MUBARAK-DAY FOR EGYPT
AMN CAIRO: (AMN) After three weeks of rigorous uprising in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down on Friday night and handed over power to the military.People across the country…
Minister resigns over remark on President
AMNJAIPUR: Rajasthan minister Ameen Khan, whose remarks on President Pratibha Patil triggered a controversy, resigned Thursday. Chief Minister Gehlot told reporters that the minister quit his post
Congress in quandary as FIR filed against Rahman Khan
AMNBANGLURU/ NEW DELHI: Pressure is mounting on K. Rahman Khan to resign from the coveted post of deputy chairmanship Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament.
India to legislate Right to Food Act soon
ASHOK B SHARMA / TIANEW DELHI: The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh Thursday assured his government’s commitment to legislate Right to Food Act for ensuring social safety nets for…
Centre to reveal names of black money holders
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Centre assured the Supreme Court that it would reveal the names of persons, who have stashed black money in foreign banks after registering a formal case…
HC reserves judgement on Sen
BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh High Court Wednesday reserved the judgement on the bail petition of the rights activist and PUCL leader Dr. Vinayak Sen.
$41.99 bn defence deals in pipeline
ASHOK B SHARMA / TIANEW DELHI: In the last 48 months, Indian Ministry of Defence(MoD) has signed deals worth approximately $24.66 billion with global integrators. Deals worth another $41.99 billion…
Govt approves recapitalisation of rural banks
AMNNEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet Thursday approved the recaptalisation of regional rural banks to improve their capital to risk weighted assets ratio. Briefing media persons here after a Cabinet meeting,
High-powered committee to review ISRO–Devas deal
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HI MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 AMN NEW DELHI : The Government has appointed a high-powered committee to review various aspects of the controversial deal ISRO's commercial…
Black money, blackens Indian democracy
BY ASHOK B SHARMAWhat is ailing India, the world’s largest democracy? It is the saga of corruption going unabated – be it relating to the Commonwealth Games, allocation of 2-G…