Discover the Konkan Coast
Every few kilometres, different sights, scenes and flavours await you on the Konkan coastline. Lonely, bone-white beaches and sandy stretches with attitude embrace the blue Arabian Sea. Brawny forts, ancient temples, seafood, forests bristling with life untamed…the Konkan Coast fills your senses... read more »
X-mas fashion: Carefree styling is the mantra
By Nivedita New Delhi – Are you stuck with traditional red and white for Christmas dos? Fashion experts say it’s time for a makeover – stay fierce and indulge in carefree styling. Dress in fresh green, muted ivory and cherry coloured outfits to flaunt your refined balance of... read more »
US court dismisses Sikh group’s case againstBadal
Chicago – A US Court of Appeals has again dismissed a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the ground that a Sikh rights group failed to serve federal court summons on him. Dismissing a petition for “panel rehearing” filed by Sikhs for... read more »
Japan raises defence spending budget
Tokyo – Japanese cabinet Tuesday approved a record-high 95.88 trillion yen (about $922 billion) budget for fiscal 2014, of which the defence spending was up 2.8 percent, marking the second straight year of rise. The defence budget stands at 4,884.8 billion yen, up 131 billion yen from the... read more »
Population, capacity should dictate size of state allocation: Jayalalithaa
Chennai – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalaltihaa Monday suggested that the 14th Finance Commission give one-third weightage each to population, fiscal discipline and fiscal... read more »
Want to travel? Go to government, Musharraf told
Islamabad – Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was Monday advised by the Sindh High Court to approach the government if he desired permission to go abroad to meet his ailing... read more »
Delhi polls effect: 180 Punekars sign up as Aam Aadmis in 2 hours
After a dynamic performance that has thrown the Delhi assembly into a deadlock and forebodes a President’s Rule in the state, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is conquering the IT crowd in... read more »
Jairam Ramesh ridicules Modi on Lokayukta
New Delhi – Taking on the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday said the Gujarat chief minister’s comments about... read more »
President’s rule recommended in delhi : Najeeb Jung
Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has recommended President’s rule in Delhi, saying that the state Assembly should be kept in suspended animation, as per reports on Monday. Jung has send his to report to... read more »
