Jayalalithaa says she is against communal politics

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday conveyed a strong message to all people in the country saying she is against communal politics.AIADMK parliamentary party leader M Thambidurai read out his party leader's...

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No deadline for signing Rafale deal, Antony says

NEW DELHI: Defence minister AK Antony on Wednesday refused to set a deadline for conclusion of a multi-billion dollar deal to procure 126 Rafale combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force."This is not the issue. Issue is that contract negotiation committee...

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Crimes against women increasing: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the rising number of crimes against women, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said they are not safe and even subjected to molestation while travelling in buses.A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi wondered why people...

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Jayalaithaa says she is against communal politics

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday conveyed a strong message to all people in the country saying she is against communal politics.AIADMK parliamentary party leader M Thambidurai read out his party leader's...

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Isro awaiting govt nod for more funds for second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2

SRIHARIKOTA: Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) on Wednesday said it was awaiting the government's approval for more funds to develop a lander and a rover for its second Moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2'.Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan said "we are awaiting...

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Coalgate: CBI to quiz two ex-PMO officials; Supreme Court seeks assistance to analyse probe

NEW DELHI: CBI will question at least two former officials of the Prime Minister's Office who were involved in the processing of the file related to coal block allocation to Hindalco.Agency sources said the two senior officers would be examined for understanding...

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Shall we call Rahul Gandhi 'badshah' if not 'shahzada', BJP asks

MUMBAI: Stepping up its attack on Congress for pillorying Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over his " shahzada" (prince) taunt aimed at Rahul Gandhi, BJP on Tuesday hit back with scorn, saying if it would be alright to call the Congress vice-president...

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Tharoor's video address cut off for criticizing Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Union minister Shashi Tharoor's video address to an Indo-Pakistan entrepreneurs' event here on Tuesday was abruptly cut off after he lambasted the Pakistani government for ceasefire violations on the LoC and suggested the civilian administration...

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In India's interest, PM must attend CHOGM in Colombo

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be meeting his top political advisers to decide on whether he will travel to Sri Lanka for the CHOGM on November 15. Quite apart from the noise being made by Tamil political parties, almost everybody else...

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Raghuram Rajan taken aback by query about citizenship

MUMBAI: RBI governor Raghuram Rajan was taken aback for a short while on Tuesday when asked whether issues regarding his nationality were settled.Responding to a question by a journalist at the customary post-policy media interaction, a piqued Rajan...

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India raises concerns over US immigration reforms

NEW DELHI: Raising concerns over some of the "elements" of a US legislation on immigration reforms, India on Monday said the bill will undermine the competitiveness of Indian IT businesses in America.Indian companies support over 280,000 jobs in the...

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Navy undertakes major exercise on western coast amidst heightened security threat

NEW DELHI: With both conventional and unconventional threats on the west coast figuring high on India's radar screen, the Navy is undertaking a major coastal defence exercise on the western seaboard.Called the 'Defence of Gujarat Exercise', the wargames...

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Patna serial blasts point to IM link, hand of new Ranchi module: Police

PATNA/RANCHI: Investigations in the Patna serial blasts showed an Indian Mujahideen (IM) link with Jharkand police claiming that one of the two arrested terrorists who was believed to be the mastermind belonged to the nascent 'Ranchi Module" of the banned...

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India to prepare army of reverse engineers to counter cyber attacks

NEW DELHI: National Security Database, an initiative of Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( ISAC) in association with Ground Zero Summit 2013 on Monday organized a seminar on Reverse Engineering in New Delhi. The seminar was organized to identify...

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Defence minister A K Antony reviews border situation with Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Defence minister A K Antony on Monday asked the armed forces to maintain "a high-level of alert" along the border with Pakistan, even as yet another Indian soldier was killed in firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in the early hours of...

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I was mentally tortured in BJP, Atal's niece Karuna Shukla says

BHOPAL: A day after resigning from the BJP, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla on Sunday alleged that she had been "mentally tortured" by the party in Chhattisgarh."I feel that the BJP in Chhattisgarh was mentally torturing...

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Ceasefire violations: Flag meet of India, Pak troops likely on Monday

JAMMU: Amid high tension triggered by heavy firing and shelling along Indo-Pak border in Jammu frontier during past fortnight, Indian and Pakistani troops are likely to hold a flag meeting on Monday to de-escalate tension."The flag meeting is likely...

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​Rahul seeks votes for Sheila, says she has 'changed Delhi'

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hard sold the Delhi development model and the food security scheme as he spoke at his first election rally in the city, seeking people's support for chief minister Sheila Dikshit to be voted into office for a fourth...

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Congress wants to contest 29 LS seats in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Citing its improved performance in Maharashtra, the state Congress on Sunday said it wanted to contest 29 Lok Sabha seats while it was ready to cede 19 seats to its alliance partner NCP."Our performance had improved in 2009 compared to 2004 (Lok...

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Harassed by seniors, UP govt official commits suicide

BADAUN: A village development officer committed suicide here after being allegedly harassed by his seniors, police said on Sunday.The VDO Pradeep Kumar, who was posted in Samrer block of the district, had consumed poisonous substance on Friday night...

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Rajasthan policeman gave Rahul story about ISI: Modi

JAIPUR: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday claimed a Rajasthan police officer, who wanted to contest elections, had given Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi "information" on Pakistani spy agency ISI contacting Muslim youth...

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Mamata calls Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists 'extortionists'

DARJEELING: A day after the warring Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) reconciled with the West Bengal government, assuring it would work jointly for development, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dubbed them as "extortionists"."There are some who...

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Crime against children rises by 66% in Assam in 2012

GUWAHATI: Crime against children has gone up by a whopping 66 per cent with 392 incidents reported in Assam last year and rape cases involving minors rising by nearly four-times, State Commission for Protection of Child Rights said on Saturday.Citing...

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Hindu families should have at least three kids: RSS

KOCHI: The RSS has suggested that the Hindus should revisit their practice of "blindly accepting" family planning methods and start embracing big family norms.This would help check the reported demographic shift that is happening in favour of minorities...

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Rain, floods kill 48 people in Andhra, Odisha and Bengal

HYDERABAD/BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA: Incessant rain has claimed as many as 29 lives in Andhra Pradesh during the past four days while more than 72,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas.The rain and flood-battered southern state is unlikely to...

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Modi is a creation of VHP, Singhal says

JAIPUR: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal on Friday claimed that BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is a "creation of VHP" and is best suited to unite people of all castes, creeds and religions."All political parties (barring...

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SC expresses reservation on passing order against hate speeches

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed reservation in framing of guidelines for restricting hate speeches by politicians and leaders of social and religious organisations."How can we stop people from making derogatory speeches? How can it be...

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Afghan onions fail to bring down price; Delhi team in Maharashtra to buy onions

CHANDIGARH/PUNE: Arrivals of onion from Afghanistan have failed to bring down retail prices of onion in Punjab as it continued to remain high, with traders citing poor quality coupled with low arrivals.In the wake of skyrocketing prices of onion in India,...

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Frustated? Let's debate over it

NEW DELHI You must have cried aloud, listened to high-pitched music, worked out or cursed to vent your frustration over one or the other issue, but debating a painful emotion is certainly a new concept. Surprisingly, debating one's frustration is a growing...

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Professionals form a network to support Narendra Modi in Karnataka

BANGALORE: Friends of BJP, NaMo Brigade, NaMo Sena, Modi Fans ... self-financing motivated volunteers, all educated tech-savvy urban professionals, are grouping together in Karnataka to support BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.The participants...

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More shelling, firing by Pak troops; PM says he is disappointed with Sharif

JAMMU/ON BOARD PM'S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT: Pakistani troops fired mortar bombs, rockets and automatic weapons on border posts and civilian areas along the international border in Jammu and Samba districts, resulting in heavy exchanges till the wee hours of...

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Modi's campaign will wane, Congress will surprise again with win: PM

ON BOARD PM'S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the Narendra Modi-led BJP campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections "will peak early" and the country will be "once again surprised" by the results that will bring Congress...

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I am not above law, ready to face CBI in coal scam probe, Manmohan Singh says

ON BOARD PM'S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT: Holding that he was not above the law, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday offered to face the CBI or "for that matter anybody" in the coal scam probe as he has nothing to hide.Singh, who has been under opposition...

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Rahul third generation of Gandhis to hate Sikhs: SAD

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday launched a collective attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, saying he was the third generation of his family to harbour hatred for the Sikh community.The Akali Dal leaders took a strong exception...

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Onion woes: Sheila Dikshit says situation is very serious

NEW DELHI: Mindful of possible impact of rocketing onion prices on assembly polls which are just six weeks away, a worried chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday asked the Centre to take immediate measure to rein in the rates and sought Election Commission's...

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Angry Shinde tells troops to give fitting reply to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Agitated over the killing of a BSF jawan in firing by Pakistani troops along the international border in Jammu on Tuesday night, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde upped the ante, saying that all such unprovoked acts would be met with...

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Court admits BJP petition against Rahul Gandhi

BHOPAL: A day before AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi comes to Madhya Pradesh for the second phase of his election campaigning, a court in Bhopal on Wednesday admitted a complaint lodged by the BJP against the Congress leader's alleged use of the word...

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Girl gang-raped, set ablaze in UP

KANPUR: A 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and then set ablaze in Orai (Jalaun) district by a local goon and his two aides, on Tuesday, died in the hospital during the wee hours of Wednesday.The victim had suffered 80 per cent burn injuries....

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Abu Jundal seeks bail in Aurangabad arms haul case

MUMBAI: Alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and key plotter of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, today filed a bail application in the special MCOCA court here in 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case.The application says he...

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South Korea appoints SRK as goodwill ambassador

NEW DELHI: Shah Rukh Khan is the new poster boy for South Korea — not its conglomerates, but the nation. The Bollywood superstar has just been appointed goodwill ambassador for South Korea.So you know South Korea only as the land of Samsung and Hyundai?...

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Uttarakhand police launch manhunt to nab Ramdev's brother

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand police has launched a massive hunt to track yoga guru Ramdev's younger brother, Rambharat who went into hiding a couple of hours after he was booked along with four others on the charges of abducting a youth.A 12-member police team...

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PM in Beijing; India, China to sign landmark pact on border cooperation

BEIJING: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit during which India and China are expected to ink several key pacts, including an agreement on a mechanism to prevent incursions by Chinese troops along the line of actual...

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