India

Bhopal, Aug 25: Ten pilgrims were killed and over 60 are believed to have suffered injuries in a stampede early on Monday at Kamtanath Pahad Temple, about 80 km away from Satna district headquarters, on the Madhya Pradesh-Uttar Pradesh border. Large number of devotees had gathered at the religious place on the occasion of ‘Amavasya’ and the incident during the circumambulation of the Kamtanath

Mumbai, Aug 24: Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan today resigned from the post hours after he was transferred to Mizoram by the government. "I sent my resignation today to the President of India.... It is not possible for me to go to Mizoram," Sankaranarayan said in a press conference here. "I will return to active politics," said the 82-year-old veteran Congress leader from Kerala. He was

New Delhi, Aug 24: Tax investigators pursuing instances of blackmoney stashed abroad by Indians have finally been able to circumvent the Swiss secrecy code by asking over 100 such account holders to submit on their own details of personal balances in these banks, brought under the tax net recently, for lesser penal action for evasion. The tax effect in these cases could be about Rs 50-80 crore

New Delhi, Aug 24: In fresh embarrassment to the erstwhile UPA regime, particularly to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former CAG Vinod Rai has claimed that coalition functionaries had deputed politicians to get him leave out names from the audit reports in the Coalgate and Commonwealth Games scams. In remarks damning the previous dispensation, he has also claimed that UPA functionaries had

Jammu, Aug 24: Pakistani troops continued to violate the ceasefire by shelling and firing upon 25 Border Out Posts (BoPs) and 19 villages along the International Border in Jammu sector throughout the night, prompting the BSF to retaliate. "Pak Rangers resorted to heavy firing of small and automatic weapons and shelling of mortars bombs on 25 BoPs and civilian areas along IB in Arnia and R S Pura

New Delhi, Aug 24: In a late night development, government transferred Maharahstra Governor K Sankaranarayanan to Mizoram for his remaining tenure, which ends in 2017. A Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué issued on Saturday night says that the 82-year-old Mr. Sankaranarayanan has been shifted to Mizoram and Gujarat Governor O.P. Kohli has been asked to discharge his duties. Sankaranarayanan takes over

New Delhi, Aug 24: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday accused BJP and SP of being "hand in glove" in fanning communal violence in Uttar Pradesh to further their political interests and said communal forces were becoming strong across the country. She said while the situation in UP was "bad" under the rule of the Samajwadi Party, things have "worsened" after the BJP-led NDA took power at the Centre. "We

Visakhapatnam, Aug 23: The first indigenously built stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette 'INS Kamorta' was commissioned by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at the Naval dockyard here today. Kamorta, a frontline warship with an array of anti-submarine warfare, anti-air and anti-surface weapons and sensors, is the first of four ASW stealth corvettes designed by Indian Navy's in-house organisation

Srinagar, Aug 23: India and Pakistan traded gunfire in the disputed Kashmir region on Saturday, killing two villagers on each side and wounding several others, officials said. Dharmendra Pareek, a top official with India’s paramilitary force, said Indian forces retaliated after Pakistani troops fired guns and mortar rounds on more than a dozen Indian border posts and at least three villages in the

Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 22: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked the Congress to honour the decision of the Speaker not to grant the status of Leader of Opposition to it in the Lok Sabha. "As per the Constitution, a party must get 10 per cent seat (for Leader of Opposition status). But unfortunately it did not happen. So, they should accept it," he told reporters here. His remarks came on a day the