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View Article  Left asks Govt to scrap airports' modernisation bids

The Left parties have suggested that the Government should do away with the bidding process involved in the restructuring and modernisation process of the Delhi and Mumbai airports.

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View Article  TN Assembly session may be stormy

The last session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, beginning tomorrow, prior to the Assembly poll, amidst a boycott by the Opposition, barring the BJP, is likely to be stormy.

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View Article  Bopanna, Amritraj in Davis Cup team

Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj have retained their place in the Indian Davis Cup squad following their good performance in the Chennai Open. The selectors who met here on Wednesday named the same squad .

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View Article  M&M unveils Scorpio hybrid variant concept

Mahindra & Mahindra, India's market leader in utility vehicles, on Thursday unveiled the concept Scorpio hybrid variant and the concept hydrogen engine Alfa three-wheeler at the Auto Expo 2006 in New Delhi.

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View Article  TCS quarterly profit up 5.6 per cent

India's biggest software services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported on Thursday a 5.6 percent rise in third quarter net profit from a year earlier and forecast "sustained growth" as firms globally boost outsourcing.

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View Article  No restriction on women serving liquor: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that no restrictions can be put on women for working at a place where liquor or other intoxicating drugs are served to customers.The judges also made very clear that women cannot be forced to serve liquor against their wishes.

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View Article  Jet, Sahara confirm talks of strategic alliance

The official version from Jet and Sahara has undergone a change - from outright denial when ET first broke the story last year to accepting that there is a strategic alliance being worked out.

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View Article  Govt approves hydrocarbon deal

The Union government on Thursday approved the agreement with Venezuela on cooperation in hydrocarbon sector to strengthen supply security of oil for the growing Indian economy.

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View Article  The award goes to...

It's the time of year when popular awards functions dot the Hindi film industry calendar. Starting this week, various awards ceremonies will kick-start the annual jamboree of 'Thanks Ma, this is for you' Oscar like.

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View Article  Police claim breakthrough in Bihar trader's kidnapping

In a 'breakthrough' in the ongoing operations to rescue abducted garments shop owner Prashant Jain, who remained untraced for the eighth day on Thursday, police claim to have identified the youths who had hired the car used for his kidnapping.

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View Article  Microsoft India unveils digital map

During its annual research symposium, TechVista 2006, Microsoft Research India on Thursday demonstrated the first prototype of a multilingual interactive digital map of India.

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View Article  Indian cards close to chest

Going by Team India’s reactions, nothing can be said yet about what strategy they are looking to adopt in the first Test against Pakistan, at the Gaddafi Stadium beginning Friday. While Pakistan were busy celebrating Eid-ul-Azha, the Indians .

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View Article  Students await announcement on CET with bated breath

With the government yet to announce its decision on the common entrance test for admission to professional colleges, thousands of students and parents in the State are looking forward to the Governor's address .

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View Article  ICMR developing vaccines against fatal ailments

Medical Research (ICMR) N K Ganguly said vaccines were being developed against many fatal ailments, including one aimed at reducing the mortality rate of children aged below five years from Diarrhoea and Pneumonia.

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View Article  Child labourers gear up for Rajasthan's kite-flying festival

A large number of children and teenagers are working along side adult artisans to manufacture millions of kite strings ahead of a major kite-flying festival in Rajasthan, an act that often leaves them with painful cuts and wounds.

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View Article  BJP opts out of Speaker drive

The BJP will not support Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s efforts to evolve a consensus on the expulsion of the 11 MPs caught in the cash-for-questions scam.At a meeting of its parliamentary party .

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View Article  Air-India buys 68 Boeing aircraft

National flag carrier Air-India today signed an agreement with Boeing of the US to purchase 68 aircraft.  Though the value of the order was not disclosed, the current list price of the aircraft is well over $11 billion.

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View Article  Godhra grave: HC permits DNA testing

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday gave permission to the CBI to send the skeletal remains of post-Godhra riot victims found at the Lunawada mass grave site, to DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) instead .

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View Article  Punjab objects to security clearance for passengers

Expressing fears about security, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has put a spoke in the wheel of the yet-to-begin Amritsar-Lahore-Nankana Sahib bus service by equating Punjab with Kashmir.

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View Article  RIL to be new promoters of RIIL

Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd will be the new promoters of Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited (RIIL). The board of directors at a meeting held on January 10, have given its consent .

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View Article  Blame game begins ahead of TN polls

A blame game has begun between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's AIADMK and DMK ahead of the assembly polls in the state.DMK, which is the main opposition party in the state assembly.

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View Article  Lucknow medical students go on rampage

Students of Lucknow's King George Medical University (KGMU) protested the death of a fellow student on Thursday after he was fatally injured in an accident in the campus last night.

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View Article  Auto show set for big launch today Rs 440-cr business deals likely to be accomplished

THE Eighth Auto Expo, which kicks off tomorrow, promises much excitement for auto buffs in the form of new launches and big announcements by domestic and global automobile giants.

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View Article  ‘Kanini’-friendly, free software released

A computer-friendly, open source, free software (‘Freeware’) in Tamil, aimed at making possible the much-talked about IT penetration into remotest pockets of the State, was released here, on Wednesday.

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View Article  Scramjet: ISRO makes major breakthrough

NATIONAL space agency ISRO said it has achieved an early step in the race for low-cost, reusable space vehicle technology with a brief demonstration of its scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet).

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View Article  Aparna soars to cloud nine

Aparna Popat created history on Wednesday. No other women’s player in the history of Indian badminton has won nine consecutive singles titles as the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board player did by beating rising star .

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View Article  Pathan's journey from rags to riches

Of all the rags-to-riches stories, Irfan Pathan’s chronicle is the most incredible one would ever hear. From an eight year old sweeping the floor of Mandavi Gate mosque in Baroda to an international cricketer of repute.

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View Article  Sonalika cruises in with Rs 5.45-lakh MUV Rhino

The already over-crowded passenger vehicle market in India witnessed the entry of a new price warrior on Wednesday. Sonalika group  a leading players in the Indian tractor market drove into the high-growth multi utility .

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View Article  OIL to invest $150 m for overseas ventures

Oil India Ltd (OIL) would be investing $150 million for overseas exploration and production activities in the coming fiscal.The company is likely to get an oil block in Nigeria, said S.K. Patra, Director-Exploration, OIL.

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View Article  25 kg rice a month for BPL families

All those living below the poverty line (BPL) in the State will be given 25 kg of rice a month for Rs.3 a kg. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told presspersons after Wednesday's Cabinet meeting that the total cost of this would work out to Rs.12 crores a year.

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View Article  Driven at gunpoint in own car, robbed, pushed out in VVIP area

Armed men forced a young businessman into his own car last night, made him withdraw Rs 10,000 from an ATM, grabbed his laptop and cellphone and then pushed him out of the car in the high security Chanakyapuri area before speeding away.

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View Article  PM’s Kashmir talks offer open to all, says Azad

A day after PM Manmohan Singh invited People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone for talks, J-K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the dialogue invitation is not exclusive but is extended to all separatist leaders who want to talk to the Centre.

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View Article  Cinema’s most sparkling star in Mumbai night

From the Emergency to a disabled cricketer, from Netaji to Hanuman, from a Bipasha beat to a Rani step, it was a night that celebrated the finest in Indian cinema. And as the stars shone at the Hero Honda 12th Annual .

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View Article  In model Maharashtra, the dead are paid to siphon off job funds

Thane Public Works Department (PWD) records say that in January 2005, Ganga Ghatal of Bopdari village it’s on Mumbai’s doorstep received Rs 961 for 11 days of “excavating soft rock” for a village road.

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View Article  Kerry meets PM, positive on Indo-US civilian N-ties

During a 45-minute meeting today with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, US Senator John Kerry has taken a positive view of the progress in Indo-US relations, including the prospects for civilian nuclear cooperation.

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View Article  "CBI has no evidence to link Quattrocchi funds with Bofors"

Additional Solicitor-General B. Datta has visited the Crown Prosecution Service in Britain and informed it that the Central Bureau of Investigation did not have any evidence to link the deposits of Italian businessman .

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View Article  Fringe Benefits Tax to be simplified

The Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) for corporates is here to stay, though in a simplified form. For India Inc., that is some reason to cheer as Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday .

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View Article  Govt rejects demand for IIMs' expansion abroad

The Human Resource Development Ministry has turned down a request from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) to open a campus in Singapore. The ministry has cited that the prestigious B-schools should first meet the domestic demand.

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View Article  In Salem's jail, stabbing marks Eid

As if to underline the fears of the jailor as well as gangster Abu Salem, two inmates of Arthur Road jail in central Mumbai were slashed by three other inmates after the Eid namaz on Wednesday morning.

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View Article  PIL alleges fraud in VVIP vehicles purchase

The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Delhi Government, City Police Commissioner and three others on a PIL complaining of irregularities in the hiring of escort and pilot vehicles used for providing security to VVIPS.

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View Article  School bus safety a matter of concern

A recent study has shown that Delhi's school bus drivers are far from qualified for the job. A study, conducted by the Automobile Association of North India, indicates that drivers of most school buses in the capital could not even pass the basic driving test.

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View Article  Bombay HC to take stock of Ulhasnagar order

The Bombay High Court will take stock of whether its order to demolish illegal structures in Ulhasnagar is being implemented.In April last year the court had ordered that over 850 illegal structures be demolished. Since then, less than 10 structures have been razed to the ground.

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View Article  UPA-Left coordination committee to meet

The UPA-Left coordination committee will meet for the third time in the last two months. The Left's wish list includes a discussion on privatising profit making non-navratna PSUs.The Left have already rejected .

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View Article  Phone tapping fallout: SP may withdraw support to govt

The Amar Singh phone tapping scandal seems set to undo the tenuous relations between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party.There are reports that the Samajwadi Party may withdraw .

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View Article  Telecast rights: ICC to meet in Karachi

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet in Karachi on Thursday to discuss the issue of television rights in India.The meeting assumes significance as ICC has been concerned that the recent government .

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