India

New Delhi, Dec 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today travel in a sea-plane from Sabarmati river in the city to Dharoi dam in Mehsana district, the first-ever flight by such a craft in the country. PM Modi's return journey would also be by the same sea-plane. "Tomorrow for the first time in the history of the country a sea-plane will land on the Sabarmati river. I will go to Ambaji in the sea

New Delhi, Dec 11: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said he sincerely hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will apologise to the nation for suggesting that he (Dr. Singh) and others held a “secret meeting” with Pakistani officials at suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s residence to “influence” the outcome of the Gujarat elections. “I am deeply pained and anguished by the

New Delhi, Dec 11: Popular Front of India has welcomed the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, which was delivered in the matter of Assam citizenship rights case restoring the validity of the Panchayath Certificate as sufficient proof of citizenship. The chairman E. Abubacker said in the statement that lakhs and lakhs of original inhabitants of Assam consisting of Bengali speaking

New Delhi, Dec 11: India's opposition Congress party named Rahul Gandhi as its new leader on Monday after years of speculation, calling it a "historic occasion". Senior Congress leader Mullappally Ramachandran said the 47-year-old had stood unopposed for election as the president of the party his family had led for generations. "I hereby declare Shri Rahul Gandhi elected as the President of the

Islamabad, Dec 11: Pakistan today dubbed as "baseless and irresponsible" attempts by Indian politicians to drag it into India's domestic politics, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged Pakistani interference in the Gujarat Assembly election. Modi yesterday claimed at an election rally that there was an attempt by Pakistan to interfere in the Gujarat polls, the second phase of which is

London, Dec 11: The trial to prove a prima facie case of fraud against fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya resumes here today to determine if he can be extradited to India to face charges over his erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines. The 61-year-old will be back in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London for day four of the hearing when his defence led by barrister Clare Montgomery, is set

Varanasi/Lucknow, Dec 11: Eminent scientist and 'Father of DNA fingerprinting in India', Lalji Singh, has passed away following a massive heart attack while he was on his way to Delhi. Singh, 70, died late last night. "He complained of chest pain when he reached the Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport to board a flight for Delhi. He was taken to the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Trauma Centre from there

Srinagar, Dec 11: Three militants were today killed in an encounter with security forces in Handwara area of north Kashmir, police said here. Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid said the slain militants were apparently Pakistanis. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the early hours in Unisoo village of Handwara following specific intelligence inputs about the presence

Vadodara, Dec 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public rally here tonight, asked his predecessor Manmohan Singh why did he not show the courage to order a surgical strike post the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, despite the readiness of the Army. He said after the Mumbai attacks, the Air Force had approached the then prime minister Singh with a plan for surgical strikes, but the

Nagpur, Dec 11: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has warned that she would quit Hinduism and convert to Buddhism, along with her followers, if the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party did not stop their ‘atrocities’ on Dalits and backward castes and end exploitation of these communities. Addressing a BSP conclave, hardly a kilometre