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New Delhi, Apr 29: A parliament deadlocked yet again over corruption scandals threatens Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's ambitious reform agenda, dealing a harsh dose of political reality on the heels of his North American roadshow to sell the India story. Two long-stalled reforms - one to lift the foreign ownership cap in insurers to 49 percent from 26 percent and another that would simplify

Islamabad/New Delhi, Apr 29: Indian High Commission officials on Sunday visited Sarabjit Singh, comatose in a Lahore hospital following a brutal assault, for the second time in as many days after permission was granted by Pakistani authorities after an initial denial. The Pakistan government “provided second consular access to Indian diplomats presently stationed in Lahore”, said a statement

Lahore, Apr 28: Sarabjit Singh, currently in coma in a hospital here following a brutal assault, should be sent to India for better treatment, his wife today said in an emotional appeal to Pakistani authorities. "We have learnt that Sarabjit is not getting good treatment in (Jinnah) hospital. It will be better if my husband is allowed to go back for treatment," Sukhpreet Kaur said while talking to

Islamabad, Apr 28: Pakistan has restricted consular access to Indian national Sarabjit Singh who is in a coma in a Lahore hospital, prompting Indian officials to take up the issue with their Pakistani counterparts, sources said today. Two officials of the Indian high commission were allowed to visit Sarabjit, who is in an intensive care unit in Lahore's Jinnah Hospital, only for a few minutes

Lahor, Apr 28: Indian convict Sarabjit Singh, who was injured in an attack on Friday in Pakistan's Kot Lakhpat jail, is said to be in a serious condition. According to doctors, Singh's chances of survival are slim. He has been incubated and linked to the ventilator in the intensive care unit of Jinnah Hospital, reports The Dawn. Singh suffered serious head injuries when two fellow inmates attacked

New Delhi, Apr 27: : Gold prices rose by Rs 100 to Rs 28,100 per ten grams in the national capital on Saturday on buying by stockists and retailers for the ongoing marriage season. However, silver prices lacked demand support and declined by Rs 500 to Rs 46,900 per kg. Traders said gold prices rose on stockists and retail customers buying for the ongoing marriage season, while silver surrendered

Lahore, Apr 27: Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, who was attacked by two prisoners in a Lahore jail, is in "coma" and put on ventilator, Pakistani doctors told Indian officials today. "Doctors attending to Sarabjit Singh informed the Indian officials that he is in coma on ventilator and receiving IV drip," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said. "The

New Delhi, Apr 27: The doctors, who were part of the medical team attending to the December 16 gang rape victim, told a fast-track court here on Friday that the girl was shifted to a Singapore hospital to provide her with best possible treatment and not because she had died as alleged by the accused. The doctors' response came on the allegation by defence counsel of two accused in the case that

New Delhi, April 26: Setting off a political bombshell, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on Friday submitted before the Supreme Court that the agency’s status report on coal allocation scam was “shared” with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar “as desired by him” and that senior officials of PMO and Coal ministry had also seen it. Mr. Sinha’s two-page affidavit filed on the direction of the apex court contradicts

Washington, Apr 26: India has formally protested to the US over the brief detention of Uttar Pradesh urban development minister Mohammad Azam Khan at Boston airport as he arrived to take part in an event at Harvard University. Khan, who is accompanying UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for the presentation of a Harvard study on the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, was detained for about 10 minutes for