Govt should consider separate ministry for NRIs: Hinduja

Last Updated: Sunday, January 11, 2015, 20:59

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for creating a sense of optimism in the country, NRI industrialist Prakash Hinduja said the Indian diaspora now wants faster implementation of reform measures and the government should consider a separate ministry for NRIs.

Coal scam: CBI says waiting for Law Ministry nod to file appeal

Last Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2015, 17:45

CBI on Thursday told a special court that it was waiting for the nod of the Law Ministry to file an appeal in a coal scam case in which the Delhi High Court had quashed charges framed against Prakash Industries Ltd (PIL) and its director.

India says won`t sacrifice growth at climate talks

Last Updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 21:40

India will not sign any deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions at UN climate talks that threatens its growth or undermines its fight against poverty, the environment minister said Friday.

`Next Kargil could happen in the Andamans`

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 12:47

India`s next Kargil could happen in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, former Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash has said.

General Elections: Left hints at emergence of an alternative combo

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 16:02

Dismissing the formation of a Third Front, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said here on Saturday that about 10 non-Congress, non-BJP parties are willing to come together for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to provide a viable alternative.

Karat criticises Mamata Banerjee govt on rising rapes

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:16

CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday criticised the Trinamool Congress led government in West Bengal for rise in incidents of rape in the state.

Karat blames UPA`s policy for rise of Maoists, tribal misery

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 22:48

The CPI(M) on Wednesday held the UPA government`s economic policy responsible for the suffering of tribal people and rise of Maoism in the country.

Om Prakash Singh takes over as ADG in CISF

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 15:47

Senior IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh Om Prakash Singh has been appointed as the chief of the airport sector of the CISF security at the country`s civil air terminals.

WEF 2014: Indian business leaders cautiously optimistic at Davos

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 19:55

Diversified group Mahindra & Mahindra's senior executive Pawan Goenka said: "There is enough optimism about India. Therefore, I don't think that India story is dead at Davos".

Amrita Prakash cast in cross-border love story

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 05:01

Amrita Prakash, who featured in several films and TV shows as a child, will now be seen as a girl who falls in love with a Pakistani boy in the upcoming episode of `Yeh Hai Aashiqui`. She says shooting the "cross-border" love story was "fun".

Two Independent LS members join BJP

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 16:01

BJP got a shot in the arm Monday with two sitting Independent members of the Lok Sabha from Bihar- Putul Kumari and Om Prakash Yadav- joining the party ahead of the General Elections.