New Delhi | 3 hours ago
Let 'baingans be bygones'
New Delhi, Feb 14 - Is there a connection between the environment minister's morning walks and the moratorium on Bt Brinjal? Some say Jairam Ramesh's decision may well have been different if he had taken the path less trodden - quite literally.Those in the environment ministry say Ramesh took his strolls in the pathways around Lodhi Gardens and not in the experimental farms of the Indian Agricultu ... read more

17 hours ago
Anil Ambani, Kokilaben on Sabarimala pilgrimage
Pathanamthitta -, Feb 13 - Industrialist Anil Ambani and his mother Kokilaben arrived here Saturday evening on a one-day pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple, police said.Ambani's party also includes two relatives and the family doctor. Alighting from the helicopter that flew him here, Ambani got into the driver's seat of a white Mercedes Benz for the journey to the temple town. Speaking to IANS ov ... read more

Chennai | 18 hours ago
Third win for Karnataka, TN in South Zone One-dayers
Chennai, Feb 13 - Tamil Nadu and defending champions Karnataka swept to their consecutive victories in the South Zone Subbaiah Pillai One-day cricket tournament here Saturday.Karnataka, thanks to an unbeaten 121 - by Ganesh Satish, overwhelmed Kerala by seven wickets while Tamil Nadu cruised to an eight-wicket win against Hyderabad. Kerala, weakened by the departure of S.Sreesanth, who left for Ko ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 18 hours ago
Create new avenues of growth, development: Shashi Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 - Asia should take into account the changing world economic scenario and leverage its comparative advantage to create new avenues of growth and development, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said Saturday.'Our endeavour should be to leverage our comparative advantage to build alliances, develop partnerships, create new avenues of growth and developmen ... read more

New Delhi | 19 hours ago
Rights groups find shortcomings in bill against communal violence
New Delhi, Feb 13 - Demanding penal action against government officials wherever communal clashes occur, jurists, lawyers and rights activists Saturday said if the proposed bill to tackle communal violence is not amended to include this provision, it would be 'dangerous' for society.'The need of the hour is to introduce stricter penal action against the government officials who actually sponsor th ... read more

22 hours ago
Star-studded wedding for CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan's son
Tellichery -, Feb 13 - The who's who of Kerala's politicians and film stars attended the wedding of Communist Party of India-Marxist - state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's son here Saturday.Vijayan's son Vivek works with a leading bank in the United Arab Emirates -. The bride Deepa is a fashion designer, also based in the UAE. The guests included Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, Leader of Oppositi ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Communal violence bill needs amendments, say civil rights groups
New Delhi, Feb 12 - A bill on tackling communal violence which is to be presented in parliament in March needs further amendments like defining newer crimes, especially against women, to make it more effective, feel jurists, human rights activists and lawyers who deliberated on its clauses.The bill, which got the cabinet's approval in December last year, drew criticism at the National Consultation ... read more

1 day ago
Opposition leaders visit encroached land in Wayanad
Wayanad -, Feb 12 - The top brass of the Congress-led opposition in Kerala Friday visited a piece of land that is occupied by Communist Party of India-Marxist - supporters, along with activists of a tribal organisation, here.The CPI-M and the Adivasi Skehma Sabha claim that the land belongs to the government and had been encroached upon by Janata Dal-Secular - leader George Potham, who is now alig ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Quickly build Sethusamudram canal, says CPI-M
New Delhi, Feb 12 - Hundreds of youth activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist - observed a hunger strike here Friday to demand the early building of a controversial shipping channel to link India's eastern and western coasts.The Sethusamudram project will help ships avoid a 785-km detour around Sri Lanka. CPI-M politburo member Brinda Karat inaugurated the protest organised by the Demo ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
CPI-M youth wing strikes for implementation of Sethusamudram canal
New Delhi, Feb 12 - Hundreds of activists from the youth wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist - Friday began a 24-hour hunger strike to demand implementation of the Sethusamudram project, the shipping channel to link India's eastern and western coasts to avoid a 785-km detour around Sri Lanka.CPI-M politburo member Brinda Karat inaugurated the hunger strike organised by the Democratic Yout ... read more