India

New Delhi, Nov 21: India is the tenth most vacation deprived nation in the world as the average Indian fails to relish their leisure time and continues to stay connected to work during vacations, according to a new survey. Such holiday habits have pushed India to the world's tenth most "vacation-deprived" nation down from last year's fourth position, found the survey by online travel service

New Delhi, Nov 21: In a shocking incident, Tarun Tejpal, the Editor of the news giant Tehelka, has "removed himself" from the position for a period of 6 months. Tarun has recused himself for six months as the Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka, after what is being described, in an official statement, as 'an incident with a journalist'. In an e-mail sent to the weekly magazine's Managing Editor, Shoma

Dudu (Rajasthan), Nov 20: In yet another slip up, BJP leader Narendra Modi has mispronounced the first name of the Mahatma calling him Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi instead of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. "Towards the end of his life, Mahatma Gandhi had a wish which was not fulfilled. Would you fulfil that wish? Would you fulfill Gandhi's wish? Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi..." he said addressing a rally

New Delhi, Nov 20: The Supreme Court today dismissed Centre's plea seeking review of its judgement debarring arrested persons from contesting polls, saying it is not necessary to look into the issue in view of amendment in law by Parliament. The apex court, however, said that the issue of constitutional validity of the amendment will be considered separately after an NGO Lok Prahri opposed Centre

Mumbai, November 20: The UPA government has taken a big step in wooing the country’s women voters, who virtually form half of the voting population, by throwing open the first all-woman bank here on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and finance minister P Chidambaram, was in India’s financial powerhouse to launch Bharatiya Mahila Bank(BMB) which

New Delhi, Nov 19: Narendra Modi today denied having violated the Model Code of Conduct in his reply to the Election Commission notice over his "khooni panja" remark made during poll campaign in Chhattisgarh. In his nine-page reply filed this evening before the Commission, a day ahead of the deadline, Modi said he has only exercised his right of free speech by criticising the policies and work of

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Gujarat snooping controversy today reached the Supreme Court with a suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma urging it to take cognisance of audio tapes aired by news portals saying it contains proof of how the state government had tried to frame him in "frivolous" cases. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam asked Sharma to file an affidavit after the Gujarat government

Ralegan Siddhi (Mah), Nov 18: A day after Arvind Kejriwal demanded an open probe into his allegation on spending of IAC funds by Aam Admi Party, Anna Hazare today said he was mainly concerned about "misuse" of his name in poll campaign and maintained the two are "not enemies". "We are not enemies of each other. Even today I am happy that he is a man of character.... The issue is not of funds. Some

Vadodara, Nov 19: In the wake of alarming fall in the population of Parsis, a monthly allowance would be provided to the couples in the community who give birth to a second or a third child, Bombay Parsi Punchayet said. At a congregation of the community held at Sanjan in Valsad district of Gujarat yesterday, it was decided that every Parsi couple giving birth to second child would get Rs 3,000

Raipur, Nov 19: About 15 per cent of the electorate cast their votes in the first hours of polling for the second and final phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections in 72 constituencies spread across 19 districts of the state today. No untoward incident has been reported so far from any part of the state. "The polling in 72 constituencies of 19 districts began from 8 AM and so far 15 per cent