NEW DELHI: India's Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that mobile phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges from next year."From next year. Our secretary has told you that it will be free from next year," Sibal said here in response to a query on the timing of removing roaming charges as proposed in the National...

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today announced that she would lead a party demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on October 1 to urge the Centre to withdraw "anti-people" decisions on FDI in retail, cap on subsidized LPG and diesel price hike."Let us fight the battle boldly and unitedly. In a democracy, people are the supreme. Our voice...

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The US today slammed a Pakistani minister for offering a hefty USD 100,000 bounty for killing the maker of an anti-Islam film, as Islamabad disassociated itself from the offer.Calling Pakistan Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour's offer as "inflammatory and inappropriate", a State Department statement said, "There could be no justification for violence and it is important for responsible...

MUMBAI: Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition, addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, has been "rejected" by Maharashtra's Home Ministry, days after the lone surviving perpetrator of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks set in motion the last option available to save his life."The Home Ministry has rejected Kasab's petition and has forwarded it to the Chief Minister's Office," sources in the home department...

NEW DELHI: The government is against controlling or governing the Internet but want a consensus among stakeholders to deal with issues that may arise in future, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal today said."There should be no formal government interference in the dissemination of information through a medium which is perhaps quintessential representative of democracy... What we want is...

NEW DELHI: Country's foodgrains production is projected to decline by 10 per cent in the kharif season of this year at 117.18 million tonnes due to deficient monsoon and drought in some states.However, the government expects to make up for the decline in output during the Rabi season (winter sown crop).Foodgrains output stood at 129.94 million tonnes (MT) in...

BANGALORE: Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair today came down heavily on the Government for reportedly clipping the financial powers of DRDO chief V K Saraswat, calling it quite "disturbing" and a "retrograde" step.Terming the reported action as "quite disturbing", he said the decision comes at a time when DRDO is "at its best, delivered the goods by launching...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court today dismissed a petition challenging the government's decision to give a three-year extension to army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, saying it was non-maintainable.Chief Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman of the Islamabad High Court dismissed the petition filed by Inamur Rehman, a retired army officer.The Chief Justice said during the hearing that according to the Army Service...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran Malayalam actor Thilakan, who enthralled audiences with his portrayal of diverse characters on stage and screen for nearly four decades, died at a private hospital here early today following a cardiac arrest.He was 77 and had been ailing for some time.Thilakan was admitted to the hospital on August 23 after he suffered two mild heart attacks. He...

As humans we are trained to lie. Lying is a major part of survival. To be willing to tell the truth is to risk losing everything. When you have made a choice to be committed to the truth, then the truth is a ruthless master. That commitment will expose every aspect of hiding and every justification of that hiding.In the commitment...