DC 50 years ago: DMK will fight against imposition of Hindi

Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh on Sunday warned Trinamul Congress government that the Centre will not release grants for rural development if the panchayat polls were not held on time. Meanwhile, state panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee ...

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday warned his ministers to work effectively on the drought mitigation programmes and not to indulge in political duels. He added that if his warnings were ignored, the party would face its consequences in ...

The US warned of large-scale flight delays and cancellations as a result of the sequester (automatic spending cuts) on March 1. This also includes international travel, including that to India, US transportation secretary Ray Lahood told reporters here on ...

The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that Japan will use force against Chinese government ships, if they attempt to land on a group of disputed islands.It was Mr Abe's most explicit warning to China, since he took power at the end of last year.

Or does no kept promise go unpunished? Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is ...

AAP Labor cabinet member Bill Shorten has warned Tony Abbott would hike the GST rate if elected as prime minister in September. The federal government claims Mr Abbott's plan for a tax "white paper" within two years, announced in his budget reply ...

Lawyers involved in more than one election petition will not be allowed to derail hearings because of their involvement with other cases, a judge has warned. High Court Judge Fred Ochieng Friday told advocates that he would not allow them to ...

Health officials have warned that action is needed to prevent a rubella outbreak, which can be particularly dangerous to pregnant women. Public Health Wales and national deaf-blind charity Sense say about 38,000 young people in Wales have not had ...

A Philippine official has warned migrant workers in Taiwan to keep a low profile, amid a diplomatic row over the death of a fisherman. Amadeo Perez, Manila's special envoy to Taipei, said Filipinos should stay at home while tensions were running ...