If Asaram fails to answer our questions, we will arrest him: Jodhpur Police

NEW DELHI: There are strong grounds for arrest of Asaram Bapu and he will be arrested if he cannot provide proper defence, Jodhpur Police said on Friday.Briefing reporters on the case, Jodhpur Police said a team will leave for Bhopal on Friday night...

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Government seeks consensus only in distress: Jaitley

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Friday said there was need for a larger consensus on economic issues but accused the UPA government of seeking consensus only in distress."There is a need for a larger consensus on economic issues. It emerges out...

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Bhatkal says blasts carried out to send message; SP leader Farooqi stirs row over arrest

MOTIHARI/NEW DELHI: Arrested Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal and his associate have "without any remorse" acknowledged that they carried out many bomb blasts so as to "send a message", a top district police official who interrogated the terror...

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Tourism ministry to create 2.5 crore additional employment in 12th plan

MUMBAI: Ministry of tourism has targeted to create additional employment of about 2.5 crore in the tourism sector during the 12th five-year plan. The additional employment that would be created would be both direct as well as indirect employment. India...

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Strong grounds for Asaram Bapu's arrest, Jodhpur Police say

NEW DELHI: There are strong grounds for arrest of Asaram Bapu and he will be arrested if he cannot provide proper defence, Jodhpur Police said on Friday.Briefing reporters on the case, Jodhpur Police said a team will leave for Bhopal on Friday night...

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Bajwa demands emergency Punjab assembly session on economic condition

PHILLAUR, JALANDHAR: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president and MP Partap Singh Bajwa has demanded holding of an emergency session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha to discuss financial position of state. Holding that fiscal condition of the state was precarious...

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Earthquake of mild intensity rocks parts of Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: An earthquake of mild intensity on Thursday rocked several parts of Himachal Pradesh.The tremors, which were felt at 3.43pm, lasted few seconds, the India Meteorological Department officials said.The epicentre of the quake, which measured 4.7...

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My son should be punished if found guilty: Yasin Bhatkal's father

BANGALORE: The father of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal on Thursday said his son should be punished if found guilty after the due process of law.Zarar Siddibapa said his family has complete faith in the judicial process and his son should...

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MP BJP might field a Muslim candidate after 15 years

BHOPAL: After a long gap of 15 years, the ruling-BJP in Madhya Pradesh is considering fielding a Muslim candidate from the minority dominated Bhopal-North constituency for the upcoming November assembly polls. State BJP records show that since 1990 only...

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Digvijaya wants to end political sanyas, contest Lok Sabha polls

BHOPAL: AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday claimed that the ruling Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP government in Madhya Pradesh had done little for the development of the state. But despite the poor developmental health of the state, the former...

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189 coal documents not available, Centre tells apex court

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday admitted before the Supreme Court that 189 out of 236 documents sought by the CBI, which is probing coal block allocation scam, is "not-available".In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the coal ministry submitted...

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Karnataka: Leader in IT, laggard in competitive tests for govt jobs

BANGALORE: Karnataka may be contributing one-third of India's annual software exports, but it is still far behind some of the north-eastern states when it comes to competing in job tests by central government-owned entities.According to 2011 IBPS ( Institute...

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Despite Karnataka bypoll defeat, BJP not averse to alignment with JD(S)

BANGALORE: After facing humiliating defeat at the hands of Congress in the just-concluded bypolls to LokSabha and the Upper House, the grand plans of alliance among opposition parties appears to be doubtful for the 2014 parliamentary elections.All the...

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Karnataka high court stays proceedings against Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines

BANGALORE: The Karnataka high court has stayed for eight weeks further proceedings against Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) and its chairman Vijay Mallya before the special court for economic offences, Bangalore in relation to three complaints filed by the...

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#IfRobertVadraIsASmallFarmer boomerangs on Haryana CM Hooda

Twitterati spare none, least of all politicians, as Harayana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda learnt today. When asked by The Hindu about the questions raised by AshokKhemka on the controversial Robert Vadra-DLF land, Hooda said he had not received any complaints...

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Katju apologizes for '90% Indians fools' remark

NEW DELHI: Press Council of India chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Saturday apologized to people whose feelings he may have hurt by his "90 per cent of Indians are fools" remark or other statements."Some people have been aggrieved by my statement...

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Pakistan repatriates 362 Indian prisoners via Attari border

ATTARI: In a possible bid to improve relations with India, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif government on Saturday repatriated 362 Indian prisoners including 8 children (all fishermen) from Attari land border after the completion of their jail sentences.As earlier...

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Sushma challenges Sonia's claim, says NDA to regain power

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Saturday countered UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's contention that UPA will retain power in the next elections and claimed NDA will form the government after the polls.Talking to reporters...

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Courts should resist from usurping powers of executive, HC says

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has said courts should restrain and resist from usurping the powers of the executive, which are exclusively in its domain.Dismissing a PIL which sought a direction to the Southern Railways to operate with additional coaches,...

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Karnataka bypoll: Loss of face for BJP; setback for former deputy CM Ashoka

BANGALORE: The huge defeat of JD(S) in its bastions of Mandya and Bangalore Rural is also a loss of face for BJP-KJP and a setback for former deputy chief minister R Ashoka.Despite the disapproval of some BJP leaders, Ashoka forged an alliance with JD(S)...

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Minority Commission assures SGPC to look into the issues faced by Sikh community

AMRITASR: Chairman of National Minorities Commission of India Wajahat Habibullah has assured the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar to look into the issues faced by Sikh community in India and abroad. Wajahat...

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India, China to hold military exercises from November 4 after five years

NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese armies will resume their bilateral "Hand-in-Hand" (HiH) counter-terrorism exercise this November after a five-year hiatus, in a bid to cast aside the recent troop incursions and face-offs along the line of actual control...

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Pro and anti-GM crop groups slug out the controversial issue in power corridors

NEW DELHI: Days after testing their strength on Delhi's streets, both anti and pro-GM crop groups sought to slug out the issue in the Capital's power corridors on Friday.Though politicians gave both the groups a patient hearing, the fate of genetically...

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Nationwide outrage over journalist's gang rape in Mumbai, Centre seeks report

NEW DELHI: The gang rape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai triggered an avalanche of outrage across the country on Friday and condemned as despicable and shameful stirring memories of a similar attack last December in New Delhi that led to nationwide...

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BSF court will help in improving ties with Bangladesh

KOLKATA: The setting up of a General Security Force Court (GSFC) set up by the Border Security Force (BSF) to try the jawan accused of shooting dead a 15-year-old girl at the Indo-Bangla border at Anantapur in Cooch Behar on January 7, 2011, will help...

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Will Owaisi bring Congress and YSR Congress closer?

HYDERABAD: As new political alliances are on the anvil ahead of the general elections, MIM president AssaduddinOwaisi's meeting with the AICC president Sonia Gandhi has stoked speculations that the Hyderabad MP was brokering peace between the Congress...

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Pakistan says Indian firing kills a solider

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Thursday claimed one of its soldiers was killed in firing by Indian troops on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.A senior military official said the latest casualty occurred in Rakhcahri sector of the LoC near Rawalakot."Sepoy...

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India denies reports of US plans to station military aircraft in Thiruvananthapuram

NEW DELHI: A top US air force official's remarks that his country is planning to station a military aircraft in Thiruvananthapuram as part of its policy of encircling China with defence bases has created flutters here and the government has dismissed...

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GJM calls for fresh shut down in Darjeeling

DARJEELING: Ruling out dialogue with the West Bengal government, the GJM spearheading a stir for a separate Gorkhaland on Thursday announced a fresh 48-hour shut down over the weekend in Darjeeling after the arrest of two prominent party leaders and...

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Engaging Modi does not mean his endorsement: UK high commission

NEW DELHI: Nearly 10 months after it ended its decade-long boycott of Narendra Modi, UK on Thursday said any engagement with the Gujarat chief minister was not an endorsement of him and expressed concern over human rights violations in the state.UK high...

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Import will take minimum two weeks to ease onion price in domestic market

NEW DELHI: With the retail price of onion jumping back to Rs 70-80 per kg after cooling down a bit in the past couple of days, cooperative major Nafed on Wednesday issued a tender asking the private international trader to import onions from Pakistan,...

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Bengal politicians' myopic vision affected infrastructure development

KOLKATA: Analysts and economists believe Bengal's failure to view the big picture and put state before politics came in the way of its development as a gateway to THE far east and southeast Asia.Proposed in the 1990s when Manmohan Singh was finance minister,...

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In karnataka, Congress and KJP to test strength in legislative council bypoll

MYSORE: The bypoll to legislative council on Thursday could decide the realignment of political forces with opposition fighting collectively to take on Congress at CM Siddaramaiah's turf.The straight fight between Congress and KJP, which is backed by...

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Aadhaar card valid proof for opening bank account

NEW DELHI: Aadhaar card is a valid proof for opening a bank account under the know your customer (KYC) norms, government said on Wednesday."Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified that the Aadhaar card is a valid proof for opening of a bank account...

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CBI starts inquiry against big loan defaulters

NEW DELHI: CBI has initiated an inquiry into cases of defaulters of big loans from public sector banks, its chief Ranjit Sinha said on Wednesday while emphasizing that bulk of non-performing assets were connected to 30 defaulter accounts."A bulk of NPA...

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Disruptions spoiling image of Parliament: Tharoor

NEW DELHI: Minister of state for human resource development Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday expressed regret at the way political parties are not allowing Parliament to conduct business.The minister said all the parties are responsible for this and such acts...

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CBI claims to have got new evidence in Ishrat case

NEW DELHI: CBI has claimed to have laid their hands on new evidence in connection with its probe into Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case which would help in buttressing its investigation into the larger conspiracy behind the incident.The sources...

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New Himachal power policy to tap solar energy

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh government has decided to come out with new power policy to harness solar energy. Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday said that state government was endeavouring to preserve the depleting conventional resources to meet...

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BJP blocks Sonia's food bill, 3 states roll it out

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's pet welfare measure, the food security programme was Monday on launched in three party ruled northern states - Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand - even as the bill could not be taken up in Parliament with the BJP...

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ISI supplies fake Indian currency notes to operatives: Tunda

NEW DELHI: Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abdul Karim Tunda has told his interrogators that Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI used to run the entire supply chain of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) being smuggled into India.Interrogators said Tunda told...

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SP govt detains Yogi Adityanath, bans VHP's Ram temple yatra

LUCKNOW: Even as BJP MP from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath was detained in Kanpur while he was on his way to Jhansi to take part in 'Jalabhishek' of a disputed temple, the UP government has decided to ban Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) proposed 84-Kosi yatra...

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Government introduces electronic postal order to help NRIs seek information under RTI Act

CHENNAI: The government has introduced an electronic postal order to help non-resident Indians seek information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Diplomatic sources at the Indian embassy in Riyadh told TOI over telephone on Monday that the department...

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I was in constant touch with ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul: Abdul Karim Tunda

NEW DELHI: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda told interrogators that he had come in contact with Pakistan's spy agency ISI after meeting former ISI chief Hamid Gul in 1995 and was in constant touch with him thereafter.Delhi police officials...

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Government to accept 'workable' amendments in Food bill: Kamal Nath

NEW DELHI: Amid speculation that the Food Security Bill will be pushed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, government on Monday said it would accept all "workable" amendments.Amid a large number of amendments from the...

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