India

Mumbai, Nov 19: India's largest integrated casino resort in Daman, spread over 10 acres with 60,000 square feet gaming space, is likely to become operational from early next year. Delta Corp's hotel in Daman, which is India's largest integrated casino resort is expected to become operational in early 2014, Jaydev Modi, Chairman, Delta Corp Limited, told reporters here yesterday. The 187-room

New Delhi, Nov 19: Social activist Anna Hazare has once again completely disapproved the electoral path of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and asked through a letter whether the party is using funds collected for Lokpal Movement in the election campaign. The mentor of the AAP leader has also queried whether the party is still collecting funds in his name. A hurt and upset Kejriwal on

New Delhi, Nov 18: A man, claiming to be an activist of the BJP, Monday threw black paint at AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal while he was addressing a press conference here. The man, who identified himself as Nachiketa Walnekar, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activist, created a ruckus at the packed press conference, but was then bundled away by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists. Kejriwal, who was

New Delhi, Nov 18: Launching a fresh attack on the BJP over the Gujarat snooping row, Congress leader Manish Tewari today asked why no PSO was provided if the woman in question was being protected at her father's behest. "BJP claims lady was protected at father's behest. Was threat assessed? Why not PSOs provided?" Tewari, who is also Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, posted on Twitter

New Delhi, Nov 18: Launching a fresh attack on the BJP over the Gujarat snooping row, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday asked why no personal security officer (PSO) was provided if the woman in question was being protected at her father's behest. "BJP claims lady was protected at father's behest. Was threat assessed? Why not PSOs provided?" Tewari, who is also Union information and

Bangalore, Nov 18: Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist CNR Rao on Sunday called polticians “idiots” for giving scientists “so little”. He was referring to the “inadequate” government funding to the scientific community. Addressing a press conference a day after the award was announced, Rao, who is the chairman of the prime minister’s scientific advisory council, stressed the need for

Bangalore, Nov 17: Venting out the dissatisfaction in the scientific community over "inadequate" funding, Bharat Ratna awardee and eminent scientist C N R Rao Sunday had an angry outburst as he called politicians "idiots" for giving them "so little". Addressing a press conference a day after the award was announced, Rao, who is the Chairman of Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council, stressed

Etawah (UP), Nov 17: MPs should be banned from speaking in English in Parliament, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has said. "There should be a ban on English address in Parliament. Countries which use their mother tongue are more developed. It's the need of the hour to promote Hindi," Yadav said at a function last night. He was addressing a programme organised by Etawah Hindi Sewa

New Delhi, Nov 17: Targeting Narendra Modi, Congress women leaders today demanded a probe by a sitting or a retired Supreme Court judge to fix accountability on alleged illegal spying on a woman architect in Gujarat in 2009. The party questioned whether a person with such disregard for individual privacy guaranteed by the Constitution deserves to hold any public office. Senior party leaders

Thane, Nov 16: Godowns of the Birla Group owned companies at Bhiwandi near here were raided by the officials of the Controller of Legal Metrology and yarn worth around Rs 77 lakh were seized for want of proper packaging on the material, an official release said here today. The release stated that the raids were conducted under the direct guidance of the Controller of Legal Metrology, Ashok Dongre