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Patna, Aug 30: A few hours before he was flown from Patna to New Delhi in a special Border Security Force (BSF) flight on Friday, the co-founder of Indian Mujahideen (IM) Yasin Bhatkal told his interrogators that his fight was against the system and therefore he had taken the extreme step to bomb and destroy set-ups. “Hamein iss system se pareshani hai. Iss liye purey system ko bigadna chahte hain

New Delhi, Aug 31: Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday tried to fob off agitated Rajya Sabha members over the weakening rupee with a straight-faced and bare economic fact-sheet and rounded it with a pale Manmohanomic exhortation to get reforms going. “The easy reforms of the past have been done. We have the more difficult reforms to do such as reduction of subsidies, insurance and pension

New Delhi, Aug 30: The Samajwadi Party has raised questions over the arrest of Indian Mujahideen founder Yasin Bhatkal. "Police should ascertain whether Yasin Bhatkal's arrest is based on crime or religion," SP leader Kamaal Farooqi said in an interview on Friday. "There have been instances in the past when cops have branded individuals as top terrorists, but have failed to prove charges against

Mumbai, Aug 30: Stock markets today rose for the third day with S&P BSE benchmark Sensex jumping 218.68 points to end at over two-week high of 18,619.72 after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured that the rupee's decline will be addressed without capital controls or reversal of reforms. The currency markets also appeared to strengthen with the rupee gaining over 50 paise to trade at 66.05/06

New Delhi, Aug 30: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday ruled out reversal of reforms or resorting to capital controls to rescue the sliding rupee, which he said fell on account of domestic as well as global factors. Making a statement on the state of the economy in Parliament amid concerns over rapid depreciation of rupee, Singh said the country has to be ready for short-term shocks but the

Bhopal, Aug 30: Asumal Sirumalani, also called Asaram Bapu, a preacher accused of child rape, targeted the Congress leadership during a visit to the city on Thursday. Exiting the airport, he told reporters: “People tell me Madam and her son are framing me. This has been going on for the last four-and-a-half years. They support those involved in religious conversion.” But he evaded questions

Bangalore, Aug 30: India's first exclusive defence satellite GSAT-7 was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana today, giving a major push to the country's maritime security. Indian Navy would be the user of the multi-band home-built communication spacecraft, expected to be operational by September end. The Rs 185

New Delhi, Aug 30: Five militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Ganderbal district of Kashmir early on Friday, police said. According to TV reports, police told that identity of all the militants had been ascertained and none of them was a local. Earlier on Monday it was reported that militants had attacked a police patrol in Anantnag in Jammu & Kashmir killing one personnel

A Sanatan Sanstha worker was picked from Goa by Pune police, as part of its probe into the murder of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar. Sandip Shinde (31), a Sanatan 'Sadhak' was taken into custody on Wednesday night by a team of Pune police which descended at the ashram in Ramnathi village in Ponda, 30 kms away from Panaji. Goa police had also accompanied their Pune counterparts

New Delhi, Aug 28: As the rupee continues its freefall against the dollar, cars, TVs, washing machines and other home appliances are set to cost more with companies set to hike prices to offset impact on their margins. While General Motors India has announced that it will hike the price of three of its models by up to Rs 10,000 from September first week, Godrej Appliances and Haier also said they