PM Manmohan Sigh today asked HM P Chidambaram to take the concerns of state governments on board on the issue of NCTC.

New Delhi: Former captain Kapil Dev today refused to believe that there was rift within the Indian team in Australia but said the BCCI should step in to sort out the "difference of opinion". Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had defended the rotation policy of the three openers in the team on the ground that they are slow while fielding but Virender Sehwag said he and other two senior players were ignorant of the reason to rest one of them in a match. Kapil said instead of calling it ...

New Delhi: Kripashankar Singh, Mumbai Pradesh Congress Chief, has resigned from the post in the wake of party`s poor showing in the civic elections last week.   "Kripashankar Singh sent his resignation on the day the results of the election to Brihan Mumbai Corporation were out. It has been accepted," Mohan Prakash, Congress leader in charge of Maharashtra, told reporters today.   The announcement of the resignation came on a day the Bombay High Court asked the Mumbai Pol ...

UP Lokayukta today recommended a CBI probe against Mayawati aide, Naseemuddin Siddiqui and his wife Husna, an MLC.

Mumbai: The BCCI today sought to scotch the intense speculation about a rift in the Indian cricket team in Australia with its President N Srinivasan calling such media reports as "exaggerated". As reports of a rift gathered more steam in the media, Srinivasan said that he had checked with the media manager and the Board had nothing to be concerned about. "You have no knowledge of it. I dont think there is any rift in the team. There is nothing to be concerned about," Sr ...

Hamid Ansari said the range of his interest and deep philosophical underpinnings of his output ad established him as a literary figure.

In a strong-worded letter to PM Manmohan Singh, Modi has opposed the proposal of the Railway Ministry to amend the RPF Act.

Dharamsala: With Assembly elections in the state just a few months away, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet is set for another rejig with a new face to be inducted on Thursday, official sources said.     Though Chief Minister P K Dhumal did not mention any name during a press conference here today, according to party sources, ex-BJP state chief Khimi Ram could be inducted in the cabinet.     When asked whether any minister shall be dropped, Dhumal said the possibility can ...

  New Delhi: Indian business schools have strengthened their standing among international employers as four Indian institutions have made it to the list of top-10 B-schools in the Asia Pacific region, says a survey. According to the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report,Indian business schools have improved in international employer opinion considerably this year, moving up in both the Asia-Pacific rating, and almost all of the specialisation.   Among the top 36 business schools i ...

Mumbai:  The National Australia Bank today started branch operations in the country by inaugurating its maiden outlet in the financial capital.   The branch will support existing institutional, corporate and business banking customers and also provide a link for clients looking to expand or invest in its home country with a focus on energy, education and agribusiness sectors, the bank said in a statement here. "Indias bilateral trade with Australia and New Zealand is rising cont ...