16 former UPA ministers slapped with eviction notices

Sixteen former ministers of the United Progressive Alliance government are staying unauthorised in government bungalows for over a month now and have been served eviction notices, the Lok Sabha was......

Congress steers clear of Suresh Kalmadi and family

In its third list of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Tuesday fielded 58 candidates, mostly tried and tested ones. While most sitting ministers, including Kapil Sibal......

Cong releases 3rd list, fight it out is the high command's diktat

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said the party cannot afford the spectacle of its ministers and state presidents running away from a tough contest. Anita Katyal reports Barring a few......

God forbid if Chidambaram had his way with gas prices today

Sheela Bhatt gets the inside story of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs meeting that finally decided to steeply increase the price of natural gas. Sources say that Finance Minister P......

Government notifies new drug pricing policy

The government on Thursday said the new drug policy, which aims at bringing more medicines under price control, has been notified."The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPP-2012) approved by......

The price India pays for its delayed rail projects

The government on said its ambitious Kashmir rail plan has the largest cost overrun of Rs 5,500 crore among those rail projects which have been delayed by more than a decade. The......

Higher food prices push up inflation to 9.75% in Oct

Driven by rising prices of food items such as sugar, pulses and vegetables as well as clothing, retail inflation moved closer to the double digit mark at 9.75 per cent in October.It was 9.73 per......

Retail inflation marginally down at 10.02%

Retail inflation declined marginally to 10.02 per cent in June mainly due to lower prices of sugar and non-alcoholic beverages.Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index, was at 10.36 per cent......

Orissa gain crucial lead

Fine bowling by off spinner Sanjay Satpathy and paceman Deepak Mangaraj enabled hosts Orissa to gain a crucial 60-run first innings lead againstMadhya Pradesh on the third day of the Ranji trophy......

Golwarkar rocks Orissa

Despite a valiant unbeaten 142 by Pravanjan Mallick, Orissa were bowled out for a modest 318 in their first innings by Madhya Pradesh who were happily placed at 132 for two at close on day two of......

Orissa dismiss Services for 268

Orissa bowlers claimed four quick wickets on the third day to dismiss Servicesfor 268 in their first innings even though bad weather continued to dominate the proceedings in the Ranji Trophy Plate......

Parida saves Orissa

Rashmi Ranjan Parida's unbeaten 70 helped Orissa escape defeat and snatch two valuable points on the final day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Division match against Maharashtra, which ended......