India

Chennai/Madurai, Jan 22: Three persons died, two during jallikattu in Pudukottai and one during demonstration at Madurai, as the bull taming sport was today conducted in various parts of Tamil Nadu amid protests which forced chief Minister O Panneerselvam to leave for Chennai without inaugurating it at Alanganallur. Protesters at Alanganallur in Madurai refused to conduct the sport, steadfast in

New Delhi, Jan 22: Claiming that demonetisation has affected country's growth, a major central revenue body has asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley not to implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) in a hurry and threatened to take legal recourse in case their concerns are not addressed. It termed as "illegal" certain decisions taken by Jaitley-headed GST Council and demanded that they be corrected

Uttar Pradesh, Jan 22: An alliance between Indian National Congress (INC) and Samajawadi Party (SP) for upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections has been sealed. Following the high level meeting on the seat sharing, SP leaders have given nod for Congress to contest from 105 seats. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and SP president Akhilesh Yadav is expected to release his party’s maninfesto by today evening

Kuneru (AP), Jan 22: At least 32 passengers were killed and around 100 injured after nine coaches of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailed in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh with the railways suspecting foul play in the mishap. The toll may go up as many passengers are feared trapped in the mangled coaches of the train which derailed around 11 PM last night when it was on its way to

Lucknow, Jan 21: Senior SP leader Naresh Agarwal today said the possibility of an alliance between the Samajwadi Party and Congress for the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was "almost over". "The (possibility of an) alliance between the SP and Congress is now almost over. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had offered 100 seats to the Congress, but they were insisting on 120 seats and were not

New Delhi, Jan 21: Pakistan authorities today released Indian soldier Chandu Chavan, who inadvertently had crossed the border last year. Chavan was returned at 2.30 PM via Wagah Border in Punjab, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official statement. He will be debriefed and a special medical check-up will be carried out. Chavan, a 22-year-old soldier from 37 Rashtriya Rifles, had

Islamabad, Jan 21: Pakistan's two parliamentary committees in rare joint resolution asked India to immediately suspend work on two hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir and agree on the constitution of an arbitration court to resolve the water dispute. National Assembly's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Water and Power held a joint sitting in Islamabad yesterday to discuss water issues with

Chennai, Jan 21: The Centre has cleared the state government's jallikattu ordinance, setting the stage for an end to the protests that have rocked the state. The President is expected to give his nod after he returns from a foreign trip on Friday night. On Friday, Madurai district collector K Veera Raghava Rao inspected the Alanganallur jallikattu site, in what is seen as prep work to hold the

Lucknow, Jan 20: A day after ruling out tie-up with Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party today said it has not got any "positive response" from Congress on alliance and that it could give the party only 85 of 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party, which is not on the same page with Congress on the issue of inclusion of RLD, said if that party wanted to defeat BJP, it should accept SP

New Delhi, Jan 20: The Supreme Court today agreed not to pass judgement for a week on the Jallikattu issue while taking into account the Centre's submission that they were in talks with Tamil Nadu to find a way out in the matter. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumati that people of Tamil Nadu are "passionate" about