India

Bangalore, Nov 17: Venting out the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over "inadequate" funding, Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist C N R Rao Sunday had an angry outburst as he called politicians "idiots" for giving them "so little". Addressing a press conference a day after the award was announced, Rao, who is the Chairman of Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council, stressed

Etawah (UP), Nov 17: MPs should be banned from speaking in English in Parliament, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has said. "There should be a ban on English address in Parliament. Countries which use their mother tongue are more developed. It's the need of the hour to promote Hindi," Yadav said at a function last night. He was addressing a programme organised by Etawah Hindi Sewa

New Delhi, Nov 17: Targeting Narendra Modi, Congress women leaders today demanded a probe by a sitting or a retired Supreme Court judge to fix accountability on alleged illegal spying on a woman architect in Gujarat in 2009. The party questioned whether a person with such disregard for individual privacy guaranteed by the Constitution deserves to hold any public office. Senior party leaders

Thane, Nov 16: Godowns of the Birla Group owned companies at Bhiwandi near here were raided by the officials of the Controller of Legal Metrology and yarn worth around Rs 77 lakh were seized for want of proper packaging on the material, an official release said here today. The release stated that the raids were conducted under the direct guidance of the Controller of Legal Metrology, Ashok Dongre

New Delhi, Nov 16: In a befitting tribute to a stellar career, especially on the day he was given a tearful farewell, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Saturday announced the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, for Sachin Tendulkar. The cricketing legend became the first sportsperson to get the award, whose past recipients have been such dignitaries as Jawharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur

Raipur, Nov 16: Trashing allegations of illegal snooping against Narendra Modi, BJP today ruled out Congress demand for a rethink on its Prime Ministerial candidate and claimed that the ruling party's "dirty tricks wing" was behind the controversy. "There is no question of doing a rethink on our Prime Ministerial candidate even if a thousand baseless allegations of this kind are made against

Patna/Kolkata, Nov 16: A buying spree of salt, triggered by rumours of a shortage, engulfed eastern and north-eastern states with price of the essential food ingredient touching Rs 100 in some places. State governments had to resort to a crackdown on hoarders, arrest rumour mongers and go on a publicity blitz to calm down panicking public, who converged on shops and bought salt packets in large

New Delhi, Nov 15: BJP general secretary Amit Shahmade Gujarat Police deploy illegal police surveillance on a young woman because his "saheb" was obsessed about knowing every moment of hers. The details were made public by investigative websites Cobrapost and Gulail, based on taped phone conversations between IPS officer GL Singhal, Shah and others. The tapes were submitted to CBI by Singhal, who

New Delhi, Nov 15: Another allegation of sexual harassment against a Supreme Court judge, who has since retired, has surfaced with a second law intern levelling a similar charge that he had misbehaved with her. The second intern narrated her ordeal on a social networking site on November 11 under her own name but the comments have now been removed from it, reported the website Legally India, which

Bhopal, Nov 15: The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh has given ticket to only one Muslim candidate for contesting the November 25 state Assembly elections for which it is being criticised by Opposition party Congress. The Congress has criticised the BJP while alleging that the party is trying to "fool" the community despite Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan embracing the community during festivals