Manmohan Singh concludes US visit, leaves for India

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh concluded his visit to America on Monday where he held talks with US President Barack Obama and met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the first time, besides addressing the UN general assembly.Singh left...

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Lalu to appeal in high court, family alleges 'conspiracy'

RANCHI/PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad will appeal in the Jharkhand high court against his conviction in the Bihar fodder scam case, his family said on Monday and alleged he had fallen victim to "conspiracy" by his rivals."We'll appeal in the high court....

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I appreciate Modi, want him to change the entire system, Jagan Reddy says

HYDERABAD: Just out after 16 months in jail, YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Monday sent signals that he was keeping his options open post Lok Sabha elections today and had a word of appreciation for BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra...

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Shinde dismisses BJP's demand for his sacking

NEW DELHI: Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday dismissed BJP's demand for his removal for writing a letter to chief ministers asking them to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror."BJP can keep demanding...

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Mulayam, Akhilesh go all out to assuage Muslims

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav have gone all out to 'assuage feelings of Muslims', considered to be their party's main vote bank and win back' their confidence.Mulayam and Akhilesh have been meeting...

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Jairam Ramesh allays fears over Land Acquisition Act

LUCKNOW: Going all out to first woo farmers, the UPA II government on Sunday attempted to allay the fears of industry bodies, expecting businesses to be hit as a result of the new land Acquisition Act, 2013. On Sunday, Union minister for rural development...

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Court of inquiry ordered into terror attack on army camp in Samba

JAMMU: Army on Sunday ordered a court of inquiry (CoI) into the militant attack on 16 Cavalry camp in Samba on September 26 in which its four personnel, including a Lt Col, were killed and two others, one of them a Colonel, injured."A Court of Inquiry...

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Sonia praises Manmohan Singh

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an apparent attempt at assuaging his feelings in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's denunciation of the government, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying welfare schemes launched under his...

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Snapshots of history: Global Wikipedia photo contest sending Indians scouting for rare monuments

On the pretext of a picnic, Gurgaon-based Anupam Ganguly recently took his family out to a place called Gandhak Ki Baoli. The journey to this medieval stepwell near Qutub Minar involved taking Google map printouts, wading through a gridlock of slums,...

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Manmohan Singh, Nawaz Sharif begin talks in New York

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Sunday smiled and shook hands as they began their bilateral talks here on the sidelines of the UN general assembly meeting.The talks were taking place with Thursday's...

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Entrance gate of Asaram's Indore ashram razed

INDORE: The illegally-constructed main entrance gate of an asharam of controversial godman Asaram Bapu here was demolished today by the Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC).The action was initiated after the ashram's authorities concerned...

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Cong should change its name to 'Indian Nautanki Congress': BJP

RAIPUR: Describing Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the controversial ordinance on lawmakers as "drama", BJP today said that Congress should change its name to "Indian Nautanki Congress"."Rahul tried to show that he is different from his partymen. It was...

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Centre discriminating against Uttar Pradesh, claims Samajwadi Party

LUCKNOW: Ruling Samajwadi Party in UP on Saturday alleged that the Centre was discriminating against the state and even after clearing a special package for the state, only 17 per cent has been disbursed so far."Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has repeatedly...

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Farooq Abdullah demands inquiry by a SC judge into Gen VK Singh’s remarks

NEW DELHI: Union minister and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has demanded an inquiry by a Supreme Court judge or CBI into the "shocking" remarks of General (retd) VK Singh that the Army has been regularly paying money to ministers...

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Rahul Gandhi's outburst on ordinance protecting convicted lawmakers embarrassing, NCP says

KOLKATA: Union heavy industries minister and NCP leader Praful Patel on Saturday said that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's outburst over the ordinance on convicted lawmakers was "embarrassing" and the situation could have been handled in a better...

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Madhya Pradesh IAS officer jailed for 5 years, fined Rs 50 lakh

BHOPAL: An IAS officer Sashi Karnavat has been sentenced to 4 years' simple imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 50 lakh by a special court (corruption cases) in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. She was sent to jail from the court. Three others...

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PM's former media adviser Sanjaya Baru advises him to quit

NEW DELHI: Sanjaya Baru, former press adviser to the Prime Minister, said on Friday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should quit in the wake of the "insulting" remarks by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the controversial ordinance sent to the...

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BSF on high alert along Pak border after Jammu encounter

DHIDA FORWARD POST: Border Security Force (BSF) has taken extra ordinary measures to prevent any infiltration bid into Punjab by Pak militants especially in the areas bordering Jammu.Pak terrorists had gunned down nine people including a lieutenant colonel...

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PM to consult Cabinet after Rahul's shocker on ordinance protecting convicted lawmakers

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON: An unexpected and blunt attack by Rahul Gandhi on Thursday on the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers caused political tremors with his description of it as "complete nonsense" being seen as sharp criticism of Prime Minister...

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J&K: Army to conduct inquiry into Samba terror attack

NEW DELHI: The Army is going to conduct a court of inquiry (CoI) into the alarming lapses that allowed the three fidayeen (suicide) militants to almost effortlessly storm one of its camps at Samba and kill four soldiers and injure two others on Thursday.Sources...

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No talks over dead bodies, Sushma tells PM

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel his talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying there should not be any "dialogue over dead bodies" following the terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir...

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No talks over dead body, Sushma tells PM

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel his talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying there should not be any "dialogue over dead bodies" following the terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir...

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Deve Gowda advises Naidu against aligning with BJP

HYDERABAD: Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on Thursday said he had advised the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu not to align with the communal BJP, even as he said the formation of a Third Front alternative to Congress and BJP...

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Coal scam: CBI questions Congress MP Naveen Jindal

NEW DELHI: Three months after registering an FIR against him, CBI on Thursday questioned Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal in connection with a case of alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in bagging Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in...

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Onus for forging consensus lies with government: Arun Jaitley

NEW DELHI: Political consensus on economy is desirable but it is up to the government to achieve it, said BJP MP and leader of opposition, Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, while addressing AIMA's 40th National Management Convention in Delhi on Thursday. "In...

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Stringent laws not solution to curb honour killing, Sibal says

CHANDIGARH: Union minister of law and justice, Kapil Sibal is of the view that stringent laws are not sufficient to control the menace of honour killing but the change in the mindset of the people is the only permanent solution of the crime. Sibal was...

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Centre must probe allegations made by VK Singh: Omar Abdullah

SRINAGAR: Breaking his silence on former Army chief V K Singh's remarks that ministers in Jammu and Kashmir were given money by the Army, chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre should conduct a thorough probe as allegations made by...

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After release, Jagan promptly gets back to business

HYDERABAD: Barely hours after he returned home following his release from Chanchalguda prison, YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy immediately got into political business on Wednesday, holding a series of confabulations with his party colleagues....

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Congress will not fight elections, will field CBI instead: Modi

BHOPAL: Accusing the UPA government of misusing the CBI to target political opponents, Narendra Modi on Wednesday said it will be the agency that will "fight" the coming assembly and Lok Sabha elections and not the Congress party."The Congress party...

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Kamduni accused file appeal in Calcutta high court

KOLKATA: The Kamduni rape and murder accused filed a revision application in Calcutta high court on Wednesday against the trial court's decision to conduct in-camera proceedings and turning down their plea to record the depositions of witnesses in their...

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Cabinet clears ordinance to shield convicted lawmakers

NEW DELHI: An ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqualification was approved on Tuesday by the Union Cabinet, in effect negating an order of the Supreme Court.Government decided to bring the ordinance after failing to...

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Punjab announces major reshuffle in cabinet

CHANDIGARH: A reshuffle of the council of ministers was done by Punjab government on Tuesday.Disclosing this here on Tuesday, a spokesperson of the chief minister's office said that local government and medical education and research minister Chunni...

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US trade body accuses India of not playing fair

WASHINGTON: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's US visit, a leading US trade body has launched a massive ad campaign asking the Obama administration to raise the issue of India's alleged unfair trade practices."Manufacturers and Congress Agree:...

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Missing files: CBI starts examining coal ministry officials

NEW DELHI: CBI has questioned officials of coal ministry in connection with its probe into the missing files related to coal block allocation, sources said.Officials, who have handled the files, have been asked to appear for examination and some of them...

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Modi to address world's biggest political rally ever: MP BJP

BHOPAL: Call it the Modi effect. Madhya Pradesh BJP registered a 50% increase in audience strength at the party's pre-assembly election 'Karikarta Mahakumbh' after the Gujarat chief minister and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi confirmed his...

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Pune serial blasts case: Two Indian Mujahideen suspects move high court for bail

MUMBAI: Two alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives Asad Khan and Imran Khan, held for their complicity in Pune's serial blasts of 2012, on Monday urged bail from Bombay high court saying that the investigating agency had not filed chargesheet against them...

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Stand-off between govt, BJP over coal files resolved

NEW DELHI: The stand-off between the government and main Opposition BJP was resolved on Monday after an agreement that a discussion on missing coal files issue would be taken up immediately in both houses of Parliament.The end to the impasse came after...

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Nitish, Lalu squabble over Bihar drought

PATNA: Arch rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar on Monday squabbled over the drought in Bihar with the RJD supremo claiming it was a "curse" invited by the chief minister and hit back at his lack of seriousness over the grim situation.Asked about Bihar...

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Gurgaon MP quits Congress

GURGAON: Congress leader and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday announced his resignation from the party.The MP made the announcement at a rally in Haryana's Rewari district, about 55km from here, organized on the occasion of the day on which the...

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No chance of alliance with TMC : Shakeel Ahmad

AMTA, West Bengal: There is no chance of an alliance between Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the coming Lok Sabha poll, AICC secretary and in-charge of West Bengal Shakeel Ahmad said here on Monday."We (Cong and TMC) had an alliance last time...

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BJP show of unity with Modi, Advani on dais

BHOPAL: BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi and veteran leader LK Advani, party vice-president Uma Bharati and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan - all squabbling leaders and rivals will be placed on the same dais, sit next to each other and address a massive...

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Indian victims of Nairobi mall attack named

NAIROBI/NEW DELHI: Two Indian families came in the line of gunfire by Islamist militants in an upscale mall in Nairobi, with two Indians, including an eight year-old boy, among the 59 fatalities.Four Indians were among the 200 injured in the hail of...

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UP govt revokes suspension of Durga Sakthi Nagpal

LUCKNOW: A day after she met chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and clarified her position, Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday evening revoked suspension of Druga Sakthi Nagpal. A one line statement issued by the state government said that the 2010 batch...

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BJP hatching conspiracies, misleading people: Sonia

RUPAHELI, Rajasthan: On a day Narendra Modi attacked UPA government for its "misgovernance", Congress chief Sonia Gandhi hit back accusing BJP of hatching conspiracies before elections and misleading people in its hunger for power.Modi, addressing an...

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BJP demands President's rule in Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday demanded President's rule in Uttar Pradesh and a probe by a Supreme Court-appointed judge into the recent violence in Muzaffarnagar."Lawlessness is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh. We apprised the President about it. There is an...

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Wholesale onion prices down by Rs 5 per kg; retail rates still high

NEW DELHI: Wholesale onion prices on Saturday fell further by about Rs 5 per kg in the national capital on increased arrival of the commodity from Karantaka, but retail rates continue to rule high at Rs 70 a kg.The average price of onion declined to...

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Narendra Modi sends out best wishes to 'The Good Road', India's Oscar entry

NEW DELHI, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is delighted that " The Good Road", a Gujarati movie has been chosen as India's entry in the best foreign film category at the Oscars."Delighted to know that Gujarati film 'The Good Road' has been chosen...

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Some people are dreaming of becoming PM: Sharad Pawar

MUMBAI: In an apparent barb at Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said, "some people have started dreaming of PM's post", adding that attempts were being made to garner votes by fomenting communal hatred."There...

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Politicians and policy-makers to brainstorm on role of social media during communal tension

NEW DELHI: Social networking sites - twitter, facebook and others, for their potential to be misused by miscreants will once again take the spotlight in a gathering of ministers, top leaders of political parties and experts from various fields when they...

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