India

New Delhi, Apr 16: Strongly condemning the Boston blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama expressing solidarity with the American people in the wake of the “senseless and cowardly act”. Dr. Singh said it was a “tragic reminder” that the evil of terrorism that still threatened the U.S. and India and “lurks in our cities”. “The people of India join me in

Raipur, Apr 16: Ten naxals were killed and several others injured in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Eleven automatic guns were also recovered from the encounter spot. On a tip-off about the presence of Naxals in the forest area of Puarti village, a search was launched by Greyhounds force of Andhra Pradesh and district force on Tuesday morning

Udhagamanadalam (TN), Apr 15: A bandh called by Hindu Munnani protesting the attack on one of its leaders here by a 20-member gang for his alleged 'hate speech' evoked a mixed response today as tension prevailed in the famous hill resort town. According to police, Manjunathan, Nilgiris District Secretary of Hindu Munnani was waylaid and attacked by a motorcycle-borne gang last night, after the

New Delhi, Apr 15: While Tihar Jail authorities wait for Devender Singh Pal Bhullar to be shifted back to prison from the Institute of Human Behaviour Allied Science (IHBAS), intelligence assessments have started trickling in, warning of an adverse fallout in Punjab of his impending execution. Intelligence circles are already debating whether his hanging should be carried out in secrecy, as was

New Delhi, Apr 14: As it virtually shut the door on NarendraModi, JD(U) today indicated it would prefer BJP veteran L K Advani as NDA's prime ministerial candidate over the Gujarat chief minister. "NDA had contested under the leadership of L K Advani earlier. I do not think there should be a problem for any NDA faction to go to polls with his leadership. Advani will definitely be more acceptable

New Delhi, Apr 14: Disapproving of JD(U)’s remarks against Narendra Modi, BJP on Sunday firmly stood behind the Gujarat Chief Minister saying no “unfounded inferences” should be drawn against him. “We reject all unfounded inferences against Narendra Modi,” party spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman told reporters in New Delhi, adding it was “unfortunate” that allies were “concentrating their energies”

Lucknow, Apr 14: The war of words in Uttar Pradesh (UP) politics saw yet another low on Sunday when Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, in a bid to consolidate her dalit vote bank, said that "her government will thrash the Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders black and blue after being voted back to power". "When the BSP was in power, it had distributed land to dalits but it has been forcibly taken

New Delhi, April 14: With no other contender in race, Sharad Yadav will is all set to be President of JD(U) for a third consecutive time tomorrow.Yadav was the only one to have filed the nomination for the post and today was the last day for withdrawal of nomination. The decision will be announced at the party's national council meet tomorrow. Yadav's name was proposed from around 20 state units

New Delhi, Apr 14: Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar who has been awarded death sentence in connection with the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case. Katju's letter comes close on the heels of a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court rejecting the plea of Bhullar, a Khalistani terrorist and

New Delhi, Apr 13: Amid reports of alleged interference in the CBI probe into the coal scam, BJP leader Arun Jaitley day demanded constitution of a special investigation team, besides accusing the UPA of being a "rogue government" that will not allow CBI to function independently. The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha also charged the government with "interference in the administration of