…
Notification on pulses, edible oils and oilseeds extended
TIA CorrespondentNEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Monday approved for extending the validity of the Central Notifications in respect of pulses, edible oils and edible oilseeds to be extended for…
Additional DA for Govt employees approved
TIA CorrespondentNEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Monday approved to release additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from…
No roaming charges from 2013
AMNNEW DELHI: Mobile phone usres would not have to pay roaming charges while travelling within the country from the next year. Talking to the media on the sidelines of a…
7, 00 Indian workers detained in Kuwait
Embassy seeking consular access to Indians held in KuwaitAMNKUWAIT CITY: More than seven hundred Indian workers have been detained by the Kuwaiti authorities for allegedly misusing their visas.The Indian embassy…