Ask your father to leave UP, Mayawati tells Akhilesh

LUCKNOW: The war of words between ruling Samajwadi Party and its arch rival BahujanSamaj Party got personal here on Wednesday. Reacting strongly to chief minister AkhileshYadav's statement that "those who have a problem with law and order scenario in...

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BJP hits back at Nitish for remarks against party

PATNA: BJP on Wednesday hit back at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for his remarks vowing to put the saffron party in place in future and said that he should bother about his party JD(U)'s fate as the people of Bihar will bring it down in the next...

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Shobhaa De's tweet on separating Mumbai upsets Shiv Sena, MNS

MUMBAI: An innocuous Twitter comment by celebrity author Shobhaa De became the cause of a bitter backlash by two major political parties in the state here on Wednesday.De's tweet on the possibility of separating Mumbai from Maharashtra after the formation...

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Aam Aadmi Party gets broom as election symbol

NEW DELHI: The AamAadmi Party (AAP) said on Wednesday that it will contest the coming Delhi assembly election with "broom" as its symbol."Aam Aadmi Party is happy to announce that the election commission has allotted 'broom' for all the 70 assembly constituencies...

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Indian, Chinese armies to hold counterterror exercise in October-November

NEW DELHI: Shrugging aside recent troop incursions and face-offs along the Line of Actual Control, India and China are getting all set to resume their joint "Hand-in-Hand" (HiH) counterterrorism exercise towards end-2013 after a five-year hiatus.Sources...

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India to restore subsidized gas supply to Bhutan from August 1

NEW DELHI: India will restore the supply of subsidized gas to Bhutan from August 1, a month after it was halted and became a campaign issue in the Himalayan Kingdom's second national polls."We have obtained and completed all clearances — technical and...

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Telangana will be 29th state

NEW DELHI: Telangana will be the 29th state of India comprising 10 districts with plenty of water and some other natural resources in a backward region lacking development that was at the heart of the separate state demand. As and when the state is...

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CWC recommends creation of new Telangana state

NEW DELHI: Brushing aside opposition after dithering for nearly four years, the Congress and the UPA coalition today unanimously endorsed creation of a separate Telangana state from out of Andhra Pradesh."It is resolved to request the Central government...

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Telangana may witness growing Naxal activities

NEW DELHI: Economically backward Telangana region could witness growing activities of Maoists in coming months as the rebels may take advantage of the process of creation of the new state which may take close to six months.Home ministry officials said...

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Anna Hazare is hopeful for Jan Lokpal before Lok Sabha elections

VARANASI: Social activist and anti-corruption crusader, Anna Hazare, is confident that Congress-led government at the Centre has no other option but to bring Jan Lokpal before the parliamentary election. And, he has reason for this confidence."Not the...

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Goa schools and parents can opt out of midday meal scheme

PANAJI: The schools and the parents can now opt out of the midday meal scheme for students, Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar announced on Monday. "If the Parent-teachers Associations and school managements were not able to monitor the quality of...

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HRD minister asks teachers not to shun midday meal duty

RANCHI: The Union HRD minister MM Pallam Raju on Monday appealed to teachers across the country not to desist from serving meals to the students.The appeal was made in the wake of thousands of teachers in Bihar refusing to serve free school lunches under...

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Antony, Ratan Tata may give evidence in Finmeccanica trial

BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy: Defence minister AK Antony, together with a former UK defence minister and ex-chairman of Tata Group, have been lined up as witnesses in a trial of former bosses of Italy's Finmeccanica over corruption in a helicopter deal with...

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Maharashtra a major source of domestic tourists for Gujarat

MUMBAI: Maharashtra continues to be the state that sends the largest number of tourists to Gujarat. "About 35 percent tourists, that is, 18.80 lakh came from Maharashtra in the last financial year, 2012-13. The gross tourist flow during the year was...

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Assam minister to prove 8 people can have food for just Rs 20

GUWAHATI: Notwithstanding widespread criticism of his comment that eight people could have a proper meal for just Rs 20 and the chief minister distancing himself from it, Assam agriculture minister Nilomoni Sen Deka on Monday said he would prove it....

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Received SMSes warning of threat to my life: Amar

AZAMGARH (UP): Amar Singh, once a prominent face in Samajwadi Party, on Sunday claimed he was receiving text messages warning him not to come to meet slain former MLA Sarvesh Kumar Singh Seepu's family, as "he could also meet the same fate".Amar, who...

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Weather satellite INSAT-3D moves closer to its final orbit

BANGALORE: Two days after its launch, INSAT-3D, India's advanced weather satellite, has reached an intermediate orbit which is much closer to the 36,000 km high geostationary orbit, its final orbital home, Isro said.INSAT-3D was launched by Ariane-5...

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Pakistani troops target civilian areas, one injured

JAMMU: One person was injured when Pakistani troops opened fire on civilian population in Kathua district along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.Pakistani Rangers had targeted civilian areas in Manyari village late last night, injuring a villager,...

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Election Commission prepares for early polls, orders more EVMs

NEW DELHI: Amid speculation over early Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission is gearing itself up for holding the mammoth exercise along with assembly elections in five states due later this year by ordering additional EVMs.The EC has placed fresh...

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No govt can be formed without Samajwadi Party's support, Mulayam Singh Yadav says

BANGALORE: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday asserted no government would be formed at the Centre without his party's support after the Lok Sabha elections next year."No government will be formed at the centre without the support...

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Non-Telangana Congress MPs meet PM, oppose division of Andhra Pradesh

NEW DELHI: With the top Congress leadership appearing to have veered towards creation of Telangana, Congress MPs from rest of Andhra Pradesh opposed any division of the state while a party MP from Telangana region said the government should go ahead...

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Food Security Bill 'historic', Rahul Gandhi says

In his opening remarks at a meeting of Pradesh Congress Committee presidents and Congress Legislative Party leaders, Gandhi said it was for the first time in the history of the country that any government had passed a legislation on the people's right...

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I won't be party to a division of Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Kumar Reddy says

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has told the Congress leadership that top that he would not be a party to a division of the state."I will not be a party to any destructive decision", Kiran reportedly told AICC general secretary...

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False cases behind Delhi's tag of rape capital: Court

NEW DELHI: False cases are the reasons behind labelling of Delhi as the 'rape capital', a court in Delhi has held while acquitting a 75-year-old man on the charge of sexually assaulting his maid after the woman turned hostile.The court said after the...

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Pak violates ceasefire twice in 10 hours in J&K, BSF jawan injured

JAMMU: One BSF jawan was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire twice in the space of 10 hours on Saturday by targeting Indian posts along the India-Pakistan border in Poonch and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir.The Pakistani troops used...

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Nepal could be link between India, China: Nepal's ex-PM

NEW DELHI: Former Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday said his country could use its advantageous proximity to India and China to provide transit facilities, and stressed that the Himalayan nation would never allow itself to be used by...

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Missing Modi photos on BJP posters not an issue, Sushma Swaraj says

VIDISHA: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj said today that there is no point in raising the issue of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's missing photographs from BJP posters all along Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh...

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Congress flays BJP over Bharat Ratna remark

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP after its MP Chandan Mitra demanded that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's Bharat Ratna award be taken away for criticizing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi."All of us have to collectively condemn such...

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Forced to live in graveyard, ostracized kids finally get UP government's attention

LUCKNOW: Barely three weeks before the nation celebrates its 66th Independence Day, a tale of gross ignominy and ignorance has come to the fore. A family of five children of AIDS victims in Pratapgarh's Jamua village have been reportedly ostracized,...

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Those opposing Modi in BJP still hoping to be PM: Jethmalani

NEW DELHI: Expelled BJP MP leader Ram Jethmalani slammed Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's detractors within the party, saying those opposing him are unable to overcome their desire to become the PM."There are many people in BJP who still nurture...

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War of words between Cong and BJP over Batla House encounter verdict

NEW DELHI: The Delhi court verdict in the Batla House case on Thursday led to a political war of words, with BJP slamming Congress leaders who had questioned the genuiness of the encounter while the ruling party hit back.Contending that the BJP has the...

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Hunger strikes in Delhi for Jan Lokpal: Hazare

BAREILLY: Social activist and anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said a fresh agitation would be launched in Delhi to press for the passage of the Jan Lokpal bill by Parliament."Hunger strikes would be started for Jan Lokpal once again at Ramlila...

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Batla encounter: Digvijaya Singh reiterates his stand

INDORE: Reiterating his earlier stand for judicial inquiry into Batla house encounter, Congress general secretary Digivjaya Sing on Thursday in Indore said he had asked for a judicial enquiry into Batla house encounter which he felt was fully justified...

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Chhattisgarh Congress raises pitch over Raman's scalp on narco-test

RAIPUR: Opposition Congress raised its pitch for resignation of Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, linking his name and four other ministers with a cooperative bank scam as a large number of its members marched towards his official residence on...

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French defence minister in India to seal mega fighter project

NEW DELHI: Even as India and France struggle to finalize the long-awaited $20 billion MMRCA project to supply 126 Rafale fighters to the IAF, French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is now on a three-day visit here to bolster the "bilateral strategic...

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Goa CM takes potshot at Kapil Sibal again for Right to Education

PANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar did it again! He ridiculed UPA minister Kapil Sibal's brainchild Right to Education Act for the second time in less than three months, this time at a meeting with parents on Wednesday to calm opposition to...

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NCP, opposition rubbish Plan panel's data on poverty

NEW DELHI: Political parties, including UPA constituent NCP, on Wednesday rubbished the Planning Commission's claim that the number of poor people had declined to 21.9 per cent and said the criteria for identifying them should be updated.BJP slammed...

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PETA releases damning report on filthy, illegal Victoria horse stables

MUMBAI: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has just released reports on its latest investigations of filthy and decrepit Mumbai stables for horses used to pull carriages in advance of Thursday's Bombay High Court hearing for the...

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President Pranab Mukherjee congratulates Queen Elizabeth

NEW DELHI: President PranabMukherjee today congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on the birth of her great-grandson and newest member of the British Royal family.Prince William's wife Kate Middleton gave birth to a baby boy - the third in line to the throne...

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UAVs set to crowd Indian skies

NEW DELHI: How about a pizza being delivered at your home by an UAV ( Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)? Or getting a courier through this flying machine? Or spying with a UAV as small as a butterfly which perches itself on a windowsill? Sounds like sci-fi? Experts...

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Chief commander of JeM killed in encounter, Army says 'jolt' to terror network

SRINAGAR: A self-styled chief commander of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was shot dead on Tuesday in an encounter in Kupwara in a major breakthrough for the security forces."Qari Yasir, top most Jaish commander, was gunned down...

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CBI chief orders probe into leakage of information in Mulayam case

NEW DELHI: A red faced CBI on Tuesday ordered a probe into the leakage of its internal documents on the disproportionate assets case against Mulayam Singh Yadav even as it refuted reports that the case is being closed, saying no decision has been taken...

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Rain eludes North India, humid conditions prevail

NEW DELHI: Parts of North India received scattered rain on Tuesday giving way to humid conditions while major rivers in Uttar Pradesh continued to flow in spate.Intermittent rains were witnessed in parts of Delhi today which proved inadequate to give...

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Sushma Swaraj meets Biden, refrains from raising Modi visa issue

NEW DELHI: BJP leader SushmaSwaraj on Tuesday met visiting US Vice-President Joe Biden and raised the issue of visa to skilled workers but refrained from discussing the lifting of ban on American visa to Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi."I had a very...

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CBI takes over probe in Ranvir Sena chief murder

NEW DELHI: Over a year after the killing of Ranvir Sena chief Bramheshwar Mukhiya, CBI has taken over investigation and registered a case in this regard following a request from Bihar government.CBI sources said after the case was notified by the department...

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Digvijaya Singh backs Shakeel Ahmed

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Monday supported his colleague Shakeel Ahmad who, in a tweet, accused the BJP and the RSS of communal politics."Religious fundamentalism is at the root of terrorism," Digvijaya Singh told reporters...

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Jagadish Shettar loses his cool in assembly

BANGALORE: Former chief minister JagadishShettar, known as 'Mr Cool', lost his cool when Speaker KagoduThimmappa restricted him from 'lengthy debate' on malnutrition as the subject was taken in zero hour.Shettar sought to know whether inquiry would be...

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Rajnath’s anti-English remark: What language will he speak in US, asks Congress

LUDHIANA: In a dig at BJP president Rajnath Singh, the Congress today asked what language he would speak during his current visit to the US."The BJP President should make it clear whether in America he would talk in Hindi or Awadhi or English. He made...

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2G: Anil Ambani summoned as prosecution witness for July 26

NEW DELHI: Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani was today summoned for July 26 by a Delhi court to depose as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.CBI today submitted a list of five witnesses, including Anil Ambani, who are scheduled...

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Sushma Swaraj's aircraft makes emergency landing in Jaipur

INDORE: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj had close save on Monday afternoon and her aircraft in which she was coming to Indore had to make emergency landing in Jaipur.Sushma Swaraj took off from New Delhi for Indore from where she was...

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Congress asks Mamata to clear stand on BJP

KOLKATA: With West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announcing that her party would not support Narendra Modi, Congress leadership on Sunday asked Trinamool Congress to come out clean on its stand on BJP."Trinamool Congress should stop playing to...

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UP chief minister's convoy attacked in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's convoy Sunday came under attack allegedly from supporters of the Secunderabad MP here. No one was injured.The incident took place outside a hotel when Congress MP Anjan Kumar Yadav was not allowed...

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Authorities must avoid excessive use of force in J&K: National Alliance for People's Movement

LUCKNOW: The National Alliance for People's Movement has demanded that the government authorities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) must avoid excessive use of force while policing demonstrations. Dozens of people have been injured in many parts of J&K...

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Corruption in UPA has turned into small scale industry: Jaitley

CHANDIGARH: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Sunday said with slew of graft cases surfacing during the UPA government, corruption has taken the shape of a "small scale industry", and the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be a fight between morality and...

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