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The US model: Don"t follow it blindly!
We need to be careful not to confuse financial market reform with following the US model of regulation, if finance is to remain a servant, not master, of the real economy, says A V Rajwade....
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Law to ban western music, vulgarity: BJP manifesto..
If the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in Haryana assembly polls next month, it will make a law to ban western music and vulgarity, says the party manifesto....
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President"s son far richer than rivals
President Pratibha Patils son Rajendra alias Raosaheb Shekhawat, who is contesting from Amravati constituency on a Congress ticket, is worth Rs 6.68 crore. Shekhawats movable property is valued at Rs 1.36 crore and his immovable assets are worth Rs 5.32 crore, said the affidavit sworn by him at the time of filing of nomination....
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UN says India"s caste system a human rights abuse
The United Nations Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, is expected to ratify draft principles which will recognize Indias caste system as a human rights abuse....
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Maharashtra: Minister refuses to pull out for Prez..
Despite concerted efforts by senior Congress leaders, rebel Maharashtra minister Sunil Deshmukh did not withdraw his candidature for the October 13 assembly election from the Amravati seat where he takes on President Pratibha Patils son Rajendrasinh Shekhawat. Bharatiya Janata Party rebel Vinay Natu and Shiv Sena rebel Pradeep Jaiswal are still in the fray....
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India needs a proper privacy law
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Swiss banks" proposal not good enough
The Swiss banks proposal to levy a withholding tax on the income generated from assets of Indian nationals and held in Swiss banks, is not worth treating seriously....
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No fresh construction of places of worship at publ..
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no fresh construction of places of worship at public places throughout the country.The restriction would apply to temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and places of worship of all other communities, a Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Mukundakam Sharma said in an interim order....
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NRIs outsourcing murder to India: Report
In a development that may explain the disappearance of several Britons of Indian origin during visits to India, an investigation report on BBC says British Asians have been hiring killers in India to target their friends and family....
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Shatrughan Sinha lavishes Rahul with praises
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinhas fondness for Rahul Gandhi appear to be increasing by the day as he lavished fresh praises today for the young Congress leader, saying he saw a bright future ahead for him....
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AP: Jagan supporters are at it again
The demand for making Kadappa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy the state chief minister in place of his late father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy took an ugly turn with his supporters in the name of Jagan Yuva Sena allegedly tearing down a huge banner carrying the pictures of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former minister Renuka Choudhary in the Khammam district Congress committee office....
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Is Pawar mooting retirement from politics?
It is time for the younger generation to play a greater role and for me to slowly step back. Isnt that a good idea, 69-year-old Pawar said at an election rally in Sholapur setting of speculation whether he was talking of any plan to retire from active politics....
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Sena is not fascist, says Dalit leader
In a major embarrassment to the newly formed Republican Left Democratic Front (RLDF), one of its key member and known Dalit leader and poet Namdeo Dhasal said the Shiv Sena is not a fascist organisation....
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Cong slams Advani for his statement on Ram temple
Congress on Saturday attacked senior Bharatiya Janata Party Leader L K Advani for his statement that a Ram temple should be and will be built at Ayodhya saying the BJP leader is doing so to avoid or delay his forced retirement....
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US not to interfere in Indo-Pak issues: Blake
The United States has once again made it clear that it would not interfere in issues concerning India and Pakistan, and that they should be resolved by the two countries themselves....
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