India

New Delhi, Oct 20: The Prime Minister's Office on Saturday ended its silence on the latest and possibly most explosive development in Coalgate by acknowledging that Manmohan Singh put his stamp of approval (on October 1, 2005) on the allocation of a coal block to top industrialist Kumar Birla's Hindalco. At the same time, it vigorously rebutted the Central Bureau of Investigation's claim of

Lucknow, Oct 19: A batch of toxic bootleg liquor killed at least 32 people, mostly poor laborers, and sickened dozens more in northern India, police said Saturday. Police officer Arvibnd Sen said the victims bought pouches of tainted liquor Thursday from a shop in Adampur village in Uttar Pradesh state. They started falling sick immediately after drinking the liquor and were taken to local

New Delhi, Oct 19: Civil nuclear liability issues posing hurdles in clinching a deal with Russia on acquiring two new reactors for Kudankulam project and sticky points over an agreement with China to avoid army face offs on the border await resolution as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a five-day visit to the two countries on Sunday. Hopeful of reaching according on both the issues

Jammu, Oct 19: Pakistani troops opened fire and pounded 14 forward Indian posts and civilian areas along the Jammu frontier with mortar shells overnight, leaving two BSF jawans injured. There was firing and shelling of mortar bombs on 14 forward posts and civilians areas in RS Pura, Pargwal, Samba, Hiranagar and Jagnockah border belts along the internation border (IB) in Jammu, Samba and Kathua

New Delhi, Oct 19: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday rejected resignations of 13 Seemandhra MPs, setting the stage for a confrontation when the Telangana Bill comes up for discussion in Parliament. The Speaker said the resignations were “not voluntary or genuine” as they came in the wake of protests in the Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions following the Congress’ decision to carve out a

New York, Oct 18: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cannot be kept out of the CBI probe into the controversial coal block allocation as he was the "competent authority" when the decision was taken, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said today. Naming industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P C Parakh by the CBI in its FIR sent a "very, very adverse" signal that investors and civil

Gonda (UP), Oct 18: Police keeping a watch as workers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad march during a protest against ban on Sankalp Divas meeting by the Uttar Pradesh government, in Mirzapur on Thursday. BJP MP Yogi Adityanath and 24 others accompanying him to VHP's 'Sankalap Diwas' rally in Ayodhya, were today arrested at the railway station here as a preventive measure, police said. The BJP MP from

Milan, Oct 18: Guido Ralph Haschke, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal, has been arrested by Swiss authorities on charges of bribery, Italian media reported. According to Italian news website, La Repubblica, Haschke could be brought to Italy by next week in case he prefers not to appeal against extradition proceedings before the Swiss Federal court. The

Chennai, Oct 18: The Tamil Nadu Police have arrested 35 crew members of an US owned ship, that was detained on last Saturday for carrying arms and ammunition. The police detained the MV Seaman Guard Ohio ship owned by US company AdvanFort at the Tuticorin coast in Tamil Nadu on Saturday accusing it of illegally transporting weapons and ammunition in Indian waters. A First Information Report (FIR)

Bhopal, Oct 18: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told an emotional tale involving his mother Sonia to strike a chord with people at a poll rally in the tribal-dominated Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh Thursday. He said there was nothing more important for him than ensuring respect to women and went on to suggest that women were not being respected in the state. "Izzat kya hoti hai ye meri ma ki