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Among colleagues, Indian Army chief's popularity intact - Deccan Herald
VK Singh continues to be a popular leader of the men and women he commands," said a serving colonel in the army headquarters, who did not wish to be identified as he is not authorised to speak to the media. Particularly because they perceive his moving ...
Work on first reactor at Kudankulam quickens - Deccan Herald
“Preliminary meetings with AERB got over recently, and one more meeting is expected before getting the nod to reopen the reactor vessel,” said an official on the condition of anonymity. According to him, once the sanction is obtained from AERB for ...
India asks Iran to lift wheat import ban - Deccan Herald
“The Agriculture Ministry is now discussing with the Iran government with regard to quality standards for Indian wheat and lift the ban,” a senior government official said. The issue of 'Karnal bunt' disease has been taken up seriously because Iranian ...
Taking Lokayukta out of Lokpal bill: Cabinet to decide - Deccan Herald
He did not wish to be identified. The government has said it wants to pass the Lokpal bill during the second half of this budget session April 24-May 22 after the budget 2012-13 is passed. The prime minister had called an all-party meet to build a ...
World can't restrain China on rare earth - Deccan Herald
The official, who insisted on anonymity because the case was diplomatically and legally delicate, added that the rare earth case could still be won because of voluminous files that point to abusive Chinese trade practices.
Adarsh scam: Ex-legislator, CBI lawyer nabbed for graft - Deccan Herald
The lawyer was also taken into custody, according to an official who requested anonymity. A former member of the Maharashtra legislative council, Gidwani and his family owned three flats in the controversial Adarsh housing society's 31-storey building ...
Journalist murder: STF wants to conduct narco test on accused - Deccan Herald
Highly-placed sources in the police department said on the condition of anonymity that since the STF wants a "foolproof" case against the accused, so that they do not get any benefit during the trial, efforts are on to collect "irrefutable" evidences ...
Europe is paving the way for Greek bailout - Deccan Herald
... the efforts – which include losses imposed on private creditors holding Greek bonds plus the austerity measures – would bring the level down to around 129 percent, said an official briefed on the discussions, who did not want to be identified.
Woman kills daughters, self - Deccan Herald
The landlord, who insisted on anonymity, said that the couple was well-mannered. “They never quarrelled and were well-behaved,” he said. Police say Gayathri has not explained what drove her to suicide. But the family's poor financial condition might ...
Reliance shuts sixth well in D6 block - source - Deccan Herald
Reliance Industries has shut a sixth well at its gas fields in the D6 block, off the country's east coast, due to water ingress, and any clarity on the likely output from these fields will emerge by August, a source said on Thursday.
Dark side of Germany's jobs miracle - Deccan Herald
“A lot of my friends work as carpenters, but companies describe them as janitors in their contracts to avoid paying the salary negotiated in the collective wage agreement,” said one 33-year-old unemployed man in Stralsund who declined to give his name.
Yahoo plans new strategy in a rush for revival - Deccan Herald
Those groups are being led by the private equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital, people briefed on the matter have said. But Bostock added that neither proposal was likely to gain traction. “At this time, there have not been any proposals which have ...
Model of India's biggest mosque unveiled - Deccan Herald
The feature of the mosque is that initially it would be an open one and would more or less resemble the famed Jama Masjid in Delhi," said the official who did not wish to be identified. Musliyar heads the popular social, charity and educational ...
The right road to protest - Deccan Herald
An advocate, who refused to be named told Metrolife, “The advocates were definitely wrong in planning the protest in this manner. Before protesting, the local police has to be intimated. They will pass on the request to the DCP, who may or may not give ...
Congress website hacked, restored - Deccan Herald
"One of our three websites was hacked by miscreants, but our technical people restored it soon," a party leader told IANS on a condition of anonymity. The hackers had defaced the profile page of Gandhi with a pornographic message, the sources added. ...
India-China defence dialogue Friday - Deccan Herald
India and China hold their annual defence dialogue Friday when the two sides will exchange their perspectives on regional and global security issues, apart from planning for their 2012 military exchanges, a government official said Thursday. ...
Bankers cold to Kingfisher bail-out plea - Deccan Herald
A banker, who attended the meeting, told Deccan Herald on the condition of anonymity that banks have not made any commitment to lend more money to the cash-starved airlines owned by the liquor baron Vijay Mallya. Kingfisher, which had an accumulated ...
HP to oust CEO Apotheker, hire eBay's Meg Whitman - Deccan Herald
Hewlett-Packard Co's board convened, on Wednesday, to consider ousting Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker after less than a year on the job and replacing him temporarily with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a source said. ...
Bark up the wrong tree - Deccan Herald
An architect, who did not wish to be identified, said that though the reasons for the leakage would be investigated, but prima facie it appeared that joints or bonding in the domes have not been done properly or material used was of poor quality. ...
It was black Sunday in Rajendra Nagar - Deccan Herald
Scores of women were pushing the cart and the tragedy affected them the most as they were trapped with nowhere to go,” an eyewitness who refused to be identified, told Deccan Herald. The locality, inhabited mostly by poor and lower middle class people, ...
No suicide bomber involved, a suspect's sketch to be released, says ATS - Deccan Herald
But Uttara Kannada Additional Superintendant of Police VB Gaonkar said that he had no information about the visit. Another official who chose to remain anonymous told Deccan Herald that the method of execution was similar to followed in Pune's German ...
Cabinet reshuffle likely Tuesday, Big 4 to continue - Deccan Herald
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to reshuffle his cabinet Tuesday, informed sources said. Though there is no official announcement so far, the reshuffle is likely to take place at 5 pm, the sources said. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has ...
AITUC calls tool-down strike on Tuesday to support Maruti stir - Deccan Herald
In the meantime, according to sources close to tripartite negotiations between the company management, striking workers and state government, MSI is understood to have made it clear that it would not reinstate the 11 sacked workers. ...
Mild tremors in Madikeri - Deccan Herald
People in some localities here today experienced mild tremors measuring 1.9 on the Richter scale, official sources said here. The tremors felt around 10.55 am lasted about ten seconds forcing people to rush out of their houses and offices, ...
India may use Dubai or Turkey for crude oil payments to Iran - Deccan Herald
"We are exploring if Indian oil firms can open accounts in banks like Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank so they can undertake a direct transfer of money for oil they buy from Iran," a senior government official said. Under the scheme being discussed, ...