India has proposed “constructive talks” on the contentious issue of transit facility through Bangladesh to reach its north-eastern region once a new government takes office in New Delhi after the general elections.
India is particularly keen on railway connectivity between Akhaura in eastern Bangladesh and Agartala, capital of Tripura in India’s north-east, New Age newspaper said.
A [...]
A consumer court has asked a leading government-run hospital here to pay Rs500, 000 in compensation to the widow of a man who underwent incorrect radiotherapy as a result of which he died.
“Taking an overall view of the matter, we find the hospital alone guilty for deficiency in service and in our view a lump [...]
The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre and Delhi Police on a plea filed by family members of suspected terrorists, allegedly involved in last month’s serial bomb blasts in the city, seeking to quash a trial court’s order sending them to police custody till October 27.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the [...]
Reliance Industry’s much hyped Rs 25,000 crore multi-product SEZ in Haryana is moving on a fast track with the company planning to begin the construction work by April-May 2009.
Besides the 1,395 acre of land, given by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) for about Rs 400 crore, the company is acquiring additional [...]
Dhoni, 27, now has two quality victories from as many Tests as stand-in captain following Tuesday’s 320-run thumping of Australia.
His first victory as leader came against South Africa earlier this year when Kumble also pulled out, bringing India back to level the series.
However if he recovers from a shoulder injury which kept him out in [...]
The crime graph moves up unabated in the millennium city with yet another incident of carjacking being reported on Wednesday. According to sources, a Maruti Esteem was robbed on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway around 2 am.
The police said the incident happened near the DLF Signature towers when one Satbir Singh, a Gurgaon based businessman, was going [...]
This Diwali, be prepared to have the option of visiting just a handful of melas in your neighbourhood, Gurgaon officials have warned.
Citing the recent blasts in the Capital and several mishaps that are a regular occurrence at such events, specially at stalls selling firecrackers, the Gurgaon police, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and the [...]
Indian and Pakistan officials will hold counter-terrorism talks here later this week, the Indian foreign ministry said Wednesday, to build trust and allay security concerns between the two rivals.
The talks come after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari agreed in New York last month to kickstart an embattled peace dialogue [...]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the SP, Vigilance concerned to appear before it on October 30, along with the file pertaining to the investigation of alleged embezzlement of public funds meant for city development works at Mansa under the Integrated Development of small and medium towns scheme of the government.
The order was passed [...]
As many as 22.93 lakh tonnes of paddy has arrived in the mandis of Haryana during the current Kharif season upto October 20, 2008, an official spokesman said here on Tuesday.
He said that out of the total, 13,81,984 tonnes had been procured by Government Agencies at the minimum support price and the remaining 9,11,905 tonnes [...]