Days after the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petitions of four associates of slain forest brigand Veerappan, who were given a......
In further embarrassment to former telecom minister A Raja, the Madras high court on Tuesday suspended from the bar a top lawyer who was allegedly involved in an attempt to influence a judge......
The only public sector industrial unit that manufactures indelible ink to mark voters, casting votes in the country, the Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd. (Mylac) is busy churning out the ink to meet......
Francois Gautier writes to Dr John Dayal, member, National Integration Council, in response to the letter he wrote Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: Dear John Dayal, I am a Westerner and a born......
The first wave of the tsunami hit the Pondichery and Tamil Nadu coast at 8 am on December 26. Seven thousand people died on the spot.By 9.30 am, a team from Auroville, the international township......
The bullish real estate sector in north India seems to be heading for a price correction. Supply of residential units with a valuation of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 2.5 million) and above, constructed during......
Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced 55 new trains in the Rail Budget 2006-07 for different destinations across the country.The new trains included 27 weekly, five bi-weekly, five......
The Kolkata-based consumer products company Emami Ltd is developing four power brands for the overseas market to become an Indian FMCG transnational in five years.To supplement the initiative, the......
Four members of the Bengal Table Tennis girls team were physically assaulted at a guest house in Pondicherry, team manager Partha Pratim Dutta alleged on Monday.Dutta said some individuals forcibly......