India

    Exempt city buses from excise duties: Jaipal Reddy

    New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy Wednesday aid excise duty on public buses should be abolished to revive the public transport system in India.


    Mamata to lay siege at Dunlop factory in West Bengal

    Sahaganj (West Bengal), Dec 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said that her party would lay an indefinite siege in front of Dunlop India’s factory here, demanding immediate reopening of the tyre manufacturing facility in Hooghly district.

India’s reiterates Mumbai attackers came from Pakistan

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) India Wednesday reiterated that the perpetrators of last week’s Mumbai blasts had come from Pakistan and demanded that those behind them be arrested and brought to justice.



Bhasin alleges delay on bail plea in BMW hit-and-run case

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Utsav Bhasin, a Haryana based industrialist’s 19-year-old son allegedly involved in a hit-and-run case, Wednesday claimed that Delhi Police were “trying to delay the proceeding” on his bail plea in the Delhi High Court.



Anguished Delhiites vow to fight terror

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Holding candles in their hands, more than 500 people from all walks of life gathered at the Jantar Mantar here Wednesday evening to voice their anguish over last week’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai and to demand a change in politicians’ attitude.



Dera chief questioned by Punjab Police for four hours (Lead)

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) Controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh Wednesday spent over four hours at the heavily guarded Punjab Police headquarters where he was questioned in a case of his attiring himself like the 10th Sikh guru, Gobind Singh, last year.



Court issues notices to parties over their MPs’ dues

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to various political parties over a number of former MPs’ failure to pay pending telephone and electricity bills running into millions of rupees.



Sriram advances, doubles top seeds shocked in DSCL nationals (Lead)

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Sriram Balaji Narayanaswamy swept aside Ronak Manuja to enter the singles quarter-final while in doubles Vikram Reddy and Abhijeet Tiwari shocked top seeds Ranjeet Virali Murugesan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth to move into the semi-final of the DSCL men’s tennis national at the DLTA stadium here Wednesday.



Germany’s Man AG to raise stake in Indian joint venture

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) German truck and bus maker Man AG Wednesday said it will raise its stake in its joint venture with Force Motors to 50 percent through a stock buyout and rights issue.



NATO foreign ministers condemn Mumbai attacks

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: India

Brussels, Dec 3, (IANS) Foreign ministers of the 26-member NATO block Wednesday condemned the terror attacks in Mumbai and expressed their determination to combat terrorism in all its forms, EuAsiaNews reported.