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After waging a war from the forests, Maoist rebels have joined mainstream politics and are contesting this year's assembly election in Jharkhand. At least six rebels are in the poll fray. The rebels say they have given up arms for votes to continue their...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Unified Communist Party of Nepal, Politics, Naxalite-Maoist insurgency, Jharkhand, Maoism, Daltonganj, War Conflict
India's economy grew by 7.9% in the quarter through September from a year earlier, shattering forecasts as stimulus measures boosted demand and manufacturing activity surged, data showed on Monday. "It is difficult to project what will happen in the rest...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Business Finance, Inflation, Group of Thirty, Ahluwalia, Punjabi people
According to media reports, India has stopped work on a road in Leh due to objections raised by the Chinese Army. Almost half of the 8-km long road had already been constructed under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme before the progress was...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Leh, Demchok, Politics, Kashmir, Ladakh, Tourism in Ladakh, Labor
Carmakers are gearing up for a two-phase price hike after almost a year, thanks to increasing input costs and the need to switch to stricter emission norms from April next. Prices of popular vehicles such as Mahindra Scorpio, Maruti Swift and Honda Civic...
Tags: Maruti Swift, Maruti Suzuki, India, New Delhi, BSE Sensex, Car manufacturers, Gurgaon, Business Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, SUVs, Suzuki, Automobile industry in India
Abbas Kazmi, Kasab's lawyer sacked TNN 30 November 2009, 12:29pm IST Text Size: A Mumbai special trial court hearing the 26/11 trial, on Monday, removed Abbas Kazmi as lawyer for Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist captured alive during...
Tags: Abbas Kazmi, Ujjwal Nikam, opening address, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, India, New Delhi, Terrorism in India, Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai attacks, Law Crime
Altogether 17 questions were not taken up for want of members. The proceedings were taking place amid protests by members of Left parties and Samajwadi Party criticising the government's move to send a Central team to assess the law and order situation...
Tags: West Bengal, Trinamool Congress, India, New Delhi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Prabodh Panda, Parliament of India, 14th Lok Sabha, All India Trinamool Congress, Communist Party of India, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha
In a new book, the award-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy takes aim at India's self-image -- and reputation -- as the world's largest and most vibrant democracy. Indian democracy, she asserts, is not only not working, it is "used up" and "hollowed...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Arundhati Roy, Politics, The God of Small Things, Malayali people
Home secretaries of Bangladesh and India begin talks on Monday to give final touches to at least three bilateral agreements, which are likely to be signed by the two countries during Prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to New Delhi next month. Bangladesh'...
Tags: Bangladesh, High Commission of India, New Delhi, Pillai, Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Dhāka, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh Awami League, Politics, Dipu Moni, Sheikh Hasina, Law Crime
Belying predictions, the Indian economy grew by a significant 7.9% in the second quarter of this fiscal, up from 6.1% in the previous quarter, essentially due to a good showing by the industry and the services sector. The growth compares favourably to...
Tags: India, New Delhi, Economy of India, Pranab Mukherjee, Business Finance, Fiscal policy
The bulk of the recovery was led by a 9.2 percent growth in manufacturing, while mining and construction activities also expanded by 9.5 percent 6.5 percent, respectively.
Tags: percent growth, India, New Delhi, Business Finance