CHENNAI: The Madras High Court today gave its nod to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), clearing the decks for the fuel loading and commissioning of unit 1 of the controversy-hit Indo-Russian project.Dismissing a batch of petitions challenging commissioning of units 1 and 2 of KNPP, a division bench comprising justices P Jyothimani and M Duraiswamy said the project...

NEW DELHI: Opening a new front against the Government, UPA's outside supporter Samajwadi Party joined hands with the Left parties and TDP today to demand a judicial probe into coal blocks allocation and cancellation of licenses failing which they threatened to launch a countrywide agitation.SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav staged a dharna at the main entrance of the Parliament...

WASHINGTON: American companies have assured Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao of their strong support to India's efforts to attract foreign capital for the country's infrastructure development through a sectoral debt fund and other initiatives.In a meeting hosted by US India Business Council (USIBC) on Thursday, the American industry leaders also discussed with Subbarao the need for maintaining 100 per...

HOUSTON: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and her Japanese colleague, who ventured outside the International Space Station to perform maintenance tasks, have failed to bolt a new power-switching unit into place outside their home in orbit.During the spacewalk, 46-year-old Williams and Japanese flight engineer Akihiko Hoshide were "unable to install a new Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) on the International...

KOLKATA: Outgoing Chairman of Tata Sons Ratan Tata on Friday said there is still a possibility of locating a Tata Motors factory somewhere in West Bengal, but can be done only when "there is friendliness at the political level".He was responding to the shareholders' questions relating to the abandoned Nano car factory at Singur at the AGM of Tata...

NEW DELHI: Pakistani national Mohammad Hussain, who was awarded death sentence in a 1997 Delhi blast case in which four people had died, will have to face trial again with the Supreme Court today directing re-trial after setting aside his conviction and capital punishment.A three-judge bench headed by Justice R M Lodha gave this order on the ground that...

NEW YORK: Mahesh Bhupathi put behind his shock first-round exit from the men's doubles event by advancing to the mixed doubles second round, while Sania Mirza and her women's doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands also cleared the first hurdle in the US Open here.Bhupathi's successful partnership with Sania in the mixed doubles circuit ended after he "sacrificed" her in the...

NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the Sahara Group, the Supreme Court of India on Friday directed two of its companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors within three months with 15 per cent interest.A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar directed SEBI to take action against the companies, Sahara India...

NEW DELHI: Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's legal battle for life in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case today came to an end with the Supreme Court upholding his death sentence, while observing that the conspiracy for the attack was hatched in Pakistan.The apex court held him guilty of waging war against the country in the Mumbai terror attack case...