India

New Delhi, Feb 24: Congress today termed as "purely speculative" reports that LJP could ally with BJP for the Lok Sabha polls, noting that Ram Vilas Paswan was the first one to quit the NDA on the issue of Gujarat riots. "If at all there is anything that is playing out in the public space, my instant reaction would be that it is completely and purely speculative," Union Minister Manish Tewari said

Noida, Feb 24: Israel has invited Indian companies to take part in extracting natural gas from its newly-found reserves, with 40 percent of the produced hydrocarbon reserved for exports, even as it wants talks on a free trade pact to fructify soon. Israeli Ambassador to India Alon Ushpiz said his country will soon emerge as one of the biggest producers of natural gas and is willing to export it to

New Delhi, Feb 24: After a letter to the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal has shot a similar missive to Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi on the hike in gas prices for Reliance Industries. In the open letter released to the media, Kejriwal alleged that Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Induries had already secured a higher price of over $4

New Delhi, Feb 24: The Supreme Court will hear Thursday the centre's plea seeking to restrain the Tamil Nadu government from releasing the conspirators in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam agreed to hear the plea after Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra told the court the Tamil Nadu government had no jurisdiction to release

Rohtak, Haryana, Feb 23: The AAP launched its Lok Sabha campaign here Sunday, with former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal launching a bitter attack on the BJP and the Congress. Addressing thousands at a ground here, the Aam Aadmi Party leader warned that the country was headed towards another round of price rise because of what he said were the government's faulty gas pricing policies

New Delhi, Feb 23: Political parties can no longer make tall promises on freebies in their election manifestos as they will now have to explain the rationale of their pledges and ways and means of meeting the financial requirements. This follows an Election Commission move to create a level-playing field before elections following directions from the Supreme Court. In fresh guidelines to political

Mumbai, Feb 23: Body of a newly born baby girl was recovered from the swimming pool of Bollywood actor Mohnish Behl's bungalow. In a ghastly development, an infant's dead body has been recovered from bollywood actor Mohnish Behl's farmhouse, the body was in a highly decomposed state. The farmhouse is based 60 km away from Mumbai. The actor last visited the farm house some four months ago, sources

New Delhi, Feb 23: The Income Tax department, on directions of the Supreme Court in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation case, has found no instance of tax evasion after going through the entire range of intercepted conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia. The department, according to sources, has placed a detailed report stating these facts to the apex court recently which is

Hyderabad, Feb 23: For all the hue and cry being raised over the injustice meted out to the Seemandhra region by the Centre in the State bifurcation, the State Government’s own track record appears not above board in giving impetus to the major infrastructure projects proposed in the region . One of the major complaints against the State Government was inordinate delay in clearing files or taking

Mumbai, Feb 22: The Aam Aadmi Party office in suburban Andheri was on Saturday allegedly vandalised by a group of some 20-25 persons with the party claiming that the attack was the handiwork of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). “AAP Maharashtra office attacked by NCP goons,” AAP said in a tweet. According to AAP volunteer Paritosh, the vandals entered the second floor of their office located