India

New Delhi, Jan 23: Reacting indignantly to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's charges that some former prime ministers had "compromised the country's deep assets", Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday said if the former has evidence to prove his claims, he should make it public, or else tender a public apology. "If the Defence Minister has evidence to prove that an ex-PM had compromised on

Patna, Jan 23: Three people, including a woman, a police constable and an undertrial prisoner were killed and more than half a dozen injured in a bomb blast in a Bihar court Friday, police said. A district police officer said a crude bomb exploded within the premises of Ara civil court in Bhojpur district, about 60 km from the state capital. The injured were rushed to the local civil hospital for

Hyderabad, Jan 23: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today took potshots at BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Delhi Kiran Bedi, wondering how she joined a party which she had "attacked just a year ago". The AICC general secretary in-charge of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh affairs sought to know whether the IPS officer- turned-politician had "realised the truth about BJP in just one year"

New Delhi,Jan 23: The presence of US President Barack Obama as the chief guest during the Republic Day parade and the heightened security plan requires a section of ticket seekers for the mega event to deposit an identity proof at the ticket counter – a condition introduced for the first time. While officials claimed that the stipulation of depositing a government document to prove identity

New Delhi, Jan 22: India and the US negotiators have been making "progress" in trying to resolve the differences in operationalising the landmark civil nuclear deal ahead of President Barack Obama's arrival here on January 25 on a three -day visit, which is packed with high-voltage engagements. Describing the three-day visit as "one of our most important diplomatic engagements in recent times"

New Delhi, Jan 22: The Supreme Court pronounced its verdict on N Srinivasan's conflict of interest case on Thursday, barring him from contesting BCCI polls. “N Srinivasan or any administrator having commercial interest in cricket can't contest for BCCI post till they have those interests,’’ said the court. Here are the highlights of the 130-page verdict, which is being read in the court:

Chennai, Jan 22: A day after CBI arrested his close aide and two others in illegal telephone exchange case, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran today charged the agency with trying "to fix" him to please an RSS leader from Tamil Nadu. "CBI should be a fact-finding machine and not a fixing one.... I am being singled out. CBI is fixing me to please an RSS ideologue from Tamil Nadu," a combative

Davos, Jan 22: India today said it has independent evidence of Indians having black money in Swiss accounts and Switzerland has promised expeditious sharing of information in this regard. After meeting his Swiss counterpart Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet, Jaitley said India has independent evidence. Switzerland has promised it will take expeditious

New Delhi, Jan 22: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare literally snubbed Kiran Bedi, his former aide, to show his displeasure at her for joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), by not taking her calls and declaring on Wednesday that he would stay away from “political dirt”. The septuagenarian Gandhian had done the same thing – couple of years ago — when his other aide Arvind Kejriwal floated

New Delhi, Jan 21: A rare BJP leader with no RSS link, Kiran Bedi, the party's Chief Ministerial nominee for Delhi, today described the Sangh as "very nationalistic" that has kept India united. The 65-year-old Bedi, who has been pitchforked to a leadership role within days of joining BJP, also felt that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing organisation, was a very disciplined outfit