In response to a petition, about black money stashed in foreign banks, filed in the Supreme Court by ex-Law Minister and renowned jurist Ram Jethmalani and five others, the Additional Solicitor General, Gopal Subramanium, has promised an explanation about the measures taken by the government within 48 hours!
New Delhi, Apr 23 : Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has ruled out the possibility of forming a post-poll alliance with the with the Congress party.
In an exclusive interview with TIMESNOW, Karat clarified that his party''s aim is to see that there is a "non-Congress secular government."
He revealed that in the event of the CPI (M) failing to do so, it "would prefer to sit in the opposition."
New Delhi/Chennai, Apr 23 : Amid escalating tensions in neighbouring Sri Lanka over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a special meeting was convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night to review the situation in the island nation.
The hour-long meeting was also attended by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Defence Minister A. K. Antony.
New Delhi, April 23 : Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections began today amid tight security.
In this phase, the election is being held in 141 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories.
The states going to the polls in this phase include Andhra Pradesh (20 seats), Assam (11), Bihar (13), Goa (2), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Karnataka (17), Madhya Pradesh (13), Maharashtra (25), Orissa (11), Tripura (2), Uttar Pradesh (17) and Jharkhand (8).
New Delhi - India's monthlong staggered general election entered its second and biggest phase Thursday with an expected 200 million more voters going to the polls amid tight security arrangements to prevent attacks by Maoist insurgents.
Voters started trickling into booths in as many as 141 constituencies across 12 states from 7 am (0000 GMT) for the latest round of the five-stage elections, the world's largest democratic exercise.
Private sector lender Yes Bank on Wednesday informed that its net profit rose 24.20% to Rs 80.11 crore in the quarter ended March 2009 as against Rs 64.50 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2008.
In addition, the lender's total operating income also grew 46.44% to Rs 566.31 crore in the quarter ended March 2009 as against Rs 386.73 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2008.
For the full year, bank's net profit surged by 51.90% to Rs 303.84 crore in the year ended March 2009 as against Rs 200.02 crore during the previous year ended March
2008.
In response to a petition, about black money stashed in foreign banks, filed in the Supreme Court by ex-Law Minister and renowned jurist Ram Jethmalani and five others, the Additional Solicitor General, Gopal Subramanium, has promised an explanation about the measures taken by the government within 48 hours! 
New Delhi, Apr 23 : Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has ruled out the possibility of forming a post-poll alliance with the with the Congress party.
New Delhi/Chennai, Apr 23 : Amid escalating tensions in neighbouring Sri Lanka over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a special meeting was convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night to review the situation in the island nation.
New Delhi, April 23 : Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections began today amid tight security.
New Delhi - India's monthlong staggered general election entered its second and biggest phase Thursday with an expected 200 million more voters going to the polls amid tight security arrangements to prevent attacks by Maoist insurgents.
Private sector lender Yes Bank on Wednesday informed that its net profit rose 24.20% to Rs 80.11 crore in the quarter ended March 2009 as against Rs 64.50 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2008.
