Maharashtra HSC results to be announced soon

Jammu, May 24: Contesting J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah’s proposal for partial revocation of AFSPA, the state unit of BJP Thursday said it would be strategically difficult to nab a militant if the act is in force in one district and not in adjoining ...

State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world’s largest coal miner, is set to achieve a five year-high output growth this financial year.

The company’s facebook page states that it proposes to get into betting only if it is legalised in India, reports Vicky Nanjappa The company S36 Sports and Entertainment, registered in Karnataka, is under the scanner following the arrest of S Sreesanth, an accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Registered at HTM Layout in Bangalore, this company, the police claim, had a betting interest and could be connected to the scandal. While the police may find it hard to prove the connection, the ...

The recent Bharatiya Janata Party state in-charge appointments have sparked certain speculation over the party’s strategy in the upcoming general elections, notes Renu Mittal. Is the BJP working to polarise the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, hoping to gain by garnering the Hindu votes in its favour? It certainly looks like that, particularly in states like Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, where there is a big percentage of Muslim votes, and most of the parties -- apart from the BJP -- are ...

For so long a symbol of the authoritarian state at its most coercive, China’s policy limiting most families to one child is slipping into irrelevance. Last week, the government announced it would merge the National Population and Family ...

States today turned down the Centre’s proposal to declare mobile phones and tablets as special category goods which attract a lower tax rate of 5%.

K Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress to victory in the May 5 assembly elections in Karnataka, took oath as the state’s 22nd chief minister on Monday.  State Governor H R Bhardwaj administered the oath of office to Siddaramaiah at a ceremony at the Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. Siddaramaiah, a five-time MLA from Varuna in south Karnataka, was on Friday elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the state. The decision in this regard was taken after four AICC ...

And why India’s National Green Tribunal in particular cannot do justice to its stated objective 18 May 2013 BY: Prashant Reddy

Bhubaneswar, Apr 26: Normal life was partially affected today during a 12-hour state-wide ‘hartal’ called by the ruling BJD in Odisha demanding special category status to the state.Shops and business establishments remained closed in many places ...