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  • PM says resolving five key challenges will be top on policy agenda 2012

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made out a case for phased rationalising of prices of petroleum products and reducing subsidies and begin again the process of fiscal consolidation so that growth is not jeopardised. “Both goals of expanding new investment and achieving energy efficiency require a more rational pricing policy, aligning India’s energy prices […]

    Relief operation steps up in cyclone hit Tamil Nadu & Puducherry; Toll mounts to 42

    Relief operations are in full swing to bring back normalcy in cyclone battered Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district and the adjacent Puducherry, as the toll mounted to 42 today. Chief Minister Jayalalitha said the administrative machinery has been put on top gear. She said Nine more people have died in rain related incidents, five in Cuddalore, […]

    Lokpal and Lokayukta are important part of the solution to end corruption: PM

    Greeting fellow countrymen a peaceful, productive and secure new year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that in an attempt to tackle corruption we need a multi-dimensional solution and Lokpal and Lokayukta are important part of that solution. Amid a war of words between government and Opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was “unfortunate” […]

    Spend as Much as you Can for your Going to be Married Friend

    Sorry, that was irony. Because I just got back from a friend’s bachelor party, where we were surrounded by other bachelor parties spending money like water. It didn’t look like much fun at all, actually. So much booze they must still be hungover now, a week on – and what the wife to be will […]

    Nation celebrates Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

    The birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh is being celebrated across the country today with religious fervor and gaiety. He is the 10th Guru of Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh was born on this day at Patna in Bihar in 1699. In Punjab, functions have been organised in all the historical gurudwaras, which are related with […]

    Relief work in full swing after cyclone Thane mishap

    The severe cyclone Thane has claimed 33 lives in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The cyclone, which hit Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts on Friday, left a trail of destruction and threw life out of gear. Cuddalore district, which bore the maximum brunt of the cyclone, accounted for 21 deaths. While seven people died in Puducherry, […]

    Tendulkar rises, Dravid slips in latest ICC rankings

    Iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar rose a couple of rungs to be joint fourth but fellow veteran Rahul Dravid dropped out of the top 10 in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Friday. Tendulkar, who scored a half century in the opening MCG Test defeat against Australia, shared the fourth spot with South African […]

    People across the world gear up to Welcome new year 2012

    People across the world gear up to invite new year 2012 with fun and fanfare while President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil and Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari have extended new year greetings to the people. As we herald new year at the stroke of midnight today, let us recall the year on its way out. […]

    Pak SC orders time-bound probe into memo scandal

    In a major set back to the embattled Pakistan’s civilian leadership, the country’s supreme court has ordered a time bound investigation into a memo seeking the US help to prevent a military coup after the killing of Osama Bin Laden. The court rejected government’s objections to same on the ground of a parliamentary panel probing […]

    North Korea names Kim Jong Un its supreme military commander

    North Korea on Saturday said Kim Jong-Un, the son of late leader Kim Jong-Il, had assumed the “supreme commandership” of the reclusive nation’s million-strong military, state media reported. Kim Jong-Un had already been declared “supreme leader” of the country during memorial ceremonies for his father on Thursday, as the nation ended 13 days of mourning […]