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Patna/New Delhi, Feb 21: A fresh controversy has erupted over the movement of two Army units near Delhi in 2012 with the then DGMO Lt Gen A K Choudhary saying there may have been "distrust" between the Army and government on the issue, a view rejected today by the National Security Advisor(NSA). "There was misconception or there was perceptional difference or there may be distrust," Choudhary said

New Delhi, Feb 21: Andhra Pradesh is likely to be put under President's rule amid indications that a decision to this effect may be taken in the next couple of days. The state has been without a full-scale government after CM Kiran Reddy resigned on Wednesday to protest against the passage of the Telangana bill in Lok Sabha. Sources, however, said it was clear that elections to new assemblies of

Lucknow: Fen 21: A day after the Supreme Court ruled that couples could adopt children irrespective of their religious background, Muslim clerics have said that such children would not be entitled to the family name or property. The clerics from prestigious Islamic seminary Darul Uloom in Deoband said that there was nothing wrong in adopting a child and looking after him or her, but made it clear

New Delhi, Feb 20: Telangana was all set to become 29th state of the Union with Parliament tonight approving a historic bill to carve it out of Andhra Pradesh amid vociferous protests by members from Seemandhra region as also from Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena. The suspense over the passage of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 came to an end with BJP backing the government on it

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court Thursday ordered status quo and suspended the Tamil Nadu government's decision to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said it will examine the procedural lapse in the Tamil Nadu government's decision to grant remission and release within three days the seven convicts in the

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court will hear Thursday the centre's plea questioning the Tamil Nadu government to release seven convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam directed the hearing at 12.45 p.m. after Solicitor General Mohan Prasaran mentioned the matter, saying that the seven convicts should not be released till the court

Lucknow, Feb 20: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday witnessed a “topless” protest from opposition members during the governor’s address to the joint session of the House, even as senior minister Azam Khan said that he was expecting “full exposure”. As soon as Governor B L Joshi began his address, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members carrying placards, posters and banners, denouncing the Akhilesh

New Delhi, Feb 19: Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he was saddened that all the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were being set free by the Tamil Nadu government, a decision condemned by Congress as "irresponsible, perverse and populist". As he came out against the Jayalalithaa government's decision on the assassins of his father, the Congress Vice President also asked that

New Delhi, Feb 19: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's decision for early release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers invited a sharp reaction from Congress, which termed it as "irresponsible, perverse and populist". Slamming AIADMK government's decision, AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said, "Any perverse decision is also liable for judicial scrutiny" but remained evasive when asked whether

New Delhi, Feb 19: Noisy protests erupted in Rajya Sabha today with members opposed to division of Andhra Pradesh trooping into the Well and a TDP member snatching papers from Secretary General Shumsher K Sheriff forcing two adjournments in the pre-lunch sitting. Samajwadi Party MPs were also in the Well seeking a resolution to condemn the black out of Lok Sabha proceedings during the passage the