Modi’s appearance before SIT deserves commendation, says Venkaiah

CHENNAI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that the appearance of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi before the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) deserves the highest commendation.

Larsen & Toubro gets court backing in highway project

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has restrained the road transport ministry from interfering in one of the first highway projects awarded on a build-operate-transfer basis to Larsen and Toubro (L&T) at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.

Ecuadorian journalist gets jail for insulting official

Quito, March 28 (IANS/EFE) An editorial writer for Ecuadorian daily El Universo was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for insulting the head of a government agency in one of his columns.