New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has said it will take strong disciplinary action against the dope tainted Indian federation for the repeated offences of its lifters. IWF legal ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's government got a pat on the back with the liaison committee meeting of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), which said it was ...

It was decided by the Tamil Nadu Film Director Sangam to give awards every year to the best cast and crew selected from the four languages. The advisory committee meeting of ...

Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will issue a global tender this month for sourcing 4.8 million colour television sets for distribution under its free colour television sets scheme. In an ...

Chennai, Nov 5 (ANI): Pilots of national carrier Air India on Thursday threatened to go on strike again if their flying allowances and other salary arrears of the past two months ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) With increasing mumber of abandoned pets and complaints of unregulated pet shops in the national capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Wednesday took a stand to form ...

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Faced with electoral reverses in its traditional strongholds of Kerala and West Bengal, the three-day central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday decided ...

Kolkata, Oct 25 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has convened a high level meeting with senior officials of the state administration at the Writers Building here on Sunday to take ...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The Delhi government Friday sanctioned Rs.350 crore (Rs.3.5 billion) for improving the city's basic infrastructure ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The expenditure finance committee of the Delhi government ...

Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday demanded withdrawal of central forces from West Bengal's troubled Lalgarh region. "I want the central forces to be withdrawn ...

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chairman Mike Fenell Wednesday met India's Sports Minister M.S. Gill to discuss the progress of work for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Fennell, ...

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) An Indian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Meira Kumar will leave Monday to attend the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPA) in Tanzania Sep 29-Oct 5. "The ...

Lahore, Sep.20 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has said that Indian and Pakistan would soon be playing bilateral series at a neutral venue. Addressing a press conference at the Gaddaffi ...

Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) After a string of poor shows, East Bengal Friday decided to sack three of their foreign footballers with immediate effect though coach Subhas Bhowmick will continue. Briefing mediapersons after ...

Sydney, Sep 11 (ANI): The idea of day-night Test between England and Bangladesh next year is unlikely to proceed because a suitable ball is yet to be developed. The idea of day-night ...

New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The two-day politburo meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that concluded here Sunday decided to prepare a draft document for its "rectification campaign" to inculcate ...

New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI) : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the departed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajsekhar Reddy as "a dynamic and tall leader of the party". Speaking to ...

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Sunday said it will seek legal advice to break the impasse between Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan. After the executive committee meeting, ...

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Though India's Davis Cup squad for the World Group play-off against South Africa next month has not yet been named, Australian Open junior champion Yuki Bhambri ...

Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Saturday nominated former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly as the chairman of its cricket development committee. Making the announcement after a working committee meeting, ...

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) India has received the first consignment of uranium for the second unit of the 2,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu from Russia, a top ...

Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) The Indian cricket board is planning to take legal advice from Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and former chief justice of India A.S. Anand on the controversial 'whereabouts' ...

Islamabad, Aug. 9 (ANI): A Senate committee has decided to summon former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to seek his explanation into an allegation that he had stopped the disbursement of development ...

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) The loading of fuel for the first unit of the 2,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu will be the main agenda at the joint ...

Amethi, Aug 7 (IANS) Congress general secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi celebrated Raksha Bandhan with women of a village in his constituency early Friday. "Rahulji reached our village at around 1 ...

New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh has said that the players were wary of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) controversial 'whereabouts' rule as it infringed on their privacy. ...

Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party will not drop its Hindutva agenda at any cost, BJP president Rajnath Singh said here Sunday, adding there was no "need for making ...

Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Sunday said the party would not leave its Hindutva agenda at any cost. "We are determined on following the Hindutva agenda. ...

Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Saturday admitted that the party's "organisational strength had weakened" and said this is the best time to strengthen the party's ...

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel Wednesday asked general secretary Alberto Colaco to intervene and end the stand-off between national captain Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun ...