India

Pune, Dec 12: Veteran farmers' leader Sharad Joshi, who spearheaded several campaigns across the country to press for remunerative prices for agriculturists, died here today. Joshi, 81, was suffering from age-related ailments and the end came at his residence here, according to his family. An erudite scholar, Joshi also had a term in the Rajya Sabha as an elected member from 2004-10, when he

New Delhi, Dec 12: Alleging political vendetta in the National Herald case, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal today accused Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of indicating to Income Tax department issue of notice to his party in the case. He also rejected all charges of alleged cheating and siphoning offMONEY by Congress in the matter. "Your Finance Minister in his blogs and on Facebook says this is

New Delhi, Dec 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India requires high speed growth and not just high speed train. Addressing the India-Japan Business Leaders Forum here with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who arrived here on Friday on a three-day official visit, Modi said India is a land of possibilities with excellent human resources and a technological base. "Not just high

Islamabad, Dec 11: The Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet next month in Delhi to work out the details of the newly-announced Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue after the two countries decided to re-engage. Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, while making a statement in Parliament, said the Secretaries will decide on the modalities and schedule of the

New Delhi, Dec 11: In a significant interim measure to curb alarming pollution level, the National Green Tribunal today ordered that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi and there will be no renewal of registration of such vehicles which are more than 10-year-old. The green panel also questioned Delhi government's odd-even formula for vehicles to check pollution in the national

New Delhi, Dec 11: 'Self-styled' loyalists of 10, Janpath convinced Sonia Gandhi that it would be better to back P V Narasimsha Rao in 1991 as Prime Minister over him as the "Gandhi family was not about to let someone with independent mind" to get the top post, Sharad Pawar has claimed. The loyalists including the late Arjun Singh, himself an aspirant for the prime minister's post played a "clever

New Delhi, Dec 10: Expressing "sorrow" over fresh Parliament disruptions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that democracy cannot function at the "whims and fancies" of anyone, in a veiled dig at continuing protests by the Congress. Without any reference to Congress, which has held protests in both Houses of Parliament over the National Herald case, Modi said democracy cannot be

Mumbai, Dec 10: Amid suspense and reported threats, journalist-activist S Balakrishnan on Wednesday won the bid to take over ‘Delhi Zaika’ at Pakmodia Street, a hotel once owned by Dawood Ibrahim, the Karachi-based underworld don, here. Balakrishnan, who is the founder of Desh Seva Samiti—an NGO—placed the highest bid of Rs 4.28 crore for the 500-sq feet property in South Mumbai. Bids The second

Islamabad, Dec 9: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday met Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference here. "Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj are conducting a meeting to discuss bilateral issues on the sidelines of the 'Heart of Asia' Conference in the capital on Wednesday," Dawn online

New Delhi, Dec 9: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said the National Herald case is "hundred per cent political vendetta coming out of PMO" but declared that he has full faith in the judiciary. He also rejected the charge that Congress was using Parliament to threaten judiciary saying "it is the other way round". "One hundred per cent political vendetta. Pure political vendetta coming