Saturday, 18 May, 2013 - 20:37
Island News
 Port Blair, 17 May 2013/--/The Chairpersons of Social Welfare Boards of States and UTs of the country on Friday visited Havelock on board 'Coastal Cruise'. The delegation members, currently on a visit to these islands,... |
 Port Blair, 17 May 2013/--/The Director General of Police, Mr Sudhir Yadav was accorded a warm welcome on assuming office at Police Lines on Friday. Marching contingents comprising of Police, IRBn, Fire Service and Home... |
 Port Blair, 17 May 2013/--/The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, today inaugurated the Bio-Safety Level-3 (BSL-3) laboratories established by the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Port Blair at a... |
National News
 New Delhi, 17 May 2013/--/Indian cricketer and Rajasthan Royals player S Sreesanth on Friday confessed to spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), police said.
"Sreesanth has confessed to spot-fixing. He was... |
 New Delhi, 17 May 2013/--/Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government was at an advance stage of considering a universal social security cover for workers while acknowledging that there could be "no... |
Sports News
 Mumbai, 17 May 2013/--/A day after suspending three Rajasthan Royals cricketers who were arrested for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing during the IPL, the BCCI has convened an emergency meeting of its working... |
 New Delhi, 17 May 2013/--/Contradicting Lalit Modi's claim that the Indian Premier League governing council and the International Cricket Council were caught napping in the spot-fixing case, former Indian Test all-... |
State Bytes
Kolkata, 17 May 2013/--/The state government today sent the State Election Commission three dates July 2, 6 and 10 for holding the panchayat elections in three phases.
Stating that the government has sent the three dates, SEC Secretary Tapas Roy said "We have received the communication from the...
Kolkata, 17 May 2013/--/State Election Commission today filed an application before the Calcutta High Court claiming that the court's May 14 order directing holding of panchayat elections in the state in three phases by July 15 was "not a consent order".
The application, claiming that it was not a...
Business News
 New Delhi, 17 May 2013/--/International NGO Social Accountability (SAI) has conferred Indian telecom operator Uninor SA8000 certification for complying workplace standards based on International Labour Organisation and... |
 New Delhi, 17 May 2013/--/Expressing concern over widening trade deficit, India today sought from Japan more market access for its exporters in sectors like agriculture, marine product and pharmaceuticals.
The matter... |
Reflex Action
17 May 2013/--/So low has the United Progressive Alliance fallen under the impact of numerous corruption scandals that the more it tries to cover them up, the more it discredits itself by getting tangled in a spiral of manipulation and lying—and yet more scandals. Worse, it undermines institution af...
Political Delicacies
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5 May 2013/--/Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is missing Pranab Mukherjee. Manmohan Singh and Pranab Mukherjee were political friends and rivals simultaneously for the last eight years till Mukherjee be... |
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28 Apr 2013/--/Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. The first Sikh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, after serving the country as Rajya Sabha member, now wants... |
Video News
Echo World
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London, 17 May 2013/--/Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said the Group of Ministers(GoM) headed by him will work towards giving CBI "functional autonomy" but at the same time asserted that accountability is "important... |
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Kabul, 17 May 2013/--/A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul today, killing 14 people including six NATO personnel and two children in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year... |
Market Watch
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Mumbai, 17 May 2013/--/Upward march in sensex continued for the fourth straight day, gaining by another 39 points to close at 20,286.12 on fag end buying from operators on the back of higher european cues. Persistent capital inflows into equity market also boosted the market sentiment.
Power,... |
Editorial
17 May 2013/--/The announcement of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the main Kurdish rebel group in Turkey, that it would withdraw all of its forces from the country as part of a peace agreement to end a 30-year conflict with the Turkish state is another significant step towards the resolution of a thirty-year conflict that has cost both sides heavily.
Speaking at a press conference at the...